People who run stop signs.

[fishbones]

A couple weeks ago I rear ended a chick who sped up then stopped short in the middle of an intersection at a green light because her "gps stopped working". I had looked down for a split second to turn down the AC and didn't have a chance to stop. I doubt her gps story because right when I hit her, I saw her typing on her phone and then she put it down quickly before getting out to see if there was any damage. I've averaged over 40K miles per year for the last 18 years or so and had been driving for 24 years without ever being in an accident.

[Jimbo]

My family frequently expresses displeasure driving with me because if I see someone distracted on a cell phone while driving I may yell as loud as I can, "Get off the bleeping, expletive, expletive phone and just drive," which in the warmer months they will hear me.
But on the topic of stop signs or stop lights I am frequently frustrated by how many people feel that the "right on red" concept doesn't mean they need to make a complete stop and observe before completing the turn. I go thru two on the way to work and if I make a complete stop I'm apt to have some idiot behind me lean on the horn. When that happens, I feel the need to be concerned about the safety of my fellow drivers and I remain stopped until the light turns green (and hopefully I have really pi$$ed horatio hornblower off.
There's so many Stupid Driver Tricks, Letterman could make it a weekly segment.

[Swimmer]

The # 1 problem is the driver of course, but the underlying cause is that thier is no enforcement of the traffic laws. I ran into a dear friend of mine about 8 months ago and he was telling me, after I asked what he's been up to, that he was doing a survey of area police departments ticket writing numbers. This guy is a Lt. on an area pd. He told me that the numbers are down 60 % to 80 %. The excuse the guys are using is the economy. That to me is the biggest BS story I ever heard. It is pure laziness. When the economy improves does anyone really think these people are going to get of the azzes and write citations, I think not. Everyone complains about route 24 being dangerous. But when is the last time anyone saw a trooper stopping a vehicle for a violation? Same goes for the locals. It is difficult to find a cruiser on patrol, which means they are hanging around the station. Listen to your scanners. You might hear the police at a crash, but you never hear the cruisers dispatched to the crash, because they are at the station, and no intiial dispatch to the crash occurred.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

He told me that the numbers are down 60 % to 80 %.

I guess I haven't been imagining it then.

Newport and Middletown could possibly pull themselves out of their economic holes with a little enforcement along 1st Beach.

A dozen worth of 45 in a 25 tickets each day with minimal effort would in no way be an exaggeration, more they spent some time there. Not bad money at the end of the year.

I'm FAR from pro-speed trapping, but a little roughing up of gross violators is in order around here.