The Myth of Driving While Black

FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | 2/05/04 | Michael P. Tremoglie

[Capitalism2003]

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[night reader]

My observations are purely subjective, of course, but it seems to me that locally, black drivers tend to be more aggressive... not necessarily reckless, but they'll push the envelope more... less distance between them and the car ahead, try to get through the amber, rapid lane switching, that sort of thing.

I don't know whether this is because of better reflexes, cultural differences, or my own prejudices skew my observations.

[mountaineer]

when I am driving on the highway and I am passed by someone driving a high rate of speed, they are almost always black.

The ones passing me at high speed are almost always white females in their 20s! Maybe they figure they can bat their eyes at the officer and flirt their way out of a ticket, if stopped.

[Fenris6]

"...more to do with the moral and family issues that beset a certain race culture"

Nailed it. The lead star in this tragedy is the absent father.

[TommyDale]

I recently received a speeding ticket, although I was driving the same speed as everyone else. In fact, I was in the back of the pack. I was ticketed by a black officer. This is no doubt a case of "driving while white". (/sarcasm)

[azhenfud]

When I got home from work yesterday, three deputies had arrested a Black man and woman in front of my driveway driving under the influence of drugs and driving an auto with improper equipment, lights out, no muffler (it was dragging) and no seatbelts, revoked DL, no insurance. It took three officers to apprehend them because they started cursing the first officer and became beligerant because THEY were stopped.

I'm supposed to "feel sorry" for idiots endangering other motorists when they yell "racism" for doing such stupidity? They deserved far more than what they got.

[joesnuffy]

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[JimRed]

How many of the questionable stops were after dark? Driving at night I defy you to tell me the color of a driver until you're stopped next to him...

[Hammerhead]

most dangerous stretch of highway in the US is the capital beltway in Prince Georges County MD.

[Hammerhead]

most dangerous stretch of highway in the US is the capital beltway in Prince Georges County MD.

[wizardoz]

My observations are purely subjective, of course, but it seems to me that locally, black drivers tend to be more aggressive... not necessarily reckless, but they'll push the envelope more... less distance between them and the car ahead, try to get through the amber, rapid lane switching, that sort of thing.

I've hesitated to say anything, but I've noticed it too. In fact, the other day I was contemplating this oddity: White people walk fast and drive slow. Blacks walk slow and drive fast. Asians, then, are essentially schizophrenic white people! (Okay, I've had my fun, tear me up.)

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Put another way, the number of people who *thought* they were stopped for "driving while black" exceeded the number of people who *thought* they were stopped for "driving while white".

How many people on this board have ever thought that the reason they were stopped is because they were white?

The bottom line is that if a person is expecting to see racism, they will see it. If not, they probably won't. This is not to say that overt racism doesn't exist, it's just to say that every time someone thinks they are a victim of racism it ain't necessarily so.

[Map Kernow]

Aw, who cares if it's a myth? Charges of "racism!" and "racial profiling!" work. They win arguments. They extract settlements. They hobble police enforcement of the law. They make money for "civil rights" lawyers and academicians. They get media coverage and votes for politicians.

So WHO CARES if it's not true? Who the hell in this society lies by truth anymore, instead of by politically correct myths? Who can afford to???

[Hill Street Blues]

The guy that wrote this article Michael P. Tremoglie wrote a review of this book by MacDonald (she seems a little quirky although I like the stuff she writes).

Tremoglie is a good writer. He writes a lot about law enforcement for Front Page and Insight and other places. I think he is an ex-cop from Philly and he wrote a novel.

[Sonny M]

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