He said that San Diego County drivers know the odds. They know are too few patrol cars at any given time and place to cite all the drivers who break the speed laws. Police are helpless against the sheer number of drivers who are oblivious to the rules of the road. So the norm has become 70 to 80 mph along our highways. And drivers speeding down the surface streets disregard the traffic signs.
Road rage is a minor irritation compared to road rush and basic ignorance.
Ask yourself this question. The odds may not always be in your favor. North County Times columnist James Condomitti lives in Escondido.