[siren wailing] Oh, I forgot the Dane music bed. It's Peaches here hosting Traffic School, powered by The Advocates. Lieutenant Crane is here. It's Friday, and it's, it's snowing outside.
Uh, yeah, hope you guys enjoyed summer. Welcome to winter.
You've been here your entire life, haven't you?
I have been.
And so you've got- you've seen all the ridiculous weather. Do, has there ever been a Fourth of July where it snowed?
I was camping one year up in the mountains, and it snowed enough that my... I was a young man, my dad got up and said, "Get in the pickup. We're leaving."
[laughs]
And we left the camper, and we come to town. [laughs]
[laughs] 'Cause I've always wanted... 'Cause I've never, until about five years ago when I moved out here, I've never dealt with, with snow. Like, it was a sp- spectacular thing to go to Big Bear Lake during the winter, but of course, I don't ski. My family doesn't ski or snowboard, so we only really went to Big Bear during the summer. The one time we went there f- in the winter, we just had snowball fights, and I, we inner tubed. I was a big, fat kid, of course.
[laughs]
And we did all-
No.
Yeah. [laughs]
Are you kidding me?
Yeah. [laughs] Yeah, so I was on the inner tube, and I was, like, seven or eight, and we're going down that little ramp that they, you go down, and I, I bump into somebody else on the, on the, uh, the inner tube there, and I get a bloody nose. And I think, "I just broke it." Like, I'm just some kid freaking out, some giant kid crying, [laughs] just fr-
"I want my mom."
Yeah. My mom's like, "You're gonna be fine. It's just a nosebleed. It's a inflatable inner tube that you bumped into."
[laughs]
"You're, you're fine." [laughs] "I can't do it anymore. I hate this." [laughs] Well, anyway, it's Traffic School, powered by The Advocates. Give us a call with your, uh, law-related question, any, a- actually any question, 208-535-1015. Luckily, last night I did post, um, "Hey, you got any questions?" So we have a few there, but, uh, you know, Victor, uh, he, he even slacks, uh, off the job. We, we were-
I, I believe that
... we were talking about, uh, how him and Becca needed to go to d- needed to start their drive to Vegas at 6:00 AM this morning, and Becca posts everything on Snapchat. I mean, like, everything. Sends it to everybody. So I get to see what Victor is like late at night, early morning.
[laughs]
And- [laughs]
There's some things you just don't wanna see.
Right. Yeah. It's, it's, it is funny to see how, like, um,
uh, he tries to sleep, but Becca will stay up so late that, um, she'll just record Victor, like, with the CPAP on. His eyes are closed.
[laughs]
He's got, like, no shirt on. [laughs] He's like, he's laying there trying to fall asleep. [laughs]
My worst nightmare to see that.
But, uh, yeah, they're, they were supposed to leave at 6:00 AM this morning. She sends me a video. I wake up at, like, 7:30. Sh- I see that she sent me a video an hour ago, so it was 6:30 at the time. So they're already 30 minutes late, but he's just knocked out. Apparently, he talks in his sleep, like, where he'll, he'll have a conversation with you, but he won't remember it. So Becca's talking back and forth with him, and he says something about, like, spending all this money, and he's apologizing to her. It's a pretty funny series.
[laughs]
I, I wish they would put it on our TikTok. [laughs] It's a... Oh, man, that's, uh... So I don't know how their, uh, how their drive's gonna go, especially with the, uh, the weather outside today.
Speaking of the weather, you asked what we're up to today, and my phone wanted to do an update. It's free now, but take a look. That's what we're doing.
Oh, geez.
Bringing that through the mountains of Swan Valley.
Oh, geez. [laughs]
It's an oversized lo- oversized load, folks. It's, uh, 27 feet wide, 104 feet long, and, uh, we're bringing it through Idaho Falls here. We're just clear of the Swan Valley. Uh, we're coming up 26. We're gonna be coming into Idaho Falls and then down I-15. So if you're traveling that route a little later today, please, uh, take into consideration that you might have a little delay.
So when you, uh, do something like that, what's the, what's the prep like for it? I mean, obviously you gotta, like, make sure all the signs are there. It says oversized load, the flashing lights. Now, the flashing lights, they, they have to be orange, right?
