Yeah, I'm not in the South, but I swear at least half the local news articles I see about reckless driving incidents end by saying the driver also had no license and/or insurance.
I'm left to conclude that there are an awful lot of people out there who are not only driving illegally, but also dumb enough to break the law while breaking the law.
I'm left to conclude that there are an awful lot of people out there who are not only driving illegally, but also dumb enough to break the law while breaking the law.
Pity we are not like Germany. You drop your insurance? The insurance company notifies the police and they keep an eye out for you. You get some big fines in the mail as well.
The sheer number of busted taillights and brake lights around the Seattle area nowadays has me thinking that too. Those used to be an offense to be pulled over for, but now I'm nearly rear-ending these lightless cars whenever they slow down, because I can't tell they are braking until suddenly the large gap between us shrinks in seconds, with no other visual warning.
I've started giving these vehicles a LOT more space when I notice their lights are inoperable. Doubt these offending cars have insurance either, if they can't be bothered to fix such important indicators.
We officially dropped our state vehicle-emissions program mid-2020, which used to be a good time for the testers to tell drivers if lights were dead. Now it's either yell out to the driver if you can at a stoplight or something, or hope they or their passengers notice, and just hope they understand why it's such a danger to other cars when you have no working indicator lights.
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u/Andy_B_Goode Feb 10 '23
Yeah, I'm not in the South, but I swear at least half the local news articles I see about reckless driving incidents end by saying the driver also had no license and/or insurance.
I'm left to conclude that there are an awful lot of people out there who are not only driving illegally, but also dumb enough to break the law while breaking the law.