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Eh... try driving in Orange Park Jacksonville... morons cant drive thier what so ever. You can be sitting at a light being the first one to make the left turn and not be able to make that turn because everyone is running the damn red light! Man that pisses me off. Oh on the other hand thier was a sting one day and the police gave out like 400 tickets in one day!!! Accourding to an officer who poltrolled the hotel I used to work at.

However I think people in Jaxs cant drive because NAS Jax and Mayport Naval Base! My gf hates it when i say floridaian can't drive. Ive even driven in Cali in the L.A. area and Las Vagas adn it not be that bad.

(however vagas you have to watch out for teh taxi drivers. They will run you over.)

i guess youve not heard of "click it or tick'it " ?

I didnt know that florida allowed drivers to not use their seatbelts? Although i do know that at least here in duval county, they could not stop you for only a seatblet violation. but that has since changed, and they are allowed to do so now.

Wherever you are, there will be plenty of dumb drivers. I drive on the road between jacksonville, ponte vedra, st augustine, and orange park everyday, i see plenty of thing that make you say hmmmm.... Will it ever end? No!

Found this

Florida laws

Safety Belts
The driver and front seat passenger must wear seat belts. This seat belt law applies to passenger cars manufactured beginning with the 1968 model year, and trucks beginning with the 1972 model year.
It is unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle in this state unless every passenger of the vehicle under the age of 18 is restrained by a safety belt or by a child restraint device, regardless of seating position.
If the passenger is 18 years of age or older and fails to wear a seat belt when required by law, the passenger will be charged with the violation.

The law exempts the following from the seat belt requirements:

Any person certified by a physician as having a medical condition that causes the seat belt use to be inappropriate or dangerous.
Employee of a newspaper home delivery service while delivering newspapers on home delivery routes.
School buses.
Buses used for transportation of persons for compensation.
Farm equipment.
Trucks of a net weight of more than 5,000 pounds.
Motorcycle, moped or bicycle.

Ah. Thanks.

But it still doesn't help FHP in enforcing the law. I have seen the "Click It or Ticket" signs. Nobody pays attention to them.

But I do recall seeing on the news that they began to ticket drivers carrying minors without their seat belts recently. That should have been done a long time ago.

And, one FHP dude was tailgating me from Jupiter all the way to Lantana on the I-95. I was at the speed limit the whole time. As soon as I change lanes, the guy floors it and passes me like a crazed man. Florida should be more strict on their laws.

Just a rant.

hey chris whats up, yes ive heard of click it or ticket. Texas has had that saying for god only knows how long... I wounder who started the click it or ticket thing. Was it North Carolina?

I spent some time yesterday in Pensacola, I agree drvers there suck! It was saturday & bikes were everywhere, not the good guys either these guys were showing out & doing burnouts while sitting at stoplights! I was at a gas station & I saw three people get out of thier vehicles drinking beer while pumping gas( I was there for a couple of hours) & I saw one guy drive off jump the curb & spin tires through the grassy median. The whole time I was standing there like WTF everyone else was like no big deal!

Yup. That's Flori-duh. Dem Floridiots run around.

I hope it sinks.