Yeah. We have pilot cars in front and back. We have, uh, trooper cars in front and back. We've done a pre, uh, check on the, the route, make sure the measurements all work. Uh, there's places it's gotta get on, get off. Uh, we do these oversized loads, uh, uh, quite, quite often. Not all the time, but quite often, and so a lot of prep work going into it. Unfortunately, once in a while you're gonna be delayed just a little bit.
And so when you deal with somebody who's impatient and wants to drive around, is that just, is that a ticket, or what, what... Is that just, like, "Hey, don't do that" kind of thing?
Yeah. It, it just all depends, you know? Uh, discretion. Are they... How aggressive are they? Are they gonna continue to do it? Yeah, but as you can see on that one, you're not driving around it.
Right. Yeah, yeah, for sure, especially without tight righties. [laughs]
From guardrail to guardrail.
Oh, man, yeah. Yeah, no, I see some of those oversized loads come down Sunnyside, and I'm like, "Come on, I'm late for work. I just wanna-"
[laughs] You picked the wrong time.
Oh, especially when you drive down Sunnyside and they have one of those, uh, funeral processions.
Yeah.
And it always happens on my lunch break.
[laughs]
Luckily, I get back to the office just in time just to see all those cards, those cars with the hazards on, see the, uh, the, the hearse drive through. I'm like, "Why are we doing this?"
What, what is the law on that, Peaches?
Oh, heck if I know.
[laughs]
I just, I know not to get near it or pass it. [laughs]
Yeah, you can't interrupt a, a funeral possession, or procession.
Yeah. I, I, I g- had a feeling it, I wasn't supposed to be a part of that.
Yeah.
You know? Or join the line like a conga line. [laughs]
And so, so as you know, that, and you can't just join the line either. If you're not part of it, you're not part of it. Uh, but it is
wise to turn your headlights on so everybody knows when the, when it's gone and passed, and now they can start normal traffic.
So what if they do... Like, what if you do actually, uh, join the line-
On accident
... and just turn your hazards on-
[laughs]
... and, like, you pretend that you're a part of it? Do, will they call you out on that, or like, if they do, could that be a-
If you're disrupting the process, probably gonna be a problem, right?
[laughs] Okay. Yeah, yeah.
But if you accidentally got in it, uh, play along till you can get out. [laughs]
Especially, like, if you follow, like, not the funeral procession, but, like, if you're just driving down any t- any road, and you're driving behind a police car, and then all of a sudden they turn the lights, their sirens on, and they, they, they obviously need the whole, all the traffic to clear. You can't just follow that cop car. [laughs]
At the same speed, no.
At the same speed. [laughs]
And we get that a lot with ambulances, right?
Uh-huh.
When somebody's loved one's getting transported, and then they wanna follow at the same speed. And, uh, this is the thing.We know you're concerned, but you're not gonna be doing life-saving measures when they get to the hospital. The doctor is. And once you get there, they're not gonna let you in the room while they're doing that.
Makes sense.
So get there safely-
Mm-hmm
... be there for your loved one, but don't do something so you're joining your loved one at the hospital.
There we go. There we go. Hey, you're live on the air for Traffic School, powered by the Advocates. Who's this?
This is Mark.
All right, Mark, what's your question?
Uh, so, um, I, I'm going down, uh, South Boulevard, and there's a bike lane on each, uh,
each side of the road.
Uh, when turning onto, uh, the one-way streets, is it legal to use that, uh, bike lane as a turn lane with- when nobody is using it?
It is not. You're supposed to stay out of the bike lane unless it's got a dotted, uh, broken white line. At that point, you can turn into it and make your right-hand turn.
Okay.
All right, Mark, well, thank you.
Good to know.
Yeah. Appreciate the, uh, the question. Thank you for being the first caller today.
Awesome.
Hey, you have a great day-
And don't be like-
... rest of your weekend
... don't be like Victor and hit all the bicyclists you can.
[laughs] There's no high score. [laughs]
Well, there's nobody in, using the bike lane at that time, and I was like, "Well, there's people behind me, and I'm slowing down-
Yeah
... so much that I tend to use that-
So Mark-
... you know, as a turn lane way"
... Mark, common sense rules, right? If there's no bikes around and you're gonna hold traffic up, uh, nobody's gonna be offended if you do it. We're talking letter of the law. And also, there's not gonna be any bikes today, first day of winter, so.
There could be that one person.
[laughs]
There's that one person in their spandex just out. [laughs]
My strawberries are, are, are hating this.
