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Although with the way local traffic enforcement is prioritized, the inebriated party might be the one who claims authority.
Given the way law enforcement wastes tax payer dollars generating revenue by way of incompetent traffic enforcement; I don't see how even 10 billion 911 reports would waste their time anymore than they already waste it waiting behind a bush with an expensive laser gun.
>Just curious, how many calls have you made on "suspected drunks"?
Who can say...
You can.
How often do you make calls about "suspected drunks" when someone doesn't drive the way you like?
It's not about what I like, it's about what is right. It's pretty moot though, eventually everyone will have dashcams, and petulant old men who obstruct traffic as one last power trip will receive a public shaming.
Why are you so hot to trot on this? Are you an obstructor afraid of being called in?
Actually, I know someone who got pulled over because someone had reported a reckless driver that was vaguely similar looking. No citation given, of course - not sure what they can do with hearsay other than harrass. But as we both know, obstructors deserve harassment and more. Call in LLCs too
Indeed, it is hard to waste the time of a traffic enforcer, they are really wasting it all the time to begin with, around here mostly enforcing underposted limits on wide open straight roads. When salaries/benefits, pensions, and equipment are factored in, it is undoubtedly an insane expense.
The spoiled entitled diplomatic corps, not surprising.
Guess the NW isn't all that bad. Of course, accidents is just one major measure of bad driving. A LLC causing the average commute to double simply from their actions is just as bad in my book.
it helps to know who/how to call, but you can always call state cops and they will transfer you
accordingly as necessary.
state road -> then call state cops.
non-state road -> call the local jurisdiction, sheriff's office or town.
you don't have to call 911 to reach cops.
you can call the dispatcher switchboard or non-emergency cop business phone # in most towns, and you can call the business/non-emergency/barracks number for the state cops too.
never - LLCs, I never call them in, since I'd be on the phone constantly if I did!
never - MLCs.
never - speeders, including motorcyclists weaving or doing 150 mph or doing wheelies, each of which i see every summer.
once - vehicle driving 80 mph on rims leaving a huge trail of sparks. it was so loud! state cops asked me to follow him to see which interstate direction he took and said it was OK for me to speed to keep up. I declined - told them the truth which was I was scared to do that. I thought a burning piece of his car could fly off and go through my windshield , plus it was truly scary/weird. I called them back 15 minutes later to verify that the caught the guy, which they did verify.
sometimes - vehicles travelling below the minimum speed (45).
sometimes - stopped/abandoned vehicles on side of road if they don't have one of the orange stickers yet.
once - vehicle upside down on its roof on other side of I-80 a hundred miles from nowhere, passengers stuck inside, a few drivers stopped/clustered around.
usually - inability to stay in lane; repeated lane violations. i've called this one probably 20 times over the years, usually on a back-road not the highway.
usually - insanely aggressive drivers like the guy in 1992 who chased me for an HOUR all around north-boston rush hour through 3 different towns and two highways.
never - moderately aggressive drivers. else would be on phone all the time.
never - tailgators. else would be on phone all the time.
Yesterday got behind a 90s Maxima with rear end damage that looked like it struck a pole going about 25mph in reverse. It was driving slowly but unsteadily, with poor reaction times. I went around - young driver of the fairer set, phone to her ear. I couldn't believe it!
I've never been tempted to call in idiots on bikes either - as was said, those problems eventually work themselves out.
Driver honked after being cut off.
TExas pickup/trailer eventually shot back.
Illegals with gun being handed over to the government. Wonder what'll happen there...
"No one was injured, and the pickup exited at Rt. 22. Deputies stopped the truck and found a loaded, .45-caliber, semi-automatic handgun in the trailer.
"Three men, all from Dallas, were charged. They also are in the country illegally and have been referred to federal immigration authorities, Sheriff Dave Phalen said."
No one was injured, and the pickup exited at Rt. 22. Deputies stopped the truck and found a loaded, .45-caliber, semi-automatic handgun in the trailer.
Three men, all from Dallas, were charged. They also are in the country illegally and have been referred to federal immigration authorities, Sheriff Dave Phalen said.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/09/02/rt--33-road-rage-involv- ed-gunshots.html
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Then saw a F30 328i pull out of a parking lot, turning left. Street has a cement barrier in the middle, so what does the driver (dark tinted windows of course, for extra douchiness) do? Drives on the wrong side of the road for a block, then cuts across 2 lanes, once again not using a signal. What is it with that brand?
Saw a beautiful red-brown Z3 with top down at the gas pump at local quick market/coffee stop. High school kid with shiny new BMW. Kid's hardly old enough to shave. Even has vanity license plate: TODY 12, for example.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
F30 is the chassis/platform. A 328i could be a few different styles, going back to the mid 90s. The F30 is the latest 3 series.
Maybe 12 was his age? A more flamboyant fan of the brand would have parked it at the pump blocking the lane and a few other pumps.
How often would I use it to move a vehicle appropriately and correctly right to allow faster traffic to pass?
How often would i use it to floor their accelerator to "push" them forward and onward?
Too many times.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Speaking of iffy drivers, I am in Florida right now, and the place never disappoints. Haven't seen any wrecks or anything too insane, but the speeds on highways and obliviousness on suburban roads is amazing - it's like at home, but at 2x speed. One can be going 72 in a construction zone 60 and be passed by a steady stream, or set the cruise at 65 in a 55 and be the slowest car. Yesterday I spent some time on a 70 interstate, set the cruise at 75 as the gas guzzler I was driving would be too thirsty at anything more - and was slower than maybe 80% of the vehicles on the road, passing only semis and a few real slowpokes.
