matthon
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I have a real issue with speeding tickets...and someone brought up the topic in another thread so it got me going:
1) Every day I drive a major highway to work and right where it goes from 3 lanes to 6, where the city limit begins, the speed limit changes from 65 to 55- for 1 reason only; so the city can make money.
2) Multiple cops speed past me through there daily, and I'm talking 80 mph.
3) The speed limit was reduced to save gas- not to save lives, so lets bring it back up in line with the current safety equipped cars and roads and stop penalizing people for driving 75 in a 55, ruining their insurance rates and hitting them with fines. Don't newer cars get better milage at higher speeds anyway?
4) Cars and highways are all vastly improved upon every year- anti lock brakes, better handling, steering, banked ramps, wide lanes, safety barriers, etc, so to have a speed limit at 55 in a 6 lane area is ridiculous!
5) Drive right! That is the rule in Europe I believe. If someone is coming up behind you in the right lane and they are going faster than you, get to the right dummy!
6) Who is really making money off of speeding tickets anyway? My recent one, and I have not had one in at least 10 years, cost me $250 for a lawyer and $150 for the fine!
1) Every day I drive a major highway to work and right where it goes from 3 lanes to 6, where the city limit begins, the speed limit changes from 65 to 55- for 1 reason only; so the city can make money.
2) Multiple cops speed past me through there daily, and I'm talking 80 mph.
3) The speed limit was reduced to save gas- not to save lives, so lets bring it back up in line with the current safety equipped cars and roads and stop penalizing people for driving 75 in a 55, ruining their insurance rates and hitting them with fines. Don't newer cars get better milage at higher speeds anyway?
4) Cars and highways are all vastly improved upon every year- anti lock brakes, better handling, steering, banked ramps, wide lanes, safety barriers, etc, so to have a speed limit at 55 in a 6 lane area is ridiculous!
5) Drive right! That is the rule in Europe I believe. If someone is coming up behind you in the right lane and they are going faster than you, get to the right dummy!
6) Who is really making money off of speeding tickets anyway? My recent one, and I have not had one in at least 10 years, cost me $250 for a lawyer and $150 for the fine!