[laughs] Oh, yeah, I do... I imagine.
I thought, I'm glad he clarified.
Did he?
[laughs]
[laughs] I thought something else was hating it, Mark.
[laughs]
All right.
All right.
Here we go. Appreciate it, Mark.
All right.
Peaches-
Take care.
Not only is Peaches, Peaches hating it, but his strawberries are hating it too. [laughs]
Oh, yeah. [laughs] I thought that's what he meant. I didn't realize he was talking about the actual fruit. [laughs]
[laughs]
All righty, you're live on Traffic School, powered by the Advocates. Who's this?
Hello,
ers.
Oh, yes.
All right. Crazy Carl.
Carl, how's your strawberries? [laughs]
Oh.
I, I live for this day. I wait all week for 8:45.
[laughs]
[laughs]
Hey, isn't it much better without Victor here?
I, I was gonna ask you guys, isn't it, like, just so much better?
Oh, it's-
I mean, it's mellow.
Peaceful.
Not as crazy.
Peaches and I started out with hugs this morning and just went from there. [laughs]
[laughs]
Yeah. [laughs]
We started on time. There was no glitches.
It was like-
No glitches
... [laughs] it was like a father hugging his son before kindergarten class.
[laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs] Oh, that's awesome. Oh, man.
He still just pat me on the head right now. [laughs]
[laughs] Good pu- good dog. [laughs]
Yeah. Good dog. Good dog. I like good dogs. [laughs]
So what, what's it like driving your, uh, your fancy cars out in this weather, Crazy Carl?
Oh, you know what? Yeah, the, uh, a lot of the guys, if they see one cloud in the sky, they're, they're not even gonna pull them out of the garage. Yeah. Oh, man. No, it's, uh... I don't know, wait- waiting for this weather to warm up. Might happen next week, but yeah, this, this snow thing has gotta go.
No kidding.
I, I don't know if you're aware of this, Carl, but we have some crops we need to water this year. [laughs]
[laughs]
Oh, yeah, we do need that. Yeah.
There's a major water issue.
Well, it just got on Sunday.
I don't know if you've heard of... [laughs] I don't know if you've heard the governor, but he said something about a water shor- shortage.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Mm.
Yeah. So-
So, uh-
You, you remind me of-
Oh
... myself. My... I got a lot of farmers as friends, right? I like to call one of them-
Yeah
... that's a pretty good-sized farmer, and I say, "Man, I feel like a farmer. I want moisture, just not today." [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs] Yeah,
right.
I've always, I've always said if you're praying for moisture, you're either farming, skiing, or fishing.
[laughs]
I mean, one of those three. Yep, yep. No doubt. So, uh, yeah, my question today, uh, so with blowers, superchargers sticking up two feet out of the hood, is that a visual impairment? 'Cause I see people hanging stuff off their rear view mirror. I mean, they got teddy bears. They got their class, uh, little thing. I mean, it... There's, like, handkerchiefs. Uh, but is a blower, would that... Could you get a ticket for that if it's sticking three feet out of the hood?
I gotta be honest with you, Carl. I've patrolled many years, [laughs] and out of all those years-
Yeah
... I've only seen these blowers at the drag races. [laughs]
True. [laughs]
No, right. Yeah.
I don't know if your Pinto's gonna be... [laughs]
[laughs]
No. Right. [laughs] Right. I mean-
But you bring up a good point. If it's blocking your, uh, visual up front to the point it's a hazard, it becomes an issue.
Right. Right. But doesn't three left turns make a right, though?
[laughs]
[laughs]
Everything's right until you get caught.
No, right. Exactly. Exactly. No, I was, I was just curious. I mean, there's a, there's a couple cars in the group that, you know, I mean, they've... it's just a monster engine sticking out of there. I'm like, "Dude, you're taking left-hand turns all day. You can't see on the right-hand side."
Gotta be cautious-
But, uh-
... on that. Now, with that being said, when you talk about vision obstructions, a lot of it has the terminology about the windshield, right? So boy-
Yeah
... it would be hard to move past that and, and cite somebody for a vision obstruction through the hood, but it can, it can happen.
Right. Right. Okay. I'll let the guys know. [laughs]
Appreciate it, Crazy Carl.
