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Originally Posted by jar_e
Redvan, I'm curious and I'm trying to ask this question as open headed as possible, but what do you think of speeding tickets?
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I have never gotten one (knock on wood).
But I would fight one to the death if I ever got it.
I also think they should not be speeding tickets, as it is in my opinion that we should be able to go as fast as we deem safe. Obviously a lot of people say "well that means when you crash and flip your car and die, that everyone has to pay for the emergency response units, and that costs taxpayers money so no you should not have the right to go as fast as you want." And I agree, people who drive
dangerously should be punished. I do not think that 20-30 over is (necessarily) dangerous (some cases it is, like on residential roads where the limit is 40 or 50).
I'd be a happy guy if there was only such a thing as a "dangerous driving" ticket, and speeding was included in there. Obviously, speeding by 10 on a winter day is dangerous to yourself and others, whereas speeding by 30 on a summer day is not. Speeding by 30 in wall to wall traffic is dangerous, whereas speeding by that amount on a bare and empty road is not.
A lot of people treat speeding as a black and white issue, and it is a very grey one.