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Originally Posted by Number 3
A little (and I do mean little) research will help you determine how speed limits are set.
http://www.motorists.org/speed-limit...setting-limits
Are there speed traps? Sure.
Does your local government gain revenue from tickets? You bet. And one way to look at is just another tax to put money in the budge.
But to state a speed limit does nothing more than generate revenue? Seriously? You think that because YOU determine it's safe you can run 80 in a subdivision which the studies would indicate should be 20 or 25? You are that good and that capable to avoid a child running in the street or a car that IS NOT watching for you to be going 80 suddenly back out of there driveways?
This conversation is getting sillier and sillier.
I've been ticketed a few times. Challenged one and had it reduced because, in this case the officer could not have possibly determined my speed. Yep spun my tires, he saw it from 3 cars back in the intersection. Guilty. But he added speeding which I challenged because I wasn't. I've been let off many more times than ticketed. Was actually let off 2 times in a 12 hour stretch driving a Corvette. First stop was in Kentucky on I75 and the other once I got home. Cops aren't just running around trying to get money from you. You just happened to give them the opportunity.
So it isn't just about the money.
I also doubt the officer was "hiding". More likely, like most LEOs he was pulled off the to the side where you couldn't see him.
You were speeding. Quit trying to somehow make yourself right. Pay your ticket and move on with life.
And by the way, the next level argument using everyone's logic here is that STOP signs and RED LIGHTS don't actually mean stop. They too are just revenue generation ideas. LOL
Oh and for that Autobahn? It's pretty well regulated. And if get in an accident you are more than likely dead. Those statistics you can also confirm............with a little research. |
First I don't need research on the autobahn. I lived in Munich....but thanks.
Second, yes you are correct with regards to neighborhoods and my statement was too broad. I should have made my statement a little more clear. Speed limits on highways are nothing more than revenue generators.
If LEO's are truly trying to deter speeding, then they would be in plain sight with their lights turned on. Tell me, when you see an officer like described, what do you do? You slow down and it doesn't matter if you are going the speed limit or not. You slow down.
But no they don't do that because again they are trying to generate revenue. Hence the "super speeder" "law" in GA. So if I'm going 84 I'm not a "super speeder" but that 1 more mph makes all the difference.
http://www.dds.ga.gov/faqs/index.aspx?faqcategoryid=34
Again nothing more than a revenue generator. And, again, don't misunderstand, I do understand those are the laws and if I break them I pay the fine and move on. I'm accountable for my actions.