[Jeff Higgins]

This has actually been the law in Washington State for as long as I can remember. This is not a new law by any means. I would rather suspect it is law in virtually all other states as well.

What is significant about this, and just so happens to be related to a major pet peeve of mine, is that the State Patrol has just now decided to start really enforcing this law. My pet peeve concerning these increased enforcements is this: we, the people, have a system in place through which laws are written. The legislative process. We, the people, charter and fund various agencies to oversee and enforce those laws and regulations. Then those very agencies turn around and decide, for themselves, which of our laws or regulations are important enough to them to enforce. Does anyone else see anything wrong with this?

Granted, I'm happy to see they have finally decided to enforce this. But how did they skate so long without enforcing it? And now their stated motivation for enforcing this is to reduce road rage??? They don't even mention the safety factor. Yet speeding is "dangerous"?