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Aug. 31st, 2010 08:25 amWhen you jump on the bandwagon or proclaim your hate for "those people" who engage in criminal behavior, it's good to define your terms.
Aggressive driving - we all hate it, but legally the definition includes speeding. The old "safety initiative" concept is repackaged as "aggressive driving enforcement" and amounts to handing out speeding tickets to generate revenue.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/enforce/aggressdrivers/aggenforce/define.html (bottom)
Distracted driving - recent news articles have talked about huge % of teens engaging in distracted driving and then immediately discussed driving and texting. They don't bother to explain that distracted driving includes drinking (ie soda or bottled water) and changing radio stations without taking your eyes off the road.
http://www.distraction.gov/stats-and-facts/ (defining as any activity in which eyes or attention split, or either hand leaves the steering wheel for any period of time)
(it isn't clear how they measure buttons on the steering wheel itself but they do consider talking to a passenger in the car "distracted driving," so laws against texting depending on how defined could also press charges to anyone seen talking to passengers in their car?)
Drunk driving - .08, or 3 drinks for most people. Recent news articles railed against huge drunk driving %s, not really doing air time to the fact most reported people who drank and later drove intentionally had up to a 2 hour window before driving (-.015 bac per hour by most charts).
http://www.nhtsa.gov/PR/NHTSA-09-10
Most drunk driving (or sober driving) accidents occur over the old .15 limit) not the .08 limit.
http://www.centurycouncil.org/learn-the-facts/drunk-driving-stats
In all these areas, everyone rallies around the cause but don't usually know how it has been defined. I am terrified and want arrested the .15 bac driver going 65 on a residential street while texting. I'm not scared of someone who had 2 beers at dinner driving 65 on the beltway while changing radio stations.
Aggressive driving - we all hate it, but legally the definition includes speeding. The old "safety initiative" concept is repackaged as "aggressive driving enforcement" and amounts to handing out speeding tickets to generate revenue.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/enforce/aggressdrivers/aggenforce/define.html (bottom)
Distracted driving - recent news articles have talked about huge % of teens engaging in distracted driving and then immediately discussed driving and texting. They don't bother to explain that distracted driving includes drinking (ie soda or bottled water) and changing radio stations without taking your eyes off the road.
http://www.distraction.gov/stats-and-facts/ (defining as any activity in which eyes or attention split, or either hand leaves the steering wheel for any period of time)
(it isn't clear how they measure buttons on the steering wheel itself but they do consider talking to a passenger in the car "distracted driving," so laws against texting depending on how defined could also press charges to anyone seen talking to passengers in their car?)
Drunk driving - .08, or 3 drinks for most people. Recent news articles railed against huge drunk driving %s, not really doing air time to the fact most reported people who drank and later drove intentionally had up to a 2 hour window before driving (-.015 bac per hour by most charts).
http://www.nhtsa.gov/PR/NHTSA-09-10
Most drunk driving (or sober driving) accidents occur over the old .15 limit) not the .08 limit.
http://www.centurycouncil.org/learn-the-facts/drunk-driving-stats
In all these areas, everyone rallies around the cause but don't usually know how it has been defined. I am terrified and want arrested the .15 bac driver going 65 on a residential street while texting. I'm not scared of someone who had 2 beers at dinner driving 65 on the beltway while changing radio stations.
