MA residents: "stealth" cruisers, passing-lane enforcement

[Jon Linkov]

Well, in MA, this means:

A) MA have ANY budget troubles in less than 1 year, cause Ma*s-hole drivers
are the most aggressive in the nation, so plenty will be paying fines

B) unless they have 3,000 cops at one time on I-91 alone, there's nothing to
worry about since most will always have someone pulled over! You can speed
to your hearts content.

Finding aggressive drivers in MA will be like shooting fish in a barrel!

Jon

On 3/6/04 2:18 PM, "quattro-request at audifans.com"
<quattro-request at audifans.com> wrote:

> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 12:20:28 -0500
> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
> Subject: MA residents: "stealth" cruisers, passing-lane enforcement
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/03/06/troopers_hit_highways_in_
> stealth_seek_road_rage/
> 
> Very interesting tidbit:
> "Officers will issue citations for what he said is one of the
> greatest causes of road rage: Motorists who drive in the passing lane
> without passing anyone."
> 
> (translation: officers will actually start enforcing -all- the
> traffic laws, not just the speeding laws).  Wonder when they'll start
> enforcing the right-side-passing-at-intersections(which makes
> left-turns from a side street extremely dangerous) law.
> 
> However, don't get too happy.  There are two bills before the House
> to make aggressive driving illegal.  One is rather open-ended in
> interpretation and carries a stiff penalty.  Cut someone off?  Lose
> your license for 1-5 years, possibly go to jail, and pay between $500
> and $1200.  The license suspension clause is up to five times more
> severe than a convicted drunk driving offense(and you have to have
> -3- drunk driving convictions to have your license revoked for the
> same as the maximum penalty under this proposed law.  Two drunk
> driving offenses earns you "only" a two year suspension), with
> similar fines as a first-time drunk driver.  It is absurd.
> 
> The second, more reasonable measure, is a "3+ violations in 5 miles"
> law, which fits more closely with how the rest of our legal system is
> structured(escalation based on conditions/severity of the crime).
> There is a fine between $250 and $500; second offense requires
> attendance at a safe-driving program, etc.
> 
> It's pretty obvious which is the better thought-out legislation.
> Read the Globe article for more info, and contact your local house
> representative and let 'em know how you feel:
> http://www.state.ma.us/legis/citytown.htm
> 
> Brett
> --