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Monday, March 11, 2013 | 5:25 p.m.
Metro Police will be swarming around busy intersections throughout the Las Vegas Valley for the next three weeks starting today as part of an initiative to improve traffic safety.
Police will be stationed at intersections that have been known to have a high frequency of collisions such as Charleston and Lamb boulevards, and Decatur Boulevard and Flamingo Road.
Police said the focus is on catching motorists speeding, running red lights, using cellphones and committing other accident-causing traffic violations. The goal is to increase traffic safety awareness and reduce car accidents.
The program is part of the Joining Forces Grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, police said. Officers from Nevada Highway Patrol, Henderson Police, North Las Vegas Police and Mesquite Police departments will also be assisting in the enforcement.
"The goal is to increase traffic safety awareness and reduce car accidents."
Wrong. The real goal is to increase revenue.
"...the nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" -- the late President Ronald Reagan on YouTube @ http://youtu.be/xhYJS80MgYA
There's a fine line between having a police force and an occupying army. Eight police vehicles patrolling one intersection, presumably with a ticket quota, does nothing to "increase traffic safety awareness." It's a show of force intended to scare people.
What a waste of money and time! They are addressing the symptoms and not the cause. Have they ever thought to talk to the traffic engineers?
Imagine a doctor trying to cure cancer and never asking the patient if they smoke. The doctor (cops in this case) gets richer, people die and the cause is never addressed.
What is wrong with this world?!?!
Chunky says:
More often than not he sees at least one car running a red light at the majority of intersections in any given day around the valley. One of the Chunkmobiles was damaged when a vehicle ran a red light on Charleston, hit another car and spun it into Mrs. Chunky's vehicle that was stopped in an opposing lane.
Distracted drivers and running red lights is a serious problem that needs to be addressed.
No one in our self absorbed society respects anyone anymore.
That's what Chunky thinks!
I don't have a problem at all with increased Metro presence on the streets. If it only deters one person from being in an accident its worthwhile.
On another note there was 5 police motorcycles on 95 northbound last night. Made people more aware of whats going on.
Charleston and Lamb? Hehehe
Good choice!
Love it when they crack down on illegal land.
Arizonas ccw has been disbanded in Nevada because of lack of training, but we still have hundreds of thousand tards driving on international permits in that AOR!