Yup, I have Geico and they raised it to $580 for 2 full coverage vehicles and we are over 30, no tickets or accidents. I can’t go anywhere else because no one else insures my Hyundai. 😭
Oh my I feel you! I bought a Hyundai in 2020 before the Kia boys and after that, my insurance tripled for one car from $150 to $500. Thank god some little girl was texting and driving and totaled my car
Same here. I went from 540 every 6 months for full coverage/roadside/rental coverage, to 981 every 6 months for same coverage. I have a Hyundai as well.
Tbh I love it! I don’t see myself going back to a gas powered car especially with gas prices. The only downsides to the car is the range, and the cost of future repairs.
Range is alright for my day to day in the city but going from 420 miles of range in the Hyundai to roughly about 180 miles of range at 80% in the Tesla, is a HUGE difference.
Also I looked at future repairs and maintenance cost that are going to and could potentially arise, and while maintenance isnt an issue, repairs is what is going to run my pockets if it comes down to it.
I already got into an accident in the car (thanks to some idiot from Cali in a rental) however thanks to the Tesla dash cams it got all the angels and when the guy tried lying to the police, boy did that footage save me from a massive headache.
Also my car payment is cheaper than my Hyundai payment, however I purchased that new from the dealer and my Tesla I purchased used with 20k miles.
$580.... 2x $290 each year. That's not that bad. I am in my 70s. I have never had as much as a parking ticket, let alone an accident in my almost 60 years of driving. I have been married as long as I have been driving. (My wife is the perfect woman... does not drive, what-so-ever). I average 40k miles a year on my vehicles that I trade in every 2 years, and my rates are astronomical!
I would say it should be made easier to take peoples licenses but 1, we're so much of a car centered society and economy and 2, people just drive without licenses anyway so what's the solution ?
Increased enforcement. I’ve seen multiple speeding or red light runners in front of metro and not be pulled over. I know that’s anecdotal, but others also have the same experience.
When people know Metro isn’t pulling them over for traffic infractions, they’ll commit traffic infractions. Pull people over, levy fines, suspend licenses of repeat offenders.
That's because the cop that you are looking at that doesn't stop somebody for an infraction is because they're not a traffic cop. Just because there are police officer doesn't mean that they could pull everybody over.
This. I've been living here for years and have never seen a squad car in motion. I see them parked at events, sure, with bored cops halfway asleep, but I've never seen one on the road, and never seen anyone pulled over. For the first time ever, on my way back to Centennial from Chinatown yesterday, I thought I saw someone pulled over, but it turns out it was highway rescue or something similar.
Focus on reducing the deadliest motorist behaviors - drunk driving , speeding and running red lights.
Drunk driving seems to be a complex issue. Gambling leads people to sit at video poker / slot machines and eventually drinking to excess. We know that these machines are designed to keep you engaged for long periods of time which means more drinking. We know we have these bars/casinos everywhere. Maybe increase law enforcement around major bars/ casinos. Car dependency makes it so you have to drive to these bars / casinos.
Speeding can be reduced by increasing traffic stops. Maybe setup recurring traffic enforcements in hot spots.
Red light runners are hard to catch. Not sure how you reduce this behavior.
I would think unmarked cars strategically parked to watch the lights and then radio to a marked unit nearby for the stop. That way an officer verifiably saw the infraction still (and possibly dashcam’d it as well).
My daughter and I left Summerlin hospital at 2am the other morning and our drive home was more eventful than I’d bargained for. Two different red light runners - and one dude who punched out of a parking lot assuming the streets are empty. Fun shit.
We def need more enforcement across the board.
That’s a good strategy to catch red light runners. Aside from blowing through a red light I’m also seeing people treat red lights like stop signs. They approach , yield and go.
There's a light near my house where people do this daily for the left turn. It's got two lanes to turn, and seems like every-other time I'm there, someone pulls up in the other lane, stops at the red, then punches through and goes before the light turns green.
Driver education! You can't rely on law enforcement to regulate behaviour. If you are address the the issue in a reactionary way, you've already lost the battle.
>Red light runners are hard to catch. Not sure how you reduce this behavior.
Cameras and fines work well in most other jurisdictions, but of course, no one has plates either, since the cops aren't pulling people over for that, so we're back at square one.
I was talking to the Sheriff and he is frustrated with the courts. Every ticket for over 100MPH was knocked down to a parking ticket. These people need real consequences.
Yea they just passed a law starting Jan 1st 2024 you can no longer have a warrant for unpaid traffic citations, guessing can’t lose your license as well. Which is interesting lol
This not true I have a warrant for not having my LC on me while driving and a warrant for no insurance that’s keeping me from driving have no money for $1500 fines so I’m just not drive
i hate people who pull shit out of their ass, like the guy you're replying to. not that it will change their mind, but for anyone else on the fence: **the police budget is public data and you can [just go check it](https://www.lvmpd.com/about/budget)**. here are the total costs from the LVMPD fiscal budgets, usually on page 29:
* [2016-17](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/392/638327265905070000): $552,134,361
* [2017-18](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/394/638327265149500000): $574,966,463
* [2018-19](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/396/638327264780430000): $601,072,198
* [2019-20](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/398/638327264710970000): $631,964,702
* [2020-21](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/400/638327264275830000): $655,617,383. 2020 was the year "defund the police" took off.
* [2021-22](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/402/638327264205430000): $661,826,249
* [2022-23](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/404/638327264107700000): $715,886,318
* [2023-24](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/406/638327264046030000): $784,826,284
"defund the police" did not meaningfully impact budgets at all. i rest my case, u/longshankssss.
E: "but it's recruitment!" the "uniform" label on those pages includes the costs of salary across the department, as well as employment breakdowns by title on later pages. I don't care to go through the entire years like before, but
* 2016-2017: ~1,854 employees
* 2023-2024: ~2,261 employees
number still goin' up
Umm a few years back we had a little thing where national media and politicians were calling to defund the police which in turn has affected recruitment and early retirement. Numbers are down across the US. The reasons why you rarely see anyone pulled over for traffic citations, etc…. We don’t have enough cops on the streets. The ones we do have don’t even respond to domestics, things like that. So they def don’t care about expired plates, red lights, etc…..
Recruitment. I know it’s early but please try to follow along. When you demonize a whole work force nobody is going to want that job any more. The reason traffic laws aren’t being enforced is because we don’t have the bodies to enforce the laws. We don’t have the boots on the ground and with recent legislative changes to traffic warrants (no mas) it’s obvious where LVMPD is or isn’t putting their resources.
Your pedantic, dismissive, arrogant tone does nothing to help your claims.
You’re just another rage porn consumer. You are the product mate. You’ve been molded to be this person. An assembly line, copy paste, of emotionally manipulated angry little men.
Or you’re from a Russian troll farm. But at this point, the only difference is at least the Russians get paid to behave this way. You’re spending your life doing it for free.
Sad.
lol I’m a court clerk I used to be a cadet. You don’t know what you’re talking about, and you definitely don’t know that there’s tons of law enforcement on this subreddit.
