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Speed-laws are not reasonable

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by mi (197448)  on Sunday April 22, @08:51PM (#18835769)

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>    If you have an issue with the speed limits in your town, 

>    please contact your local elected officials. Have you ever

>    been to a city council meeting?



In too many localities police will usually let a local resident off 

with a warning while ripping others off. This keeps local residents 

(who attend council meetings) content, and brings easy revenue 

(people from afar are very unlikely to challenge the tickets in local

 court) to the town. This selective enforcement gets documented 

occasionally and is a real bane of highway travel.



NJ's Governor Corzine just had a nasty accident [yahoo.com], because 

his driver (a State trooper, no less) was going 91 in a 65 mph zone 

(Governor's vehicle can only do that in an "emergency"). The governor

 will take months to recover, because the moron was not wearing his 

seatbelt. Neither the hypocrite trooper (who had a similar accident 

a few years ago), nor the hypocrite governor are expected to be 

punished by law, although tens of thousands drivers are fined in NJ 

for the same (and lesser) offenses every year . most of them without 

causing an accident.



The speed laws are not reasonable . they take neither car's age and 

quality nor the driver's experience and health into consideration. 

What's too fast for an inexperienced 17- or half-blind 70-year-old 

driving a Buick is unreasonably slow for a healthy middle-aged driver

 driving a BMW...
Is anyone surprised that the asshole advocating a special set of traffic laws just for him drives a BMW?