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Originally Posted by DARISC
I strongly disagree based on my own personal driving record. I got my first (of many) ticket when I speeded in my 1959 Bugeye.....(in 1959  )).
Given the perennial "I speeded, I got a ticket, it was sooo expensive, it's a racket, the cop shoulda been fighting crime not stopping me because I speeded, I'm not a criminal I'm a law abiding taxpaying citizen who speeded and got caught and I'm mad, I wasn't speeding THAT much over the stupid speed limit, I speeded and been ticketed before (in my case, more times than I'm willing to make public, heh,heh  (why do those damn cops wear sunglasses even when it's cloudy - because they can't look you in the eye, ha,ha?)) and EVERY SINGLE TIME I speeded and got ticketed it was even MOOORE expensive!, and I got even MADDER!, it's not FAIR!!" posts, apparently for some it's even MORE difficult than rocket science  . |
Darisc,
You might try de-caf coffee in the morning. Might help.
The speed limit is the law, so the cops and highway patrol officers giving out the speeding tickets are fighting crime, because anyone speeding is breaking the law.
Yes, most of us agree that it would be nice to have them off chasing people who break in our houses, kill, rape or molest kids and so on but then they have to do both and if someone goes over the speed limit, they are going to get nailed.
Now, before you get your panties in a twist, almost all of us speed. I do all the time. Usually its 8-9 mph over the limit. Usually you do not get a ticket (or even a glance) at this speed. There is a reason I go this speed and its because I do not want to get any tickets, nor pay any fines. Do I sometimes go faster? Hell yes, but if I do I know that if I am caught that its going to cost me and am willing to pay the fine.
Do some cities or states use this for the money? Hell yes but please do not try and tell any of us that you were not aware of this beforehand.
Joe
PS "It aint fair".... let me let you in on something. Life aint fair. Not by a long shot. You take what you are given and run with it. Sometimes its good and sometimes its not so good.