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Re: Need Help Bad speeding ticket
In article <1995Nov10.064550.29282@engr.washington.edu>,
eliot@u.washington.edu (eliot) wrote:
> In article <randy-0811950005310001@philly08.voicenet.com>,
> Randy <randy@omni.voicenet.com> wrote:
> >I advocate speed limits that are reasonable. I do not advocate people
> >breaking those reasonable speed limits. I know people speed, and can
> >accept them doing a reasonable speed on a given highway. But the majority
> >of the people will get try to get away with 10 MPH over the speed limit.
> >So if 75 MPH is a good speed for a particular highway, then set it to 65
> >MPH. My reason for this is that most people will do 10 MPH over.
>
> i don't agree. if the highway is good for 75, set the true limit to
> 75 and enforce it with zero tolerance. no talking one's way out of
> it, no professional courtesy, no off duty cops excused. in short
> 75 means 75, no exceptions. send a clear message what the real
> limit is and people will comply. the message being sent right now
> is that 10 over is the accepted limit, and what you are seeing
> is compliance with the perceived true limit.
Given the amount of people driving, and given the amount of police
officers, it is impossible to enforce the limit as such.
> change people's perceptions of what the true limit is and you
> will see compliance with that true limit. of course if you
> made 55 really mean 55, you are going to have politicians and the
> police chief burned at the stake. :)
I can agree with this.
> but i can see how this would be difficult.. pulling someone over for
> 1 over.. and collecting $10 in fines? the economics don't add up. i
> think that the fact that most people can drive at precisely 10 over
> means that they can also precisely drive 1 or 2 *under*, so 1 over
> doesn't necessarily mean being harsh, especially if the limit is
> set high enough for the highway in question.
Very difficult.
> we just had elections and the voters here, myself included, voted
> to give the cops better finger printing computers. it passed.
> now, if only someone can come up with a way to fund the cops without
> having them be highway tax collectors i would happily cast my
> vote for it.
Thanks for assisting law enforcement efforts! :-) If you come up with
ideas for funding, be sure to share them.
>
> eliot
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Randy
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