If they're just going to the car show to give you a hard time, I'm sure they're gonna be just fine. When it becomes-
Oh, yeah
... an issue is if they were ever involved in a traffic crash, and then it's gonna be, uh, culpability on their part.
Right. They, they would be liable for... Yeah. Right.
Well, it's gonna be mentioned, right?
Yeah.
The vision obstruction.
Yeah.
And they ran over-
Mm-hmm
... a mother pushing a baby carriage. [laughs]
Oh, she's...
[laughs] Just don't go blowing by the daycare doing Mach 80.
And guess what? That young child just got his college paid for.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, definitely.
[laughs] Coming out of the slums, baby.
[laughs]
So, uh, uh, second question, what do you think the chances of Victor getting a ticket or coming back with a hangover is?
Oh, I, I can guarantee you, there's gonna be the three main things. He's gonna be, say he's tired, he's, he's, uh-
Yep
... his stomach hurts him, and that-
Yep
... he, he, uh, he also caught a bug of some sort.
[laughs]
No.
That's the, that's the three main ingredients for the Victor Wiltch show.
Hopefully it's just a bug.
Oh, it's a-
There's other things you can catch while you're in Vegas.
Oh, oh, yeah. And it's not gonna stay in Vegas either. [laughs]
Oh, I mean, if he, if he comes back from Vegas with just that, he's doing pretty good.
[laughs]
Something tells me that he's gonna fall out of another hot tub or something like that out there.
Right. [laughs] Oh, man. And, and he's gonna need more coffee.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, of course.
Yeah.
Can't have enough of that WinCo coffee. Yeah, he left his mug right here on the counter with all the cats on it.
[laughs]
It's a manly mug.
Oh, for sure.
[laughs]
Yeah. [laughs] Oh, that's great. Right on. Well, hey, man, I better get back to work before the boss sees me on camera, so.
[laughs]
Thank you, Co- Crazy Carl, we appreciate it.
All right. You guys have a good one.
You-
I'll see ya.
You too. You too.
Yeah.
All right, let's do the, uh, Legal ID theme real fast. [upbeat music] All righty, it's Travis School, powered by the advocates. You're live on the air. Who's this?
Uh, this is Stevo.
Stevo, what's happening? What's your question?
Oh, I, uh, my question is, like, if you're in, like, the ISU campus area, and you get, like, lit up by Public Safety, do you legally have to stop for Public Safety? And then what kind of authority do they have?
[laughs] That's a great question. Are they running blue lights?
Um, no. I, I... It's just hypothetical.
Oh.
Like, it hasn't happened.
Yeah. No, if they're not running blue lights, you don't have to stop for them. Uh, law enforcement only. Uh, and they are gonna have more authority on parking violations, uh, parking locations, uh-
Okay, so they can't pull you over for, like, speeding or anything like that?
I don't really... I... That's not a great question for me. I don't... Uh, do they run patrol cars with blue lights?
I, I, I wouldn't know that. I'm not sure.
Yeah, I don't think they do. I lived down there. I went to school down there. Uh, I lived down there for a year, and I've never seen them in marked units, so that would be a no-
Oh, okay
... as far as I know.
All right, I was just curious as to what kind of authority they had on that and stuff, so I appreciate your time. Thank you.
You bet.
Bye.
But they can enforce, uh, using the wrong kind of, uh, travel a- uh, assistance on sidewalks and stuff like that, right?
Oh, yeah, definitely.
Like, if you... I don't know what their bans are on electrical products, but-
Oh, true. Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'd ha- I'd watch that.
Hey, you're live on Travis School, powered by the advocates. Who's this?
Patrick.
Hey, Joe.
How you doing, Pete?
What's, what's... Doing great, Patrick. What's your, uh, what's your question?
I have a couple questions.
We got a couple minutes.
Yeah.
Cool. All right, so number one, uh, what's the safe, uh, distance to be away from somebody when you're stopped at a traffic light during snowy conditions?
Boy, that all depends on what kind of, uh, tires and equipment and vehicle you're running. Uh, what the, uh, code reads is reasonable and prudent, right? [laughs]
Oh, yeah. Yeah. [laughs]
And so, and at a, a distance that you can stop before there's a, a collision. So with that being said, many times we see vehicles that you can almost see the air in the tires-
[laughs]
... when they get in a crash, and they're like, "I don't know what happened." [laughs]
[laughs]
Well, there's no traction on your tires, right? So you gotta know what your vehicle is, what your equipment is, and drive accordingly.
