I know that I have an unpopular opinion about driving. But I dont care, if we all took more care driving, less people will die in car accidents. That is a huge deal. So little can be given up in order to receive so much, in my opinion.
For one- no eating, applying make-up, texting, talking on the phone, reading, computing while driving. Period. You are operating a large piece of deadly machinery at rapid speed. Not the time to apply mascra, or text your friend about what you are wearing to the party tonight. Those things are not important while you are driving. Driving is important.
No speeding. Okay, you are not supposed to speed but a $1,000 ticket for 10 miles an hour or more, will deter speeding. Double the fine for out of state speeders. Dont come into Maryland and speed on our roads.
Drinking and driving will cause you to loose your license for one year and 6 months in jail. No pass, no PBJ, no fancy lawyers can save you. If you drink and drive, you will have a mandatory mininum of 6 months in jail on work release.
Teenagers will not drive at 16. (Come on now, that is crazy, how stupid are we at 16!!!) They can have a learners permit at 15 and 1/2 and then they must log in a certain amount of hours of driving with parents, verified by parents by a signed form, until they can apply for their drivers license at 18 or at high school graduation. Teenagers do not have the maturity needed to drive a vehicle and the school bus can get them to the one place they need to go. Do you know how many accident this will prevent? Insurance will go down.
This are just some of my ideas. Maryland could be the place where driving is the least dangerous in the country if we go for these high standards. I think that we would be giving up so little and gaining so much in return.
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While I agree with you about the need to be more careful in driving, I think some of your proposed solutions will do more harm than good -- $1,000 for people doing 10 miles over the speed limit? That's ridiculous. A better incentive would be to increase the points, then let the person have PBJ (Probation Before Judgement) if they went to court. If they're ticketed for any moving violation within a year of their court date, the points from the moving violation that earned them the PBJ hit their license and they're looking at an insurance hike: FAR more of a deterant than a fine.
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