Tag: driving

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Road Rage in Hawaii

From the YouTube clip description: “This lady was looking down at something, maybe on her phone or something else but there was a good car and a half length of free space in front of her so I changed lanes (she was completely still, not moving at all waiting for red light to change).

“As I made my turn I could hear the lady’s horn blaring. I looked in my rear view and I could see she was visibly upset. She continued to tail gate me and follow me closely. She then tried to either overtake me or get on the side of me to try and run me off the road. She did this a few times.

“I slowly drove the speed limit and made it to a shopping center near by. At this point the lady continued to follow me and I knew she wasn’t going to let me go so I took out my phone and started recording her. The following is what happened.”

Please note the small child in the woman’s front seat. She’s driving erratically, swerving in traffic and cursing in front of the child.

What a mother!

(h/t Towleroad)

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Woman dies in car crash seconds after posting “Happy” message on Facebook

In High Point, North Carolina, investigators say that moments before a fatal car crash, the driver posted a message on Facebook read: “The happy song makes me HAPPY!”

“The Facebook text happened at 8:33 a.m. We got the call on the wreck at 8:34 a.m.,” explains Lt. Chris Weisner, with the High Point Police Department.

Watch the report below. And DON’T PLAY ON YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING.

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Missouri: Judge rules flashing headlights as speed trap warning is “free speech”

According to USA Today, a federal judge has ruled that flashing your headlights to warn drivers about a possible speed trap is protected as free speech under the First Amendment:

U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey in St. Louis on Monday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the St. Louis County town of Ellisville from citing and prosecuting drivers who flash their lights to warn of radar and speed traps. Ellisville’s city attorney said there are no plans to appeal.

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Jonathan Turley, a criminal attorney and a professor at George Washington University Law School, said courts across the country are dealing with the same issue. In virtually every case except those still being decided, the person cited has prevailed, Turley said.

“This has sweeping implications for the First Amendment,” Turley said. “What this citizen is doing is warning other citizens about the violation of law. People regularly warn others about the possibility of arrest. There’s no difference between a verbal warning and a mechanical warning. Both are forms of speech.”

Who hasn’t done this while driving?

Who knew you could be cited with a possible $1,000 fine?