Government by whim
See my tagline.
Some situations are fairly obvious, others not.
Revenue Generation.
This can’t end well.
http://www.volvocars.com/us/all-cars/volvo-s60/pages/default.aspx
Deemed to be correct; it’s the Law.
Profiling?
I wish one of the GPS manufacturers would develop a feature that logs your last 10-15 minutes of driving (route and speed) at the press of a button with the ability to print a report that could possibly prove that a person was not speeding.
It’s all about money. More tickets, more fines. And if they don’t need to buy radar guns anymore it’s even more money in their pockets.
When I drove a truck, I was warned about Ohio, and how crooked the cops are there. It’s well known amongst truckers to avoid Ohio if possible.
Once got out of a traffic stop. Cop asked me if I knew how fast I was traveling and I replied, “Yes sir, 61.2 mph.”
When he wondered about the accuarcy, I pointed to my GPS and said, “Courtesy of Uncle Sam!”
When he stoppped chuckling, he reminded me that the limit was 55 and that I should slow down.
It sounds like the retarded Iowa “Supreme Court” “ruling” that red light cameras are legal. It is the same court that “legalized” “Gay marraige”.
Normally a speeding ticket’s cost is associated to how fast you were going. I wonder how they calculated this one?
Does the “Buckeye” State elect the Supreme Court?
Okay, let’s send the officer down to a baseball field. He can “estimate” which are the 70MPH pitches, which are 76MPH, and which are travelling at 82MPH and which are 90MPH.
He must prove his proficiency since tickets are assessed based on your rate of speed.
This one’s no problem as long as I’m allowed discretion in the other direction — straight road, sunny day, dry pavement, light- or no-traffic — I should be able to do 95-110.
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers.”
Quote by: Ayn Rand
(1905-1982) Author
Source: “Atlas Shrugged”, Part II, Chapter 3