[Vision2020] ISP emphasis patrol this weekend

[Craine Kit]

One of the biggest problems with pulling over is that places where  
one can pull off safely (especially when going the legal speed limit)  
are few and far between. I'm more than happy to get my little Honda  
out of peoples' way, if I can do it without crashing. Unfortunately,  
there are many places where I can't. One of the more annoying aspects  
of that law.

Kit Craine

On Jul 27, 2006, at 10:47 PM, Paul Rumelhart wrote:

> Sunil,
>
> Yeah, you're right that it's smarter to pull over.  It just irks me  
> that I have worry about these maniacs out there on the road.  I  
> just can't help thinking about the forces involved and what even a  
> smallish car can do to you at supposedly "safe" highway speeds.  It  
> probably comes from riding motorcycles for years, I guess.  You're  
> unarmored, and you're apparently invisible to anyone in a car.   
> Though this would never work for insurance purposes, I wish that  
> people would learn what it's like to get in a wreck at even slow  
> speeds when they take driver's ed.  Maybe they'd treat it less like  
> a video game and more like the potentially deadly activity that it  
> really is.
>
> Anyway, I'm glad they are trying to curb some of these behaviors.
>
> Paul
>
> Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
>> Paul, I don't know if they'll give you a ticket or not, but I  
>> think it makes sense to pull over. Why take the chance that one of  
>> the people behind you will pass when he or she shouldn't, and  
>> cause a wreck? Let the others get out in front of you and you  
>> won't have to worry about them on your tail. I'm always glad when  
>> an angry tailgater is out of my life. My own peeves are the driver  
>> who drives slowly slowly until he gets to a passing lane, then  
>> speeds up as I try to pass, and his good friend who drives in the  
>> left lane of the passing lane when he's not passing anyone. Often  
>> that driver prevents someone heading in the other direction from  
>> safely and legally passing cars (heading North down Reisenauer or  
>> towards Genesee.) Sunil
>>> From: Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> To:  
>>> vision2020 at moscow.com Subject: Re: [Vision2020] ISP emphasis  
>>> patrol this weekend Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:12:42 -0700  I've  
>>> always wondered; if I'm going the speed limit and more than three  
>>> cars behind me want to drive illegally fast and I'm slowing them  
>>> down will I get a ticket for not pulling over? I'm one of those  
>>> weirdos that goes the speed limit and not +5 or +10 mph over.  
>>> Paul Mark Solomon wrote: >From Betsy Russell of the Spokesman  
>>> Review's blog
>>>> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/boise/ Watch your driving  
>>>> this weekend (and other times as well...) Mark ******* They're  
>>>> targeting mountain highways Driving to the mountains this  
>>>> weekend? ISP wants you to watch out. They're targeting failure  
>>>> to pull over and improper passing on mountain highways, and will  
>>>> keep it up for the next several weeks. They're reminding  
>>>> motorists that Idaho law requires that on two-lane highways  
>>>> outside urban areas, a vehicle going slower than the normal  
>>>> speed of traffic and holding up three other motorists must pull  
>>>> off at the next safe turnout to let folks pass. They're also  
>>>> going after improper passing, in no-passing zones and when it's  
>>>> not safe. "Our troopers will be working the mountain highways  
>>>> over the next several weeks with a particular focus on making  
>>>> sure motorists pull over when they need to, and others don't  
>>>> pass when they shouldn't," said ISP Region 3 Commander Capt.  
>>>> Steve Richardson.  
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