I was in something of a knot of cars that didn't really get separated at a light, doing 50-52mph in the left lane. And no, I don't get too bent out of shape about lane discipline on a road like this.
A current-generation F-150 was practically in our trunk (I was driving the Jetta) and then cut off a car in the right lane as he moved over to get a whole half a car length in front of me. Eventually both lanes started moving faster ahead of me, and I did slip over to the right lane behind the F-150, still going just over 50 mph. I was a little surprised to actually see a signal from the F-150 as he moved to the left lane. The car in front of him was still "only" going 55, so he used the center left turn lane to pass.
Of course, about a mile and a half down the road, he managed to make a light that I didn't, but got stopped at the next one. I think he made his left to enter the Watterson about 2 seconds before I reached that intersection. Now that's some ROI (return on idiocy) right there.
How do we get these people legally to be banished from roads?
Speaking of that, it's another PNW thing - slow cornering. Some here nearly stop when making simple residential street turns, as if going 10-15 is too much.
On the Gene Snyder this morning, traffic was light to moderate and I was doing about 72mph. Lost a little bit up a hill, but didn't hold anybody up as I passed a semi, who had his hazards on but wasn't going that slowly. I cleared him before the crest, and passed some other slower traffic after cresting the hill. Once the right lane was clear, I moved right and settled in.
Down a long, gradual hill, the truck had picked up enough speed to pass me, and just before the bottom I moved left to pass a slower vehicle. Then came the climb, up to the Billtown Road exit and this truck was down to 58 mph by the time we crested it. He passed a couple other semis up the climb, but at a glacial pace.
When I passed him, I did open the sunroof so I could tell him he was #1. Next time, I think some pre-emptive LLCing might be in order.
Phone yappers were an older woman in an ES, and an older guy in an E-class - I know the latter has standard bluetooth, so there's no excuse - needs to be a harsh penalty.
dude, check the ifone store for the Valentine V1 app, even if you don't have a V1 with the bluetooth dongle - install the app just to check out the Tholian Web demo mode.
but you can be sure the witnessing bigrig drivers talked some particularly-annoying trucker-lingo over channel 17 at the rookie drivers expense,
and all forgotten after they all got their next good driving view of a fantastic seatcover.
10-7
On foot today, dealt with some negligently managed traffic controls (thanks, you brave and hardworking "engineers" who deserve fat pensions when you retire before real workers). Two notable phone yappers were women in a late model Lexus LS and one in a brand new GL63 -both of which have standard bluetooth. So far past time for wealth based fines - if success is based on logic and responsibility and intelligence, why is so little seen from a certain segment on the road?
Maybe I can just get a tiny camera and put it all on youtube, and list the license plates and cars.
Although I like the faster traffic flow on open roads in those places, it's like slow motion here.
Get millions of users to provide millions of input data and you can aggregate and average the score of America's worst drivers.
Causing an accident would be worth 1,000,000 points.
It'd be the very worst of drivers that would monopolize that system to penalize everyone that didn't kowtow to their incompetence.
I think the CHP buys the Escort Live App on the I-phone because most
every time my radar detector pings the I-phone App with their location, they seem to move.
I suppose law enforcement could buy the equipment and program and then give a lot of false reports. However, I could see Escort refusing to sell to law enforcement agencies.
I would give the left lane campers the worst possible score of offense.
I suppose it would be like they say, every one thinks they are a good driver, and that everyone else is bad.
People would know when to steer clear.
1. You cannot see their head
2. Dents on every panel
3. Duct tape holding the trunk closed
4. Frequent brake lights with no discernible object ahead of them
5. Signaling left but turning right
6. (variant) Turn signal on for the last 18 miles
7. Truck with lift kit and off-road clogs speeding past you in the rain
I wouldn't be surprised if insurance fraud as exists in Russia and some parts of Asia becomes more common, and more people will do it. A factory installed camera with no junky wires and work needed would be nice.
I'll admit I like the backup camera, lots of tight parking where live, it helps in a dark garage.
On my car anyway, the camera is included in the main option group that is seen on virtually every car, so every E since 2010 will have it.
They want to argue about a speeding ticket on a 4 lane arterial that was empty on a 1:30 PM time in the afternoon. 2-lanes each direction, separated by a double yellow I think.
The speed limit; under-posted at 35.
His "laser" reading; 50 - I think. Doesn't much matter to me as whatever speed I was going, was not in any way shape or form unsafe or hazardous.
I was in the left lane as I was coming to a stop at a red light signal where I would be turning left in the left turn lane. There was no traffic alongside or in front of me. There were no pedestrians or bicyclists. The weather and visibility were ideal for high speed driving.
I came to a smooth, controlled, and gradual stop at the light at which point he got up behind me. Being as I was stopped at the previous light I didn't have that much time to be going 50 MPH; maybe just a second or two.
He mentioned something about the hazard of this section of roadway having higher than usual accident numbers. We'll see, that'll be a first for me if the engineering survey confirms that assertion.
Maybe if the speed limit was set at the 85th percentile accidents would be reduced.
What a waste of time!
See you in court SD PD.
What is there to argue? Just pay the fine, for something you admit to doing, and save yourself and the city of SD a lot of time... including all the time you'll spend giving us a blow-by-blow report here as this drags on over the next few months.
And maybe slow down a little... especially on roads like that where you have to stop frequently. What's the point of speeding on roads like that?