On 8/2/2014 10:12 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 8/2/14 10:55 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 2 Aug 2014 07:35:14 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Saturday, 2 August 2014 11:15:08 UTC-3, wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 08:33:47 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:



On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 00:43:10 -0400, wrote:



On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:49:20 -0400, Earl

wrote:



I rest my case, although I just wish the law was a little more
effective.

How is the "law" ineffective?



Traffic laws have not really made the drivers any better.



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You could argue that the laws don't make drivers better in the sense

that their skills improve, but the laws certainly help keep them in

check. I think you'd have a lot more reckless behavior on the roads

if not for traffic enforcement.



It is easy to argue that most accidents are caused by distracted

driving, poor skills and intoxication. Most enforcement seems to be

aimed at speeders, simply because that is far easier to detect and

prosecute. In most places, state cops are just "speeder maids".

A cop sitting in the bushes with a radar gun is not really

contributing to safety that much.



Most of the "laws" themselves are about equipment and emissions, not

drivers.



In a lot of places "traffic enforcement" is actually used as a means

to conduct unconstitutional searches, involving more than a little

profiling.

It seems to be fairly productive, generating lots of non-traffic

related arrests but a lot of innocent people are harassed in the

process.



If someone is going to run into me I'd rather they did it at the
posted speed limit or lower, not 20 km above it.
Up here you get hit with a 'stunting' charge if you're caught
speeding at 50km above posted speed limits. (approx 30 mph)
Usually the 1st fine is in the $2400.00 range
http://autos.ca.msn.com/specials/roa...4319270&page=7



The question is who is more likely to hit you in the first place.
My money is on a drunk or someone texting.
A cop in the bushes with a radar gun probably won't catch either of
them if they are within 10 MPH of the speed limit.



Down here on Route 4 (you know it well), the most dangerous drivers
after drunks are the teen-aged boys in their little muffler-less Hondas
that mommy and daddy bought them. They drive recklessly and usually get
themselves pulled over by the county's finest

I thought you were the county's finest, no?


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government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".
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