Comments on: Slow Down! http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/ KLAS-TV 8 News Now Beat the Traffic Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:46:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: James http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-326 James Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:59:18 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-326 Well, Captain I will disagre with you in terminology only. The existing laws are aggressive enough with the "cheapest" speeding ticket you can get (1-10 over posted limit) being $190. 11-20 over the posted limit is $300, 21+ is at least $640, and depeding on how fast you were actually going once you exceed the posted limit by more than 21 miles per hour the fine could be as much as $1230. I'd say that's pretty agressive. What you want to see is more ENFORCEMENT of the existing laws... NHP has something like 800 Troopers for the entire STATE OF NEVADA, and we all know Metro's hiring of new officers hasn't kept up with the explosion of residents here. Metro officers are busy handling calls for service, some of which are petty and downright stupid. You woulnd't believe the things that people call the police for. Everytime Cashman field shoots off fireworks, people automatically call the police with "I heard 40 gunshots!!!!"... An 8 year old kid throwing rocks at another 8 year old kid is now apparently worthy of a call to police, and you wouldn't believe the number of people who call in "prowlers" when there are 50 mile per hour winds making the trees brush against their house or their roof. It's calls like that which keep Metro from doing agressive traffic enforcement. Well, Captain I will disagre with you in terminology only. The existing laws are aggressive enough with the “cheapest” speeding ticket you can get (1-10 over posted limit) being $190. 11-20 over the posted limit is $300, 21+ is at least $640, and depeding on how fast you were actually going once you exceed the posted limit by more than 21 miles per hour the fine could be as much as $1230. I’d say that’s pretty agressive. What you want to see is more ENFORCEMENT of the existing laws… NHP has something like 800 Troopers for the entire STATE OF NEVADA, and we all know Metro’s hiring of new officers hasn’t kept up with the explosion of residents here. Metro officers are busy handling calls for service, some of which are petty and downright stupid. You woulnd’t believe the things that people call the police for. Everytime Cashman field shoots off fireworks, people automatically call the police with “I heard 40 gunshots!!!!”… An 8 year old kid throwing rocks at another 8 year old kid is now apparently worthy of a call to police, and you wouldn’t believe the number of people who call in “prowlers” when there are 50 mile per hour winds making the trees brush against their house or their roof. It’s calls like that which keep Metro from doing agressive traffic enforcement.

]]> By: Captain Newbie http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Captain Newbie Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:15:54 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-323 What we need in this town are much more aggressive laws against speeding. There simply aren't enough cops to police the freeways but the fines COULD and should be higher as a deterrent. Take 215 from Summerlin to I-15, for instance. I drove that route for several years and perhaps only 4 or 5 days did I ever see a speed trap set up, out of over 720 days. What we need in this town are much more aggressive laws against speeding. There simply aren’t enough cops to police the freeways but the fines COULD and should be higher as a deterrent.

Take 215 from Summerlin to I-15, for instance. I drove that route for several years and perhaps only 4 or 5 days did I ever see a speed trap set up, out of over 720 days.

]]> By: Dolores http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Dolores Thu, 29 May 2008 14:02:35 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-313 The new over pass at St Rose and the 15 freeway is very poorly designed and people seem confused. Just yesterday a person was going down the wrong side of the over pass. Is this the final design or will it be more clearly marked for all drivers? If locals are confused, what about visitors to Las Vegas? The new over pass at St Rose and the 15 freeway is very poorly designed and people seem confused. Just yesterday a person was going down the wrong side of the over pass. Is this the final design or will it be more clearly marked for all drivers? If locals are confused, what about visitors to Las Vegas?

