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Originally Posted by flamesfan6
This is how it would play out in court:
judge: Officer was the radar gun stating he was doing 60km/h of the speed limit?
officer: yes
judge: guilty
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for those that say it's unfair for them to be at the bottom of a hill and catch speeders there.. sure maybe it is a bit of a trap.. but that's not the point, the speed limit on flat, downhill, up hill, etc is always the speed limit
as a driver you are supposed to stay within the speed limit, if you think it's okay to go downhill and reach 40km/h over the speed limit just because you don't press on the breaks a bit/go lower gear.. doesn't make speeding any less illegal, you have to be in full control of your car no matter the situation
So yes, people needing to keep their cars in control and not speed down hill .. in the fear of cops being there or not, I'm all for it because sure it's a bit of a trap, but it's still illegal to speed in that situation and going downhill is no excuse to be speeding and not be caught for it.
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The unfair aspect is that they're wasting resources by being there and ticketing drivers that they know will be speeding in that area. Public safety is served by them acting in a preventative fashion to pour cold water on any thoughts of gunning it to 140kph in the passing lane (having a marked police car parked along the side of the road leading up to the passing lane would be an example).
Me, driving through there at 140kph, and getting ticketed and losing my car is no deterent to any future drivers who come through that section of road. So, I fail to see how the police are helping anybody.