Does the Triangle need more traffic law enforcement? (Charlotte, Kings Mountain: school, college)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Talking on the phone per se does not need to be illegal. There could be fines/warnings based on erratic driving behavior: slow starts from a stop light, stopping at least a full car length behind the car ahead, wobbling all over the lane (and outside of the constraint lines), drifting, and other obvious signs of being consistently distracted. Some people can talk and drive perfectly well, but others, who are probably not very experienced drivers in the first place, should only do one thing at a time. And some locations are safer than others. But wherever there are two cars near each other on the road, the drivers need to be paying attention. Ditto where there are pedestrians, parked cars, bikes, motorcycles, innocent deer.
Slow starts can't be regulated. Every vehicle has different acceleration speeds, which can further vary by how much weight is on the vehicle, so you can't penalize someone because their vehicle was accelerating slow. They need to be able to prove that it was in the driver's control, which would be next to impossible, making it unenforceable. Looking down like their looking at a phone is considered sufficient evidence by the courts, they need to prove that it was the cause.
Some states advise driver's to stop a car length behind another car. It's actually recommended that you are at least able to see the bumper of the car in front of you and it decreases fender benders. I see no problem with it. Once again, how far back you need to be to see the bumper varies by how high the vehicle is.
I've seen them stop people for driving all over the lanes, but you can't catch everything. All this also applies to public roads only. Private property/parking lots/roads aren't subject to traffic enforcement.
Maybe NC needs laws regarding cell phone usage in vehicles. I see more people here than anywhere else with their heads down looking/messing at/with their phones. And that is not just at lights, it is driving down roads and freeways.
Not Maybe. This place really need to get with it like other places, there is no valid excuse not to. It's become rampant. Really, what does it take to make this make it happen....
Just yesterday, guy in right lane on highway at 50+mph drifting as he texted. For miles.
My tendency is to pull up and cross my hands to signal "NO!", but after that road rage shooting on 440 this week I'll just let Darwinism take its course.
I would love it if law enforcement cracked down on cell phone usage while driving around here. I see people holding a phone in their hand chatting away all the time, looking around all over the place while they're talking and barely paying attention to the road. Maybe some sort of public awareness campaign (beyond TV commercials) would help get it through some people's heads that they shouldn't be using their phones while driving, whether talking, looking at Snapchat, texting, or anything. Laws aren't enough, especially when they can't be enforced.
I also wouldn't be opposed to the idea of requiring people to take "driver re-education classes" every few years. I think the classes should be free and provided by the government, but of course that'll probably never happen.
And I really wish people would be pulled over for following too close, especially at high speeds.
Indeed. Millions of people are killed or injured in car accidents every year, so bad driving is pretty serious.
Only if you believe law enforcement can somehow stop all “bad driving”. There will always be an assumed risk when operating a motor vehicle. I see a pretty good balance of law enforcement on the roads when I drive (purely anecdotal). Idk I get more annoyed than focused when I see a hw patrol car lurking on every offramp on 40 .... just my 2 cents.
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