Heads up. Undercover police texting crackdown

It's about time. Seems like damn near everybody is driving with their phone in their hand.
 
Almost every driver I see has a phone in their hand now. I have been guilty of it as well so I can't say too much shit; Im happy to see this though.

I saw a lady sit through an entire turn signal on the way to work last week, when I drove by, she was still looking down at her phone. People need to start using their horn more often.
 
93 saturn sl2 said:
Almost every driver I see has a phone in their hand now. I have been guilty of it as well so I can't say too much shit; Im happy to see this though.

I saw a lady sit through an entire turn signal on the way to work last week, when I drove by, she was still looking down at her phone. People need to start using their horn more often.
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I was travelling at 50 MPH (the speed limit) through an intersection today and got cut off by someone making a right turn (they had a red light). She pulled out in front of me and was going 10-20 MPH if that. I slammed the brakes and had to swerve into the left turn lane to avoid rear ending her then I passed her. She was on her phone.

Seriously, I understand checking your phone here and there but anymore than a glance is too much.
 
mustangmike6996 said:
I was travelling at 50 MPH (the speed limit) through an intersection today and got cut off by someone making a right turn (they had a red light). She pulled out in front of me and was going 10-20 MPH if that. I slammed the brakes and had to swerve into the left turn lane to avoid rear ending her then I passed her. She was on her phone.

Seriously, I understand checking your phone here and there but anymore than a glance is too much.
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I had a guy in front of me in a Jeep on the 696 service drive about a month back. He almost biffed the curb a couple of times, nearly ran the light at Bunert, then blew the stop sign by the 696 exit ramp coming up to Hoover. I got next to him at the light at Hoover and 696, he was texting. I don't think I've ever seen a drunk driver that bad.
 
It has reached epidemic levels.I drive for a living and what I encounter daily is ridiculous.I am happy to hear the cops are cracking down on these inconsiderate buffoons.
 
The worst offenders are the ones trying to hide it and have the phone by their center console. They are looking down more than up.
 
I'm glad to see everyone agrees...Although I don't think it will really change much.

Example...
I had asked the local police department a while back to come sit down the street.
There are grade schools on each side of the corner, or public and one private. Stop sign at one end and a traffic light at the other.
People in the neighborhood never stop for the sign, I've even had people pass me because I was stopped at the stop sign.
The Chief of Police said that there isn't much they can do, they have a lot of ground to cover. If they sit there they'll get a few people but as soon as they leave it's a free for all again.
 
sofa king said:
I'm glad to see everyone agrees...Although I don't think it will really change much.

Example...
I had asked the local police department a while back to come sit down the street.
There are grade schools on each side of the corner, or public and one private. Stop sign at one end and a traffic light at the other.
People in the neighborhood never stop for the sign, I've even had people pass me because I was stopped at the stop sign.
The Chief of Police said that there isn't much they can do, they have a lot of ground to cover.
If they sit there they'll get a few people but as soon as they leave it's a free for all again.
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Very surprised he said this. If a department makes an enforcement effort,
even 2 days a month (vary dates) in one area, it changes how drivers think
and treat that area, normally for the better.
 
4Gas$ said:
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Very surprised he said this. If a department makes an enforcement effort,
even 2 days a month (vary dates) in one area, it changes how drivers think
and treat that area, normally for the better.
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You and me both....
I personally never saw any patrol car out there anyhow, either before or after sending this.
My response to this email was, so when a kid gets hit will you invest a little more time?
I'll quit stealing this threads thunder and main purpose.

I changed the names to protect the innocent.

Dude,
I work up in that area usually 2 or 3 days a week myself throughout the school year, and have some other officers work the area also. Not always the stop signs just on "That crappy street".
To be honest, I could write 20 tickets tomorrow and soon as I leave someone will run one again. We will continue to do enforcement, but please remember, we
have a lot of other schools also we have to patrol.

Sgt. So and so...
Redford Twp. Police
Traffic Bureau
 
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