Saga of Cell Phone Accident...
Well, on our way from Nevada to Oregon we recently got into an accident. A woman driving a borrowed car while on a cell phone rammed into my Ram’s drivers side alloy dually, then sheared off the drive...
Forum Discussion
I believe certain preventive controls are often misplaced. Here's two that have never made sense to me:
- There's a school zone on a main street right near our home. Although students arrive and leave during a very short time each morning and afternoon, the speed limit is kept at 15-mph ALL day long. I've been driving through the school zone for 27-years and have NEVER once seen a child in the cross walk outside the normal arrival and departure times. Why not just reduce the speed limit during those times and let traffic flow normally the rest of the day? I would even accept a reduced speed of 35-mph, but 15-mph all day long is ridiculous!
- Why do school buses have to stop at railroad crossings and then sit there FOREVER before proceeding? Hundreds of other vehicles (of all types) pass across the same tracks with no issues. Simple: If the lights are flashing and/or the gate is down, stop. If not, go. The current system has little value, is a waste of time and ties-up traffic. Maybe I'm just getting old and grouchy!
NOTE: We have two children, but have not worried about their safety in either setting mentioned above.
On a different note:
Arizona has been identified as having the highest rate of deadly red light accidents in the U.S. This is based on studying data from the previous 10-years. In response to the news, there's talk of increasing red light cameras around town. I'm all in favor of the idea, but it would be interesting to know if there's a correlation between red light runners and cell phone usage. Why do Arizonans run red lights so often?
- There's a school zone on a main street right near our home. Although students arrive and leave during a very short time each morning and afternoon, the speed limit is kept at 15-mph ALL day long. I've been driving through the school zone for 27-years and have NEVER once seen a child in the cross walk outside the normal arrival and departure times. Why not just reduce the speed limit during those times and let traffic flow normally the rest of the day? I would even accept a reduced speed of 35-mph, but 15-mph all day long is ridiculous!
- Why do school buses have to stop at railroad crossings and then sit there FOREVER before proceeding? Hundreds of other vehicles (of all types) pass across the same tracks with no issues. Simple: If the lights are flashing and/or the gate is down, stop. If not, go. The current system has little value, is a waste of time and ties-up traffic. Maybe I'm just getting old and grouchy!
NOTE: We have two children, but have not worried about their safety in either setting mentioned above.
On a different note:
Arizona has been identified as having the highest rate of deadly red light accidents in the U.S. This is based on studying data from the previous 10-years. In response to the news, there's talk of increasing red light cameras around town. I'm all in favor of the idea, but it would be interesting to know if there's a correlation between red light runners and cell phone usage. Why do Arizonans run red lights so often?
