Smoken D Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Saw this and really cracked me up. Especially as a retired cop SPEEDING? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I'm broke-They'll have to pay me with that so-call rational for fines. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 That's insanity. "From each, according to their means, to each, according to their needs" I hate Marksism, socialism, communism, whatever you want to call it. It's ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I think NASCAR already has a plan for that, Lumpy I'm broke-They'll have to pay me with that so-call rational for fines. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 I'm broke-They'll have to pay me with that so-call rational for fines. OLG Yea, that is what I thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Speed Checked By Air in Finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boulder Canyon Bob# 32052L Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 It's not about safety, it's about revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Howdy, What would a $200 fine mean to anyone with that income? For some folks $200 is a disaster. If it was me, I would be considering other places to live. Or, just get a driver and not worry about it at all...... What I get a kick out of is the RED LIGHT FINES in Chicago. Word is the mayor is a big backer of this BUT his crew regularly blows thru red lights. I guess its safe if you are mayor? Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 OR ( this is a novel idea) DONT SPEED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Not speed?! What's the fun in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Not speed?! What's the fun in that? The fun is you don't leave a grieving family. I consider that a benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 How exactly is it they know how much money you make or have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Chains Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Don't speed is a good answer if the speed limit is reasonable, it frequntly isn't. Mostly speeding fines or add ons are for revenue not safety. Here in Georgia if you are 15 or more over the limit that is a $600 add on and was added a few years ago to raise money. The problem is that large sections of interstate are set artificially low and the state rakes in the cash on those they catch. I can tell you from personal experience that almost all the traffic on I285 is running 75 or better most of the day. The only time the cops are pulling over folks is when they need to meet whatever quota has been set for them. My 2¢ (or 30,000¢ if you are paying the $600 add on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 How exactly is it they know how much money you make or have? They probaly have a data base, like the IRS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Mathewson, 37826 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Sounds like the US income tax code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Jus spreading the wealth around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Speed limits are the law. No different than stealing or ignoring the Constitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 At work i tell them ther isn't anywhere I need to get to fast.I also get paid by the hour.So whats the hurry... LARGO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Oh yeah .In my 64 years I have never gotten a speeding ticket.I have been stopped but never got a speeding ticket LARGO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudgeBagodonuts Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Have friends from Finland. If you make over a certain amount (used to be about $100,000), your tax rate went over 50%. When it got really high (over $1m), it reached 90%. The speeder was correct to note that high income individuals are being chased from the country due to taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolling Stone Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Speed limits are the law. No different than stealing or ignoring the Constitution. That is an observation I made when the US went to 55 mph speed limits on the national level. They can't catch everybody was my take away on that. I believe that one law made more of us criminals than any other. Plus we discovered other things that we had been lawful enough to obey. Much the same as using the outlawed green tip ammo. I guess there are outlaws and lawmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Actually, one minor point is that speed limits are not technically laws, but regulations. That's why the penalties are civil fines not incarceration. Speeding does not give you a criminal record. "Regulations" are the bane of our society. While speed limits are necessary, the process can be abused, and fequently is, like so many government regulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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