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North Carolina DMV hands out more citations to non-truckers, newspaper reports
Durham Herald-Sun (Durham, NC) ^
| April 24, 2002
| The Associated Press
Posted on 04/24/2002 6:39:56 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
Doesn't surprise me in the least. I'm always seeing truck grills filling my rear view mirror - no matter how fast I go to get out of the fat bastard's way. But I raaaarely see trucks getting pulled over on I-85 or I-77. And how about this: How often do you see an eighteen-wheeler pulled over outside of a freeway?
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posted on
04/24/2002 6:50:51 AM PDT
by
ctonious
To: ctonious
And how about this: How often do you see an eighteen-wheeler pulled over outside of a freeway?It's the same here in the eastern part of the state.
I can count on my two hands the number of times I have EVER seen an 18-wheeler pulled over by a DMV officer, even on I-95.
To: Constitution Day
I see a lot of logging trucks get pulled over by the DMV.
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posted on
04/24/2002 7:17:49 AM PDT
by
Carolina
To: Constitution Day
Truckers pay their fines just for passing through -- the other revenue is just gravy. With trucking companies (American only) being forced to maintain high levels of safety nationwide, the various state carrier enforcement folks have to look elsewhere for their loot.
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posted on
04/24/2002 7:19:13 AM PDT
by
meadsjn
To: Carolina
If anyone deserved citing it's them.
I see many log trucks that appear to be overloaded or unsafe around Rocky Mount & Wilson, but DMV is nowhere to be seen.
To: meadsjn
...the various state carrier enforcement folks have to look elsewhere for their loot.Well put.
Another NC FReeper once described the state Highway Patrol as being "road agents" for the insurance companies.
I guess the DMV decided to help'em make their quota.
To: Constitution Day
Same here in Texas. Law enforcement officers of every kind are NOT PERMITTED to stop, impede, ticket, or otherwise interfere with the progress of large trucks or their drivers. Authorites will tell you that EVERY time there is an accident involving an overturned, jack-knifed or buring 18 wheeler or two or more very large trucks have crashed into one another, it is because some jerk in a car thought he had as much right to the road as the truck with the just OK brakes trvaeling at between 75-80MPH. We need more cops on the highways to prevent these non-truck drivers from getting in the way. Wait 'til all the Mexican trucks get here; we'll have to do something about all these cars of the road.
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posted on
04/24/2002 7:30:06 AM PDT
by
Tacis
To: Constitution Day
Out of 32,771 criminal cases statewide, 29,159 involved people who did not have a commercial driver's license. Only 3,612 involved commercial driver's license holders.
29,159/3,612 = ~ 8.1
I think there are probably more than 8 times more non-commercial driver's licenses than commercial. I certainly don't see that one out of every 8 vehicles coming down the street is a commercial vehicle. Doesn't anyone teach these news writers anything about statistics? The only meaningful stat here would be that after normalizing for the number of drivers, the non-commercial driver had a greater number of citations. This wasn't done. They just dealt with raw numbers. This is similar to saying that since accidents involving aircraft result in more deaths per accident than car crashes (rather than comparing deaths from both modes by number of passenger miles traveled per death); therefore, flying is a much more dangerous mode of travel.
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posted on
04/24/2002 7:43:12 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Constitution Day
I see many log trucks that appear to be overloaded or unsafe around Rocky Mount & Wilson, but DMV is nowhere to be seen.
Appear to be overloaded or unsafe. And the total number of accidents per year that are caused? That, not appearance, is the measure of unsafety.
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posted on
04/24/2002 7:46:19 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: aruanan
That is why I included the word "appear", since it was just my personal observation.
To: Constitution Day
DMV road officers are just revenue collection agents.
To: Constitution Day
Why waste the manpower on speed traps? Why worry about who's getting pulled over? Set up cameras, then ticket everyone caught speeding.
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posted on
04/24/2002 9:14:09 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: Rebelbase
DMV road officers are just revenue collection agents.In other words, Gov. Mike "Taxe$" Easley's little helpers?
To: Constitution Day
Here's a hint as to why this is so: "That's a big 10-4, good buddy!"
Go figure.....
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posted on
04/24/2002 9:46:53 AM PDT
by
tracer
To: tracer
...akin to the evolution of camoflage markings on the fur of a leopard. Darwin would be proud.....
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posted on
04/24/2002 9:48:16 AM PDT
by
tracer
To: Constitution Day
Yes, our beloved Gov.'s (puke) revenue collection squad.
I wonder how many tickets a day DMV and HP guys have to write to pay their salary and their share of district expenses. DMV is definately a money making enterprise under the guise of "vehilce safety".
Are'nt there some states that don't have vehilce inspectons?...I had a roommate from Kentucky once who said that there was no state vehicle inspection.
To: Constitution Day
The stretch of I-40/I-85 between Greensboro and Durham is a freakin' 18-wheeler free for all. You haven't lived until you've been driving down the road doing 70 or 75 and have a simi rig pass you on both sides at the same time doing about 95 or 100. I am NOT a sciddish driver, but that one definetely had me gripping the steering wheel. No damn where to go and you got about 6 inches on either side.
To: Constitution Day
In North Carolina, more people are killed each year in accidents involving trucks than in accidents involving drunk drivers.
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