Finally....a police dept busting people for distracted driving

[TheBac]

http://www.freep.com/article/201101...aw-dont-drive-in-Troy-if-your-salad-cant-wait

More dept's need to start doing this, although I wish the ticket came with points and a higher fine. IMO, losing $$ usually makes people wake up.

Ive seen people driving on the freeway reading a newspaper and typing on a computer.
Once saw one lady with a cig in one hand and phone in the other, driving 50mph on a 4 lane road. Must've been her third arm holding the wheel.

 

[buildingup]

One area of Michigan that will pull you over for anything. Troy police will pull their own grandmothers over and give them tickets for 2 mph over.

 

[FullSpec]

fairfax county virginia is the worst

 

[Turbo Performance]

Funny this was brought up. Made a trip to Utah today and passed a guy reading a magazine while driving. It's definitely getting out of hand.

 

[Randy5.0]

This last summer I was driving south on US 61 near LaGrange MO and saw a man eating a Subway sandwich with both hands while riding his motorcycle. I've never seen anything like it. Unreal!

 

[DAVe3283]

I'm glad the law has the requirement that your driving be bad first. I drive with no hands all the time. I steer with my knee. Of course, I don't do it in cities or in traffic. I've been doing that for 5+ years now, and no one outside my truck has ever noticed. Mostly because if there is other traffic, I use my hands, and partially because I can steer with my knee just as well as with my hand.

Now if I was swerving or driving erratically while not touching the wheel, by all means, give me a ticket. But there are a few of us who can pull it off safely. Of course, I'm not reading or anything; I'm still paying 100% attention to the road.

On edit:

This last summer I was driving south on US 61 near LaGrange MO and saw a man eating a Subway sandwich with both hands while riding his motorcycle. I've never seen anything like it. Unreal!

I have been known to use one hand on a cell phone while riding my dirt bike, but usually when I am off road and I get a message. Using 2 hands to eat while on a bike is impressive. Honestly, I don't care what anyone on a motorcycle does, since they are really only going to kill themselves. For that reason, I do much stupider things on my bike than in my truck, since the truck will kill anything I hit; when on the bike, only I die. I don't mind taking my own life into my hands, but I do everything I can to avoid risking other people's lives.

 

[lotsofmiles]

Don't drive in Troy if your salad can't wait. If there's an emergency you might toss your salad

 

[duratothemax]

because I can steer with my knee just as well as with my hand.

:nopic:

 

[Randy5.0]

Using 2 hands to eat while on a bike is impressive.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't impressed. I just remember thinking that he was "on his way to the scene of the crash".

 

[DAVe3283]

because I can steer with my knee just as well as with my hand.

:nopic:

Lol, next time I am on a road trip I'll try and remember to get a pic for you. Basically, just run your seat all the way back, and tilt the wheel down a couple notches, and your set! There is some limitation to how quickly and how sharp I can turn with my knee, but I never have a problem on the highway/country roads.

 

[Dozerboy]

I drive with my knee use to do it a lot and can drive pretty well with it. But I would never drive my semi loaded to over 150K lbs and 12' wide with my knee in heavy traffic to eat because that was the only "break" I would get all day....