07-02-2007, 02:54 PM
Andy Wrote:I don't know if that's fair to dismiss his theory. He's referring to a region that he's had direct interactions with...
Oh come on. No offense to goodspeed, but that's typical overoptimistic college-student na├»vet├®. Next he'll be preaching the benefits of socialism.
It's bullshit, pure and simple. Look at the UK, where cameras take your picture at point A, and again at point B, and if your average speed was over the limit they mail your ass a ticket. Oooh, but there's less nitpickety bullshit to be sure.
When law violations become a source of revenue they stay that way. Nitpickety bullshit tickets bring in money, and unless you can eliminate that, they're here to stay. My own experience proves this. I walked away from my SVX with 9 tickets. NINE, with one criminal charge. I had to go back to the police station so they could look up what code section I had violated. It took 3 of them to decide which law I had broken, and write me a ticket for it.
If Public Servants were genuinely interested in serving the public, I'd agree with goodspeed. But most Public Servants are most interested in serving themselves.
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