There are 9 article(s) tagged reckless driving:

• April 2022

  • Conaway: The heart is in the middle

    “We were living proof that there is a middle, and real, day-to-day life is lived there more than anywhere else. Then and now.”

    By Dan Conaway April 22, 2022

• March 2022

  • Police chief: Officers now enforcing traffic laws more aggressively

    2021 police stats show arrests for reckless driving and drag racing are up over 2020. That follows a stronger police presence and traffic enforcement without changing the police pursuit policy. 

    By Bill Dries March 01, 2022

• January 2022

  • Sanford: How to stop reckless driving? Tinkering with current laws may not be answer

    “I think more should be done to stop drag racing on city streets and interstates. That includes giving police the freedom to chase dangerous motorists – with the proper safeguards in place, of course, to prevent others from being hurt.”

    By Otis Sanford January 27, 2022

  • The Case of the Chase: The history of MPD’s pursuit policy

    The current policy bars police car chases for misdemeanors including traffic offenses.

    By Bill Dries January 24, 2022

  • The Case of the Chase: Local leaders question police’s non-pursuit policy

    The Memphis Police Department doesn’t engage in high-speed car chases unless in pursuit of a dangerous felon. But one City Council member says the policy should change.

    Related stories:

    The history of MPD’s pursuit policy

    Memphis Police Department’s pursuit policy, explained

    By Bill Dries January 24, 2022

  • What happens with most local drag racing charges? They’re dismissed

    Calling it a “terrible reality,” Memphis City Councilman Worth Morgan said that “people are not being held accountable for fleeing from police.”

    By Bill Dries January 19, 2022

  • Drag racers hard to catch, harder to charge and convict

    Whether it is an old-fashioned drag race on a quarter-mile of city street straightaway, weaving in and out of traffic at 100-mph-plus on interstates or performing stunts in public parking lot, the street racing culture brings danger, and sometimes tragedy, to those unfortunate enough to be nearby.

    By Don Wade January 18, 2022

  • Memphis asked for help with speeders; state reminds MPD of overlooked — and unused — money

    With local motorists driving ‘as if they are in video games,’ city and state law enforcement are at odds over who bears more responsibility for enforcing highway speeding laws.

    By Ian Round January 09, 2022

• July 2021

  • Opinion: On Memphis roads, fast drivers are making the rest of us furious

    Law enforcement is not helpless in trying to curb the lawlessness. But it will take cooperation from all of us who want safer streets and highways.

    By Otis Sanford July 01, 2021