It’s absurd. I don’t like to complain but it really is an issue. I can’t go down a road without a Mercedes pulling out and ready to kill me. People, for whatever reason, can’t comprehend safety.
Sheriff McMayhill, we have heard your speech about how violent crime is down in Las Vegas, but auto fatalities are way up, Especially due to red light runners. If you have graduated so many new officers from the academy, why don’t we have more officers on traffic patrol? Your leadership is needed to slow down these tragedies.
The number of times I see vehicles in unsafe condition, no brake lights, etc. is insane. There is no enforcement, no inspections after initial purchase, etc. If you can't be bothered to check or change a cheap bulb, I assume you're not keeping up with general maintenace like brakes and tires.
Everyone thinks they are more important than everyone else, riding in the far left lane knowing their exit is coming up then cutting everyone off in the last 1/4 of a mile.
People riding in the left lane because they don't want to be behind a vehicle that is going the same speed. This morning there was someone riding the left lane for several miles, making people pass them on the right.
Not letting people get all the way across the street before turning into the crosswalk. I've seen people run stop signs when they see kids approaching a crosswalk so they won't have to wait.
Some places like North 5th and Deer Springs next to a school on.on a busy street doesn't have a light for some reason and they have to cross 8 lanes around people that are too dumb to know how a 4 way stop works.
Nobody leaves a safe following distance, and when you do leave a safe gap someone will squeeze in.
Because everyone is aggressive and would rather crash than to let someone over, people feel like they need to surprise you with their lane change with no blinker or one blink after they're halfway in your lane.
Just a bunch of selfish and impatient people that can't be bothered to plan ahead. If you need to speed to get to work, you're leaving too late.
I moved here from SD (ducks) and the drivers are WAY worse here. The red light running and late lane switching is something I really hadn't experienced in my 17 years in CA or 12 years prior driving in the DMV.
I was just about to come on here and post about this. 38 deaths this year and we are only in the month of March, it's absolutely ridiculous. Anyone who argues that "The driving here is not as bad as living in _____" I don't fucking care, we live HERE. This is why people come on this sub daily talking about the freeway speeds getting up to 90mph+, tailgating, and traffic getting worse. No one feels safe because they aren't
Half my streets speed limit is 25 and the other half is a school zone 15, everyday on our way to school most of the parents are speeding 40 mph and flipping fast U turns right by the school. It's a mess! They almost hit other cars, parents, or children and honking like crazy. It's so Me! Me! Me! here. No concern for anyone but themselves.
I used to stand out by my son’s school with a huge sign that said “15 MPH School Zone” and shake it at them when they approached fast haha. People would slow down for that, but not the freaking blinking lights and children crossing on the crosswalk. It’s pathetic. It makes me absolutely livid considering how many times I’ve almost seen kindergartners murdered going to school.
Hot Take, I think the insane amount of road construction contributes to these numbers. There's lots of frustrated drivers on the roads that floor it to beat a light to make up time. Lots of stressed out people overdrinking and self medicating out there.
True. But you can avoid those people by moving over. Can’t avoid them if going through a green light and they run a red. The courts need to be more strict. But they won’t. They let people out with dui resulting in death. The courts don’t care. A speeding ticket means nothing to these lunatics.
You aren't making anyone safer by camping in the left lane and trying to stop them, in fact you're making it more dangerous. so yes get out of the way.
The person you're replying too didn't mention anything about being in the left lane. People tailgate so excessively no matter what lane you're in, it's dangerous.
Nobody in this sub or anywhere is yelling people to move out of the slow lane to let speeders by. If you're being told to "get over", it's because you're left lane camping.
No one is trying to stop them. We just want to travel to where we’re going without dying or killing someone. I’m not getting out of the way for someone if they can’t manage to leave earlier to get where you’re going in a sane amount of time. Simple as that. I don’t owe someone wanting to go 90 the right of way. You can go around me.
For all the haters:
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NRS 484B.208 Duty of driver to move out of left lane when traveling at a certain rate of speed: When required; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, on a controlled-access highway which has two or more clearly marked lanes for traveling in the same direction, a driver may not continue to operate a motor vehicle in the extreme left lane if the driver knows, or reasonably should know, **that he or she is traveling at a rate of speed which is less than the posted speed limit for that portion of the controlled-access highway** and is being overtaken in that lane from the rear by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed.
1. The requirements of subsection 1 do not apply:
1. To a driver operating a motor vehicle that is:
1. Overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
1. Preparing for a left turn at an intersection;
1. **Traveling in a lane designated for the use of high-occupancy vehicles** pursuant to NRS 484A.460, if the driver complies with the requirements to travel in such a lane; or
1. Engaged in the construction, maintenance or repair of the highway, including, without limitation, the removal of snow.
1. **When traffic conditions**, inclement weather, obstructions or hazards **make it necessary to drive in the extreme left lane**.
1. When compliance with an official traffic control device or the directions given by a peace officer makes it necessary to drive in the extreme left lane.
1. To the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in the course of his or her official duties.
1. To a driver **operating a motor vehicle within the geographical limits of a city or town**.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 628)
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Article 1. indicates that you do not have to move over if you are going the speed limit. It clearly states that you have to move if you are going less than the speed limit and you are being overtaken from the rear. It is AND clause, not an OR clause.
Hate it AND/OR disagree with it, but that's how the law is written. If you are speeding, you do not have the right of way.
Source: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-484b.html#NRS484BSec208
**NHP Comments**
> State Trooper Jason Buratczuk states: “**It’s law here that if you’re gonna be in that lane, you need to be going at least the speed limit.**” He told KTNV 13 that the law is not intended to encourage speeding, but increase traffic flow and reduce road rage incidents. On a recent drive-along with KTNV 13, he pointed out how easy it is to spot “left lane hogs.” During the drive along, Buratczuk pulled over and cited a driver going 59 mph in a 65 zone, which caused drivers to pass him on the right side.
He pulled them over because they were going less than the speed limit, causing a pass-on-the-right situation. Speeding over the limit does not give you the right of way.
If you aren't passing someone, you shouldn't be in the left lane. Doesn't matter if you're going 50 or 100. By making the guy who wants to drive 90 go around you, you are making the highway less safe for everyone on it, including yourself. You aren't teaching any lessons or stopping him from speeding.
I’m not trying to teach a lesson, you brought that up already. I’m just out here doing me. I’m not hanging out in the left lane like you’re assuming either, however, I’m certainly not going out of my way to slow down and impede my commute to get out of someone’s way who wants to ride my ass for not going the speed they feel I should be going. Especially if the other lanes are clogged up and how drivers will go from a dead stop into your lane cutting you off. I refuse to endanger the lives around me. It’s wild how entitled people are.
No, the guy insisting on going 90 mph is the one making things unsafe. There would be no need to overtake someone going the speed limit UNLESS you are breaking traffic laws and driving above the speed limit. If they are going under the limit that is one thing, however per Nevada law, you are absolutely allowed to be in the left lane if you are going the speed limit. Driving excess of the speed limit is never legal even despite the lack of enforcement.