Okay.
Question number two.
All right, and number two.
So I saw a video, and I'm kind of curious if this is actually legal or not.
So there's no... Is there a restriction on
headlights? Can you use tap light, like LED tap lights, as headlights?
What's a tap light?
Tap light, you know, you tap it to turn it on.
Oh. So as long as there's not other vehicles coming towards you, uh, you have to have it so their vision is not obstructed at 600 feet as they approach you, and the other law on that is you can't have any more than, uh, five white lights facing to the front.
All right, cool.
Any other questions, Patrick?
All right, cool.
No?
Yeah, how's your day going, guys?
[laughs]
Oh, it's, it's going great. It's only, uh, 9:00, 9:00 AM, so it could get worse from here, but, you know. [laughs]
We're celebrating. Victor's not here. He hasn't left Idaho Falls yet-
Yeah. [laughs]
... but at least he's not here. [laughs]
Something's go- uh, oh, that, that also reminds me of what Crazy Carl said, something... I feel like Victor's gonna come back and be like, "I missed my favorite band. I just slept in all day." [laughs]
[laughs] I was thinking you're gonna say he's gonna stop by and tell Carl, "Hey, can you buy me breakfast? I'm hungry."
[laughs]
[laughs] That'd be great to peach their own question. What do you think Victor's gonna say when he gets back from Vegas? [laughs] Something later on this afternoon.
[laughs]
Oh, man, that's funny. Well, thank you, Patrick. Appreciate you calling in.
All right. You're welcome. Take care, guys.
You as well. [laughs] All right, we got a few questions on the K-Barrel 101 Idaho Rock and Metal Facebook group. Uh, Shane had a very popular one. Do all loads, including those, uh, hauling rock in a dump truck, have to be covered on the interstate?
They don't necessarily have to be covered. They have to be secure, right? So this is something, this is a great question, because we get it a lot. If the load-... is unsecure and the rock bounces out of the bed and down onto the road and then hits the, the vehicle, now we got an issue. If it's a rock that's already on the roadway and it's, gets flicked up by a tire, that's a road hazard and there's n- they're not held responsible for that.
That's what happened to me.
Yeah.
I was on my way to, to Ririe, and some car flicked it up. It's still cracked to this day. Well, I got it filled in immediately, but I have to stare at it every time.
[laughs]
It's right in my line of vision. And it's s- so funny, Patrick reminded me when he was talking about the, uh, like, how far, what's the safe distance behind a vehicle, um-
Come up to a stop sign.
Yeah, the stop sign. Yeah. There was, um, when I was getting tested for, to, for my license, um, the, the instructor was like, "Hey, by the way," like, "you can see below the bottom of their car, up close to their car," if that makes sense. Like-
Yep, yep
... so, so like they're not gonna realize that. And the, the, the person testing me is not gonna realize that, and so they're gonna think you got way too close. But you're supposed to stop, like, just, just enough to where you can see the bottom of their car.
Reasonable.
Reasonable. Reasonable-
Yeah
... and prudent, yeah, that whole thing.
And, and when you sit higher in the seat than I do-
Yeah, yeah. [laughs]
... you're gonna be able to get a lot closer, right?
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah.
Maybe that's the reason why I tailgate so often. [laughs]
[laughs] And from which state you come from, if you're not doing that, people are mad, right?
Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
"Tighten it up, buddy."
That, that's the thing. That's what I always, I talk about with people. It's like the difference between the big city st- uh, driving and the small town driving. That's the reason why there's so many arguments about how, "Oh, California drivers are the worst." No, Idaho drivers are the worst because it's just the, the environment they grew up in kinda thing. 'Cause we had a record rep come by, and he was just barreling his way through because he's so used to driving in the, in the Seattle area.
Yep, yep.
And so I'm used to just, you know, gridlock traffic. Of course, uh, Aubrey, she won't, uh, she doesn't drive in the cities at all. Like, she, she's like, "I'll have you drive. You're much better at it." She's like, "I'll freak out if there's more than two lanes on the highway." [laughs]
[laughs]
But I, I'm also the one that if it becomes extremely snowy, I, I'm not gonna drive 'cause I'm, I'm gonna slide off the road or something. Something like that. But, uh, we still got some more questions here on the KBARA 101 Idaho Rock and Metal Facebook group. Feel free to call in, 208-535-1015. Uh, Michelle asked, "Is it illegal to drive in the passing lane and not even do the speed limit and not get over when you are trying to pass, so you have to pass on the right?"
