Two new traffic violations

[Morris Minor]

Following a very frustrating drive into work this morning, I propose the following.

DWDA: Driving Without Due Alacrity - 1 point  - $150.
This is designed to punish people who drive at irrationally low speeds: hindering the progress of others and displaying timidity sufficient to lead a reasonable person to suspect the offender's driving competence. Law enforcement officers will be encouraged to use their discretion in deciding whether to combine this with a second new violation...

DWIS: Driving With Insufficient Stature (1 point - $150).
As the title suggests, this is designed to keep short people away from the controls of automobiles and in passenger seats, or child seats as appropriate, where they belong.

[Raza]

I'm down with the first one, but what's short to you?

[RomanChariot]

It sounds like he got stuck behind a little old blue hair going 10mph while looking through the steering wheel.  My guess is she was driving a '67 Town Car.

[James Young]

Too short is when you are looking through the steering wheel.  my son once saw a Beverly Hills blue-hair looking through the wheel and just over the dash, headed down Wilshire toward Sta Monica, arguably the busiest urban intersection in the world.  Scary stuff.

[GoCougs]

At least on my commute - DWDA is a main contributor to unsafe roads. It's a real Mad Max situation as people try to get around the offender. And the further one drives south (demographics drop) the worse it gets.

[Raza]

At least on my commute - DWDA is a main contributor to unsafe roads. It's a real Mad Max situation as people try to get around the offender. And the further one drives south (demographics drop) the worse it gets.

Yeah, I feel you there.  What's worse is when it's on surface streets, since there's no way around the fuckers.

[Colonel Cadillac]

At least on my commute - DWDA is a main contributor to unsafe roads. It's a real Mad Max situation as people try to get around the offender. And the further one drives south (demographics drop) the worse it gets.

People are so slow down here!! There are some roads where I can safely and easily go 35 MPH and people legitimately drive 20.  


On the highway on the other hand, people drive 70--everyone drives 70--and it's really easy to go around them since everyone's going the same speed!

[RomanChariot]

People are so slow down here!! There are some roads where I can safely and easily go 35 MPH and people legitimately drive 20.  


On the highway on the other hand, people drive 70--everyone drives 70--and it's really easy to go around them since everyone's going the same speed!

Sometimes that is the worst situation.  Nothing is worse than when you have three lanes of traffic on the freeway all going the same speed so you can't get around anybody.  This situation is usually caused by a highway patrol officer sitting in the left lane going exactly the speed limit.  Maybe the officer should give himself a ticket for left lane camping since there is usually a mile of empty freeway in front of him.