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Originally Posted by Wormius
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.
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So...they are wasting resources by being there and ticketing people...and not wasting resources by sitting there in the car hoping folks see them and slow down...