Speed limits and tickets

I'm bored, so here goes:

No i haven't gotten a speeding ticket. Im just genuinely curious how you guys feel about it. Or used to feel about it.

Ok, starting out a little odd, but lets see where this goes.

You guys have to know that these tickets for the most part are Unfair.

There it is. Ok, lets break this down. Speeding tickets cannot be unfair because the speed is posted. Period. You know if you drive above that speed, you may get a ticket. Pretty simple stuff.

Speed limits are far to low. You know this because you guys speed on duty and off.

You know what they say about assumptions.

So don't you ever feel guilty for encouragingly dangerous driving? (Suppose traffic is moving at 70 on a 55. Driving 15 MPH under the speed of traffic is very dangerous)

Ohhhh-kay. Lets picture your road where traffic flow is moving at 15 miles per hour above the posted limit. The ones going 55 mph can stop in 265 ft and the guys traveling 70 mph take a full 123 extra feet (about 7.5 car lengths) to stop. Source

So naturally, your idea is that the ones going the slower speed are the problem, simply because there are fewer of them. The ones traveling 15 mph over the clearly posted speed limits aren't the issue! Its the ones following the law! /s

If your claim that it is safer for everyone to go a similar speed is true, wouldn't it then make sense that everyone going the same, slower speed would be even safer?

Or ticketing some one for a offence your regularly commit?

Apparently you don't know what they say about assumptions.

How do you feel about raising speed limits to where they should be at about 10 MPH faster then traffic already goes? Would increasing the penalties significantly if your caught speeding past that make you feel better about it?

Police have exactly NO say in what the speed limits are. They do not set them.

Also, contrary to your assumptions, I think you'd most likely find that most officers do not regularly write tickets to those who are within 5 over, or simply following a reasonable flow of traffic. This is going to be different for each individual officer, however.

Thank you

Bonus question: Do you every give people in beaters breaks? I drive a beater. I cant afford to pay for tickets. And i really cant afford not to pay it.

Bonus answer: No. Do not speed if you cannot afford to pay for the ticket.

/r/ProtectAndServe Thread