Southern States Cracking Down on Speeding This Week

[Tucker301]

http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/38630622/tn-law-enforcement-cracks-down-on-speeding

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -
Law enforcement agencies in Tennessee are joining with agencies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina to crack down on speeders for "Operation Southern Shield."

“Avoid having your summer vacation end with a tragedy because you made the choice to speed,” said Tennessee Highway Safety Office Director Vic Donoho. “We want everyone to make it to their destinations safely. Our law enforcement partners will exercise a zero tolerance for speeding drivers. If you’re caught speeding, you will be ticketed.”

The mission of THSO is to reduce traffic fatalities on highways with a vision of zero deaths."

Operation Southern Shield" runs July 16-20, 2018.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Summer fund raising season

 

[Veer_G]

Summer fund raising season

Gotta get flush for Labor Day.

 

[Tucker301]

Opinion: Having all vehicles traveling at the same speed in a knot is the most unsafe condition you can have on the highways. We've all seen the scenario where you come up on a cluster of cars that are all going the posted limit, and no one's moving. Get a good look, and there's the trooper leading the pack, with everyone behind him afraid to move ahead. Me? I'll pass him if I can do it and stay at 5-7+. Free up some room.

 

[2ndamendfan]

Opinion: Having all vehicles traveling at the same speed in a knot is the most unsafe condition you can have on the highways. We've all seen the scenario where you come up on a cluster of cars that are all going the posted limit, and no one's moving. Get a good look, and there's the trooper leading the pack, with everyone behind him afraid to move ahead. Me? I'll pass him if I can do it and stay at 5-7+. Free up some room.

Amen brother, it makes it hard to maneuver. Years ago you could go from fast lane (passing lane, left lane what ever you want to call it) to exit lane (4 lanes in SLC) safely in about a mile. Your exit 1 mile ahead start working your way over. Last few years there are no gaps, everyone set at 70mph.
You have to start planning exit almost 5 miles early now.
We have to nations longest HOV lane, little over 72 miles. and it can be a joke. Get some old couple doing 60mph slowing everyone up. speed limit is 70-75. The news reports often that the HOV lane is expected to be doing 5-10mph more than regular traffic. Basiclly saying go faster your not going to get a ticket. Was reported the other day that to get federal money for HOV lanes the federal law says the speed can't not drop below 45 mph ever. There are times it is 35mph, may loose funding for next expansion (would make it almost 100 miles long). Could end up dropping it as an HOV lane all together. When it works it is nice, but 40% of the time it is faster to not get in the HOV lane.

 

[Maggot]

Opinion: Having all vehicles traveling at the same speed in a knot is the most unsafe condition you can have on the highways. We've all seen the scenario where you come up on a cluster of cars that are all going the posted limit, and no one's moving. Get a good look, and there's the trooper leading the pack, with everyone behind him afraid to move ahead. Me? I'll pass him if I can do it and stay at 5-7+. Free up some room.

The ones that really fuck it up are the semi's when you get a line of them jockeying for position. I 81 is one of the worst especially on Sunday evening when theyre all trying to get north to the metro areas to unload on Monday.

 

[W54/XM-388]

I hate HOV lanes with a passion, they cause nothing but problems around here. Stupid things for idiots to feel good about.
Pretty much every single morning and afternoon on the radio traffic news for 10 years here: "Accident blocking the HOV lane and the Left hand lane".
Then the few days that wasn't happening it was "HOV lane enforcement causing delays in the HOV lane and left hand lane".

Interestingly enough around here they eventually just changed almost all of them to toll lanes (with a HOV discount if you go through the work).

 

[Jefe's Dope]

If you do any amount of research, you'll find that speeding is NOT the issue.

It's been shown that most drivers drive to the correct speed for the road, conditions, and amount of traffic regardless of posted speed limits. Sometimes it's slower than the posted speed limit, often times it's the same or slightly faster.

The biggest contributor to accidents, on the highway, is a slow moving vehicle causing tensions for drivers behind it trying to work their way around. As most drivers are driving at the correct pace, see above, and want to continue that pace naturally.

 

[Maggot]

If you do any amount of research, you'll find that speeding is NOT the issue.

It's been shown that most drivers drive to the correct speed for the road, conditions, and amount of traffic regardless of posted speed limits. Sometimes it's slower than the posted speed limit, often times it's the same or slightly faster.

The biggest contributor to accidents, on the highway, is a slow moving vehicle causing tensions for drivers behind it trying to work their way around. As most drivers are driving at the correct pace, see above, and want to continue that pace naturally.

That, and the ones who try to go 90, weaving in and out, when every one else is going 70

 

[powdahound76]

And distracted driving. Most if the bad crashes I ran in 8 years involved that and/or chemicals.
Also in the winter in the mountains, unsafe driving for conditions and crap tires caused a lot of them.

