[Next][Index][Thread]

Whiners



You know....

I an happy  to continue the dialog with you guys, which,
although some of you disagree with my positions...which is
fine,  you continually seem to ignore the thrust of
my comments just so you can vent.

The majority of people who get pissed off at the cop are
pissed off that THEY GOT CAUGHT.....in other words,
you are angry at yourself.

One last time......I AGREE that the speed limits are archaic and
need to be revised.  I AGREE that going 55 will CAUSE an accident.
Why? Because NO ONE...NO ONE will do it, therefore, even the 
people who find 55 acceptable are forced into becoming lawbreakers
to do what is safe.  How fair is THAT?  So THAT is why I have 
proposed that the speed limit laws be raised to what currently is the
average flow of traffic....65-70, and enforced strictly.  WOuld I like to
see it raised to 75 once again.....personally YEP!  I would love to
be able to spend less time on the road and more with the people I love
and care about.  But it's not gonna happen, so lets be realistic.  65 is
an attainable law.....perhaps 70 in rural areas.  BUT....to prevent people
from doing what I have been asserting that people WILL do, and people
on this board have ben citing me NMA positions or government studies that
say people WON'T speed if the speed limit is raised.....make it onorous to
do it!

In California, we have a particular problem.  We have a HUGE % of people
who are driving without the benefit of being licensed or insured.  We have a
HUGER % of people who believe that they own the road..."Me First...SCREW
YOU!".  Maybe they are not you or I, but I see smatterings of them every week
in class, or talk to them on the air.  They're there, and they ruin it for all.  I am
grateful that the police are out there.....they are my friends, helping to protect
MY life from anyone elses stupidity, or attitudes.  Keep your bad attitude to
yourself.  

This whole discussion about ELITE'S is stupid, and the whining of people who
break the law and get caught.  I don't worry about it...why? I don't break the law!
Laws that I disagree with, I try to change?  At least I put my time and $$$$ (yes,
I have paid $$$ to be on cable in LA, to offer people a FREE service to answer
thaie questions, and help them fight tickets and other services) for years.  What
have any of YOU done except whine....."Elite....unfair....makes us crazy......"  Please!
The ONLY law I break, as I said, is CVC22349.  I go faster than 55 because if I do
55, I'll get killed or cause a hazard. COuld I get pulled over and given a ticket?
You bet.. Would I have a defense? Nope.  Every idiot who stands in the courts
of California tells a judge "I was going with the flow of traffic" which is COMPLETELY
and TOTALLY irrelevant to the issues of 22349.

So, if I got singled out, I would take the ticket, and TRY to make the argument in front
of a Judge that I wanted to go 55, but as the Judge knows, THAT would have been
a hazard.  PLead Not Guilty by reason that there was NO WILLFUL DESIRE TO
BREAK THE LAW.  Personal responsibility forces me to accept that I AM breaking the
law, but there ARE arguments for the people who KNOW how to present them.
Court is NOT for the uninformed.

The bottom line in many of the posts here in this group is....you want to speed
because you want to speed for your personal selfish reasons...NOT because
you are so worried about the safety issues...whether we SHOULD be able
to do it, or the laws should be changed.  And then when you get caught,
you're pissed off at the cop.  Look in the mirror boys...THERE'S the
culprit. You.

As a member of the State Task Force on DUI, I was part of the
team that helped get the ZERO tolerance for anyone under 21, caught
behind the wheel after drinking.     I would LOVE to hear what
some of you guys have done to make the roads safer in this state?
Elite? Me?  If you think so...that's MR. ELITE to you!

Right now I'm working on AB650 which would make it mandatory to
show proof of insurance to get a registration.  Doesn't look good
for the bill because the DMV is against it for many reasons....
all of which I'll get into in another post.

Oh yeah....the other day in an unexpected rainstorm here in LA, on 
the 210 Freeway....a big, wide, superhighway.....people were
booking past me at 60-70 IN THE RAIN!  Speeding because
they consider it safe and comfortable?  I think not!

Kenny Morse
"Mr. Traffic"

P.S.  For you who are empted to FLAME....give us ALL a break...give
yourself the finger insead.  Might do more good or have more effect.






Follow-Ups: