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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I’m surprised people don’t know about the unsafe speeds thing. It’s been in the driving act and in driver training since forever. And winter tires aren’t magic. They provide better traction than summer tires, but they don’t remove the need to drive more carefully in winter conditions.
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It's two things that we're discussing, though:
1. The way the cop handled things was ridiculous for a public servant (or anybody, for that matter). It was just too invasive with the phone call (to the wrong person, no less), then speeding on icy roads to pull a guy over (last place I want to be on crappy roads is stopped on the side) for not(?) speeding.
2. It's too vague/subjective. JonDuke wasn't speeding. If he was going too fast then let's make a rule that speed limits change when there is ice on the roads or something and have signage to reflect that. I don't want it to be up to some grumpy power-tripping cop's judgement. We need to work to eliminate vague rules to give cops fewer opportunities to go around startling some poor woman in bed and then speeding on bad roads to nab a guy for not speeding.
We all know winter tires aren't magic. They're just better than the alternatives.
Who says JonDuke wasn't driving in a more cautious way due to the roads? I usually go over the speed limit. Yesterday I drove around the city about 100kms. Most was under the speed limit, tbh, but probably 30% of the time was the speed limit for sure. That's me being cautious, but my wife could get a phone call and I could get pulled over for that? And lectured? Fk that.