So a couple things that take care of this. One, there are places that it's marked, uh,
left lane, passing lane only, right?
Mm-hmm, yeah.
Now, if that's in black and white, that's an enforceable, uh, traffic law sign. Now, the other thing is, is if you're impeding traffic out there. So if you're out in the left-hand lane, even if you're doing the speed limit, but yet you're backing up three or more cars, you're impeding traffic. So please move over to the right. And, and that's when you talk about multiple lanes, and people come from other states with multiple lanes, a lot of times what you do is you just pick a lane and stay in it, right?
That's, that's what I did when I first moved out here.
[laughs]
I got so many glares because of that. [laughs]
"I like this left lane."
Yeah. It's just nice and clear. Like-
[laughs]
... I'm pa- I'm getting passed by these guys in these lifted trucks, you know, giving me some signal.
[laughs]
[laughs] I'm like, what's, why are they so mad?
I'm number one with you. Thank you.
[laughs]
So yeah, uh, yeah, couple of laws, uh, in Idaho, especially on our four lanes that are split by a raised or, uh, depressed divider, move to the right-hand lane unless passing.
There we go. There we go. Um, let's see here. Um, where was it at? Oh, yeah. Uh, Louise said, "Someone told me that the Chubbuck exit, you can make a left turn if you are on the left lane with the red light on. Only left lane, not right lane."
We're talking about the, uh, diamond exchange, I believe, there.
Yes. Yeah. You provided a picture here.
And with that, yeah, and with that, if it's a red arrow bulb, you cannot, and I believe that is a red arrow bulb.
Okay. There we go. There we go. Then we got someone calling in here. Hey, you're live on Traffic School, powered by the advocates. Who's this?
Hey, this is Robert.
What, what's your question?
So I actually have a few.
Go for it.
If you guys want them all.
We've got till noon-
So-
... and then we gotta shut her down.
Yeah.
[laughs]
[laughs] All right. So one other question I got is, uh, when cops are setting up their, uh, their speed traps and all that, do they have to be visible?
[laughs] Speed traps. I, I love how a speed trap is if we have a, a marked unit on the roadway,
right?
Mm-hmm.
And, uh, so-
Yeah
... there's nothing in the law that says you have to be visible, but we're not trying to hide. What we're trying to do is change behavior and get traffic to slow down. And so there'll be times that you're thinking they're hiding, but I'll tell you, when you're sitting in a black car and the temperature's like 80, high 80s or low 90s-
[laughs]
... and I don't mean to complain because it's hotter other places, but you're sitting in that black car, it gets very warm. So there's times they'll find some shades under a overpass or something like that. But, uh, yeah, the bottom line is no, they're not hiding.
I can't imagine being Phoenix Police-
Oh
... during the summertime. [laughs]
So what's nice is they do have some vests that you can do air-conditioning with that-
Oh, good
... plugs into your car, and it circulates through the vest.
Oh, that'd be awesome.
Yeah.
Okay.
Awesome. That'd be-
Yeah.
[laughs]
What's, what's, what's your next question?
All right, next question. Um,
uh, has to do with teenage drivers. So
when, say, if you get a teenager, like you have a kid, teenager becomes licensed and all that, um,
do you have to get them licensed with your vehicle if they're not driving your vehicles? That's, or excuse me, insured?
Do I ha- Uh, uh, ask me the question again. You cut out, and I'm not sure I heard it properly.
So when you have an insura- or excuse me, when you have a teenager that just got licensed, if they're not gonna normally drive your vehicles, uh,
do they have to be insured for your vehicles?
If they're gonna drive that vehicle, your vehicle insurance coverage has to insure other drivers. So, um, there are some insurances out there that are primary for just the registered owner, and it depends on what you're paying for, or it says anybody that drives your vehicle's covered. Now, the other thing is that happens is if, like, my insurance covers me to drive anything.Right? So as long as I have my primary coverage on my vehicles, but I go drive somebody else's car, they're gonna cover me on that. So you really wanna know what your policy is, because the last thing you wanna do is send your child out there as a new driver. That's when most accidents are gonna happen, is in-- when you're young and inexperienced at driving. Have them get in a, a crash and then find out, "Oh, we didn't have them properly insured."
