Is It This Bad Elsewhere? How Do People Drive Where You Live?
IMHO, I think one of the issues is that cars have become too safe. You're surrounded by a cocoon of air bags and crumple zones.
Want to make everyone drive safer? Mount a big old spike on the center of the steering wheel pointed directly at your face and then people will really think about how they drive.
BTW, my big gripe is how fast people drive in parking lots. Are you really in that much of a hurry to get your groceries?
They have a new one around here. (as in didn't used to be this way)
Backing out of your parking space and they honk and keep going between your rear bumper and the other parked cars.
Terrible here in Utah..
Stop signs are optional, just a quick look and keep going. Have seen parents teaching their kids to drive and have them roll on through. Right turn on red, no need to stop either. Speed limits.. don’t think we have one, 20 over in a 50 zone and 85 mph in the 70 mph zone is the norm. Texting and phones a big problem, lots of people staring at there laps while driving.
Not sure about any where else but traffic cops seem to be a thing of the past. Seems like minimal traffic enforcement these days and those caught were by an unmarked cops, not out on patrol, but commuting and pull someone for a bone head move.
You should see when the local high school gets out at 3:30pm.
One big line of teenage girls driving while on the phone pouring out into already busy traffic and lots of kids along the roadsides and in crosswalks.
We actually had a kid killed in a crosswalk in a 25mph residential area recently.
(The woman was looking down texting while going through the intersection speeding)
Not long ago I was waiting for my light to turn green and noticed a pickup driving with two wheels in the street and two up on the sidewalk passing other cars waiting for the light.
A cop nailed him and I just had to hear this so I pulled in were they did.
The guy was telling the cop that Mc D's stops serving breakfast in 2 minutes and that the traffic and the cop was going to make him miss it.
I actually laughed loud enough that they both turned and looked.
OH boy.:D
If I was that cop I would have arrested that prick on the spot and had his truck towed off under suspicion of being under the influence just to teach him a lesson.
A person would have to be under the influence to try and pull something that stupid, right?
"Your honor, he had a bad case of the munchies suggesting he was high so I arrested him for DUI"
