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| reply to digiphreak
Re: Ridiculous said by digiphreak:
So by your logic... the penalty for speeding 5 miles over the limit is a fine. Yet everyone continues to speed and it is a "victimless" crime. In order to curb this horrendous pattern of disregard for the law we should arrest, jail, and charge with a felony anyone who drives 5 mph over the limit.
First of all that would not happen, and second as Joe Public I would also agree with you only because I have been caught in that situation AND the very next week the speed limit went up 10mph (the one place in 100+ miles that wasn't a "town"), like they didn't know that was happening and wanted their last hurray.... THAT IS NOT right.
But as much as you or I might not want to admit it.... where speed reduction is required (physically) there IS a very correlated increase in accidents per mph of speed increase... and lets be honest MOST cops let under 10mph over in most areas go.... AGAIN when that is combined with a one spot in many miles also 10mph speed reduction for no real reason (and then in a week changed higher) I do have a problem but I was really going 15mph+ over the speed limit in a congested area.... then yeah I deserve it. (one thing I love cruise control for... in all actually the problem in the above situation)
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