🚀 go-pugleaf

E. Faubion wrote:
> 
> Brian Varine <Witch*Dr@usa.nobulkemail.net> wrote:
> 
> >I visited your page and noticed the following link to this:
> >http://members.tripod.com/~ctx1/driving/
> >Now heres an example of a LEO
> 
> He's not a LEO.  And the applet is for illustrative purposes only,
> however it does pretty well illustrate a number of crashes that have
> actually happened.  About the only thing on it I disagree with is the
> speeder usually plow into the other vehicle rather than spinning off
> the road but both scenarios have happened so it's a reasonably fair
> representation.

How about your International Network of Collision Reconstructionists? A
organization formed 2 years ago and hosted by none other than Laser
Technologies, the people who make laser speed guns and owned (50%) by
GEICO Insurance. Hardly an unbiased source. They want to make speed the
enemy so they can sell more guns.


> Driver A pulls onto the cross street and Driver B is speeding toward
> him.   Crash!   Who's fault?  Both?  Based on court decisions, yes.
> Had each driver obeyed the law there would be no crash.  The only time
> I've seen a single driver found at fault in instances like this is
> when Driver A is traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, then he
> and he alone gets tagged for the whole show.

Yes, but this is a two lane road where most accidents occur not on the
freeway. Freeways are controlled access, people just don't pull out. I
don't think anyone is saying there shouldn't be ANY limits, but for
freeways, it should be reasonable and prudent (in rural areas of course)

> 
> >I wouldn't explain anything to the officer. I'm sure he's already made
> >up his mind as to my getting a ticket.
> 
> Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  Attitude plays a tremendous role in
> determing whether a traffic stop results in a verbal warning, a
> written warning, a no-point cite or a full blown cite.  Oh sure, if I
> see someone doing 80 in a 50 it's a ticket no matter what, but for the
> guy doing 12 over maybe I'll give him a break and maybe I won't.

How about 80 in a 65 out in the middle of nowhere? 
 
> >I'll leave any explaining for court. 
> A wise decision.

Yes, this way the cop will not remember me because all he can remember
is the asshole driver that chewed him out after he tagged me. THe few
tickets I've had the officer had a hard time remembering the incident
and the facts surrounding it and tried to wing it.