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Originally Posted by sebberry
Sounds like IHIT could use the help...
290 unsolved murders on the Lower Mainland over 12 years
As for IRSU doing their job - they appear a lot less likely to use discretion than you. Zoom in on the offence and ignore the bigger picture. OMG, that car was doing a 0.7kph rolling stop into the intersection nobody else was at - ticket him now! |
The Police force didn't make the laws. Their job is to enforce it. If they don't enforce it, they are doing a shitty job. If you do a shitty job, you get fired.
Laws are put in place for a reason. Regardless if you think you're too good to stop at a stop sign, or like reading your tablet/book at a stop light, you're going to get punished for breaking the law. These laws were made to protect the GENERAL public. It's impossible to make separate laws for shitty drivers who are just ignorant and those that are aware and can harmlessly roll through a stop sign safely (if that's even possible). If officers were replaced by robots there would be thousands of tickets handed out on a daily basis.
What spidey says totally makes sense. Officers DO use discretion. If they didn't, you'd be getting a ticket in the mail nearly every day. If they feel like you deserve a ticket, you probably deserve a ticket. You may have different opinions on the situation, but the fact is that you broke the law, and it's his job to give you a fine. People focus way too much on the times that they get caught, instead of the hundreds of times the officer let them get away (without them even realizing it)
Also kind of unfair for you to judge the police department... Have you ever been a cop? Do you have any suggestions for the IHIT to be more efficient in solving cases?