Why Do So Many People Have Trouble Steering Lately? (driving, dogs)

[jm1982]

Maybe since marijuana is recreationally legal now they think they can drive high .

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After the legalization of recreational pot in California, law firms specializing in DUI stepped up warnings to marijuana users about being busted. Signs along freeways also have warned drivers that being high on marijuana can get them arrested. A bill proposed in the state Senate last month calls for a one-year driving suspension for any motorist under 21 caught with marijuana in his or her system.
But as Perdue's stop in the waning months of 2017 shows, policing marijuana-induced DUIs isn't as easy as arresting and prosecuting drunk drivers. And with Proposition 64 now in full effect, police across California are more concerned than ever about stoned drivers taking to the state's streets and freeways.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...322-story.html

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Maybe since marijuana is recreationally legal now they think they can drive high .

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After the legalization of recreational pot in California, law firms specializing in DUI stepped up warnings to marijuana users about being busted. Signs along freeways also have warned drivers that being high on marijuana can get them arrested. A bill proposed in the state Senate last month calls for a one-year driving suspension for any motorist under 21 caught with marijuana in his or her system.
But as Perdue's stop in the waning months of 2017 shows, policing marijuana-induced DUIs isn't as easy as arresting and prosecuting drunk drivers. And with Proposition 64 now in full effect, police across California are more concerned than ever about stoned drivers taking to the state's streets and freeways.

For police, catching stoned drivers isn't so easy

Could be -- I saw somebody driving today while lighting up and smoking a big old doobie.

[kennygg]

Making a joke involving Schrodinger's cat is a rite of passage. It's also like the secret handshake for nerds.

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Maybe since marijuana is recreationally legal now they think they can drive high .

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After the legalization of recreational pot in California, law firms specializing in DUI stepped up warnings to marijuana users about being busted. Signs along freeways also have warned drivers that being high on marijuana can get them arrested. A bill proposed in the state Senate last month calls for a one-year driving suspension for any motorist under 21 caught with marijuana in his or her system.
But as Perdue's stop in the waning months of 2017 shows, policing marijuana-induced DUIs isn't as easy as arresting and prosecuting drunk drivers. And with Proposition 64 now in full effect, police across California are more concerned than ever about stoned drivers taking to the state's streets and freeways.

For police, catching stoned drivers isn't so easy

Where have you been? Several years ago I saw a dude puffin on the five and weaving through traffic.

[Gemdiver]

Originally Posted by Exitus Acta Probat

Years ago, almost everybody did a fine job of keeping their car in their lane when they weren't in the process of changing lanes. These days, there are a remarkable number of people who can't seem to simply keep their car in their own lane, even when there's another vehicle next to theirs. What's the deal with this? I'm getting so sick of this that I'm considering having those spinning blade things from movies installed on my wheels to encourage other drivers to keep away.

Have you seen its roads? People don't want huge repair bills for suspension damage to their cars.

[Dunbar42]

Or how about all the Uber and Lyft drivers making illegal u-turns with no warning?

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Originally Posted by Gemdiver

Have you seen its roads? People don't want huge repair bills for suspension damage to their cars.

No, it's not that. They just gradually meander about the road. Trust me, it's not just pothole avoidance, nor is it playing with their phone. It's something entirely different though I don't know exactly what.

[TacoSoup]

Originally Posted by Exitus Acta Probat

That's what I initially thought, but when I pass them a few moments later I don't see them playing with a phone. It's just simply brain rot or something.

Just because you don’t see them on their phone doesn’t mean they weren’t. It’s mostly people on their phones.

I had surgery last year that made my wife do all the driving for a few months so I got to observe a lot, I’m now mortified about how much people are looking/typing on their phones. I’m fine with talking on it, just not being preoccupied with it.

I also learned people are pretty slick about hiding their phones when you pull up along side with them just to bring them back out when you pass.

[jtvaj125]

Distracted (phone, radio, child(ren)
Impaired (drunk, high)
Drowsy
Zoned out

Pick any above.

What I don't get are the ones with other adult passengers and they don't do anything about it. Not once or twice but half a dozen times.

[Exitus Acta Probat]

No, you people, it's not phones, etc. It's Type 3 diabetes -- there was a recent story about this and how it's impairing people's rudimentary functions.