I mean seriously can you spend more time and energy locking up the real criminals!!!! I forgot about a ticket that is a YEAR OLD, and now I have a extra violation charge added on to my fine, and could be facing jail time just for a gotdamn SPEEDING TICKET...
2007-11-09 05:56:49 · 28 answers · asked by mentalchallenge 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You people SUCK!! The fines that they have for minor traffic violations are ridiculous! Name 1 person who DOESN'T SPEED on a open highway traveling across state. Going through Georgia to Florida is NO TRAFFIC, just a long OPEN HIGHWAY - - get over it I was barely pushing 75!!! That's 15 miles over the speed limit...
2007-11-09 06:16:19 · update #1
The solution is easy......you can drive the speed limit...if you choose not to do that you can pay the fine....if you dont want to do either...then you get to go to jail.
The law doesnt say...... "Its OK to speed because evryone does it", nor does it say "Speed limit is 65 unless there is no traffic on a straight road"....... I speed myself, but also realize if I get caught its gonna cost me....... after hearing a few stories about the fines ive definately slowed down
2007-11-09 06:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I always love to hear people say how the police are doing such a Fine Job....but when that "fine job" entails YOU, the entire scenario changes and the cops are "screwed up", never fails.
Unsafe driving may, at times, constitute an infraction punishable by a fine; sometimes an arrest can be made for reckless driving.
If your driving 47 in a 25 you CANNOT be arrest unless it is shown as "reckless" a misdo crime; 99% of the time you will get a simple ticket and pay a fine for it; IN THE EVENT you hit a kid, or anyone at 47 MPH allow me to tell you how it goes, never mind the fine or your jail time...: the impact usualy breaks Both Femars, the primary legs bones, in neck injuries are common when the impact whiplashes the spine and severs the spinal cord, the head usualy impacts the hood as the body folds forward and tossed some 100 feet; nothing ever works the same after that...
And you can ***** about the police catching "real criminals"?
Your pissed because you got caught, you could care less about anyone else but yourself and it clearly shows.
A " real criminal" migh be a bank robber? Ok, they take $25,000 and flee, a big chase, they get caught....and the public see's it as the police saving the day...
In fact, the first 30 minutes for the kid in emergency room cost well over the $25000 the police "saved"...yet, the kid is still a mess.
You need to mature some and see the world for what it really is. Let the police pick and choose what task they need to do as most are hard working with the publics interest in mind.
2007-11-09 06:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Adonai 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think an on-the-spot fine is a possible outcome for this offence (though I'm not entirely sure), however there are two reasons why this might not be possible. The first reason is that the crime might be reported by a member of the public, or caught on CCTV. This would mean the fine couldn't be on-the-spot. The second reason is that if people are commiting this crime, they are often drunk and/or leary and probably unwilling to listen to a reasoned argument from a copper. I think a court appearance and a criminal record is perfectly acceptable for this kind of behaviour. OK, if someone is caught short and has made an effort to hide behind a wall or a tree then it is a bit stern, but in many cases these are people who are blatantly peeing in the street. I once lived in the same house as someone who was caught urinating against the front door of Marks and Spencer. Who wants to clean that up? and who wants to have to use that door the following day? Others have been seen weeing on bus shelters or even against the windows of restaurants while people are eating an evening meal. If that's not anti-social behaviour, what is?
2016-05-28 23:20:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A waste of tax payers money.... as opposed to just not enforcing the law, you mean? No, I think it would cost tax payers a lot more if there were essentially no such thing as traffic laws.
You are dishonest when you whine "just because I got a speeding ticket," of course. The possibility of going to jail has nothing to do with getting a speeding ticket. It has to do with contempt of court, ignoring the ticket, telling the rest of us to go to hell because you're too good to have consequences for breaking the law.
2007-11-09 06:00:05 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew O 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You didn't get locked up for a traffic violation, you got locked up for contempt of court for not paying the traffic violation. There is a difference.
Not enforcing the laws defeats the purpose for having the laws.
2007-11-09 06:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The police would argue that the crime you are being arrested for isn't the traffic ticket, but for your failure to pay the fine or show up in court. In ignoring the ticket you escalate the crime, society cannot allow people to ignore even minor laws or else there would be disorder.
I don't completely buy that argument. Like you, I would rather the police spent more time on serious crimes.
2007-11-09 06:05:09 · answer #6 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
really the only thing the goverment should do is levy you with extra fines and a suspended license. jailtime for something of this magnitude is ABSURD.
yes this would be a waste of taypayer money.
if this government would rather put someone away for a TRAFFIC VIOLATION while we have pedophiles and rapists and mass-murderers still running amuck in this country, then i think someone in DC is smoking crack with their mayor again.
1st Amendment. Protected.
2007-11-09 06:07:10 · answer #7 · answered by almostuntitledbassist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't locking you up for a speeding ticket. They are locking you up because you didn't pay the fine in the first place. You owe them money, you didn't pay, you didn't go to court.
Just get a lawyer and you probably won't go to jail.
2007-11-09 06:03:21 · answer #8 · answered by Charles S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not your fault. Stupid laws. Why should you have to be responsible for driving safely and appearing in court when summoned.
It is however also a waste of tax payers money when we shell out disability payments to someone involved in an accident with a jackass who couldn't be bothered to drive by the rules. But hey, it's all about you.
2007-11-09 06:06:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You FORGOT a speeding violation?
An increased fine and jail time should improve your memory.
2007-11-09 06:09:44 · answer #10 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