Speeding tiket?

[jarhead]

Strong possibility, aca

 

[PCL_128]

Okay, I'll bite...

The fact is that speed limits (especially on highways) have little to do with safety, and much to do with politics and money. Someone driving 80 instead of the posted limit of 65 is not going to get somebody killed.

The longtime highway limit of 55 mph was never there for safety. It was all about emissions reduction. It was determined that most cars produce much higher pollution when driven above 55, so that's where they made the limit. It's since been raised thankfully, but it's still kept too low because of environmental reasons.

The other reason has already been mentioned: state and local governments make lots of money off of speeding tickets. If they raised the limit to a reasonable speed, then they wouldn't make as much money. They have to keep it less than what most people think is a safe speed so that people will break the limit and the government makes money.

 

[jarhead]

Hmmmm? Guess I must not be helping the various local, county, or state government revenue streams out much. I have not had a speed ticket in over 30 years. I leave in time, so I am not late, and even allow time for a flat tire, or railroad train holding me up. Cruise control, and planning are marvelous concepts

 

[PCL_128]

Hmmmm? Guess I must not be helping the various local, county, or state government revenue streams out much. I have not had a speed ticket in over 30 years. I leave in time, so I am not late, and even allow time for a flat tire, or railroad train holding me up. Cruise control, and planning are marvelous concepts

Why should I have to leave 10 minutes early just because the government sets unreasonable speed restrictions? Sorry, I'll drive whatever speed I feel is safe and do my best to avoid the speed traps. I haven't had a ticket in 6 years, but I almost always drive 15 over the limit. It's all about knowing how to spot the cops ahead of time and how to best blend into traffic. I've never had an accident, and I doubt I ever will that relates to the speed I drive. As I said, driving 80 is no more dangerous than driving 65.

 

[KingAirer]

PCL, its comforting to know that you are so smart, that you make up the rules as you go?? and follow them as you see fit You cant be serious?

You will! get caught one day if you are consitently driving 15mph+. You spotting techniques do not work to well at night when they are hiding do they?

I say this b/c i used to be the one who didnt worry to much about my speed and thought I had the hawkeye. I got caught at nite with a trooper hiding under a bridge behind a hill.

AlaskaAirlines, pleading not guilty when you admit to us that you were? Come on.

JUST DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT, its not that hard, you learn sooner or later.

 

[jarhead]

PCL-128.....let me understand you correctly. You feel it is your god given right to determine which laws can or should be violated, and those which you must obey. Is that correct? Do you feel the same about the FAR's. How about the rule against wife battering. Up to your selection on which ones are ok to violate, because they don't make sense to you? Do you feel it is ok for YOU to drive 80, at night, on a rain slicked road? What do I do if I am on the shoulder on that dark rainy night chainging a tire in the dark. No chance at all that you, in your wisdom, may run into me and kill me. Your statement that speed laws are only for revenue, and not public safety, are laughable. Where do you get this pious attitude, that YOU know which laws to break or how far to stretch them> is 85 mph ok? 95? 120 in your 'vette. Where is it that you, mister public safety commisioner, draw this line? I'd sure like to know. Maybe there is no line at all for you.....just what you can get away with.....until, you kill yourself or someone else.

 

[tittyjet]

Hey, all you sanctimonious boys so worried about breaking the law, the next time your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend hits their knees to slob the ole knob, hope you're in a state where it's not against the law. Oh, don't eat at the "Y" or, stick it in the exit door, either!

My bad, I'll bet you just say, "No way babe, it'd feel real good to blow one down your throat right about now, but, you know, we're in Savannah, and that's in the State of Georgia where that's against the law! We'll just have to wait on our vacation to a more liberal state."

Come on, cut the crap.

 

[jarhead]

If your high class B.J. does not put me in harms way, you can have a billy goat do you. IMHO

 

[tittyjet]

Is that as good as you can do?

BTW, Know the three biggest lies told inthe State of Alabama?

1. My Camaro is paid for.

2. I swear, I didn't know she was my cousin!

3. I was just helping that goat over that fence.

 

[jarhead]

That's as good as I want to do.

 

[acaTerry]

The fact is that speed limits (especially on highways) have little to do with safety,...Someone driving 80 instead of the posted limit of 65 is not going to get somebody killed.

I know a lot of cops and road engineers who'd disagree with you on that. And on a more person note, it's that mentality that breaks the line on control of the vehicle. Someone with your thinking darn near killed me in an accident by losing control of their vehicle. Leave on time, drive safely and you won't have to worry about the cops "picking on you".