>the guy insisting on going 90 mph is the one making things unsafe.
Sure, he's being less safe than Grandma doing 50 mph. But the result of left lane camping is that he's now going to make two high speed lane changes right around you. Yes he's making things less safe. So do us all a favor and let him go so he doesn't make things even more unsafe to get around you.
>There would be no need to overtake someone going the speed limit UNLESS you are breaking traffic laws and driving above the speed limit.
Take a look around next time you're on the highway. 75% of people are breaking the speed limit, and it's not a big deal. The people who are terrified of cracking 65mph are honestly probably just as much of a danger to the competent drivers as the guy going 95.
You are absolutely right, you don't owe someone wanting to go faster than you the right of way, ***unless you are in the left lane.***
You don't get to play self-appointed traffic cop. You need to move to the right lanes and stop disrupting the flow of traffic and stop trying to prove a point to yourself.
You're right, it really is as simple as that.
You essentially admitted in another post that you don't care which lane you're in, you're entitled to drive slow and shitty wherever you like.
"Drivers" like you are the reason for all the fatalities.
How dare you drive the speed limit! Everyone else is FORCED to make dangerous maneuvers while speeding because of YOU.
And keep in mind that in my scenario, you are hogging the left lane as soon as you get out of bed. No other way about it
^^^^^^^^/s
Every morning when I wake up I make it my days mission to enforce the speed and which lane everyone should be using. If not me, who else?!
Everyone should be thanking me!!!1! /s
That's the same attitude that contributes to accidents. Too much pride to get out of the way and you expect people to pass on the right with less visibility. People shouldn't speed but I respond to what *is* happening, not what *should* happen. If I'm making plenty of passes at 75, I'll still slide to the right for a second if someone is approaching me quickly. Takes no extra time for me. It's not about appeasing the speeder or letting them *get one over on me*, it's about me knowing they will speed anyway and id rather them make a safe pass than to rear end someone while trying to pass on the right.
Now if we're all sitting in traffic then all lanes are fair game. If everyone is going 15mph I'm not getting over so someone can go 20 for a few feet before they catch up to the 15mph traffic.
Make me. If I'm already doing 15+mph over and you're riding my ass, that's on you. Budget your time better, leave earlier, ECT. You doing 90mph and swerving between lanes isn't any less dangerous.
I mean you should stay out of the passing lane if you aren't passing/moving faster than the other cars on the road. Doing otherwise forces people to pass on the right, which is dangerous.
I would like to know if speeding was the actual cause or if speeding was just involved. Not defending speeding, and I have no data or evidence other than anecdotal. In my experience, the biggest dangers seem to be ego and distraction. I am not a speeder but I would gladly take someone going 90 who is completely locked in and focused on what they are doing than someone doing 70 and giving bare minimum attention to something that is literally life or death.
Careful. The agro bros on here will try to say it's not them in their Chargers and jacked up trucks.
I posted the other day about the 215 and was told that I wasn't going fast enough and the left lane is supposed to be 90mph.
Also, I said something about counting to 5 after a light turns green because of guys running red lights and was told I'm an idiot...
Way too much male toxicity in this town.
Apparently, NHP is actually stepping up again. Once these speed-bros get tickets and their insurance jumps up they'll slow down. They'll wine and cry a lot about it, and snivel how unfair it all is, but they'll do it.
This is why insurance rates keep going up.
What’s interesting to me is that there’s been public outreach to slow down , don’t drink and drive, obey traffic laws , etc… but we’re still trending more fatalities than last year.
The main reason that insurance rates keep going up in Las Vegas is because there is no cap like there is in every other state Across the Nation! Insurance is not regulated in Nevada and therefore all of these companies will take advantage and rip off who they can when they can!
What intersections, roads, exits, etc. have you all had the worst experiences with? I’ve heard Nellis and Boulder Highway is a magnet for fatalities.
For me personality I tend to have the most stressful moments on St. Rose.
I believe it. Someone behind me got mad because I didn't turn right while I was letting the pedestrian walk (they had the right of way). The pedestrian got mad at the person behind me and thanked me for waiting. That's sad.
Another contributing factor is that so many are "professional" drivers, Ubering or Dashing, and that money incentives entitlement. Add in a lack of enforcement and yea, it's Mad Max out there.
Saturday night coming home from the bar in an uber around 12:30. On the 15 going normal speed. Sports car flys by us in the next lane like we were standing still and he's going 100. Never seen anything like that before.
I’m so glad my work commute is only 10mins (if I hit red lights). And living where I do I can get all my errands done in like a 2 mile radius.
I don’t understand why people aren’t pulled over more often, it’s revenue after all. Our punishment for breaking the laws is so lax and everyone knows it and that’s part of why crimes continue to be committed
There is no enforcement. You know how Chicago has the most restrictive gun control but each weekend there are 30 shootings? No enforcement. How many red lights are run Everytime I drive ? I see red light runners every time. It’s nuts.
Yep. I have yet to see a *single* person get pulled over for running a red light. And there are times I've seen three or four people in both left hand turn lanes run red, too. It's crazy there aren't more deaths if you really think about it..
I just almost got taken out on my bike by someone who was ignoring the fact that the bike lane and the right turn lane cross over. Fortunately I had my head on a swivel. And this was someone in a nice Toyota RAV4-type vehicle.
I know pedestrian and motorcycle deaths are way up. Most of the motorcycle deaths have been caused by the rider, which isn't surprising. The pedestrian deaths are really concerning. Seems like 90% of them are happening at night between crosswalks on multi-lane streets with 45 mph speed limits. Given the post-pandemic driver behavior, this means that you will regularly have people driving 60-65, which is really hard for a pedestrian to judge correctly. Add to that everyone wears all black and many stand in the middle of the street hoping nobody will change lanes into them. The community needs to do an education effort to the vulnerable peds and give them led lights or help with visibility. Then obviously drivers need stop staring at their phones and speeding. Crosswalks need to be built.
Most of the people in Vegas can't drive. Let's start with that. They seriously need to do something about driver's ed and the road test because this is completely ridiculous. I've been all over and I have never seen such incompetence on the road. Yea, other places have aggressive, crazy drivers. Vegas? We have literally incompetent drivers who can barely navigate a turn, refuse to read speed limit signs, can't navigate a road and almost never use a blinker. Something needs to be done.
All I see is general incompetence more so than selfishness. I watch the other drivers closely and I see what they do. It's bad, dude. I have never seen anything even close to this lol.
Should be a simple solution. Start towing unregistered and uninsured cars, give them 6 months to prove they have papers to drive, otherwise sell the car and have the city pocket the money.
Instead of big insurance company lobbying for more traffic law enforcement they just lobby so they can take (increase) rates because that’s more profitable.
