Motorists vs traffic cameras

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- Dioclese
  
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15 years ago

Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:10 PM

I never said I liked it. But, I don't like personal accountability denial either. Nor do I like actions of others that radically affect the ability of one to drive on the public roadway safely, as well as their affecting the emmotional state (anger and road rage temptation).

I live in a rural area a few miles from a very small town. The only time I see highway polcing is with laser/radar guns when I go to the big city. I usually have no visual of any police officer, be it city, county or state, if I'm "lucky" enough to be in the big city on the highway during rush hour(s).

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15 years ago

Mon, Apr 13, 2009 7:52 PM

I dont know whether the law allows you not to signal when there is no traffic or not here in Texas.. I can look it up.

On Beltway 8, there is seldom the case that there is no traffic. If I complain about people not signaling, then obviously there are people who are affected.

We Texans are really bad about turning on our headlights in rain and dusk/dark conditions.

And, again, we are pretty bad about hogging the left lane (which is a passing lane).

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15 years ago

Tue, Apr 14, 2009 2:49 AM

I got used to driving with my headlights on at all times when I first got my ham radio plates. I was living in Arkansas, and not too far from Memphis. I found out that in Tennessee, Amateur Radio operators are considered Emergency Vehicles. (As a matter of fact in 1982, some of the Amateur Radio plates issued had EMERGENCY across the bottom.) And in both Tennessee and Arkansas and in Mississippi, emergency vehicles have to drive with their headlights on at all times. Since I had to drive the entire length of Tennessee at times, and since I was up in Memphis a lot, I just got in the habit of turning my lights on when I started her up. Not going to hurt the battery, and since I'm driving a small, hard to see car anyway, it can't hurt. KE30 Corollas are not exactly the largest car on the road. Though the locals got a laugh, or so they thought, when it snowed, and I was out driving with chains on my tires and all. I used to drive up the 61 past Sugar Ditch to Memphis (i.e. right past Graceland), but I understand that way's not safe anymore now that Sugar Ditch has a casino. (Actually the locals had another name for it, expecially since Jesse Jackson was down there so much.)

Charles Grozny