[Publius Valerius]

Easy to say when it’s not you who have been hit by a police car or have had a police car drive through the front of your store.

This is just a guess, but I think that if you were struck by a police car who went out of a control in a high-speed chase and wound up in a wheelchair—or worse—I doubt your first reaction would be, “well, thank goodness we didn’t let that guy run from a $75 speeding ticket.”

[Little Ray]

No. I’d be mad as hell at the runner not the cop.

I don’t believe in giving a thug a free ticket to escape. If anything, I’d let the cops beat the b@st@rd into a paste once they caught him. Its not like there is a question about his guilt...

Personally, I think your way would lead to MORE high speed nutballs. After all, no one is gonna chase ‘em right? They can do as the please. “Chase free zones” would as effective as “gun free zones” were at VT.

[CGTRWK]

“well, thank goodness we didn’t let that guy run from a $75 speeding ticket.”

You make a strong case. I know, we should make speeding tickets $150 then! /liberal

[NonLinear]

This is just a guess, but I think that if you were struck by a police car who went out of a control in a high-speed chase and wound up in a wheelchair—or worse—I doubt your first reaction would be, “well, thank goodness we didn’t let that guy run from a $75 speeding ticket.”

And if the guy ran, not from the $75 speeding ticket, but because he had outstanding warrants for robbery, murder, rape, and general misconduct, and didn't want the officer to determine his identity? When he kills or paralyzes someone else during a robbery after leaving the cops sitting lonely beside the road...the victim will surely be thinking, "Thank God that guy didn't hurt someone getting away from the cops last time."

Believe it or not, MOST people actually pull over, suck it up, and accept their speeding ticket. The ones who don't, generally are doing something else that they are very much more worried about than speeding.