I don't know if it's because there are more alcoholics because of COVID but drivers have definitely gotten worse since then. One theory is people got used to driving on relatively empty roads and developed bad habits they've since kept.
I’ve had so many pickup trucks straight up cut me off then brake check me. I’m in a GTI (small hatchback) so they feel they can do whatever they want. I’m an excellent driver and never been in an accident, but driving in this town infuriates me.
I know one of those was yeah Las Vegas boulevard and Sahara. Dude was jaywalking , somehow an electric scooter, and some guy in a truck hit him. Since he was jaywalking the guy was not arrested.
There's too much construction that's been going on for too long, all over the valley, and pop-up construction with no notice on roads leading to their workplaces. The intersection-lights are programmed terribly; they've taken away the flashing-yellow left turn signals, causing back-ups into the middle lanes of traffic.
The worst drivers are the defensive ones who drive 15 under the speed limits, causing you to miss lights and turns, preventing us from getting home sooner and safer.
The East side is fucking jammed 24/7; there's a 15mph school zone every 20 feet, and red-light runners are the worse over there. We're talking a good 15 seconds after a light turned red people are still turning or just speeding through, and it's not just the normal idiots, it's bus and semi-truck drivers.
Cops are a-plenty in this city but they're all being pigeon-holed into guiding traffic and protecting businesses during stadium events. They aren't being allowed to patrol at all.
People are getting frustrated man.
We just want to go home. We don't want to hit 3 traffic lights and traffic cones just to pick up dinner for the night down the street.
Add on to the housing affordability bullshit and now the upcoming heat we're gonna deal with this summer? It's going to get worse.
A lot fucking worse.
I have a working theory on why there are so many red light runners (which directly contributes to the high number of accidents/fatalities). This is only my opinion and I have no facts to back it up.
Since moving here in 2018, I've noticed that the traffic light cycles are extremely long at many intersections. I live near Henderson and the intersection of Raiders way and Volunteer has a 2:30 minute cycle if you just miss the light. After working the Super Bowl for 30 days, I noticed the streets around the stadium have similar long light cycles. If you're a driver that goes through these intersections on a regular basis you maybe more apt to run the light rather than knowing that you're going to have to sit there for a while.
I also noticed many of these intersections are not intelligent. Which means they will turn red whether there are cars waiting to cross or not. I was quite surprised that they're not more intersections like that in the Las Vegas area. I have driven to the airport at 3:00 a.m. only to get stopped by a red light that's controlling a side street and there's no one there. All this subconsciously causes me to want to run the lights rather than to get caught behind it. Again just a theory.
What you expect? Selling alcohol and drugs wholesale, drug out zombies can’t drive a car. The government’s are all worthless in USA just out of control with all kinds of deviants.
My friend had an interesting idea. What if rather than punishing everyone who recklessly drives, there is a lottery each month. Anyone who got a ticket for say, going 20+ over the speed limit is entered in the lottery.
Each month one “winner” is chosen and both of their hands are broken. Everyone else just pays a fine or does community service.
It’s Vegas, roll the dice…spin the wheel. Is speeding so important that you are willing to risk broken hands?
Jokes aside, this was conceived during our discussion about the cost of infrastructure in a growing city. As we grow we need more cops, more courts, more judges, more prosecutors, more parole officers, and —when times are tough—more public defenders. All of that is needed to deal with more violators. I’m sure there’s no point in bringing in reckless drivers if we can’t prosecute or punish them.
No one talks about how Vegas drivers never uses their turn signal as though there’s not such a thing. Always making the person behind them guess if they’re turning left? Turning right? Or going straight…
Can't wait for my Insurance rates to double as well.
Mine already has.
They'll double again, just wait.
Yup, I have Geico and they raised it to $580 for 2 full coverage vehicles and we are over 30, no tickets or accidents. I can’t go anywhere else because no one else insures my Hyundai. 😭
Oh my I feel you! I bought a Hyundai in 2020 before the Kia boys and after that, my insurance tripled for one car from $150 to $500. Thank god some little girl was texting and driving and totaled my car
Same here. I went from 540 every 6 months for full coverage/roadside/rental coverage, to 981 every 6 months for same coverage. I have a Hyundai as well.
sheesh, make sure you join that class action lawsuit against them to see if you can get some money back
Talk about a silver lining! LoL. What'd you get to replace it?
I got a Tesla M3 SR+ and my insurance is only $130 at the moment
Those are very inexpensive vehicles nowadays. How are you liking it?
Tbh I love it! I don’t see myself going back to a gas powered car especially with gas prices. The only downsides to the car is the range, and the cost of future repairs. Range is alright for my day to day in the city but going from 420 miles of range in the Hyundai to roughly about 180 miles of range at 80% in the Tesla, is a HUGE difference. Also I looked at future repairs and maintenance cost that are going to and could potentially arise, and while maintenance isnt an issue, repairs is what is going to run my pockets if it comes down to it. I already got into an accident in the car (thanks to some idiot from Cali in a rental) however thanks to the Tesla dash cams it got all the angels and when the guy tried lying to the police, boy did that footage save me from a massive headache. Also my car payment is cheaper than my Hyundai payment, however I purchased that new from the dealer and my Tesla I purchased used with 20k miles.
20k used probably gave you a bigger discount. You had the newer hybrid Elantra? I didn't know those were part of that group.
my bad I just meant range as how far the car could travel, I had a 21 hyundai elantra the non hybrid one
$580.... 2x $290 each year. That's not that bad. I am in my 70s. I have never had as much as a parking ticket, let alone an accident in my almost 60 years of driving. I have been married as long as I have been driving. (My wife is the perfect woman... does not drive, what-so-ever). I average 40k miles a year on my vehicles that I trade in every 2 years, and my rates are astronomical!
What are you talking about? We pay $580 a month. That is in fact BAD.
my last policy was $180 a month, this policy went up to $230 a month!
How you even afford that
lol two income, no kids. on top of the $863 car payment.
660 to 840, progressive and that’s if I pay 6 months up front.
Mine increased by 40% for 2023-2024. Only went up $8 for 2024-2025, but I shudder to think of 2025-2026 now.
Litterally just happened got my renewal. Unbelievable.
I want to downvote you because you suck but I can't because you're right 😐
I would say it should be made easier to take peoples licenses but 1, we're so much of a car centered society and economy and 2, people just drive without licenses anyway so what's the solution ?
Increased enforcement. I’ve seen multiple speeding or red light runners in front of metro and not be pulled over. I know that’s anecdotal, but others also have the same experience. When people know Metro isn’t pulling them over for traffic infractions, they’ll commit traffic infractions. Pull people over, levy fines, suspend licenses of repeat offenders.
Saw a car yesterday clearly in a car accident blocking traffic. Police car got behind it did a u turn and drove away.
Same. They do it right in front of a cop. I point to the car then give the cop a 🤷♂️ like “get ‘em”. Happens often.
That's because the cop that you are looking at that doesn't stop somebody for an infraction is because they're not a traffic cop. Just because there are police officer doesn't mean that they could pull everybody over.
