What a shitty day for the Pennsylvania State Police. Two young State troopers killed on I-95 in Philadelphia by a woman who wouldn’t slow down and ran them over as they were trying to assist a man walking on the roadway.

The one trooper had a pregnant wife who is due in about four months and the other one had a young daughter, now they will grow up to never know their fathers all because of selfish idiotic people driving their huge fucking SUV’s WAY too fast and with their heads buried in their goddam phones.


Rant over.

I saw that today…as I was reading the Officer Down Memorial Page for my officer that was hit by an 18 wheeler right before Christmas. Mother of three.

I have the true honor of writing the words that will be on her memorial plaque. Had pulled the website up to see what had been written about her.

But I’d rather see her smile again.

RIP Troopers

DUI Related

A sane country would not allow driving and cell phone use

quote:

Originally posted by oldbill123:
A sane country would not allow driving and cell phone use

It's illegal pretty much in every state.

It's also nearly impossible to enforce.

Huge hazard . Happens way too often .

I've noticed local police using their cars to disable entire lanes of traffic while they deal with roadside issues. It's a chronic issue and extremely dangerous.

quote:

Originally posted by bobtheelf:

quote:

Originally posted by oldbill123:
A sane country would not allow driving and cell phone use

It's illegal pretty much in every state.

It's also nearly impossible to enforce.

Phones have GPS so it would be simple to make them inactive once moving over a certain speed. I’m sure everyone would cry that they don’t feel safe driving to grandmas house without being able to use their phone.

quote:

Originally posted by bobtheelf:

quote:

Originally posted by oldbill123:
A sane country would not allow driving and cell phone use

It's illegal pretty much in every state.

It's also nearly impossible to enforce.

Very little to do with speed. Everything to do with inattentive behavior and probably more.


Phones have GPS so it would be simple to make them inactive once moving over a certain speed. I’m sure everyone would cry that they don’t feel safe driving to grandmas house without being able to use their phone.

quote:

Originally posted by 1s1k:

Phones have GPS so it would be simple to make them inactive once moving over a certain speed.

How could a solution like this distinguish between the driver and a passenger?

How about the person in the back seat on an Uber? Or on a bus? Or a train?

Yes, tragic indeed. The driver was just bragging on social media how she was good at ‘drunk driving’. It would of been better if she expired in the crash.

I have a belief that to many are to casual with driving, not giving proper attention. That can be for a host of reasons beyond the cellphone. Of course the phone will be a biggie.

Here’s a bad one from just the other day. At 1st blush it looks like the driver may of pulled out in front of a semi. The ‘T’ intersection may of had some bend on the through road, harder to see traffic.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...-truck-Oklahoma.html

I about got it yesterday when crossing a two lane bridge with a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer had crossed the center line and I managed to wedge through but in the process hit a piece of steel in the road and blew the right front tire.

I hadn't put the camera back in the truck so I didn't get any pictures to see if he was talking on a cellphone.

Doesn’t sound like speed has anything to do with it.

quote:

Originally posted by V-Tail:

quote:

Originally posted by 1s1k:
Phones have GPS so it would be simple to make them inactive once moving over a certain speed.

How could a solution like this distinguish between the driver and a passenger?

How about the person in the back seat on an Uber? Or on a bus? Or a train?

Yup.

It's not just the phones--though that is surely part of the problem.

Since the Scaredemic first eased-up, I've seen significant increases in:

• Speeding
  
• Cutting people off pulling into traffic
  
• Cutting people off, then driving more slowly than the person they cut off
  
• Rushing up to traffic lights and stopping short
  
• Running lights
  
• Not bothering to stop before a right turn on red
  
• Turning left in front of on-coming traffic
  
• Preventing people from merging in front of them
  
• Sitting obliviously when a light turns green
  

Pretty much every kind of poor/dangerous driving there is, really.

quote:

Originally posted by 1s1k:
Phones have GPS so it would be simple to make them inactive once moving over a certain speed. I’m sure everyone would cry that they don’t feel safe driving to grandmas house without being able to use their phone.

I'd think the larger outcry would be that folks would no longer be about to use Navigation...well, that and keeping the screaming kids in the back seat entertained

quote:

Originally posted by V-Tail:

quote:

Originally posted by 1s1k:

Phones have GPS so it would be simple to make them inactive once moving over a certain speed.

How could a solution like this distinguish between the driver and a passenger?

How about the person in the back seat on an Uber? Or on a bus? Or a train?

There would have to be something like using the phone to start the car which disables the phone until the car is parked.

quote:

Originally posted by V-Tail:
DUI Related

This is horrible

These two state troopers pulled this woman over for a DUI and in the middle of the stop got called away to assist with a man wandering on I-95 and this cunt who had been pulled over was the one who ran them over and killed them all a few minutes later..

She needs to rot in prison for the rest of her life

Source

Rammed By Young Woman They Pulled Over Two Miles Before



A young woman who bragged on Twitter, “I’m the best drunk driver ever” has been charged with third-degree murder, homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, DUI, and related charges after she allegedly rammed a pedestrian and two Pennsylvania state troopers to their deaths after they had pulled her over two miles before just after midnight on Monday morning.



Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, was seen shackled in handcuffs belonging to the two fallen troopers as she was transported from the Pennsylvania State Police Troop K barracks to Philadelphia police headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.

At roughly 1 a.m. on Monday, state troopers Martin F. Mack III, 33, and Branden T. Sisca, 29, pulled Webb over on suspicion of DUI on I-95, but then released her when they were summoned to deal with Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, walking on the left side of the southbound lanes two miles away. The troopers walked Oliveras to their SUV, but as they were getting him into the vehicle, Webb allegedly rammed into the SUV at high speed, killing all three men.

Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, was seen shackled in handcuffs belonging to the two fallen troopers as she was transported from the Pennsylvania State Police Troop K barracks to Philadelphia police headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.

At roughly 1 a.m. on Monday, state troopers Martin F. Mack III, 33, and Branden T. Sisca, 29, pulled Webb over on suspicion of DUI on I-95, but then released her when they were summoned to deal with Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, walking on the left side of the southbound lanes two miles away. The troopers walked Oliveras to their SUV, but as they were getting him into the vehicle, Webb allegedly rammed into the SUV at high speed, killing all three men.

Seems strange that both troopers let her go, why didn't one stay with her, the other go deal with the guy walking in the lanes, knowing she was DUI.

Hopefully she gets max sentence and serves it...

quote:

Originally posted by HRK:

Seems strange that both troopers let her go, why didn't one stay with her, the other go deal with the guy walking in the lanes, knowing she was DUI.

Or even tell her to stay put in her vehicle and take the keys with them while they were attending to the pedestrian (assuming that she did not have a second set of keys). 20-20 hindsight.

Tragic. At a minimum, she should get maximum prison term for each of the three people she killed, terms to be served consecutively.