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Originally Posted by sebberry
You seem to demonstrate some questionable driving behavior for someone who is responsible for enforcing traffic regs.
The public is constantly being bashed over the head with "don't speed, don't speed, speed kills, don't speed" and you're admitting to speeding. You admit to getting caught which is good, but you also admit that 70 in a 50 was acceptable according to the cop who "didn't bat an eye".
This is why people want to employ the use of speed detection countermeasures. The law is clear but enforcement isn't consistent and the driver has no idea of what the enforcement threshold du jour is.
Drivers have enough to worry about without having to wonder what the traffic cops ahead have decided on that day for an enforcement threshold.
I was listening to the scanner as they were setting up a speed trap one day. They were discussing on the radio what speed the spotter should call out the cars at. One officer said 15 over, another said 30 over. They eventually settled on 20 over. So what happens? I'm driving along at exactly the speed limit, paranoid to creep up to even 5kph over the limit while wondering if the little project up ahead will catch one of the many tailgaters and aggressive passers I've had to endure. Nope, of course not.
So what is it? Can I go with the flow of traffic in an attempt to mitigate many of the risks associated with being the one slow car holding up a pack of many or do I sit there facing the wrath of drivers who are becoming increasingly aggressive and frustrated ad my obedient driving?
This is why people use jammers. They don't want the headache and danger of being the one twit that holds up traffic, and they don't want to be stopped, detained, questioned and charged by the police for simply trying to be a responsible driver.
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I guess it doesn't surprise me after reading a lot of your posts, that you like to assume. You know what they say about people who assume.....
Last time I checked, "driven" and "caught" were all past tense. Since I never gave a time frame when those occurred, I guess it would make sense for you to ASSUME I was a cop as soon as I was able to drive a vehicle.. so 16. Well, it looks like I can retire A LOT sooner than I thought!
The threshold is pretty clear. It is posted as "maximum" on signs all across the city... It is up to the driver whether they want to drive 1 km or 30 km over that.