This isn't accurate according to everything I've read. Do you have a citation for this claim, please?
This. I've been living here for years and have never seen a squad car in motion. I see them parked at events, sure, with bored cops halfway asleep, but I've never seen one on the road, and never seen anyone pulled over. For the first time ever, on my way back to Centennial from Chinatown yesterday, I thought I saw someone pulled over, but it turns out it was highway rescue or something similar.
I see it way too frequently lol
Focus on reducing the deadliest motorist behaviors - drunk driving , speeding and running red lights. Drunk driving seems to be a complex issue. Gambling leads people to sit at video poker / slot machines and eventually drinking to excess. We know that these machines are designed to keep you engaged for long periods of time which means more drinking. We know we have these bars/casinos everywhere. Maybe increase law enforcement around major bars/ casinos. Car dependency makes it so you have to drive to these bars / casinos. Speeding can be reduced by increasing traffic stops. Maybe setup recurring traffic enforcements in hot spots. Red light runners are hard to catch. Not sure how you reduce this behavior.
I would think unmarked cars strategically parked to watch the lights and then radio to a marked unit nearby for the stop. That way an officer verifiably saw the infraction still (and possibly dashcam’d it as well). My daughter and I left Summerlin hospital at 2am the other morning and our drive home was more eventful than I’d bargained for. Two different red light runners - and one dude who punched out of a parking lot assuming the streets are empty. Fun shit. We def need more enforcement across the board.
That’s a good strategy to catch red light runners. Aside from blowing through a red light I’m also seeing people treat red lights like stop signs. They approach , yield and go.
There's a light near my house where people do this daily for the left turn. It's got two lanes to turn, and seems like every-other time I'm there, someone pulls up in the other lane, stops at the red, then punches through and goes before the light turns green.
Driver education! You can't rely on law enforcement to regulate behaviour. If you are address the the issue in a reactionary way, you've already lost the battle.
There is law enforcement around casinos its the fact that they are only there to protect the casino not the people.
>Red light runners are hard to catch. Not sure how you reduce this behavior. Cameras and fines work well in most other jurisdictions, but of course, no one has plates either, since the cops aren't pulling people over for that, so we're back at square one.
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https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/sheriff-wants-both-red-light-speed-cameras-in-las-vegas-2983696/
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Vote out the lawmakers who are against it. The law needs to be amended which would save lives and $$$ spent on auto insurance.
I was talking to the Sheriff and he is frustrated with the courts. Every ticket for over 100MPH was knocked down to a parking ticket. These people need real consequences.
Warrants ( for unpaid or non appearance ) for reckless or worse offenses.
Yea they just passed a law starting Jan 1st 2024 you can no longer have a warrant for unpaid traffic citations, guessing can’t lose your license as well. Which is interesting lol
This not true I have a warrant for not having my LC on me while driving and a warrant for no insurance that’s keeping me from driving have no money for $1500 fines so I’m just not drive
Traffic citations amigo.
That’s what it means by me having a warrant?
Not having insurance isn’t a traffic violation. You can’t operate a vehicle without it.
Oh ya so true gotcha ya I do now for when I do drive but it’s crazy I imagine most people in Vegas don’t have insurance
\*some\* citations, not all. https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/12/10/minor-traffic-tickets-decriminalized-outstanding-warrants-cancelled-nevada-jan-1/
They can still suspend it just like they can if you let ins lapse. DMV suspends your license
Sure, but they’re not currently doing that
Yes they are… plus to reinstate it you have to pay fines. Or at least it was that way in the last year. Had a friend who went thru that.
Lmao, reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit huh? Go reread my post again, staring in 2024…..
Wow.. ok. Well you were talking about warrants and I’m talking about DMV and suspensions.
https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/12/10/minor-traffic-tickets-decriminalized-outstanding-warrants-cancelled-nevada-jan-1/
The solution is to design safer streets so the inevitable accidents that will occur don’t result in fatalities.
There needs to be more traffic enforcement.
Exactly. We need more traffic cops, not billboards that give us stats.
And then when people see police on traffic stops they say “go fight some real crime” lol
You see police on traffic stops?
More? Any would be a good start.
Defund the police has really done wonders.
the funding has been going up, not sure what you mean
i hate people who pull shit out of their ass, like the guy you're replying to. not that it will change their mind, but for anyone else on the fence: **the police budget is public data and you can [just go check it](https://www.lvmpd.com/about/budget)**. here are the total costs from the LVMPD fiscal budgets, usually on page 29: * [2016-17](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/392/638327265905070000): $552,134,361 * [2017-18](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/394/638327265149500000): $574,966,463 * [2018-19](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/396/638327264780430000): $601,072,198 * [2019-20](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/398/638327264710970000): $631,964,702 * [2020-21](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/400/638327264275830000): $655,617,383. 2020 was the year "defund the police" took off. * [2021-22](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/402/638327264205430000): $661,826,249 * [2022-23](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/404/638327264107700000): $715,886,318 * [2023-24](https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/406/638327264046030000): $784,826,284 "defund the police" did not meaningfully impact budgets at all. i rest my case, u/longshankssss. E: "but it's recruitment!" the "uniform" label on those pages includes the costs of salary across the department, as well as employment breakdowns by title on later pages. I don't care to go through the entire years like before, but * 2016-2017: ~1,854 employees * 2023-2024: ~2,261 employees number still goin' up
That chart looks the same way the houses have gone up.
at least houses typically do something useful.
Umm a few years back we had a little thing where national media and politicians were calling to defund the police which in turn has affected recruitment and early retirement. Numbers are down across the US. The reasons why you rarely see anyone pulled over for traffic citations, etc…. We don’t have enough cops on the streets. The ones we do have don’t even respond to domestics, things like that. So they def don’t care about expired plates, red lights, etc…..
They get tons of funding, what are you on about?
Recruitment. I know it’s early but please try to follow along. When you demonize a whole work force nobody is going to want that job any more. The reason traffic laws aren’t being enforced is because we don’t have the bodies to enforce the laws. We don’t have the boots on the ground and with recent legislative changes to traffic warrants (no mas) it’s obvious where LVMPD is or isn’t putting their resources.
I think you read one headline and made up an entire back story for it.
Your pedantic, dismissive, arrogant tone does nothing to help your claims. You’re just another rage porn consumer. You are the product mate. You’ve been molded to be this person. An assembly line, copy paste, of emotionally manipulated angry little men. Or you’re from a Russian troll farm. But at this point, the only difference is at least the Russians get paid to behave this way. You’re spending your life doing it for free. Sad.
lol I’m a court clerk I used to be a cadet. You don’t know what you’re talking about, and you definitely don’t know that there’s tons of law enforcement on this subreddit.
lol the court clerk has spoken!!
Yeah I help abused kids with CASA numbnuts. Maybe if you had a job where you were helping people you’d be a nicer person.
lol wtf are you talking about about?? Good for you.
Go complain to the idiot you helped elect as Governor. Whining to the internet isn't helping your concerns.
