Reckless
Its time for me to air a pet peeve: reckless wrecker drivers. We've got a real epidemic here in Houston with wrecker drivers who think the laws of the road don't apply to them. They speed, jump lanes, cut people off, cross medians, and generally behave in a carelessly destructive manner in their headlong rush to be the first vulture on the corpse.
Last night, one of the jackals killed someone. Two someones, to be precise: an elderly couple on their way home from Wednesday evening church services was broadsided by a wrecker driver. The wrecker was traveling at 90 mph in a 45 mph speed zone.
As I mentioned, this is not an isolated occurrence. These idiots--in case you've never had the displeasure of conversing with the average wrecker driver, believe me when I tell you that they are idiots--are out of control. It's past time something is done, before they kill again.
To that end, I propose the following solution: set up a reporting program where people can call in the tag number of the offending wrecker driver. The first call, he gets a warning. The second call in less than a week, he gets a fine. Three strikes, and he's out of a license.
Certainly there is room for exploitation of that system. It'll have to be refined a bit, but the principle is valid. Because the alternative is what's already happening--and that is unacceptable.
(Apologies to any wrecker drivers who can read and operate a computer; you must get lonely.)
Last night, one of the jackals killed someone. Two someones, to be precise: an elderly couple on their way home from Wednesday evening church services was broadsided by a wrecker driver. The wrecker was traveling at 90 mph in a 45 mph speed zone.
As I mentioned, this is not an isolated occurrence. These idiots--in case you've never had the displeasure of conversing with the average wrecker driver, believe me when I tell you that they are idiots--are out of control. It's past time something is done, before they kill again.
To that end, I propose the following solution: set up a reporting program where people can call in the tag number of the offending wrecker driver. The first call, he gets a warning. The second call in less than a week, he gets a fine. Three strikes, and he's out of a license.
Certainly there is room for exploitation of that system. It'll have to be refined a bit, but the principle is valid. Because the alternative is what's already happening--and that is unacceptable.
(Apologies to any wrecker drivers who can read and operate a computer; you must get lonely.)
posted by Jar(egg)head at 08:18
3 Comments:
I whole heartedly agree. I've personally seen these rolling road hazzards and their kamakazi driving skills on the roads and highways of Houston, and on one occasion was even cut off by one whipping in front of me with no notice. They seem to believe when they turn their yellow lights on the laws no longer apply to them.
i agree as well. there's this idiot that lives east of houston off 1960 that when he gets off work and heads home, you better not get in his way. i was doing 80 to try and get his plate number, at 90 i shut it down out of fear of a ticket and my life. once 1960 hits liberty county, it's just a 2 lane road, a dangerous one at that. most wrecker drivers i've seen in harris county are the same way. i used to work with a fellow who was one and he said that since their trucks were so big, the police usually followed them to the scene of an accident, they could go faster and intimidate more folks out of the way better than a police cruiser could... sigh
Any one who doubts they drive like morons can ask the owner of Curb Checkers Bar who was rear ended at a red light by a wrecker going 70+. That was the end Johns job and he's been in pain since.
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