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Originally posted by djmcmath
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The point isn't safety, the point is standards. I mean, if some normal Joe like myself, or even a responsible and skilled driver like Jacky-O or Chris Streit, was caught at that kind of speed, they'd impound the car for just long enough to make the appointment with the crushing yard, and you'd still be in Federal Pound Me In The Ass Prison when the parts were a rusting hulk in a landfill somewhere.

If the police are going to hassle me (take my time on the side of the road, take my money for the citation, then tell the insurance company that I'm "unsafe," and need higher rates) for doing 70 in a deserted 4-lane 60, then it only follows that they should be similarly hassled -- or even more so, because of their position of authority -- for similar offenses.

I wouldn't complain so much if they just made it out like it is -- the officer pulls you over and says "Sir, you have been randomly selected for the highway tax, which pays my salary. Your tax today is $134, payable to Mason County in the next 90 days. Thank you." Instead, they put it in this guise of "traffic safety," which just pisses me off to no end.
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what he said. same *****, same court, different officer, different day
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