In article , Dave Hinz says...

...The thing which should be punished is causing a problem while
driving,...

Cops are not that smart, nor do they have enough time to do this.

Passing a law that says 'cops should ticket poor drivers' is
a non-starter. Becuase it does not specify what is to be
ticketable.

Is the headlight out, or not?
Is the speed limit being broken, or not?
Did the car stop at the stop sign, or not?
Does the car have a license plate or not?

All yes or no questions. Easy for a police officer to
determine, no real judgement needed.

If the cops around here gave out tickets based on jerkwad
driving, they'd run out of ticket pads. Mind you that
wouldn't be a bad thing. But 95% of those tickets
would be tossed out in court. A BIG waste of time overall.

The only time a cop stops somebody for being a jerkwad
driver around here, is if the poor sod acts like a jerkwad
towards an unmarked cop car.

This happens occasinally and is quite a hoot to see.

Basically I am agreeing with your thesis in principle.
But it's way too far idealistic to ever work. So in
ny the realization is that most folks driving like jerkwads
are also yakking on the phone. So phone use becomes
illegal. Too bad.

Jim


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