Sorry Joe, not trying to take this anymore off topic but I would like to address this.
No worries. In fact, I'll help you do it!
btw, the name is John. Yeah, with the "h" in there, as God intended. Ain't that right j_garcia?
It's getting worse, a bunch of cities are now pushing their law enforcement agencies (ie. some are bringing back quotas) for more revenue due to the enconomy and their failing budget plans. You can also be certain we will all be seeing more photo-radar and stoplight cameras even though satistically they do not make the roads safer.
OMG, the cameras. I HATE them. I honestly, truly think they are more dangerous than not. I now either brake really hard, or accelerate very hard when the yellow is lit.
We had some very, very bad rains some years ago here. Yeah, people in CA don't know how to drive with bad weather. There was a total idiot in front of me, and, well, I gave him space. I just most barely did not make it past the crosswalk when the red hit. I gave the terrible driver in front of me probably close to a 100 ft, and I was doing 26 in a 35 mph zone. I am 100% sure a cop would not have ticketed me. I almost followed the driver so that I could yell at him. The ticket with fees was over $380.
My close friend and fellow musician got one as well. He WANTED to stop, but as an aware driver, he duly noted that the person behind him was
accelerating. So, he's out near $400, but at least he wasn't injured at the time, nor had damage to his car. When I went to traffic school for my ticket, I specifically asked about my friend's situation. The educator recommended to hit the brakes and let him hit you. WTF. This way nothing is your fault. Well, who the heck is going to risk injury and severe damage to their vehicle, with all the headaches involved with both.
There is a city near me that suffered a class action suit. Ya know how we get accustomed to the lengths of the "yellow" lights at different intersections? Well, they implemented a stoplight camera at a busy intersection, and
decreased the yellow timer without telling anyone. Some smart citizens figured this out and provided evidence somehow. Nutz.
There was an article the other day about some guy who was carjacked and they took his phone. He had one of his friends text to his phone that he had drugs and hot chicks and they would come to his house if he sent his address. They saw it and responded and the cops went to the house and found them and the car there. LMAO!
Ha. Maybe 4-5 years ago, I was picking up some beers at a local convenience store. I was in the back, and a couple of folks up front yelled out, "Hey, is that your truck?!" (Ranger, same one I drive today). Wuh? I quickly went outside, and someone had crunched my driver door, and there they were sitting in their car. They were obviously drunk, and it was the xmas season. Without any anger, without any intent to report them in for drunk driving, I was going to look for them to claim responsibility, and simply tell them they shouldn't be on the road. I looked at them. They looked at me. They started slowly reversing. I made it very obvious to them they I was looking at their license, looked back at them, looked at their license, looked back at them . . . and they continued to leave. I walk back in the store, write down the plates, call the cops. They found them drunk as skunks parked in front of their home. Since they weren't driving, no DUI, but still a hit 'n run.
The two folks had switched seats, woman then in the driver's seat. She complained the whole time in the patrol car, an officer told me, claiming she had family/friends in the force. Officer replied that just recently their superior hit a car when drunk in a parking lot, and he got no leniency either. Anyways, I swear, some folks . . .
