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re: Can we go back to enforcing traffic laws again?

Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:11 am to
Posted by boxcarbarney
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:11 am to
On my daily commute, I see at least 3 people playing on their phones while driving on the I10.

If I can see that while driving for 30 minutes, imagine what a state trooper could see driving the interstate for a full shift, instead of sitting on the side of the road waiting to ticket someone driving 8 mph over the speed limit.
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:25 am to
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But what about the people going 20 over in the left lane that never get over? Is it not the same thing?


Its not, because the ones going 20 over aren't slowing down traffic behind them.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
34385 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:30 am to
How about semis outlawed from 10 mile pass attempts. They should be locked up.
Posted by Breauxsif
Member since May 2012
23608 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:34 am to
Rarely did I ever see BRPD pull anyone over for traffic violations and you would always see Altima's and Honda Accords with mismatched bumpers driving around BR with no license plate.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
157601 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:46 am to
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I’ve seen three overturned vehicles this year and consider myself lucky if I don’t see a reckless driver at least once a day.

Another overturned suv on i12 this morning after seeing the overturned suv on Siegen yesterday.

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Can we go back to enforcing traffic laws again?

But there's no traffic laws on the books that say you can't flip your vehicle over.





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I absolutely agree. But practically how do you do it? What is the speed threshold? Someone going 5 over cruising in the left lane? Ok. But what about the people going 20 over in the left lane that never get over? Is it not the same thing?

Speed is irrelevant in your scenario because the left lane isn't for "cruising." If I am going five mph faster than someone or 20, once I pass them I get back in the right lane like I'm supposed to.
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 9:53 am
Posted by csorre1
Member since Apr 2010
7373 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:46 am to
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If you put sufficient room between you and the car ahead of you, another idiot is gonna squeeze in there. No matter how much room you leave, someone’s gonna do it


If you leave even a one car length gap between you and the car in front of you, even sitting in the right lane, some dickhole who needs to tailgate and cut everyone off will jump in front of you. They tailgate the guy in front of you and cut off the person in the next lane. These people are always driving some shite box with mismatched panels.
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 9:47 am
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
106640 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:49 am to
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If you leave even a one car length gap between you and the car in front of you, even sitting in the right lane, some dickhole who needs to tailgate and cut everyone off will jump in front of you. They tailgate the guy in front of you and cut off the person in the next lane. These people are always driving some shite box with mismatched panels.


This is why zipper merge is doomed to fail.
Posted by olddawg26
Member since Jan 2013
27113 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:03 am to
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The solution was a robot pace car. There are a few YouTube videos on this phenomenon.


I mean most fairly new cars have a sensor that places you the appropriate distance from the person ahead of you.

But fricking try that, you leave that gap and 3 cars will swoop in and take that gap
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
57516 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:05 am to
-Blinkers are for suckas
-Stop signs are nothing more than misspelled YEILD signs in the wrong color
-Left lane = my lane
-Semi trucks have full use of the interstate, in any lane, at any speed they desire
-Bus drivers are allowed to break more traffic laws than police
Posted by 03 West CoChamps
Member since Sep 2024
1107 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:23 am to
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Its not, because the ones going 20 over aren't slowing down traffic behind them.


So your issue isn't left lane cruising. It is slowing you down. I agree. But your gripe is framed wrong.

You want to be able to do it but not other people.
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 10:24 am
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
20547 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:30 am to
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Stop signs are nothing more than misspelled YEILD signs in the wrong color


What color do you think a stop sign and a yield sign are?

Hint - Yield signs are red and white just like a stop sign. They haven't been yellow since 1971.
Posted by littleavery1948
Member since Oct 2014
6631 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:40 am to
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Semi trucks have full use of any road, at any time, at any speed they desire, including stopping without warning, then backing up into the car behind them
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 10:41 am
Posted by Burt Macklin
Member since Apr 2019
221 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:41 am to
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Half of the drivers on the interstate in BR, their sole mission is to follow as closely as possible to the driver in front of them.
Get out of the left lane, slowpoke.
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
8220 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:42 am to
I bet in one way or another, cell phone use eas a part of the accident
Posted by Judnnc
Member since Jun 2025
990 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:28 am to
the scourge of people not moving when light turns green.
Posted by Judnnc
Member since Jun 2025
990 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:29 am to
quote:

-Blinkers are for suckas
-Stop signs are nothing more than misspelled YEILD signs in the wrong color
-Left lane = my lane
-Semi trucks have full use of the interstate, in any lane, at any speed they desire
-Bus drivers are allowed to break more traffic laws than police


Red lights are suggestions.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
157601 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:31 am to
quote:

-Semi trucks have full use of the interstate, in any lane, at any speed they desire

Posted by SoggyCerealClub
Member since Apr 2026
321 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:34 am to
There was a whole thread earlier this week complaining about LSP shooting radar on the interstate
Posted by bulletprooftiger
Member since Aug 2006
2587 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:38 am to
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the scourge of people not moving when light turns green.


In NOLA you have to take that beat or some form of Nissan is going run the red and t-bone you.

I just want traffic lights enforced.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
81547 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:50 am to
quote:

Can we go back to enforcing traffic laws again
On this board we will hear how the cops must have nothing better to do than catch speeders.
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