Don't do that if you live in Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland. That will land you in prison if you're lucky. If not you'll be the next Rodney King.
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Don't do that if you live in Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland. That will land you in prison if you're lucky. If not you'll be the next Rodney King.
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I didn't really pay attention to the title and so I must've just though Swiss = Europe = €.
There's a speed trap on my street. The speed limit on the street is 35mph, but when the cops nab somebody they'll peel out from their hiding spot and drive flat-out till they catch up with the speeder. I'd estimate that they sometimes hit 60-70mph. They certainly exceed 50mph. There's no excuse for that when all you're doing is going after a speeding ticket in a residential area. It's reckless. Residents have complained, and sometimes they tone it down for a while but they eventually get back into the habit. I feel like it's only a matter of time before it causes an accident.
As an aside, here in the USA it's not all that uncommon for State Troopers or Highway Patrol officers to issue tickets to local police they catch driving recklessly (or breaking any other law for that matter). On the one hand that's a good thing, but the staties themselves have a reputation for being cowboys who'd pull their own mother over.
And in the 2 or 3 extra minutes that car could kill a child.
Please give some credit to police officers being professional drivers, and not your run of the mill hacks.
My point was, if they are nabbing people for driving 45 in a 35 (ostensibly because it is dangerous), isn't it counterproductive to accelerate flat-out up to 50+ mph to go get them?
Most are "professional" drivers. Some are not. They have a tough job to do, but it's only fair to hold them to a higher standard of behavior.
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Switzerland has its own currency, the Swiss Franc.
It's not part of the Eurozone.
I give credit for police officers protecting the citizens, not when they are creating a danger. No matter how "Professional" of a driver you are, it is reckless for excessive speeding down a residential area. I see many kids and even babies play around in their front yards and occasionally they'll accidentally throw a ball onto the street. How do you think a "Professional" driver would react to that situation? The answer, the same as any other driver. There's no way to brake in time.
So far, only the CHP (Here in California) has defensive driving training. The regular city and county officers only have basic driving training, almost similar to what everyone else gets with a bit more evasive techniques.
I've personally done high performance driving and racing courses before. I know what is safe and what is not, similar to a cop's training. And no where, ever, in a million years, is driving 50+ mph in a residential area, in the afternoon, when kids are playing outside, considered safe.
Progressive fines?!? wth?
Fines are used for generating revenue. Progressive fines, progressive taxation or progressive anything is a completely horrible idea. It always leads to entitlements on the low end which is nothing more than a sugar coated way to identify bottom-up greed.
Fines are used for generating revenue. Progressive fines, progressive taxation or progressive anything is a completely horrible idea. It always leads to entitlements on the low end which is nothing more than a sugar coated way to identify bottom-up greed.
I like the way the Germans do it. The monetary amounts of speeding fines are IMO fairly tame, but what puts teeth in the law is license suspensions, which are given for violations starting at 31kph over the posted limit in built-up areas (or 41kph over on highways), and range from 1-3 months duration. A pretty powerful deterent, and one that is used liberally--I know quite a few people here who've lost their license for at least a month!
Makes a lot of sense. To be honest, I'm quite impressed by a lot of aspects of Germany (solar adoption rate, standard of living, etc.)
As for the fine, I'm fine with a fine based on your assets so long as it is no overly punitive (for example, a day's income is a basic metric).