]]> By: James http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-293 James Wed, 14 May 2008 06:51:24 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-293 I'm just saying that of course someone is at fault, however the "rules of the road" do not apply to parking lots. The driver of the car who hit you cannot be cited for (not using) "due care" because the incident occurred on Private Property. If you feel that the incident was not your fault, and it caused a lot of damamge, your best bet would be to sue the other driver in civil court. If the other driver is already suing you in civil court for damages, I would recommend calling the manager of the store and seeing if you can obtain any footage from their surveillance cameras which may show the incident. But going to court and quoting "due care" in this incident will not have any legal standing because the duty of drivers to use "due care" doesn't apply to parking lot situations. In my opinion, this case would depend on a variety of information, such as how fast the other driver was going at the time, how fast you backed out of your parking spot, and many others. Obviously it would look better for you if the other driver had been going ridiculously fast for a parking lot (like 40 or 50). Playing devil's advocate, if you just threw your car in reverse and backed out quickly without looking then it would look better for their case. Either way it's up to a civil court judge or your respective insurance companies to decide who pays for the damages. I’m just saying that of course someone is at fault, however the “rules of the road” do not apply to parking lots. The driver of the car who hit you cannot be cited for (not using) “due care” because the incident occurred on Private Property. If you feel that the incident was not your fault, and it caused a lot of damamge, your best bet would be to sue the other driver in civil court. If the other driver is already suing you in civil court for damages, I would recommend calling the manager of the store and seeing if you can obtain any footage from their surveillance cameras which may show the incident. But going to court and quoting “due care” in this incident will not have any legal standing because the duty of drivers to use “due care” doesn’t apply to parking lot situations. In my opinion, this case would depend on a variety of information, such as how fast the other driver was going at the time, how fast you backed out of your parking spot, and many others. Obviously it would look better for you if the other driver had been going ridiculously fast for a parking lot (like 40 or 50). Playing devil’s advocate, if you just threw your car in reverse and backed out quickly without looking then it would look better for their case. Either way it’s up to a civil court judge or your respective insurance companies to decide who pays for the damages.

]]> By: JJ http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-292 JJ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:49:01 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-292 so I am confused, does that mean noone is at fault or I am or what?? Since there was not eye witness to help are you saying her law suit will most likely be thrown out? ????? JJ so I am confused, does that mean noone is at fault or I am or what?? Since there was not eye witness to help are you saying her law suit will most likely be thrown out? ????? JJ

]]> By: James http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-289 James Tue, 13 May 2008 09:15:00 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-289 JJ - just so you know, Due Care won't help you at all if you're talking about an accident that occurred in a parking lot. Parking lots are almost always private property and very few of the NRS traffic laws can be enforced on private property. Let's say that John and Jane have a very large house with a very long semi-circular driveway. John's coming home from work while Jane is leaving for work and they have an accident in their driveway. You'd think it to be absurd for a police officer to come take a report and issue John or Jane a citation, right? Absolutely. Most parking lot accidents are slow speed and normally result in minor damage and almost no injuries, however if there is major damage or an injury, a civil lawsuit is the best way to go. Parking lots don't have "speed limits" so an officer couldn't cite someone for speeding, and those stop signs are strictly Voluntary Compliance. A police officer could not legally sit in a Wal-Mart parking lot and write tickets for people who fail to stop for the stop signs located inside the parking lot. The tickets would be dismissed at court instantly. JJ – just so you know, Due Care won’t help you at all if you’re talking about an accident that occurred in a parking lot. Parking lots are almost always private property and very few of the NRS traffic laws can be enforced on private property. Let’s say that John and Jane have a very large house with a very long semi-circular driveway. John’s coming home from work while Jane is leaving for work and they have an accident in their driveway. You’d think it to be absurd for a police officer to come take a report and issue John or Jane a citation, right? Absolutely. Most parking lot accidents are slow speed and normally result in minor damage and almost no injuries, however if there is major damage or an injury, a civil lawsuit is the best way to go. Parking lots don’t have “speed limits” so an officer couldn’t cite someone for speeding, and those stop signs are strictly Voluntary Compliance. A police officer could not legally sit in a Wal-Mart parking lot and write tickets for people who fail to stop for the stop signs located inside the parking lot. The tickets would be dismissed at court instantly.

]]> By: Dayna http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Dayna Tue, 06 May 2008 12:32:44 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-277 JJ -- it's DUE CARE. JJ — it’s DUE CARE.