 

[WrightAvia]

How about the rule against wife battering

Mmmmm...I like mine with the Colonel's 11 herbs and spices. Crunchy too. It's a secret recipe, so don't ask.

By the way...since you guys are lecturing about good and evil and all that moral stuff...you should know that there is no RULE on wife battering. (don't get mad at me...both the submachinegun club and the skydiving club I belong to, have no rules in the club charters on wife battering).

States have STATUATES. The FEDS have the CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. Towns and counties have ORDINANCES and MUNICIPAL CODES. Clubs have rules. Maybe there is a club somewhere that has a rule on wife battering. My club doesn't.

Hey, while we're discussing rules and laws and such and how to obey them properly, I have a question for the moral majority crowd here pertaining to the CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

Guy A possesses an NFA TITLE I Colt AR15. It is stock from the gun store with a 20 Inch barrel. He also goes to the gun show and buys a 7.5 Inch, barreled upper reciever assembly that fits the Colt and it is of the same caliber as his AR15. He just puts it in his closet for future reference...not assembling it on his AR15. Just storing it.

Guy B next door, possesses a similar NFA TITLE I Colt AR15 with 20 inch barrel. He also has in his closet a 7.5 Inch barrel, upper reciever assembly that is the same caliber as the Colt AR15. Guy B also possesses a BATF registered NFA TITLE II "LIGHTNING LINK", a device that instantly turns any AR15 into a fully automatic rifle or "MACHINE GUN" if you will. This 7.5 Inch barrel, upper reciever assembly is also not assembled to the rifle, just stored in the closet.

The only difference between Guy A and B, is the fact that B has the BATF registered "LIGHTENING LINK" in his possession at home.

So here is the question. Lets just say for one reason or another, a little old neighbor lady calls in a complaint of some kind of NATURAL GAS leak in the neighbor hood...the local cops come over and forcibly enter the two dwellings under the premise of "EXEGENCY" to look for the gas leak. Guy A and Guy B are at work when this happens and they just happend to have their gun stash seen by the cops...who in turn contact the BATF Technical Branch and those fed guys come out and look at the situation. Also assume that the finding of the guns and upper recievers is ruled as a legal search and seizure by a Federal Judge.

Is Guy A going to FEDERAL PRISON, or is GUY B?

Who is within the CFR's here and who isn't? Both in violation? Neither in violation? Come on, CFR experts.

 

[jarhead]

WrightAvia,

Do you actually believe some of the drivel you write? Laws exist about assualt and BATTERY. You have never heard of BATTERED WIFE SYNDROME? Yeah, Yeah, KFC. Real good, kinda what I might say in Junior High School

What in the heck went wrong with you in your youth to blow the attitude you do. It is not normal. Were you dropped on your head as a baby in the hospital?

If not, maybe you are just a slow developer, and take longer to reach adult status than most. You truly are perplexing.

Yes, I fully expect your "cute" and inane response, but I will let it go, without a counter "jab".

Good luck....you really need it.

 

[WrightAvia]

hahahaha...you guys wanted some action.

The question is real, by the way. I have posted it on a machinegun bulletin board also. When the CFR experts give an answer, I'll post that link. But I already know who is going to prison.

 

[bobbysamd]

Cowboyism

Why should I have to leave 10 minutes early just because the government sets unreasonable speed restrictions?

Wrong attitude, my friend. Speed limits are part of life. It is spelled r-e-s-p-o-n-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y.

The fact is that speed limits (especially on highways) have little to do with safety, and much to do with politics and money. Someone driving 80 instead of the posted limit of 65 is not going to get somebody killed.

The rationale behind setting speed limits is irrelevant and immaterial. Speed limits are set for a reason. I do not understand why some speed limits are set where they are where I live. Just the same, I follow them because it is the law, not to mention a safety issue.

In your opinion speed restrictions may be unreasonable, but who are you to decide which laws that you will follow and which that you will ignore? With that kind of attitude you are a hazard to others as well as to yourself.

After you make Captain, are you going to decide which FARs you will follow with a planeload of pax and which you will ignore?

If you don't like your local speed limits, write your Congressman. In the meantime, you still have to observe the law. And, as a practical matter, you need to keep your driving record clean because H.R. at your next airline will get it and read it. H.R. regards the breaking driving laws as tantamount to busting the FARs. Just think about it.