Yes Both these officers where coming in off a public street into the parking lot..The one I really wanted a pic of,,By his facial expressions it was obvious he wasn't working but laughing and carrying on.
Danny: Of course it wont impact the budget..taxes haven't even done that but the ppl are still taxed heavily.
What are the new fines earmarked for? Will the new revenue be used to reduce taxes?? Where will this money be hidden? In my opinion Dave is right on when he and so many others say its just another revenue enhanced program..Nothing is going to stop phone use out here,,
I'd got to believe the technology is already there. Just have the phones disabled at a certain speed.
To much money is moved in the vechicles..We just gotta be careful how we get away with it now.
No one wants to wreck but if its your day in the barrel its your day,its going to happen one way or another.
I know ya didn't really mean Phone use is worst then D/Driving?? Did ya? Did ya mean texting and driving?
The way I see the drunk driving thing/cell phone driving thing is like this. One drunk driver would be like a rattlesnake bite. One cell phone driver would be like a bee sting. So one cell phone driver isn't as bad as one drunk driver. When ya figure the millions of people who drive while talking vs the thousands who drive drunk, then I think overall, cell phone drivers are a worse problem. Sorta like getting swarmed by bees.
Just today, another incident. Lady getting on the highway. She's got her flippin head down looking at the passenger seat. I moved over to let her merge in. I guess she felt the need to go on into the center lane. I tapped my horn. She looked up & caught herself. Got back in the right lane.
What I mean is a bunch of incidents like that are an overall worse problem than 1 drunk.
I will say that yea, she's prolly texting in this case. Still, I'd just like to see cell phones de-activated in moving vehicles.
The exception is I do think someone should be able to dial 911. Yes they may be distracted. I think the overall good of those distracted drivers outweighs the distraction. If ya can pull over & dial 911, that would be better. But I can see where there may be cases that someone might not be able too & someone else may need emergency assistance.
btw/ I'm not giving drunk driving a pass. I think the penalties for drunks should be worse than the penalties for cell phone use. I'd just like to see both things eliminated from our roads.
People have the right to expect the other person will be paying attention while driving. There's enough accidents as it is.
We created enough laws and education against drunk driving and it hasn't stopped yet.
I actually find this hands free thing more of a distraction then just using the phone by itself at this time,,I know it will take time to get use to it.
Turtle: Wonder if we could get in on that special training also? Clearly Truck drivers have a special mission, information needs, and training that clearly distinguish them from other motorists on our roadways.
