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It's his own fault he got that ticket
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Oh please, the traffic laws in this country (US) are not designed to promote safety but rather to raise revenue and control people. Speeding is not an inherently dangerous activity! Driving drunk or stupid is, but speeding is not.
The best way to stick it to the man in these situations is to fight the ticket as hard as you can in court. Yes it will cost you money, and you'll probably lose, but as long as the man can make money off tickets he will continue to issue them. Only when enough people jam up the court system fighting these bullshit charges will the man stop to reconsider. I know it's a tough call to make sometimes, that's why cops often lower the speeding charge to a lesser charge (failure to obey traffic control device anyone?), because they know you are less likely to fight the lower charge. That equals money in their pocket. Traffic citations justify a whole ridculous judicial system that only exists to perpetuate itself. Traffic safety is not an issue! If the government gave a shit about safety (and really believed that speeding was dangerous) they would require governors to be installed on all cars. That they don't means either:
a. They recognize that there is no causitive link between speeding and harm, and want the revenue such citations bring in, or
b. They actually want you to die.
Before this gets too hateful please understand that I am sure there are some great cops out there who hold high ideals and uphold the law, doing their very best to protect and serve.
But there are also some real scumbags out there. We've all seen COPS! on TV where the cops are shown in a positive light, but there are other videos out there, that will never appear on television. I remember seeing one during a poli-sci course in college. Internal Affairs had hidden a camera in an interrogation room to watch the cops question people. The shit these cops pulled, not just physical abuse (although there was plenty of that) but serious intimidation.
"Confess, or we'll arrest your mother." I remember seeing that and just thinking, what a fucking scumbag to threaten this schmuck's mother. I admit I don't know if the suspect was in on kiddie porn or drug smuggling or whatever, but that is still an incredibly uncool way to treat people.
There are just as many fucking assholes in the police department as there are anywhere else, wearing a badge doesn't make them moral and right.
Anyway, sorry about the rant. And before you ask, yes, I got a speeding citation once in the past that suspended my license for a month and I am still bitter about it.