I\’m amazed at the number of people who don\’t want to believe that traffic cameras are there to produce revenue and provide no other benefit. Cities that put red light cameras up tend to shorten the yellow light duration so that more tickets can be issued.
In Scottsdale where I live the city has traffic cameras all over the place to monitor speed and red light violations. The police department said accidents had been reduced but an independent audit of insurance claims showed that accidents had gone up. When a municipality rakes in millions of dollars and the camera companies make even more, what do you expect!
By all means let\’s test drivers more frequently. My Arizona driver\’s license is good for 10 years. Unbelieveable. I want to be tested every year if I ever reach 60.
Finally, as a former driver ed teacher, I know that the purpose of driver ed is to help the student get a license. Actually learning how to drive often doesn\’t happen.
I also live in PA, and while I agree that cell phone users are distracted, the real danger comes from unpredictable, timid drivers, or people too stupid to have a drivers license.
A few simple common courtesies on the road could all but eliminate random accidents. If your car didn\’t have a mechanical failure then you didn\’t have an \”accident\”, you were negligent, perhaps criminally.
1) Drive in the right lane, pass in the left, and NEVER, under any circumstance, pass on the right (for this to work, you left lane cruisers need to wake up and learn how to drive. The lanes have a purpose, and you don\’t get to just pick one at random!). When someone passes on the right, both the passer, and the person being passed should be ticketed.
2) Wait at the top of the entrance ramp, and accelerate into an opening. Stop rolling out to the end of the ramp and then trying to merge at 10 mph! (And for those of you IN traffic, stop trying to help people merge! You should not be slowing down or stopping on the highway)
3) Stop tailgating.
4) Stop driving off-road monstorsities on the highway and get a car that\’s fit for highway speeds. Your SUV is not a status symbol. It simply shows you were silly enough to pay $50k for a modified pickup truck!
5) Maintain your vehicle! 50% of the cars I see are running on badly worn tires, and a good number of the ones that aren\’t worn out are the cheapest garbage tires made.
Unfortunately, our state and local police are ONLY concerned about revenue generation. They write the easy speeding tickets, and ignore all of the real behavior that causes accidents.
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It took research to figure this out? I could have told them today\’s drivers do stupid things. I witness it every day on the way to work.
Since most will never search out the entire survey, you could have been proactive by including some DO\’s in your article.
I\’m amazed at the number of people who don\’t want to believe that traffic cameras are there to produce revenue and provide no other benefit. Cities that put red light cameras up tend to shorten the yellow light duration so that more tickets can be issued.
In Scottsdale where I live the city has traffic cameras all over the place to monitor speed and red light violations. The police department said accidents had been reduced but an independent audit of insurance claims showed that accidents had gone up. When a municipality rakes in millions of dollars and the camera companies make even more, what do you expect!
By all means let\’s test drivers more frequently. My Arizona driver\’s license is good for 10 years. Unbelieveable. I want to be tested every year if I ever reach 60.
Finally, as a former driver ed teacher, I know that the purpose of driver ed is to help the student get a license. Actually learning how to drive often doesn\’t happen.
I also live in PA, and while I agree that cell phone users are distracted, the real danger comes from unpredictable, timid drivers, or people too stupid to have a drivers license.
A few simple common courtesies on the road could all but eliminate random accidents. If your car didn\’t have a mechanical failure then you didn\’t have an \”accident\”, you were negligent, perhaps criminally.
1) Drive in the right lane, pass in the left, and NEVER, under any circumstance, pass on the right (for this to work, you left lane cruisers need to wake up and learn how to drive. The lanes have a purpose, and you don\’t get to just pick one at random!). When someone passes on the right, both the passer, and the person being passed should be ticketed.
2) Wait at the top of the entrance ramp, and accelerate into an opening. Stop rolling out to the end of the ramp and then trying to merge at 10 mph! (And for those of you IN traffic, stop trying to help people merge! You should not be slowing down or stopping on the highway)
3) Stop tailgating.
4) Stop driving off-road monstorsities on the highway and get a car that\’s fit for highway speeds. Your SUV is not a status symbol. It simply shows you were silly enough to pay $50k for a modified pickup truck!
5) Maintain your vehicle! 50% of the cars I see are running on badly worn tires, and a good number of the ones that aren\’t worn out are the cheapest garbage tires made.
Unfortunately, our state and local police are ONLY concerned about revenue generation. They write the easy speeding tickets, and ignore all of the real behavior that causes accidents.