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Drivers, General Assembly agree on key safety bills

Feb 24, 2007 12:00 AM (597 days ago) by Gayland Hethcoat, The Examiner
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Virginia (Map, News) - RICHMOND – Three out of four Northern Virginians think traffic is bad and has only gotten worse in the last year, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic poll numbers released Friday.

The statewide poll found that traffic was so unbearable for 19 percent of Northern Virginians that they moved or changed jobs. Overall, only 12 percent of Virginia residents made the same decision.

“To solve transportation, we need greater accountability, we need more resources, and we need a better integration of transportation and land use,” VirginiaTransportation Secretary Pierce Homer told reporters Friday.

Martha Meade, spokeswoman for AAA Mid-Atlantic, said that while Virginia legislators continue to wrangle with each other over the solution to Virginia’s traffic woes, they are in sync with motorists on transportation safety initiatives.

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“AAA Mid-Atlantic is thrilled with the actions of lawmakers, and we believe they should go home with their heads held high knowing that lives will truly be saved in Virginia because of the strong action taken this year,” Meade said.

The automobile association’s poll found that 80 percent of drivers supported a ban on cell phone usage by teenage drivers with provisional licenses. A bill prohibiting such usage by those under 18 has passed both houses.

The poll’s results, gathered in November and December, also revealed that 73 percent of drivers think red-light cameras can discourage dangerous driving at intersections. After significant debate, legislation allowing a locality to install one camera per 10,000 residents passed the legislature and is on its way to Gov. Tim Kaine.

“This is a transportation session,” said Sen. Jay O’Brien, R-Clifton, the sponsor of the teen cell phone bill. “Half of it is the funding and the road-building plan. The other half of it is driver safety.”

– CNS

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1:16 PM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "City ‘gateway toll’ considered"

Examiner Reader said:
I guess SF really doesn't want people to come to the City! What a load of crock. Nobody in the SF govt has any business sense. Great, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (businesses and sales taxes).

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10:59 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "City ‘gateway toll’ considered"

just shoot me said:
sweet - another friggin toll. I already pay $1000/month in commute costs.

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10:41 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "City ‘gateway toll’ considered"

Examiner Reader said:
If there were a viable, reliable CLEAN option then people would be able to not drive. Without that option people must drive. Clean up MUNI, make it dependable and regular and co- ordinate with other transit agencies and people will want to get out of their cars. As it is if you are in a hurry or out of communte hours MUNI is not an option. Also, I am unclear why people love BART!. Signage is pathetic and it is NOT co-ordinated with MUNI or Golden Gate transit, what's the point? Take a look at NYC, London or Paris to get a look at what good transit systems are. Funny, their workers show up and they keep to a timetable. Maybe we could try doing that?

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2:43 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 re: "A way around crash sites"

Bruce Simmons said:
for one, I don't understand how it cost $30 million to instigate the deployment of traffic control officers and traffic cones. Second, how would diverting a traffic jam to El Camino Real alleviate anything. El Camino Real is already questionably jammed up at traffic time and the ensuing flood of motor vehicles would only spill the excess onto the various side streets around that road. Spend the $30 million where it's needed, on the school systems or homeless shelters.

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1:21 AM MST on Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 re: "Three die in crash-filled weekend"

Examiner Reader said:
R.I.P. DeKeisha Skaggs! We will all miss you! -Jessica G. P.

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8:00 AM MST on Wed., Jun. 18, 2008 re: "I-95 north of Baltimore home to region’s worst bottlenecks"

Examiner Reader said:
600 Million dollars? Much too expensive and way too late to fix the problem. By the time the road is built, no one will care because the people will be gone.

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7:31 AM MST on Wed., Jun. 18, 2008 re: "I-95 north of Baltimore home to region’s worst bottlenecks"

Examiner Reader said:
These choke points have been around for over 30 years - and the drivers that dart into the lane and slam on their brakes that have not killed themselves are still endangering the rest of us! Leave the Baltimore area for good - I did 12 years ago and life is so much better since I don't have to deal with the crime or the local corporate societal ladder. I love to hear the companies complain about the lack of talent in the region. The problem is everybody in the Baltimore business district is trying to rape each other so what is left is table scraps for the locals - they don't have a problem hiring out of staters and paying them big bucks but if you are a local they hate the fact that they are reliant on you - especially if you are white and have a moral value system.

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3:49 PM MST on Wed., Apr. 2, 2008 re: "Crash won't accelerate bridge-median plan"

ms jackson said:
All this money spent on highway dividers, anti smoking campaigns, youth violence intiatives, dietary labeling, unwanted pregnancies, anti suicide barriers, etc. could be saved by introducing a microscopic brain implant that would cause extreme pain and forced change of action any time somebody begins to behave in a way that creates any sort of societal problems. Of course, this would mean about 95 percent of huimanity would be constantly groaning in pain and apparently changing their minds!

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1:03 PM MST on Thu., Jan. 17, 2008 re: "Bad weather causes traffic delays around District"

Examiner Reader said:
oh my gosh that is bad people need to start being more careful

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8:16 PM MST on Wed., Nov. 28, 2007 re: "Golden Gate Bridge tragedy could have been worse"

Examiner Reader said:
When someone does something like this, it not only saves lives, it leaves the rest of us with the knowledge that one of us did a great good thing. I'm so grateful for that knowledge. John Beatty is a really good man.

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4:44 PM MST on Wed., Nov. 28, 2007 re: "Golden Gate Bridge tragedy could have been worse"

San Francisco Voter said:
Wow. I knew there were at least a few good people around here.

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9:16 AM MST on Wed., Oct. 17, 2007 re: "Study: Traffic costs D.C. $2B, Baltimore $1 billion annually"

Mike Licht said:
>>Re: Study: Traffic costs D.C. $2B, Baltimore $1 billion annually<< Editorial decision to omit hyperlink to the actual study is a gross disservice to readers.

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6:09 PM MST on Sun., Sep. 9, 2007 re: "Triathlon will snarl Sunday traffic"

William Cooke said:
Great race. Thanks Annapolis, Annapolis Police, and AA County Police.

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