 

[QuickNDirty]

That, and the ones who try to go 90, weaving in and out, when every one else is going 70

Yeah, some of those fuckers... I wouldn't mind if they got charged with assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder, etc with that lane waeving shit.

 

[mdmp5]

If you do any amount of research, you'll find that speeding is NOT the issue.

It's been shown that most drivers drive to the correct speed for the road, conditions, and amount of traffic regardless of posted speed limits. Sometimes it's slower than the posted speed limit, often times it's the same or slightly faster.

The biggest contributor to accidents, on the highway, is a slow moving vehicle causing tensions for drivers behind it trying to work their way around. As most drivers are driving at the correct pace, see above, and want to continue that pace naturally.

Before I read your post I was going to ask what the correlation between speeding and accidents was. I have a hard time believing that simply going faster is the major cause for accidents

 

[Maggot]

And distracted driving.

That is terrifying. I see them driving while watching their cell phone all the time.

 

[Mike Casselton]

That is terrifying. I see them driving while watching their cell phone all the time.

^^^^^^^^
THIS!
THAT'S THE FUCKING PROBLEM DOWN HERE.
Ass hats driving 90+ with their phone 6" in front of their face.

 

[MtnCreek]

Texting while driving = getting a spit cup if I can get in the right position.

 

[lightman]

I liked it better when the trucks had a lower speed limit than the rest of the public. When I'm traveling I try to run about 4 to 6 miles over the limit, if traffic flow permits. Unless its a special occasion or a construction zone LE won't hardly even look at me. Smooth and steady.

 

[Random_Scrub]

That is terrifying. I see them driving while watching their cell phone all the time.

Sad but it’s hard to tell if they are drunk or on their phones half the time.

 

[Strykervet]

Texting while driving = getting a spit cup if I can get in the right position.

I like that, except I'd have to keep full, dehydration month old piss bottles on hand to equal something like that. My setter keeps me in a fine supply of dogshit though, and that's gotten some attention in the past. Piss won't blot out their windshield either. Cat piss is best, it'll literally take off the paint and eat through the plastic, but they're hard to milk.

Another thing you can do is to install an extra window washer pump and orient them where they'll shoot sideways and into a car window. Fill the hopper with piss. Now you can do windows with one button and squirt piss at phone people with the other. They'll probably never figure where it came from if you keep looking straight ahead!

The French used to use this particularly nasty mix during civil unrest. If Americans learned from history, riots would be much more stinky and interesting to watch. I forget what they call it, it has a name, but it's mixed pig/cattle blood, piss and shit, mixed up and left to ferment in the sun for a week. THAT is what you throw at your opposition.

 

[EddieNFL]

Before I read your post I was going to ask what the correlation between speeding and accidents was. I have a hard time believing that simply going faster is the major cause for accidents

If you check NHTSA stats you would probably drive 10 under. Much like "alcohol-related" crashes, they throw speed in at any opportunity. If I'm driving 65 in a 55 and a car runs a stop sign and t-bones me, how did speed cause the accident? I guess you could surmise had I been driving the speed limit, I wouldn't have been in the intersection...of course, had I been driving even faster the same logic applies.

 

[P-Squared]

There are two types of drivers on the road today, idiots and morons.

Morons are the ones driving slower than you, and idiots are the ones driving faster.

 

[Redmanss]

Throwing stuff from your vehicle at another is a felony offense in most states, seriously compounded if you actually cause damage or an accident as a result. I know most comments like that are out of sarcasm, but some actually think it might be a good idea in the heat of road rage anger.

As for the general speeding issue, I keep my cruise at the limit and haven't had a ticket since 1997. I leave early enough to get where I need to be on time. I'm the asshole in front of you doing dead on the speed limit and trust me, I really don't give a shit if there's no passing lane for five miles.

 

[quietmike]

If you do any amount of research, you'll find that speeding is NOT the issue.

It's been shown that most drivers drive to the correct speed for the road, conditions, and amount of traffic regardless of posted speed limits. Sometimes it's slower than the posted speed limit, often times it's the same or slightly faster.

The biggest contributor to accidents, on the highway, is a slow moving vehicle causing tensions for drivers behind it trying to work their way around. As most drivers are driving at the correct pace, see above, and want to continue that pace naturally.

I'd love to see the stats for tickets written for slow drivers in the fast lane. It has to be the least enforced law on the books.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

I'd love to see the stats for tickets written for slow drivers in the fast lane. It has to be the least enforced law on the books.

We at least have a law on the books here. Any hwy that is 4 lanes, total, or more, you may only use the left lane for passing. But like you said, it's rarely enforced.

 

[EddieNFL]

There are two types of drivers on the road today, idiots and morons.

Morons are the ones driving slower than you, and idiots are the ones driving faster.

That's George Carlin and I believe it was maniacs and assholes.