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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
I think a better comparable is when charged with serious crimes you go to jail, wait for a bail hearing, shell out for a lawyer, and then dispute the charges.
I'd be ok if they just arrested people on the spot, and maybe that would solve the debate.
I see no difference between excessive speeding and drunk driving. I'm old now, so have no sympathy for hyper aggressive drivers who roll the dice with people's lives. We've all done it, and I still get a lead foot on occasion, but there is no rationalizing it IMO.
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This guy was excessively speeding for about 5 seconds in a controlled manner to get past slower traffic...an impaired driver is impaired the entire time they are behind the wheel in any particular instance.
Nothing alike at all
Again, this isnt about the act itself, its about the punishment being meted out before any ability is presented to defend oneself.
I have 1 speeding ticket in the last 15 years i believe it is, so this law has little affect on me, and i just finished well over 3000KM in BC the last 5 weeks or so. In fact i drove past that horrifying wreck in Rogers pass on Saturday...one in which this law is supposed to help negate apparently. Trouble is, there was no avoiding that wreck regardless of speed in reality as one guy just simply lost track of where he was on a newly paved road without lines and drifted into the wrong lane.
The law is both far to harsh in its penalty and completely unconstitutional IMO. Much like the .05 law, this will eventually be ruled as such and all those who have been affected will have no recourse as they have already lost all that time and money.