]]> By: JJ http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-276 JJ Sun, 04 May 2008 14:27:07 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-276 Dana, you did a story on a traffic cop that was watching drivers and a truck was ready to pull over and could not see the other drivers. But the car stopped and allowed the truck to move even though he could not see him.You mentioned that this was called "Due ------something and I cannot for the life of me remember what the word was. I beleive it is from NRS. I had a women speeding through a parking lot hit me while I was backing out. She claims I hit her, but I was blinded by a duely truck and was slowly backing out with my brake on (which you would think she would see my brake lights), anyhow she is now trying to sue me. I need to make a statement and I would like to use this "word" if you don't mind, it had to do with being courteous. Thank you JJ, PS tell Dave Hi. Dana, you did a story on a traffic cop that was watching drivers and a truck was ready to pull over and could not see the other drivers. But the car stopped and allowed the truck to move even though he could not see him.You mentioned that this was called “Due ——something and I cannot for the life of me remember what the word was. I beleive it is from NRS. I had a women speeding through a parking lot hit me while I was backing out. She claims I hit her, but I was blinded by a duely truck and was slowly backing out with my brake on (which you would think she would see my brake lights), anyhow she is now trying to sue me. I need to make a statement and I would like to use this “word” if you don’t mind, it had to do with being courteous. Thank you JJ, PS tell Dave Hi.

]]> By: Holly http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Holly Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:31:19 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-266 I can't understand why it seems to take so much effort to use turn signals, or to turn and look before changing lanes, etc. But when my son went through driver's ed recently, I realized that the problem is, Nevada does not adequately train people to drive!!!! No wonder there are so many idiots out on the road here. Not that you weekenders from Arizona and California are off the hook by any means!!! There are times on my morning commute that the "slow" lane is going 90 mph! That number is correct - 90 mph! Everyone trying to get from the left lane at Decatur to the right lane to take the 15 north. Everyone complains they hate their jobs, why are you all rushing to get there every day then? Get out of the house five minutes earlier, and stop being the nuisance you become when you think you're going to be late. You speed because you have somewhere to be? Please! And yes, pull people over during rush hour. Pull them over wherever they are being idiots. Let people know they are not safe acting that way, ever. If you can't tolerate that small amount of traffic here in Vegas, you need to stay off the roads. The rest of us would appreciate it. I can’t understand why it seems to take so much effort to use turn signals, or to turn and look before changing lanes, etc. But when my son went through driver’s ed recently, I realized that the problem is, Nevada does not adequately train people to drive!!!! No wonder there are so many idiots out on the road here. Not that you weekenders from Arizona and California are off the hook by any means!!! There are times on my morning commute that the “slow” lane is going 90 mph! That number is correct – 90 mph! Everyone trying to get from the left lane at Decatur to the right lane to take the 15 north. Everyone complains they hate their jobs, why are you all rushing to get there every day then? Get out of the house five minutes earlier, and stop being the nuisance you become when you think you’re going to be late. You speed because you have somewhere to be? Please! And yes, pull people over during rush hour. Pull them over wherever they are being idiots. Let people know they are not safe acting that way, ever. If you can’t tolerate that small amount of traffic here in Vegas, you need to stay off the roads. The rest of us would appreciate it.

]]> By: Casey http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Casey Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:40:16 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/02/20/slow-down/#comment-255 For all the people who complain about tail gaters, I have just one question. Why is it SO difficult to travel in the right lane (slow lane) if you are doing the speed limit??? The left lane (fast lane) is for vehicles to pass the slower traffic that is traveling in the slow lane. If you are a regular "Sunday driver", drive in the right lane with everyone else. If you feel the need to drive the speed limit in the fast lane, at least have the courtesy to move over when you see a faster vehicle approaching you!!! For all the people who complain about tail gaters, I have just one question. Why is it SO difficult to travel in the right lane (slow lane) if you are doing the speed limit??? The left lane (fast lane) is for vehicles to pass the slower traffic that is traveling in the slow lane. If you are a regular “Sunday driver”, drive in the right lane with everyone else. If you feel the need to drive the speed limit in the fast lane, at least have the courtesy to move over when you see a faster vehicle approaching you!!!

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