[Shotimes] 141 MPH Speeding Ticket

[Ron Childs]

Don-
I don't think that bjshov8 was actually complaining about all of the unfairness but
was, instead, summarizing the various responses. Each of the "unfairnesses" had a
corresponding story from a shotimer demonstrating that it sometimes happens. If life
were fair, then all of the unfortunate persons driving lesser vehicles could drive a
SHO (lucky us!)

-Ron Childs  '91


--- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> Don't take this as a flame, but most of your statements are 
> false.
> 
> bjshov8 wrote:
> > It's unfair that we set speed limits based on the worst drivers with the
> > worst cars.
> 
> 1.  Speed limits are NOT and never have been set based on 
> the worst drivers.  They are set for closer to the majority 
> of drivers/speeds.  If it was the worst, we would have 30 
> mph interstates.
> 
> > It's unfair that some officers use speed limits to exert their superiority
> > over the masses.
> 
> 2.  Yes some do, most do not.
> 
> > It's unfair that municipalities and insurance companies use speed limits to
> > boost their profits.
> 
> 3.  They have to have a way to separate the good drivers 
> from the bad ones.  I would rather the people that have the 
> wrecks, and do the speeding pay the highest bills than those 
> that are trying to abide by the rules.
> 
> > It's unfair that all problems with traffic get blamed on speeding or street
> > racing.
> 
> 4.  Not ALL problems are blamed on speeding or racing.  Just 
> one example, Illinois and a lot of states have Left Lane 
> bandit laws recognizing that slower cars are causing 
> problems too.  Facts are that speeding and street racing 
> cause a lot of problems, and are high profile.  But they 
> aren't the entire focus of law enforcement by any means.
> 
> > It's unfair that politicians and the media don't understand what driving is
> > about and what is and is not safe.
> 
> 5.  Many polititians and Media don't, but not all, many DO 
> recognize good driving and know what is safe, and what you 
> think that is and what they think that is is probably a lot 
> different.
> 
> > Did I miss anything?
> 
> 6.  Yes, you used absolutes to describe problems that can 
> not be defined by a blanket statement.  The point is that 
> you can't paint with that broad a brush and expect to be 
> taken seriously.
> 
> Does it SEEM sometimes like what you say is true?  Yes, but 
> if you pay attention and think about it, life is not even 
> close to that unfair unless you are ALWAYS doing the wrong 
> thing, and then you must expect to be caught a lot of the time.
> 
> Again, I am not flaming you, don't want to start any war, 
> buy just want you to think about what you are saying.  You 
> aren't just seeing the glass half empty (instead of half 
> full), you have busted the bottom out of the glass and see 
> NOTHING in it!  Lighten up, life isn't that unfair.  :)
> 
> Don Mallinson
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