MA: Common Courtesy While Driving Act (Statute)

[tmthforu94]

I have some serious problems with clause 3.

- Do anger management classes even work? What benefit is a person really going to get from one week of classes? It also needs to be more specific - how many times would they go in that week? Would they have to pay for the classes. It doesn't make much difference for me, as I think that part should be struck out completely.
- $500 is an extremely high amount. In Indiana, it's only a $25 ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. Is the goal of this bill to encourage positive driving behavior, or is it to increase regional revenue and potentially hurt families economically. Because it seems like the latter from this clause.

Other than these nitpicks, I'd be leaning towards this bill.

[tmthforu94]

Good intentions, but I agree with HappyWarrior. A lot of this would come down to individual police officer's discretion - what one office might deem as wrong, another might not do anything about.

Shua said it well:

It's intimidation, plus it's just rude. Shouldn't excessive honking be considered disturbing the peace?

I just wish we wouldn't automatically jump to criminalization to deal with momentary rudeness or expressions of frustration.