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usmc8411 · 09-13-2010, 11:52 AM

If the speed limit on a certain highway is 65 mph and the police write xx amount of 75 in a 65...why dont they look at raising the speed limt instead of constanly phucking people over on bullship.

Look at it like this...most cops wont pull you over until you do about 10 over.

So if your in a residential area with a speed limt of 25 mph and you get tagged for 35 (which is not the place to be speeding I might add) you were ticketed for going 10 over...so in court you pay $75...but if you look at it another way you were essentially going 28% over the speed limt.Which is about $2.60 per percentage over the speed limit.

Now guy B is in a 65 mph zone doing 75 and gets pulled over and written for 10 over...goes to court and pays $75...but in reality he was only going 13% over the speed limit. Which comes out to $5.70 per percentage over the speed limt.

How is that fair when its far more dangerous to speed in residential areas?

Also food for thought...a lot of us dont speed because of the fines. The wealthy pay the same fines and it doesnt affect them in any way shape or form unless they get suspended. The wealthy pay more taxes to make things fair...why not pay tickets on percentage of income? A $75 fine might literally take food out of childs mouth for his mom not paying attention to her speed for a few seconds, but Bill Gates could get a ticket for speeding then throw a fist full of hundreds out the window just to add a littering ticket for fun and not care.

Then you have mobile enforcement vans, red light cameras, speed cameras...ect ect...that just send you tickets in the mail. Well how the phuck does sending me a ticket in the mail 2 weeks later make anybody safer? It doesnt. Its not about safety, never has been, never will be. Its about revenue.

Just something to think about.

09-13-2010, 11:52 AM	#17
usmc8411 Account Suspended Drives: 2010 camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: hannibal mo Posts: 207	If the speed limit on a certain highway is 65 mph and the police write xx amount of 75 in a 65...why dont they look at raising the speed limt instead of constanly phucking people over on bullship. Look at it like this...most cops wont pull you over until you do about 10 over. So if your in a residential area with a speed limt of 25 mph and you get tagged for 35 (which is not the place to be speeding I might add) you were ticketed for going 10 over...so in court you pay $75...but if you look at it another way you were essentially going 28% over the speed limt.Which is about $2.60 per percentage over the speed limit. Now guy B is in a 65 mph zone doing 75 and gets pulled over and written for 10 over...goes to court and pays $75...but in reality he was only going 13% over the speed limit. Which comes out to $5.70 per percentage over the speed limt. How is that fair when its far more dangerous to speed in residential areas? Also food for thought...a lot of us dont speed because of the fines. The wealthy pay the same fines and it doesnt affect them in any way shape or form unless they get suspended. The wealthy pay more taxes to make things fair...why not pay tickets on percentage of income? A $75 fine might literally take food out of childs mouth for his mom not paying attention to her speed for a few seconds, but Bill Gates could get a ticket for speeding then throw a fist full of hundreds out the window just to add a littering ticket for fun and not care. Then you have mobile enforcement vans, red light cameras, speed cameras...ect ect...that just send you tickets in the mail. Well how the phuck does sending me a ticket in the mail 2 weeks later make anybody safer? It doesnt. Its not about safety, never has been, never will be. Its about revenue. Just something to think about.