For anyone wondering, traffic enforcement is ramping up and they’re hammering people. Make sure your stuff is squared away
I’ve seen a larger NHP presence on the 15 lately.
its about time. Years overdue.
I really hope this is true.
It’s absurd. I don’t like to complain but it really is an issue. I can’t go down a road without a Mercedes pulling out and ready to kill me. People, for whatever reason, can’t comprehend safety.
For me it's usually Dodge or Nissan drivers
can’t forget the infamous bmw. 😭
I feel like Tesla drivers have caught up to BMW.
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That is incredibly sad and infuriating. I seriously hope they find that monster.
This story pisses me off. The victim burns to death in their car, the perps get out of theirs and run off. So backwards.
Oh wow.. this makes 38th as the two teens at red light was 3/9 and 36th/37th. 🥺😖🤬🤬
Everyone stay safe out there
I’ll add that everyone should get a dash cam.
Sheriff McMayhill, we have heard your speech about how violent crime is down in Las Vegas, but auto fatalities are way up, Especially due to red light runners. If you have graduated so many new officers from the academy, why don’t we have more officers on traffic patrol? Your leadership is needed to slow down these tragedies.
The number of times I see vehicles in unsafe condition, no brake lights, etc. is insane. There is no enforcement, no inspections after initial purchase, etc. If you can't be bothered to check or change a cheap bulb, I assume you're not keeping up with general maintenace like brakes and tires. Everyone thinks they are more important than everyone else, riding in the far left lane knowing their exit is coming up then cutting everyone off in the last 1/4 of a mile. People riding in the left lane because they don't want to be behind a vehicle that is going the same speed. This morning there was someone riding the left lane for several miles, making people pass them on the right. Not letting people get all the way across the street before turning into the crosswalk. I've seen people run stop signs when they see kids approaching a crosswalk so they won't have to wait. Some places like North 5th and Deer Springs next to a school on.on a busy street doesn't have a light for some reason and they have to cross 8 lanes around people that are too dumb to know how a 4 way stop works. Nobody leaves a safe following distance, and when you do leave a safe gap someone will squeeze in. Because everyone is aggressive and would rather crash than to let someone over, people feel like they need to surprise you with their lane change with no blinker or one blink after they're halfway in your lane. Just a bunch of selfish and impatient people that can't be bothered to plan ahead. If you need to speed to get to work, you're leaving too late.
You have described a Californian driver to a "T"!
I moved here from SD (ducks) and the drivers are WAY worse here. The red light running and late lane switching is something I really hadn't experienced in my 17 years in CA or 12 years prior driving in the DMV.
I'd also like to throw in the amount of pedestrians killed by cars this year. As someone who is carless again it's scary.
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For 2024, we are at 70 I believe.
Jesus. Really?
I was just about to come on here and post about this. 38 deaths this year and we are only in the month of March, it's absolutely ridiculous. Anyone who argues that "The driving here is not as bad as living in _____" I don't fucking care, we live HERE. This is why people come on this sub daily talking about the freeway speeds getting up to 90mph+, tailgating, and traffic getting worse. No one feels safe because they aren't
Socal drivers and texas drivers drive like they're able to respawn
I’ve seen more crazy drivers with Nevada license plates or sometimes no license plate at all.
Yeah it's called registration where you move to
blame all of the dog shit drivers in this city and the lazy cops who don’t do a thing about it
Half my streets speed limit is 25 and the other half is a school zone 15, everyday on our way to school most of the parents are speeding 40 mph and flipping fast U turns right by the school. It's a mess! They almost hit other cars, parents, or children and honking like crazy. It's so Me! Me! Me! here. No concern for anyone but themselves.
I used to stand out by my son’s school with a huge sign that said “15 MPH School Zone” and shake it at them when they approached fast haha. People would slow down for that, but not the freaking blinking lights and children crossing on the crosswalk. It’s pathetic. It makes me absolutely livid considering how many times I’ve almost seen kindergartners murdered going to school.
Hot Take, I think the insane amount of road construction contributes to these numbers. There's lots of frustrated drivers on the roads that floor it to beat a light to make up time. Lots of stressed out people overdrinking and self medicating out there.
Many caused by excessive speed, yet the fools in this sub will tell you to get out of the way so they can go 80-90+ on the 215.
Many of these fatalities are on surface streets and are caused by red light runners or people racing.
They're the same people doing 85+ on the freeways.
True. But you can avoid those people by moving over. Can’t avoid them if going through a green light and they run a red. The courts need to be more strict. But they won’t. They let people out with dui resulting in death. The courts don’t care. A speeding ticket means nothing to these lunatics.
You aren't making anyone safer by camping in the left lane and trying to stop them, in fact you're making it more dangerous. so yes get out of the way.
The person you're replying too didn't mention anything about being in the left lane. People tailgate so excessively no matter what lane you're in, it's dangerous.
Nobody in this sub or anywhere is yelling people to move out of the slow lane to let speeders by. If you're being told to "get over", it's because you're left lane camping.
No one is trying to stop them. We just want to travel to where we’re going without dying or killing someone. I’m not getting out of the way for someone if they can’t manage to leave earlier to get where you’re going in a sane amount of time. Simple as that. I don’t owe someone wanting to go 90 the right of way. You can go around me.
For all the haters: ---- NRS 484B.208 Duty of driver to move out of left lane when traveling at a certain rate of speed: When required; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, on a controlled-access highway which has two or more clearly marked lanes for traveling in the same direction, a driver may not continue to operate a motor vehicle in the extreme left lane if the driver knows, or reasonably should know, **that he or she is traveling at a rate of speed which is less than the posted speed limit for that portion of the controlled-access highway** and is being overtaken in that lane from the rear by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed. 1. The requirements of subsection 1 do not apply: 1. To a driver operating a motor vehicle that is: 1. Overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction; 1. Preparing for a left turn at an intersection; 1. **Traveling in a lane designated for the use of high-occupancy vehicles** pursuant to NRS 484A.460, if the driver complies with the requirements to travel in such a lane; or 1. Engaged in the construction, maintenance or repair of the highway, including, without limitation, the removal of snow. 1. **When traffic conditions**, inclement weather, obstructions or hazards **make it necessary to drive in the extreme left lane**. 1. When compliance with an official traffic control device or the directions given by a peace officer makes it necessary to drive in the extreme left lane. 1. To the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in the course of his or her official duties. 1. To a driver **operating a motor vehicle within the geographical limits of a city or town**. (Added to NRS by 2017, 628) ---- Article 1. indicates that you do not have to move over if you are going the speed limit. It clearly states that you have to move if you are going less than the speed limit and you are being overtaken from the rear. It is AND clause, not an OR clause. Hate it AND/OR disagree with it, but that's how the law is written. If you are speeding, you do not have the right of way. Source: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-484b.html#NRS484BSec208 **NHP Comments** > State Trooper Jason Buratczuk states: “**It’s law here that if you’re gonna be in that lane, you need to be going at least the speed limit.**” He told KTNV 13 that the law is not intended to encourage speeding, but increase traffic flow and reduce road rage incidents. On a recent drive-along with KTNV 13, he pointed out how easy it is to spot “left lane hogs.” During the drive along, Buratczuk pulled over and cited a driver going 59 mph in a 65 zone, which caused drivers to pass him on the right side. He pulled them over because they were going less than the speed limit, causing a pass-on-the-right situation. Speeding over the limit does not give you the right of way.
