Sucks To Be A Virginia Driver

Man that's insane! At what point does it become cruel or unusual?

 

Not to worry. Texas beat Virginia by at least two years. It'll be that much sooner this gets struck down by SCOTUS. Not even Scalito would agree this is due process.

 

There is certainly an element of bullshit in this, but if you don't drive 20 mph over the limit or commit any other serious infractions, then it really shouldn't be a problem for you.

 

Hee hee... when you look at this topic from the main board it's abbreviated to "Sucks to be a Virgin..."

 

With my driving record, I should probably stay out of Virginia.

 

Exactly. The key point here is that it doesn't apply to out-of-state drivers ticketed in Virginia.

That said, I have no problem at all with a punishing fine for first-conviction DUI.

 

Yes, but at least they didn't raise taxes...

 

80 mph is not uncommon on 95.

In fact, so many people do it, you do not get caught. It's the people going 90 and over that get zapped. More accidents are caused by people weaving around people doing 65 (the speed limit) than people driving faster but driving straight forward.

We have had a couple nasty fatal wrecks here involving tracktor trailers in the past few months, but the real bad one was caused by a cop chasing a motorcycle.

The cycle was pulled over and fled. In the persuit, the cop clipped a car and the hit car went airborn from the outer loop to the inner loop and into oncoming traffic. I think five people died and 15 or so were injured. It was a complete fubar by the cop.

They did a crackdown on 95 this weekend and I saw four people pulled over and two other cops in a 14 MILE STRETCH!!!

Yeah, Virginia roads need some help.

 

95 in Virginia is bad. 81 is worse. Two lanes in bad shape and many, many trucks. Every car and truck is many miles from their destination, and driving like it.

 

Oh you have to love the Communistwealth of Virginia, the state that banned radar detectors. The problem on the Virginia interstates is not Virginia drivers for the most part. Case in point: I've tried, but I've never, NEVER been able to pass a car with Maryland plates on a clear stretch of interstate.