{"id":419417,"date":"2026-07-31T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419417\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:46:08","slug":"drivers-who-ignore-laws-the-biggest-threat-to-traffic-safety-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419417\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers who ignore laws the biggest threat to traffic safety \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent discussions about the safety of our roads, there is often a focus on the wrong subject. Drivers, not roads,\u00a0 are the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Let us admit that police presence is limited and many drivers know that the chances of violating a traffic law and getting caught are nil. They probably consider that the cost of getting caught and paying a fine is just the cost of driving.<\/p>\n<p>Every time I drive, I see violations. Speeding (not obeying posted limits), running stop signs, running red lights, illegal passing, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>There is a solution: Make the traffic violation fine get the violator\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>Either raise the fine schedule or concentrate on the frequent violators. The first offense fine costs so much. The second offense carries with it double the first amount. The third offense, double that second amount. And so on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Sampsel, Bonita<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In recent discussions about the safety of our roads, there is often a focus on the wrong subject.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1564,975,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-419417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-opinion","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}