Making Long Island’s roads safer is a complex and daunting task. One quick and relatively cheap solution is already here, but those who flout the rules won't like the answer — police need to issue more tickets.

We know bad driving is dangerous and illegal, yet we still do it. According to a study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released in September, 96% of drivers nationwide admitted to driving aggressively in the past year. Projected out, that means almost every driver has at some point run a red light or raced down a neighborhood road or weaved in and out of highway lanes at least once. Those behaviors include cutting off other drivers and tailgating, and other dangerous maneuvers that put lives in danger.

Newsday’s yearlong Dangerous Roads series recently detailed how few

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