Several weeks ago, a mailbag was written on Lakewood Alerts decrying the Lakewood Police Department’s apparent apathy towards dangerous drivers. Today, there was an incident that shows just how bad the situation is.
Dashcam footage provided to Lakewood Alerts shows a bus stopping in the Oak and Vine neighborhood. A van is seen coming from the opposite direction and flat-out blows right by the school bus, which has its red lights flashing.
But that’s not all. The individual who provided the footage to Lakewood Alerts says that he honked the driver of the van as he brazenly and dangerously ignored the flashing lights.
The driver of the minivan wasn’t having it. He rolled down his window and yelled at the person who honked his horn at him for having the gall to let him know that he should be stopping!
Some people should have their licenses suspended, others should just be locked up. Such a guy falls into the latter group.
The only reason a person should be locked up is if he is a danger to society and would go and harm someone purposely. If someone has a terrible driving record he should have his license taken away. Unless he goes and tries to kill someone, keep the prisons for killers and rapists.
If someone can drive so recklessly then they’ll drive with a suspended license as well. Someone running through a school bus red lights is ATTEMPTED MUREDER.
Someone who drives like that and has עזות פנים is almost a רוצח . While we can’t control his life choices, we can rely on הקב”ה to do what has to be done to protect the rest of us.
The people who use their phones while driving should also be locked up… But our people unfortunately are selective with which laws they think should be kept and which are okay to ignore, right?