My two-part brainstorming letter that I wrote and sent today to Utah State Legislature House of Representatives Majority Leader Mike Schultz:
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Sent: Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: Need for UT Road Rage Prevention Research Institute?
December 4, 2023
Dear Utah State Legislature House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,
Among the additional questions for which a proposed new Utah Road Rage Incidents Database could provide invaluable answers in the form of statistics and factual information are:
----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah were all of the motorists involved men or male youths?
----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah did one motorist complain or state that the other motorist spoke a foreign language that he himself did not know?
---In what percentage of the incidents in Utah did one driver shout that the other driver was an "illegal immigrant"?
-----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah were one or both of the motorists chain smokers?
----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah was one driver addicted to tobacco or vaping products?
-----In what percentage of the cited incidents did one motorist state that he was infuriated by an offensive bumper sticker message he saw on the other motorist's bumper?
-----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah did one motorist state or complain that the other motorist was "driving too slowly"?
---In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah did one motorist complain that the motorist driving directly in front of his vehicle had made an obscene gesture toward the other driver, such as by pointing a finger upward (often referred to as "shooting the bird") toward himself?
--In what percentage of the cited incidents did one driver accuse the other of making an illegal U-turn or driving through a red light or otherwise violating the traffic laws of Utah?
----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah were both of the motorists driving with a gun inside their own vehicle?
-----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah was one motorist driving with a gun in his vehicle and the other motorist not driving with a gun in his vehicle?
----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah did one driver shout that the other driver was "crazy" or "insane" or "stupid" or "a moron"?
-----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah did one driver shout "you a--hole!" to the other driver, or words to that effect?
--In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents did one driver shout "F-cker!" (obscenity), "F-ck you!" (obscenity), the infamous "N" word, or "You Bitch!" Or "You Bastard!" at the other driver?
House Majority Leader Schultz, I hope very much that this two-part letter is helpful to you and your Utah Legislature colleagues.
Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City.
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On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 12:58 AM, John McMillan
<mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:
December 4, 2023
Dear Utah Legislature House of Representatives Majority Leader Mike Schultz,
Thank you again for recently inviting me i writing to share with you concerns of mine relating to public-policy issues in Utah that the Utah Legislature might be able to address through approval of legislation.
I personally believe that the very alarming and very tragic Road Rage Crisis here in Utah demands additional factual information about the underlying causes of it.
Should the State of Utah establish and help finance a "Utah Road Rage Supercomputer Database" and "Utah Road Rage Prevention Research Institute" that stores or reviews and issues reports and recommendations drawing from a wide range of statistics about Road Rage-related traffic accidents and Road Rage-related physical assaults and shootings that occur in Utah?
Among the possible questions for which factual answers could be very helpful to law enforcement agencies, social psychologists, and public policy makers here in Utah might be:
---What percentage of the motorists involved in Road Rage incidents in Utah were exceeding the speed limit by more than 15 miles per hour on the highway or roadway at the time of the incident or a within 60 seconds before the incident?
---What percentage of the motorists accused of Road Rage-related violence in Utah were under the influence of alcohol or an illicit drug at the time they allegedly assaulted another motorist?
----Has consumption of cocaine by motorists accounted for a disproportionately high percentage of all of the Road Rage incidents involving physical violence that occur in Utah?
---What percentage of the motorists in Utah who were arrested on a Road Rage-related criminal charge were members of a non-Christian religious group or were atheists or agnostics or self-identified Devil's Worshippers?
----What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a former member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who admitted that he was angry with LDS members and with the Mormon Church?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents involved a current or former member of the Catholic Church?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who had been recently excommunicated by a religious group in which he was a member?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who had a tattoo of the Devil or an illicit youth gang tattoo or gangster-style tattoo on his or her body?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who had three or more tattoos on his or her body?
----What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who had tattoos on his or her head or neck or arms?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who admitted that he was addicted to Rap Music or who stated that at the time of the cited conflict with another motorist he was listening to rap music inside his motor vehicle?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a former or current U.S. Military officer?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who had been fired from his job during the 30-day time period immediately before the incident?
---What percentage of the motorists involved in a Road Rage incident in Utah were evicted from their rental apartment unit within 30 days immediately prior to the cited incident?
----What percentage of the motorists in Utah who were accused of a Road Rage-related crime had a felony criminal conviction record for a violent crime at the time of the incident for which they were arrested?
---What percentage of the motorists involved in a Road Rage incident in Utah had a criminal conviction record of any type at the time of that incident?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who exceeded the speed limit on the roadway?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved verbalization of profanity or obscene speech by one or more of the motorists?
---Which racial group or ethnic group or foreign nation of citizenship, if any, accounted for a disproportionately high percentage of all of the Road Rage-related violent crimes that occurred in Utah in the most recent 12-month period or 24-month period?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved an inter-racial conflict between one motorist who was white and another motorist who was black or American Indian or Asian?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved one motorist whose primary language in oral communications was different from the primary oral communications language of the other motorist?
---In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah did one of the motorists involved in the incident have a prior juvenile delinquency criminal record in Utah?
--In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist for whom a currently applicable Warrant for Their Arrest had been issued shortly before that incident?
---Which age group accounted for a disportionately high percentage of the Road Rage incidents that occurred in Utah?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a conflict between a motorist who was at least 10 or 15 years younger or older than the other motorist involved in that incident?
--What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who had been officially diagnosed as "Paranoid Schizophrenic" or "Manic Depressive" by a medical physician in the 30-day period immediately prior to the incident?
----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah had one the motorists met with a psychiatrist 30 or fewer days before the incident?
----In what percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah had one of the motorists forgotten to take his daily prescribed psychiatric medication on the day of that incident?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who was an alcoholic?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who had consumed drinking alcohol at least once in the most recent 12-month period immediately prior to that incident?
----What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who was an illicit- drug dealer at the time of the incident or had a direct involvement in illicit- drug trafficking in the 30-day period immediately before the incident?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who was addicted to one or more illicit drugs?
---Do high school dropouts or college dropouts account for a disportionately high percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved at least one motorist who at any time in the six-week period immediately before the incident had filed for a marital divorce from someone or had been told by his spouse or dating partner that the latter individual sought to divorce him or her, or to terminate their personal relationship?
----At what time period of the day or night are Road Rage incidents in Utah occurring the most frequently?
----What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who was a visitor from another U.S. state or a visitor from a foreign nation?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved verbalization of racial or ethnic epithets by one motorist toward another motorist?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who was not authorized to be residing or working in the USA?
---What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who was not born in Utah?
----What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a motorist who had moved to Utah from out of state five or fewer years before the incident?
----What percentage of the Road Rage incidents in Utah involved a former or current resident of California or Texas?
---Is there evidence that Global Warming Effect-related hot weather and very intense sunshine have triggered emotional crises on or near roadways in Utah that played a role in physical violence between motorists whose vehicles collided with each other?
House Majority Leader Mike Schultz, I hope this follow-up brainstorming letter proves to be helpful to you and your colleagues in the Utah Legislature.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
former Texas DPS full-time staff member and former full-time newspaper reporter John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.
My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.
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