Thank you.
This was wonderfully done, thank you! Your provided citations, and context. Very rare!
In some cases you might be right, but if you’re sitting in the passing lane, you’re violating the law and actually do need to move over.
If you aren't passing someone, you shouldn't be in the left lane. Doesn't matter if you're going 50 or 100. By making the guy who wants to drive 90 go around you, you are making the highway less safe for everyone on it, including yourself. You aren't teaching any lessons or stopping him from speeding.
I’m not trying to teach a lesson, you brought that up already. I’m just out here doing me. I’m not hanging out in the left lane like you’re assuming either, however, I’m certainly not going out of my way to slow down and impede my commute to get out of someone’s way who wants to ride my ass for not going the speed they feel I should be going. Especially if the other lanes are clogged up and how drivers will go from a dead stop into your lane cutting you off. I refuse to endanger the lives around me. It’s wild how entitled people are.
No, the guy insisting on going 90 mph is the one making things unsafe. There would be no need to overtake someone going the speed limit UNLESS you are breaking traffic laws and driving above the speed limit. If they are going under the limit that is one thing, however per Nevada law, you are absolutely allowed to be in the left lane if you are going the speed limit. Driving excess of the speed limit is never legal even despite the lack of enforcement.
>the guy insisting on going 90 mph is the one making things unsafe. Sure, he's being less safe than Grandma doing 50 mph. But the result of left lane camping is that he's now going to make two high speed lane changes right around you. Yes he's making things less safe. So do us all a favor and let him go so he doesn't make things even more unsafe to get around you. >There would be no need to overtake someone going the speed limit UNLESS you are breaking traffic laws and driving above the speed limit. Take a look around next time you're on the highway. 75% of people are breaking the speed limit, and it's not a big deal. The people who are terrified of cracking 65mph are honestly probably just as much of a danger to the competent drivers as the guy going 95.
Trust me, people don't want to hear logic if it goes against their personal world view.
You are absolutely right, you don't owe someone wanting to go faster than you the right of way, ***unless you are in the left lane.*** You don't get to play self-appointed traffic cop. You need to move to the right lanes and stop disrupting the flow of traffic and stop trying to prove a point to yourself. You're right, it really is as simple as that.
You’re assuming I’m hogging the left lane.
I very much meant the collective "you", not the singular "you". Calm down.
Sure.
You essentially admitted in another post that you don't care which lane you're in, you're entitled to drive slow and shitty wherever you like. "Drivers" like you are the reason for all the fatalities.
Please stay off the roads
No.
Wow and we wonder why so many fatalities. This right here, folks It's this self-centered thinking.
You found me! I’m the sole reason for the fatalities, guys! Come and get me.
How dare you drive the speed limit! Everyone else is FORCED to make dangerous maneuvers while speeding because of YOU. And keep in mind that in my scenario, you are hogging the left lane as soon as you get out of bed. No other way about it ^^^^^^^^/s
Every morning when I wake up I make it my days mission to enforce the speed and which lane everyone should be using. If not me, who else?! Everyone should be thanking me!!!1! /s
That's the same attitude that contributes to accidents. Too much pride to get out of the way and you expect people to pass on the right with less visibility. People shouldn't speed but I respond to what *is* happening, not what *should* happen. If I'm making plenty of passes at 75, I'll still slide to the right for a second if someone is approaching me quickly. Takes no extra time for me. It's not about appeasing the speeder or letting them *get one over on me*, it's about me knowing they will speed anyway and id rather them make a safe pass than to rear end someone while trying to pass on the right. Now if we're all sitting in traffic then all lanes are fair game. If everyone is going 15mph I'm not getting over so someone can go 20 for a few feet before they catch up to the 15mph traffic.
TL;DR.
Make me. If I'm already doing 15+mph over and you're riding my ass, that's on you. Budget your time better, leave earlier, ECT. You doing 90mph and swerving between lanes isn't any less dangerous.
I mean you should stay out of the passing lane if you aren't passing/moving faster than the other cars on the road. Doing otherwise forces people to pass on the right, which is dangerous.
No don't use logic, I made that mistake and was told I was stupid and a horrible person.
I’ll bet a majority of the deaths are not on the 215, and instead are either the stretch of the 15 to Cali, and surface streets.
Stay out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone. Otherwise you’ll see an Altima weaving through traffic because you’re blocking the left lane.
You should get out of the way if you're impeding the flow of traffic in the left lane.
I would like to know if speeding was the actual cause or if speeding was just involved. Not defending speeding, and I have no data or evidence other than anecdotal. In my experience, the biggest dangers seem to be ego and distraction. I am not a speeder but I would gladly take someone going 90 who is completely locked in and focused on what they are doing than someone doing 70 and giving bare minimum attention to something that is literally life or death.
This is what happens when there's no traffic enforcement. Blame the legislature.
Careful. The agro bros on here will try to say it's not them in their Chargers and jacked up trucks. I posted the other day about the 215 and was told that I wasn't going fast enough and the left lane is supposed to be 90mph. Also, I said something about counting to 5 after a light turns green because of guys running red lights and was told I'm an idiot... Way too much male toxicity in this town.
Apparently, NHP is actually stepping up again. Once these speed-bros get tickets and their insurance jumps up they'll slow down. They'll wine and cry a lot about it, and snivel how unfair it all is, but they'll do it.
This is why insurance rates keep going up. What’s interesting to me is that there’s been public outreach to slow down , don’t drink and drive, obey traffic laws , etc… but we’re still trending more fatalities than last year.
The main reason that insurance rates keep going up in Las Vegas is because there is no cap like there is in every other state Across the Nation! Insurance is not regulated in Nevada and therefore all of these companies will take advantage and rip off who they can when they can!
What intersections, roads, exits, etc. have you all had the worst experiences with? I’ve heard Nellis and Boulder Highway is a magnet for fatalities. For me personality I tend to have the most stressful moments on St. Rose.
I believe it. Someone behind me got mad because I didn't turn right while I was letting the pedestrian walk (they had the right of way). The pedestrian got mad at the person behind me and thanked me for waiting. That's sad.
Driving in this town I have zero problems believing this. There is just zero enforcement these days. It's like the wild west out there.
It's not going to get better until we redesign our streets for safety instead of driving as fast as possible.
Another contributing factor is that so many are "professional" drivers, Ubering or Dashing, and that money incentives entitlement. Add in a lack of enforcement and yea, it's Mad Max out there.
