[Jeff Higgins]

It is the behavior we should be reporting; we should not be speculating on the cause of that behavior. Bad driving kills people. It comes in many forms. Drunk, on the phone, aggressive, not wearing their glasses, too old to drive safely; it doesn't matter. What really chaps my ass is the notion that I could call in such a menace, and have them get off with nary a warning because they are, say, 95 years old and stone cold sober. They are just as big of a threat as any drunk; probably more so. The drunk will likely sober up and drive better next time. The senile old fart won't get any younger...

And yes, I get the police state inference. It bothers me, too. I just think there are cases where the behavior is so dangerous that it becomes our duty to report it. Hell, at some point it becomes our duty to stop it, like a mugging in process or something. Believe me, if I had a way to safely pull over an out of control driver and hold them for the police, I would consider it. Now reporting my neighbor for watering too much, the neighbor for smoking in their car with their kids, some one for disconnecting smog equipment on their car? Probably not.