OK, so being that there are a good amount of cops here, and this is one of my biggest pet peaves, and I encounter it literally every week of my life, multiple times most weeks, I gotta ask...
Why is it that like 99 time out of a 100 a cop will pull over a car going (as an example) 5 miles over the limit to ticket them, but they pretty much never ticket the people going 10 miles UNDER the limit.
It is the people driving significantly under the speed limits that pose a danger to others, as they cause others to tailgate them in long lines and swerve around them. (studies have come to the same conclusion, and groups have pushed for higher speed limits as a result)
This bugs the shit out of me. The guy going 10 miles over the limit on the open road poses pretty much no risk to anyone, yet he is almost guaranteed to get a ticket if he drives past a cop. Whereas a person going 10 miles+ under the limit on a crowded road causes tailgating, huge lines of backups, people having to go around, traffic accidents, etc. and poses a MAJOR danger and risk, and yet they are pretty much never ticketed. CLEARLY they are impeding the flow of traffic, and yet, no ticket...pretty much ever. The guy going 10 over on an open country road, though? Ticket every time. Seems pretty ass backwards to me...
/rant
Why is it that like 99 time out of a 100 a cop will pull over a car going (as an example) 5 miles over the limit to ticket them, but they pretty much never ticket the people going 10 miles UNDER the limit.
It is the people driving significantly under the speed limits that pose a danger to others, as they cause others to tailgate them in long lines and swerve around them. (studies have come to the same conclusion, and groups have pushed for higher speed limits as a result)
This bugs the shit out of me. The guy going 10 miles over the limit on the open road poses pretty much no risk to anyone, yet he is almost guaranteed to get a ticket if he drives past a cop. Whereas a person going 10 miles+ under the limit on a crowded road causes tailgating, huge lines of backups, people having to go around, traffic accidents, etc. and poses a MAJOR danger and risk, and yet they are pretty much never ticketed. CLEARLY they are impeding the flow of traffic, and yet, no ticket...pretty much ever. The guy going 10 over on an open country road, though? Ticket every time. Seems pretty ass backwards to me...
/rant