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QUESTION: Do you think crappy driving (running reds, speeding, erratic lane changes etc.) is becoming more acceptable because so many people are doing it, and few are getting punished for it?
Talk about it.
no and it should never be acceptable. A car is as lethal as any weapon. More enforcement and harsh punishment are needed.
I do not have my driver’s license to drive a car I only have my driver’s license to drive people’s crazy now that’s crappy driver
Acceptable by whom? Certainly not by me. In my humble opinion, crappy driving is
nothing new, it’s just that the population has grown and there are more drivers on the
road. When I moved to Concord in the early part of the 80s, I thought a lot of drivers in
Contra Costa County were crappy. There was a lot of speeding, zipping in and out of
lanes, and tailgating. I moved here from San Francisco, and in those days, San Francisco,
and San Mateo County drivers were more courteous, and SFPD wasn’t afraid to pull over
the crappy drivers. I haven’t been to the City in a long time, so by now they are probably
driving crappy over there too.
Now days, a traffic stop is dangerous for the police, especially with all the tinted windows,
and the cop can’t see who’s in the car. Too many cops have been shot during a traffic stop.
No, it’s not acceptable – but is becoming more prevalent. The “me first” self entitlement culture is growing with nothing stopping it… and it’s not just driving habits ….. it’s everywhere unfortunately
Drivers ED replaced by movie stunt driving, video games.
Then there’s idiot driving to produce video content for internet.
Everyone is drugged out. It’s upsetting because it just raises our Insurance rates. Illegals should never get a Drivers License and if you drive without one, you should never be able to get one again.
Aunt B – you can thank Newscum and Brown for illegals getting licenses…. They “greased the skids” to allow the licensing – my guess? To gain favor and get their votes – and it worked. (It was AB60)
Let’s be sure to defund the police soon so things get even worse… *that’s called sarcasm*
no, more frustrating. should be remedial driving tests
Unfortunately yes, it has become accepted by our society. Removing Driver’s Ed from high school was a big mistake. People are on the phones behind the wheel all the time. And there is way less traffic enforcement than there used to be. We need a campaign against red light running similar to the MADD campaigns against drunk driving in the 80s. Drunk driving was a lot more commonplace. Then at some point society (for the most part) decided they would not tolerate it. They made the fines for DUI sky high and serious. They allocated money to PDs to specifically use for drunk driving screening/patrols. Enforcement and punishment goes up, the reckless behavior goes down.
It was my observation that “crappy” driving became a lot more common during the pandemic. Traffic volume declined, so it became easy to drive at speeds above the speed limit. Speeds on Hwy 4 eastbound commonly reached 100 mph and higher. Speeds on city streets also increased due to less traffic. It became easy to run a stop light, since there was a lower chance of encountering cross traffic. Hopefully, the PDs can “retrain” some of the worst of these “crappy” drivers before long.