Police presence

[SPT13]

I assume the technology exist to block a text while a car is in motion. While being an inconvenience to all, I think it would help a lot

[Senter Cove Guy]

Originally Posted by SPT13

I assume the technology exist to block a text while a car is in motion. While being an inconvenience to all, I think it would help a lot

What if the passenger wants to text while the car is in motion?

[ITD]

Originally Posted by Senter Cove Guy

What if the passenger wants to text while the car is in motion?

Tough, it is really bad, it's unbelievable the number of drivers I see texting and driving, I have no problem with passengers not being about to text or surf to stop these idiots.

[bruinsfan]

Originally Posted by SPT13

I assume the technology exist to block a text while a car is in motion. While being an inconvenience to all, I think it would help a lot

so much for personal responsibility...

[jeffk]

Enforcement - I was driving in Moultonborough last fall and was pulled over for "using my phone". The phone had been sitting on the seat, off, I had not touched it. I DID take a drink from my brown coffee mug and I DID pick up a piece of paper (to do list) to glance at it. The officer was insistent and accused me of lying. I was more indignant and asked him how he could possibly be sure of what I was doing and how I could even defend myself from a false charge like this (I looked into an app that displays on the lock screen the last time the system was used - no luck). In the end he let me go without a ticket.

I agree with the texting ban. It take too much visual and mental attention to text. My daughter totaled her boyfriend's truck and I strongly suspect she was texting when it happened. However, I use driving directions a lot and I do look at the screen to see how far to the next turn, whether it is a left or right, etc. I also look to see WHO sent me a text message and a quick glance to see the beginning of the message. I may be expecting an important message and if it comes in I want to pull over and deal with it. Phones and communication are very useful and in some cases, critical.

As to stricter enforcement like blocking text while driving, no thanks. I see women putting on makeup and turning around to interact with their kids in the back seat. I see guys shaving. I see people gesturing, sometimes with BOTH hands) and talking excitedly on their hands free calls. All these people are just as distracted. Maybe we should ban kids from cars unless there is a second adult in the car to "spot" them like for water skiing?

Personal responsibility and driver education is the answer and there are laws in place already for distracted and reckless driving.

[neckdweller]

Heard this on HEB driving in this morning. NH #2 in the country for speed traps.

2. New Hampshire
Worst speed-trap city: Concord
Most notorious speed trap: NH 106, by the Laconia-Gilford Bypass
Total speed traps per 100,000 residents: 37.6
New HAMPSHIRE??? Really, we're not making this up: if you're headed to Lake Winnipesaukee -- of What About Bob? fame -- you’ll likely cross right through the worst speed trap in the state with the second most per capita of any state in the union. The best advice? Stay off of Highway 3, even when it doubles as I-93. It passes through Nashua (second worst in state), then Manchester (third), before hitting Concord (first), and up to Dr. Marvin's vacation home.

[rsmlp]

Originally Posted by neckdweller

Heard this on HEB driving in this morning. NH #2 in the country for speed traps.

Moultonboro neck has GOT to be up there. speed limit is 40 and if you go 50 (which is really easy to do) you have a very high risk of getting nailed. We live on Long Island so I see all the action and there's a cop looking for a speeder a very high % of the time-especially in season.

[Billy Bob]

Originally Posted by rsmlp

Moultonboro neck has GOT to be up there. speed limit is 40 and if you go 50 (which is really easy to do) you have a very high risk of getting nailed. We live on Long Island so I see all the action and there's a cop looking for a speeder a very high % of the time-especially in season.

The town supposedly addressed this last year and I thought the Chief was going to stop the speed traps , we are just driving people away with these tactics.
Perhaps time for the Chief to go

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by Billy Bob

The town supposedly addressed this last year and I thought the Chief was going to stop the speed traps , we are just driving people away with these tactics.
Perhaps time for the Chief to go

I've heard the sentiment of driving people away by police enforcement, and I'm not confident that's accurate. I can't ever remember avoiding someplace because of the police. In fact, I tend to gravitate towards places that are, for lack of a better term, orderly. For example, Hampton Beach has a higher police presence than ever before and, I think, it's in a great place--we love taking the kids there on Wednesday nights to watch the fireworks.

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[fatlazyless]

www.buckleupnh.org/

In case you were wondering, May 8 - 14 is buckle up NH week, and today is May 10, 2016!

[ApS]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

In case you were wondering, May 8 - 14 is buckle up NH week, and today is May 10, 2016!

But there is still no NH seatbelt-wearing requirement, right?



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[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by Billy Bob

The town supposedly addressed this last year and I thought the Chief was going to stop the speed traps , we are just driving people away with these tactics.
Perhaps time for the Chief to go

The chief has definitely toned down enforcement and traps but he certainly cannot tell his officers to not do their jobs. 50 in a 40 will likely get attention. The outcome of the stop will likely be based on the rest of the interaction (being polite does not hurt)!

[Diver1111]

I bet someone has actually said this.......

[wifi]

Road rage is the new thing. More and more press on it, and see an incident almost every time I drive to/from work. The more safe they claim cars are, the more people want to push their limits.

[DickR]

Originally Posted by jeffk

...... I DID pick up a piece of paper (to do list) to glance at it..

.... and I do look at the screen to see how far to the next turn, whether it is a left or right, etc. I also look to see WHO sent me a text message and a quick glance to see the beginning of the message.....

But that's the point of the law. Those "eyes off the road" distractions are the problem. But as others have noted, even glancing at the radio can take too long, and I've been guilty of that (and I don't even have a cell phone). The distractions are endless, and in the end, individual discipline has to rule.

As for encouraging compliance with the cell phone/texting law, perhaps it just needs more teeth. The fine for being caught shouldn't be so cheap that people weigh the cost vs the chance of being caught. It ought to hurt, really hurt, be a real attention-getter, so that you just don't want to risk it. A very costly insurance surcharge on the first infraction and an even more costly second offense might make a dent in the problem. Or maybe not. Some folks just don't "get it." This isn't just a matter of "personal freedom." Your "eyes off the road" tendency might cost me my life. And I should be looking in the mirror when I say this, too.

[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by DickR

But that's the point of the law. Those "eyes off the road" distractions are the problem. But as others have noted, even glancing at the radio can take too long, and I've been guilty of that (and I don't even have a cell phone). The distractions are endless, and in the end, individual discipline has to rule.

As for encouraging compliance with the cell phone/texting law, perhaps it just needs more teeth. The fine for being caught shouldn't be so cheap that people weigh the cost vs the chance of being caught. It ought to hurt, really hurt, be a real attention-getter, so that you just don't want to risk it. A very costly insurance surcharge on the first infraction and an even more costly second offense might make a dent in the problem. Or maybe not. Some folks just don't "get it." This isn't just a matter of "personal freedom." Your "eyes off the road" tendency might cost me my life. And I should be looking in the mirror when I say this, too.

How about having cell phone offenders spend a weekend picking up trash on our roadways? That would be a great way to clean up the disgusting roadways. If I were king I'd I have a lot of traffic violators working the roadways. Pay a $1,500 fine or spend 20 hours cleaning up the roads.