Gotcha. Okay, sweet. Yeah, I was, I was very curious about that. I got one that's about to be [laughs] doing all that.
And so that's the other thing too, is even as any individual, if you're gonna drive somebody else's vehicle and you don't have coverage that covers you through your own insurance, you wanna make sure-
Yeah
... that the person you borrow the car from, their insurance covers you to drive it.
Gotcha. All right. Sweet.
That's what happened to me when I was driving last winter, some 16-year-old driving ei-either his sister's or his mom's car.
Or stolen.
Or stole the car.
[laughs]
Yeah, just rear-ended my car. [laughs]
[laughs]
Oh, man. That's funny. Did you have another question?
I have one more for you.
Go for it.
Um, so I've been seeing this stuff about, uh, drones patrolling, like, all the roads. Is that true? Like, even, like, mountain roads and all that stuff.
Uh, no. What a great theory, though, because boy, we'd sure get a lot more coverage. We are using drones, and what we use drones for is to take aerial photos and measurements of, uh, serious or fatal car crashes, and that's our program right now. The other times we use drones is if we have a critical incident going on, uh, that's high risk, we'll put a drone in the air to get, get some footage of what's going on there.
Okay. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense. Uh, I, uh, I saw something the other day. It said over in, like, a stretch of, like, the highway in Meridian, they're actually using drones that can, like, clock your vehicle.
Well-
That's why I was curious
... what other agencies are doing I couldn't speak to, but the Idaho State Police, we do not have any enforcement drones at this time. Uh, I have seen signs traveling through other states where they say, uh, "Enforced by," and so...
Wow.
Wow. All right.
All right, man.
All righty, man. Well, then-
Well, thank you
... yeah, thank you for asking those questions. We appreciate it.
I know. Appreciate you guys. Thank you so much.
[laughs] Absolutely. Have a great weekend.
I w-- You're-- That reminded me, I just watched this movie called Mercy with Chris Pratt. I think it came out this year or last year, but it was, it was t- uh, Chris Pratt plays a detective that created this AI judge court system, and the AI brought all the crime down and it, but it blames him for killing his wife. It's a whole m-great mystery movie. But I m-- I could only imagine AI being enforced in the future kind of thing.
Yeah. [laughs]
Like, taking over, [laughs] taking over the law enforcement magically. Oh, man, I can only imagine how south that would go. But it seems like that's it for Traffic School, powered by The Advocates, so
yay. [laughs]
[laughs]
I guess. [laughs]
Yeah, I get it. We're spending time with you. There you go.
[laughs] That's right. That's right. Appreciate it, Lieutenant Crain. Uh, anything else that we wanted to talk about before?
Uh, just that, uh, oversized load gonna be coming through. Should be here in the next probably hour. If you see it, just turn and go another direction until we can get it through, and it'll be minor delays.
And that reminds me too, um, there was, uh, I-- Luckily I wrote this down. There was a whole scam text alert that was popping up yesterday, um, in a variety of local Facebook groups. Um, it was being [laughs] sent out from the quote, unquote, "State of Idaho."
Oh.
And it says, "In the Municipal Court of St. Louis County."
There you go. Yeah.
Yeah.
'Cause we have that one right here.
Yeah, totally. And then it also says the court hearing location is in Clayton, Missouri, so. [laughs]
Free trip.
Free... [laughs] Yeah, yeah. Just like Family Feud for you and your family. [laughs]
I, I wonder if we can zoom in on, uh, Victor and Becca's, uh, court hearing before they come home.
[laughs] Um, I'm sure. Yeah, I'm sure.
Get the link and we'll broadcast it live.
[laughs]
[laughs] We'll analyze it for next week's Traffic School.
"I was just standing up for my woman." [laughs]
[laughs] Oh, that's another good one. He's gonna be get-kicked out of the festival for something.
Yeah, I-- That's what I'm seeing.
Oh, totally.
Yeah. They're gonna be doing something. They're gonna get kicked out. He's gonna try to stop it from happening.
I gotta write all these, all these down in this notepad here. P- uh, P- uh, Peaches and Lieutenant Crain's p- uh, predictions-
[laughs]
... for Victor's visit to Sick New World. [laughs] That's right. Well, appreciate everyone who called in today, and, uh, thank you, Lieutenant Crain, for joining in.
Have a great day.
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