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On 8/2/2014 10:42 AM, KC wrote:
On 8/2/2014 10:15 AM, 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.

I am quite aware of how the Eastern Mass Cops operate, from the little
corrupt forces, right up to the State level... I got profiled all
right.. I know he can't see in my truck, but he sure saw my CT plates

He couldn't see in your truck, Duh! That's why you got stopped. There's
legal limits on windshield and front side window tinting.

--
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".
Thomas Jefferson

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