ATLANTA, Ga. — Drivers, who feel the need for speed, should hit the brakes or be prepared to see blue lights in their rear view mirror during “Operation Southern Slow Down.”
Speed is a factor but the larger factors seem to be young, unlicensed drivers not wearing seatbelts. I also notice that in the Southeast fatalities had increased. Add to the above, immigrants from Blue states and South of the Border, Down Mexico Way. Reminds me of a song.
Me and Lisa were coming back from Portland the other day and saw car after car after car pulled over on Hwy 52, most of them getting ticketed by Tennessee Highway Patrol, but the County Sheriff's Departments were getting in on the action too.
Officer Safety approves. He fears going after untrained nitwits shooting kids, but give him a chance to rough up granny and make a buck for the department and he's all in.
And they wonder why we have no respect for the highway brigands anymore...
That's fine, live in your own little fantasy world where everybody drives at a safe speed, nobody drinks to excess and drives, and nobody kills innocent drivers because they were busy watching a video on their phone as they blast down the road doing 90.
Drinking and driving? Distracted driving? Etc.? Where is all that in the story?
I just got back home from circling the West (Indiana to Texas to Arizona to Montana and back to Indiana) and while I held things to within 5 or 10 or so of the limit, only in Illinois would I classify any of those who passed me as idiots, weaving in and out of traffic, obvious screen glare of a phone, etc. In SD, the limit was 80, and people blew past me doing 100 or better, and seemed to be in control of the vehicle.
If the po-po are pulling over the idiots all over who can't drive, good. I don't care if they are drunk or just crappy drivers. Get them the hell off the road and I'm happy. I'd take a speeder who knows what he's doing over an idiot who does not any day of the week.
So you live in and traveled through an area where the roads are flat and fairly straight. Good for you. Where I live, the roads are winding and hilly to the point that I've got a friend that lives 10 miles from here as the crow flies but takes me 30 minutes to drive. Fifteen miles per hour over the speed limit in some spots, and you'll run off the road. My house is situated is just north of a curve and there's a 45 mph limit on my road, but I have to roll down my window and listen before I pull out of my driveway to keep from getting T-boned by some fucking kid blasting through the curve doing 65 or 70 just to see if he can do it. I don't dare back out, that's taking my life in my hands. And as far as your 'professional revenooers' go, I've yet to be pulled over or fucked with going 10 mph or less over the speed limit which is what I usually drive.
Look, I'm not trying to razz you. I get that there are situations which call for different responses. 100 in a 45 with blind curves is clearly different than 100 in an 80 with straightaways so far as the eye can see. In that article, you saw that they were clamping down on the former, I saw the latter.
My senior year in college, a family friend was killed in an intersection by a drunk driver. The very next weekend, the sister of the guy who sat next to me in reactor design was killed in the exact same intersection, but in this case, his sister's killer was "just" a bad driver.
What difference does it make whether drunk or sober? Dead is dead. Right?
What the hells difference would it make in either case if one were ticketing for not wearing seat belts? In both cases, the only ones who died were wearing them.
Sure, we both have different circumstances as far as driving conditions go and we both have different opinions. I'm good with that, that's what makes us thinking individuals. And I'm really happy that we can have a minor disagreement over something that really doesn't affect either of us without blowing each other up. Hey, I can remember getting pulled over for doing 92 hauling ass down 395 in eastern California in the middle of the night, hadn't even seen another vehicle in a half hour or more, so I'm sure not trying to make myself out to be an angel. Even today, if I figure I can get away with it, I'll open it up and let them ponies run for awhile. I just keep a sharper eye out now that I'm older and a little smarter.
That is only because "Operation Southern Cops need to generate more revenue through tickets, or we won't be able to fund our raises and pensions" was too unwieldy. I wonder if they need 376 cops to write traffic tickets.
They are just copying North Carolina. I saw 6 officers giving penmanship lessons in NC on my way to Ashville on Saturday. Of course, the winner was the dumbass who rolled his truck on US23.
Speed is a factor but the larger factors seem to be young, unlicensed drivers not wearing seatbelts. I also notice that in the Southeast fatalities had increased. Add to the above, immigrants from Blue states and South of the Border, Down Mexico Way. Reminds me of a song.
