01-18-2008, 06:31 PM
People may be driving slower - it's probably not safer all the time, though, as Rex said.
People respond to incentives, so it wouldn't surprise me to find out that people are going slower. But Police and Judges are people, too, and I doubt any of them want masses of hugely angry citizens (doing things like challenging the constitutionality of their local justices 'cooperation') on their hands. It's probably two sided...
BUT, if they're justifying removal of the fines because they didn't generate the expected revenue - that's bull. They're considering repeal because of the outcry over disproportionate punishments and because the fines won't stand up to the constitution.
People respond to incentives, so it wouldn't surprise me to find out that people are going slower. But Police and Judges are people, too, and I doubt any of them want masses of hugely angry citizens (doing things like challenging the constitutionality of their local justices 'cooperation') on their hands. It's probably two sided...
BUT, if they're justifying removal of the fines because they didn't generate the expected revenue - that's bull. They're considering repeal because of the outcry over disproportionate punishments and because the fines won't stand up to the constitution.
When it comes to Ryan Jenkins, the story ends with me putting him in the wall.
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger