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From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies
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Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2014-02-28, Liam O'Connor wrote:
>> On 28 Feb 2014 16:58:50 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>
>>> So your solution is to change nothing. Got it.
>>
>> You have to remember, there are already a dozen or so laws that legislate
>> unsafe driving (e.g., reckless driving, unsafe lane changes, crossing the
>> imaginary barrier, speeding, unsafe weaving, not staying in your lane,
>> etc.), each of which probably contributes to an accident in one out of a
>> few thousand cases.
>>
>> (That is, you can make an unsafe lane change about a thousand times before
>> it causes an accident - these are guesstimates to help you understand the
>> point that we already legistlate possibly unsafe actions.)
>>
>> Would adding another two dozen laws for specific acts where only one in
>> five hundred thousand cause an accident make any difference?
>>
>> (Here, I assume using a cellphone to make a phone call contributes to
>> acccidents in something like one out of a half-million cases.)
>>
>> We can argue about the statisticks, but the answer is obvious.
> The problem with existing laws is they aren't reliably enforced. In many
> states in the U.S., for instance, it's common to see many drivers
> exceeding the speed limit (sometimes in excess of 10+ miles over the
> limit), and even when a police officer is driving amongst them, no stops
> are made.
That's because speed limits exist for one reason, and one reason only:
revenue generation.
If a non-traffic cop writes speeding tickets, that screws up everyone's
quotas. If a traffic cop writes too many speeding tickets, that screws
up everyone's quota.
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