ReplyDeleteSC as well as GA is doing this and will be tearing up route 95 for sure.
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Me and Lisa were coming back from Portland the other day and saw car after car after car pulled over on Hwy 52, most of them getting ticketed by Tennessee Highway Patrol, but the County Sheriff's Departments were getting in on the action too.
DeleteMaybe using the Sheriff's Dept. for transport after an arrest, I've seen them doing that on I-20 near me.
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Officer Safety approves. He fears going after untrained nitwits shooting kids, but give him a chance to rough up granny and make a buck for the department and he's all in.
ReplyDeleteAnd they wonder why we have no respect for the highway brigands anymore...
I've never seen my local sheriff's department or the THP act in anything other than a professional manner.
DeleteProfessional what, @wirecutter? I have no need for any more professional revenooers.
DeleteThat's fine, live in your own little fantasy world where everybody drives at a safe speed, nobody drinks to excess and drives, and nobody kills innocent drivers because they were busy watching a video on their phone as they blast down the road doing 90.
DeleteDrinking and driving? Distracted driving? Etc.? Where is all that in the story?
DeleteI just got back home from circling the West (Indiana to Texas to Arizona to Montana and back to Indiana) and while I held things to within 5 or 10 or so of the limit, only in Illinois would I classify any of those who passed me as idiots, weaving in and out of traffic, obvious screen glare of a phone, etc. In SD, the limit was 80, and people blew past me doing 100 or better, and seemed to be in control of the vehicle.
If the po-po are pulling over the idiots all over who can't drive, good. I don't care if they are drunk or just crappy drivers. Get them the hell off the road and I'm happy. I'd take a speeder who knows what he's doing over an idiot who does not any day of the week.
So you live in and traveled through an area where the roads are flat and fairly straight. Good for you.
DeleteWhere I live, the roads are winding and hilly to the point that I've got a friend that lives 10 miles from here as the crow flies but takes me 30 minutes to drive. Fifteen miles per hour over the speed limit in some spots, and you'll run off the road.
My house is situated is just north of a curve and there's a 45 mph limit on my road, but I have to roll down my window and listen before I pull out of my driveway to keep from getting T-boned by some fucking kid blasting through the curve doing 65 or 70 just to see if he can do it. I don't dare back out, that's taking my life in my hands.
And as far as your 'professional revenooers' go, I've yet to be pulled over or fucked with going 10 mph or less over the speed limit which is what I usually drive.
Look, I'm not trying to razz you. I get that there are situations which call for different responses. 100 in a 45 with blind curves is clearly different than 100 in an 80 with straightaways so far as the eye can see. In that article, you saw that they were clamping down on the former, I saw the latter.
DeleteMy senior year in college, a family friend was killed in an intersection by a drunk driver. The very next weekend, the sister of the guy who sat next to me in reactor design was killed in the exact same intersection, but in this case, his sister's killer was "just" a bad driver.
What difference does it make whether drunk or sober? Dead is dead. Right?
What the hells difference would it make in either case if one were ticketing for not wearing seat belts? In both cases, the only ones who died were wearing them.
Sure, we both have different circumstances as far as driving conditions go and we both have different opinions. I'm good with that, that's what makes us thinking individuals.
DeleteAnd I'm really happy that we can have a minor disagreement over something that really doesn't affect either of us without blowing each other up.
Hey, I can remember getting pulled over for doing 92 hauling ass down 395 in eastern California in the middle of the night, hadn't even seen another vehicle in a half hour or more, so I'm sure not trying to make myself out to be an angel. Even today, if I figure I can get away with it, I'll open it up and let them ponies run for awhile. I just keep a sharper eye out now that I'm older and a little smarter.
That is only because "Operation Southern Cops need to generate more revenue through tickets, or we won't be able to fund our raises and pensions" was too unwieldy. I wonder if they need 376 cops to write traffic tickets.
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They are just copying North Carolina. I saw 6 officers giving penmanship lessons in NC on my way to Ashville on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the winner was the dumbass who rolled his truck on US23.
In the left lane on 285 in Atlanta......
ReplyDeleteThey’ll run over your arse.....
Keep right.
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