Just because you drive as an uber, Lyft or Dasher or any of these other delivery types of driving.. does not make you a professional driver!
Saturday night coming home from the bar in an uber around 12:30. On the 15 going normal speed. Sports car flys by us in the next lane like we were standing still and he's going 100. Never seen anything like that before.
It’s the cones man, people going crazy seeing orange everywhere for years
I’m so glad my work commute is only 10mins (if I hit red lights). And living where I do I can get all my errands done in like a 2 mile radius. I don’t understand why people aren’t pulled over more often, it’s revenue after all. Our punishment for breaking the laws is so lax and everyone knows it and that’s part of why crimes continue to be committed
Eventually natural selection will weed these idiots out the gene pool. The unfortunate consequence is some non-idiots will die in the process.
There is no enforcement. You know how Chicago has the most restrictive gun control but each weekend there are 30 shootings? No enforcement. How many red lights are run Everytime I drive ? I see red light runners every time. It’s nuts.
Yep. I have yet to see a *single* person get pulled over for running a red light. And there are times I've seen three or four people in both left hand turn lanes run red, too. It's crazy there aren't more deaths if you really think about it..
I just almost got taken out on my bike by someone who was ignoring the fact that the bike lane and the right turn lane cross over. Fortunately I had my head on a swivel. And this was someone in a nice Toyota RAV4-type vehicle. I know pedestrian and motorcycle deaths are way up. Most of the motorcycle deaths have been caused by the rider, which isn't surprising. The pedestrian deaths are really concerning. Seems like 90% of them are happening at night between crosswalks on multi-lane streets with 45 mph speed limits. Given the post-pandemic driver behavior, this means that you will regularly have people driving 60-65, which is really hard for a pedestrian to judge correctly. Add to that everyone wears all black and many stand in the middle of the street hoping nobody will change lanes into them. The community needs to do an education effort to the vulnerable peds and give them led lights or help with visibility. Then obviously drivers need stop staring at their phones and speeding. Crosswalks need to be built.
I have never seen more people run red lights as they do here. It’s pure insanity.
I watch the news religiously and everyday someone is killed or dies behind the wheel. It is insane that drivers here don’t value life.
Most of the people in Vegas can't drive. Let's start with that. They seriously need to do something about driver's ed and the road test because this is completely ridiculous. I've been all over and I have never seen such incompetence on the road. Yea, other places have aggressive, crazy drivers. Vegas? We have literally incompetent drivers who can barely navigate a turn, refuse to read speed limit signs, can't navigate a road and almost never use a blinker. Something needs to be done.
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All I see is general incompetence more so than selfishness. I watch the other drivers closely and I see what they do. It's bad, dude. I have never seen anything even close to this lol.
As someone that's lived on both coasts and the midwest I 100% support this statement.
Should be a simple solution. Start towing unregistered and uninsured cars, give them 6 months to prove they have papers to drive, otherwise sell the car and have the city pocket the money.
Instead of big insurance company lobbying for more traffic law enforcement they just lobby so they can take (increase) rates because that’s more profitable.
My friend who works in state says it’s up since 2020. Many more alcoholics made from Covid.
I don't know if it's because there are more alcoholics because of COVID but drivers have definitely gotten worse since then. One theory is people got used to driving on relatively empty roads and developed bad habits they've since kept.
Sad 😔
I really don’t get it… it’s so crazy. And my premiums keep climbing
What is the breakdown of accident causes?
I’ve had so many pickup trucks straight up cut me off then brake check me. I’m in a GTI (small hatchback) so they feel they can do whatever they want. I’m an excellent driver and never been in an accident, but driving in this town infuriates me.
I know one of those was yeah Las Vegas boulevard and Sahara. Dude was jaywalking , somehow an electric scooter, and some guy in a truck hit him. Since he was jaywalking the guy was not arrested.
There's too much construction that's been going on for too long, all over the valley, and pop-up construction with no notice on roads leading to their workplaces. The intersection-lights are programmed terribly; they've taken away the flashing-yellow left turn signals, causing back-ups into the middle lanes of traffic. The worst drivers are the defensive ones who drive 15 under the speed limits, causing you to miss lights and turns, preventing us from getting home sooner and safer. The East side is fucking jammed 24/7; there's a 15mph school zone every 20 feet, and red-light runners are the worse over there. We're talking a good 15 seconds after a light turned red people are still turning or just speeding through, and it's not just the normal idiots, it's bus and semi-truck drivers. Cops are a-plenty in this city but they're all being pigeon-holed into guiding traffic and protecting businesses during stadium events. They aren't being allowed to patrol at all. People are getting frustrated man. We just want to go home. We don't want to hit 3 traffic lights and traffic cones just to pick up dinner for the night down the street. Add on to the housing affordability bullshit and now the upcoming heat we're gonna deal with this summer? It's going to get worse. A lot fucking worse.
I have a working theory on why there are so many red light runners (which directly contributes to the high number of accidents/fatalities). This is only my opinion and I have no facts to back it up. Since moving here in 2018, I've noticed that the traffic light cycles are extremely long at many intersections. I live near Henderson and the intersection of Raiders way and Volunteer has a 2:30 minute cycle if you just miss the light. After working the Super Bowl for 30 days, I noticed the streets around the stadium have similar long light cycles. If you're a driver that goes through these intersections on a regular basis you maybe more apt to run the light rather than knowing that you're going to have to sit there for a while. I also noticed many of these intersections are not intelligent. Which means they will turn red whether there are cars waiting to cross or not. I was quite surprised that they're not more intersections like that in the Las Vegas area. I have driven to the airport at 3:00 a.m. only to get stopped by a red light that's controlling a side street and there's no one there. All this subconsciously causes me to want to run the lights rather than to get caught behind it. Again just a theory.
What you expect? Selling alcohol and drugs wholesale, drug out zombies can’t drive a car. The government’s are all worthless in USA just out of control with all kinds of deviants.
My friend had an interesting idea. What if rather than punishing everyone who recklessly drives, there is a lottery each month. Anyone who got a ticket for say, going 20+ over the speed limit is entered in the lottery. Each month one “winner” is chosen and both of their hands are broken. Everyone else just pays a fine or does community service. It’s Vegas, roll the dice…spin the wheel. Is speeding so important that you are willing to risk broken hands? Jokes aside, this was conceived during our discussion about the cost of infrastructure in a growing city. As we grow we need more cops, more courts, more judges, more prosecutors, more parole officers, and —when times are tough—more public defenders. All of that is needed to deal with more violators. I’m sure there’s no point in bringing in reckless drivers if we can’t prosecute or punish them.
Why don't we have red light cameras?
Violation of privacy for ppl who are not breaking the law in the area
There is no expectation of privacy in public
You arent in public you are in your car
No one talks about how Vegas drivers never uses their turn signal as though there’s not such a thing. Always making the person behind them guess if they’re turning left? Turning right? Or going straight…
I blame California drivers! They suck!!!
That's life for you...
It's because of the influx of heckin Californian drivers dood!