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Replying to: larsb (Jan 09, 2009 9:58 am) Depends. You could be driving 40 mph and be paying attention to the road ahead, and end up stopping in time. Or you could be yakking on the cell or playing with your Ipod or putting on makeup at 25 mph, and still end up causing a big mess.
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it provides investment income to purchase more PRs until the motorcycle cop hiding behind the billboard can be replaced and do something more than mundane ticket writing. The investment income can be allocated to filling pot holes,fixing guard rails, and building attitude adjustment chambers. The only monetary concern of the violator is not where the fine money goes, but how the fine originates. When the violator doesn't want to come up with the fine, he can always submit to the law. It's another "Pay as you Go" idea. |
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 09, 2009 9:09 am)
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 09, 2009 10:35 am) I'm pretty much against any camera enforcement of traffic rules. One only need look at the fact that they generally do not carry points to see that deep down they don't believe these are enforceable tickets but, as has been pointed out to a fault here, but revenue enhancers. I should go agreeing with larsb if only so grbeck can invite me for lunch. Unlike lars i could get to Harrisburg on one tank of gas. I think the age observation isn't accurate. I'll be 58 tomorrow and the only thing slowing me down was adjusting to $4 gas over the summer. My cheapness won out over my thrill seeking. Where the heck do you get fresnel lenses for license plates anyway?
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 09, 2009 10:18 am)
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Replying to: grbeck (Jan 09, 2009 1:09 pm) |
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Replying to: grbeck (Jan 09, 2009 1:07 pm) I was addressing the gentleman who mentioned that speed does not cause accidents and pointing out to him in a NICE MANNERLY FASHION that yes, sometimes it DOES cause accidents. Go Photo Radar !!!
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 09, 2009 10:35 am) When well connected crony capitalist camera operators skim off fortunes from ticket revenues, the taxpaying citizen has every right to know where the money goes, and should take legal or less than legal action against any irresponsible politoco who tries to hide it. If one doesn't want to pay the fine, simply fib your way out of it. Easy as pie 
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 09, 2009 10:35 am) Wait, didn't we spend four years trying to overthrow a regime like that back in the 1940's?  As for that "investment income", rest assured it would go into some politician's pet project, or a pyramid scheme somewhere, and we'd still have just as many potholes, broken guardrails, etc, as before. |
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 09, 2009 10:35 am) You do realize that you're talking about government officials and politicians, right? More likely the money is spent to hire someone's idiot brother for a no-show job or to pay for that no-bid contract they just gave to a campaign contributor. PR is at least partly a money grab and like all the other money the government grabs, I don't trust that it is spent for my benefit. BTW, is an "attitude adjustment chamber" a bar or a jail? |
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