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QUESTION: Do you think California should make it tougher to get and keep a driver license? Also – do you think if a person is given a ticket for a traffic violation, they should be required to pay a stiffer penalty to distract them from reoffending?
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Maybe – but AFTER the serious cases are brought under control due to the too lenient progressive DA’s, Becton, etc., Bonta, Newsom,etc. Now there is little if any consequence to serious shoplifters, home burglaries, assaults, etc. Then – when there is someone else in office other than do nothing incumbents, go after side show participants and spectators… if all that proves successful in the eyes of citizens & residents, then expand oversight to simple driving violations.
It should be tougher on ALL bad behavior.
When all stores are closed or closing because of thefts you know the state is not doing its job. How can these politicians consider themselves capable. This is madness.
No. It won’t change anything.
I never get tickets, so I don’t know what the fines are, therefor, I cannot comment on whether it should be tougher or not. I think some minor traffic violations should be left to the cop’s discretion, sometimes a warning will do. The one violation I would like to see them get tougher on is looking at their cell phone while driving. The fools I see are so busy on their phones that they cannot remove their hand long enough to use their turn signal.
Judging by what I observe every time I’m on the road, it seems there are quite a few beginners out there who are either overly cautious, or not cautious enough, and are an accident waiting to happen, so I think it should be a lot tougher getting a license. Part of the driving test should be spent on the freeway, especially on how to get on the freeway and merge into traffic at freeway speed, and on lane changing.
Sorry, there is no cure for stupid!
@Dawg
Many years ago, I was pulled over by a CHP, the reason? I was going too fast, according to him. I was actually “going fast” because I was on the on-ramp so I had to pick up speed to get with the freeway flow of traffic, meaning I had to get close or up to 65. The looks on his face was priceless. He then tried to get me with something else arguing that I pulled too fast in front of him. False. There was no yield sign and the left turn signal (for him) had not turned green. I guess he expected me to stop at the on-ramp so he could go first. Did I get a ticket? No.
I guess police officers/CHP should learn, too, how to get on and merge on the freeway.
In the last month I have had two close calls with drivers who don’t know how to change lanes on the freeway and who were too busy doing anything else but driving. If people can’t drive on the freeway than they should stick with driving on the side roads.
@PESFG–I was rear ended by a CHP officer at the Bay Bridge toll plaza once. We were slowing down in order to enter the tollgate, so he didn’t hit me hard enough to cause any damage. He got out and apologized, and asked me if I wanted him to write a report. I told him no, there’s no damage, just return the favor if you ever see me speeding.
California should be tougher. Period.
There are driverless cars. I predict that CA will make it tougher for people to get a driver license to make room for driverless cars.
I predict California will issue no-test drivers licenses to illegals. Along with a free car, free registration, free insurance, free satellite radio, and a top quality fleece car cover.
Laughable … come to Southeast Asia for a week … zero traffic law … then we can talk
@ JOJO THE CIRCUS CLOWN~
That’s about the same in Puerto Rico.
Making the testing process harder is not the answer. Law enforcement needs to do just that, Enforce. They have mores ways than just to ticket bad drivers. They are not doing it. It makes little sense, they seem to find lots of drugs and money and guns when they do pullover these reckless criminals over. More traffic enforcement not only makes the street safer. It also identities the real criminals. Most of them dont even bother to get a license. Put the enforcement job back on the enforcers.
Yes, and Yes.
When they stop an uninsured motorist they should tow the car to an impound yard until the owner supplies proof of insurance.
Not just uninsured .. how bout not registered. In fact, why not require both registration and insurance to have your car serviced anywhere? Or the instance company can say, if you are not registered, you are not insured.
Too many of these folks on the road with zero registration and they don’t care. Start hunting them down, taking the cars, selling them for scrap, and move on in life.
How about a 1-800-DUMB-ASS. Good driver reports bad driver’s license plate. Good driver reports with his DL number, gets 10 reports a year. When bad driver gets 5 reports, DMV sends report to insurance company. And sends nasty gram to bad driver
Your 2nd DUI should get you a firing squad (the first DUI needs to be an intense fine and at least 30 days in jail. No exceptions). That is the only thing that will fix it. Some people just think they are more special than everyone else.
Highway Patrol and Police can’t be everywhere. However, I see too many red light runners several times a week. If they get caught on video, I think the fines should be very steep, to discourage them for doing it again. Some countries, I think Finland the fine the people according to their income, so if someone makes $100.000 they get a steeper fine than someone making $40.000 the idea being that the fine should be steep enough that is hurts, thus discouraging that behavior. Don’t know if it would be constitutional in this country.
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