What's With You Guys And Speeding Tickets?
06-11-2003, 02:26 PM
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my $.02 is that most speed limits are too slow, so it makes everyone a speeder (there have been surveys on this and basically 80% of people go the same speed reguardless of signage), so if you make everyone a speeder or a law breaker it doesnt exactly garner respect for either the laws or the people trying to enforce them.
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06-11-2003, 02:34 PM
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Most speed limits came around when the gas shortages happened the government hired a bunch of guys to do stuides and found that the best gas to distance was between 55 and 65 MPH. That's where speed limits started from what i know. And there are places where they dont exist such as montana. Speed Traps are exactly what they are. It's a way to TAX people. And it's a good way because 99% of people speed. If every one in the country stoped speeding on public roads tommorrow the government woudl tell stand up and tell you it's your civil duty to speed. It's a form of TAX that's it. Yes sometimes it warrented such as double the limit but 13 over give me a break that's a TAX.
06-11-2003, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jun 11 2003, 03:26 PM
my $.02 is that most speed limits are too slow, so it makes everyone a speeder (there have been surveys on this and basically 80% of people go the same speed reguardless of signage), so if you make everyone a speeder or a law breaker it doesnt exactly garner respect for either the laws or the people trying to enforce them.
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But I can understand why people blame the cops, because they're the ones people interact with.
Kinda like hate the teacher, even though the teacher teaches what the state mandates.
06-11-2003, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Baldy' date='Jun 11 2003, 12:07 PM
[quote name='j9fd3s' date='Jun 11 2003, 03:26 PM'] my $.02 is that most speed limits are too slow, so it makes everyone a speeder (there have been surveys on this and basically 80% of people go the same speed reguardless of signage), so if you make everyone a speeder or a law breaker it doesnt exactly garner respect for either the laws or the people trying to enforce them.
mike
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But I can understand why people blame the cops, because they're the ones people interact with.
Kinda like hate the teacher, even though the teacher teaches what the state mandates. [/quote]
exactly, ive seen some ******* cops, but by and large they just do thier jobs
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06-11-2003, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by lxk199' date='Jun 11 2003, 12:35 PM
Just al ittle off topic, but last time I checked, 68-45=23. Not 13.
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