Damien Newton
Damien Newton
due less reckless roads streets trend
Our roads and streets are getting less safe. A lot of it's due to reckless driving, and we should be reversing that trend by having stricter enforcement.
budgets build dot great saw trying
It's a great budget. What we saw before was DOT trying to build its way out of congestion.
focus lead reckless state tolerate tone
The focus is on the administration to take the lead and set the tone that we'll be a state that doesn't tolerate reckless driving.
cap eight highway include percent
There is a 4 percent cap on new highway extensions, but there are eight exceptions, which include everything imaginable. You read it closer, and we're being bamboozled.
challenge depends happens hoping strong task
We're hoping to see strong regulations down the road. The challenge is how to do that. As with any task force, it depends on what happens to the recommendations.
couple heard lost means silver
We've heard that they're appealing, and that's good, but they've lost a couple of cases. By all means appeal, but I don't know if that will be the silver bullet.
caused enforcing high laws percentage reckless speaks speeding strictly
We're not enforcing our laws as strictly as we could. When you have a high percentage that is caused by speeding and reckless driving, that speaks to enforcement.