Those who drive much faster or slower than most of the drivers around them place themselves and others at considerable risk of a collision.
You are absolutely correct BUT the point is that everybody should drive no faster than the speed limit, not speed and use the "well, everybody else was doing it" excuse. That is a childs game. The point of traffic enforcement is to limit the speed of the entire pack to within the legal limits.
On I-70, I-81 that 85% speed occurs with the design speed of the freeway based on the vertical and horizontal cuves, superelevations, and general sight distances and is 75-80 mph except for the well marked curves with signage.
Well said and in typical engineering BS. If you want the speed limits changed, then talk to those that set them. Your opinion does not change the law and that is why you get the ticket. You do not get to follow the laws you want and ignore those you do not want to follow. If you advocate this, be careful because there is a guy in your city that thinks he should be able to shoot whomever he wishes. If you advocate personal preference should determine the laws, watch out for that guy.
I think the MD state troopers themselves validate this rate by traveling in total disregard for the posted limit usually at 85+ mph without emergency beacons as they do their commute between barracks in the mornings.
and you can't write down their plate or vehicle number and report them? and I bet you will say that the police will not police their own. Have you tried? Have you reported them to the DA after nothing changed when you reported the driver to their supervisor?
So that puts target enforcement at: below 65 mph and above 88 mph.
No, again, target enforcement is the area above the posted limit and below whatever the state deems an impediment to traffic.
I audited one of the MD barracks books and
none of the guns had gone in for their one year certification for accuracy - they had three pro laser guns that all had expired certifications - in fact some had not been checked for speed accuracy in three years
BUT, were they inaccurate when you found this? None of this means they were not accurate, merely not certified to be and because of this should not be accepted in court.
Again your impeding violation enforcement sounds like a way to find DUI's instead of target enforcement.
Wow, you're fast. Of course it is profiling. Many of the drunks don't realize they are driving so poorly or slow. Actually a good idea and technique.
traveling below the average pace of the flow of vehicles, causing a que of cars to build up behind you and generally reducing the spacing
. A slow driver does not cause the spacing to diminish. All the poor drivers that can't wait to get ahead of the situation are the cause of the packing. Again, if there weren't a bunch of idiots that won't follow the speed limit, this would not be happening.
I doubt you've ever taken any serious direction from the professional engineers in your state in regards to running an efficient and safe highways system - I know the MD state troopers could care less
as Carl posted before, the police do not make the laws, they merely ticket those that fail to follow them.
You may need to take your physics again because it is the differential in speed that causes accidents,
No, you are wrong and misquoting the origianal statement. The differential is not what causes the accidents, it is drivers. Nothing more (generally), just the drivers. The point of the "physics" statement is the old "force= mass x velocity" thing. So mr. engineer you must realize the truth to that when it comes to the severity of the accidents.
So to your original post:
I received a speeding ticket going 78 mph in a 50 zone.
As I wasn't going to purchase insurance for myself in the near future, I was willing to suffer the points, so I just pled guilty and paid the fine.
It's speaks for itself. You broke the law. You are still breaking the law and intend to continue to break the law. You deserved the ticket you got (and much more apparently) and now you gripe that it's not fair it costs so much. Too bad,. Quit breaking the law and it won;t cost as much ever again.
