Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - Fuck speed limits, fuck tickets, and fuck quota day (no, I didn't get pulled over)

liquidlight · 04-28-2005, 11:32 AM

I've got a technological argument against most speed limits.

First off, I don't speed in active school zone, and rarely in residential areas, and there are many reasons for this. That said, the highway and freeway limits are completely ridiculous.

These limits were created centered around vehicles and technologies that no longer exist on the modern roadways, the original 55 mph speed limit was to conserve oil for crying out loud! With the addition of federally mandated airbags, crumple zones, ABS systems, lighter vehicles, refined manufacturing, and several other smaller points cars are independently safer and more qualified for high speeds than ever. The limitation to his are the older cars that are in dire need of repair.

Traffic tickets as a means of revenue generation, hell even vehicle registration fees for the most part, has always galled me since it is simply one more way that the government is milking us for more money because of their own unethical and inept practices.

Where I live it's gone so far that the patrolling officers that are supposedly "creating a safer environment through deterence" are such a distraction that they cause traffic jams and even accidents. Nothing like that particular moron that slams from 90 to 65 and crossed 2 lanes in an effort to not get noticed by the cop, regardless of who he just cut off/ran off the road.

However, the simple fact remains that there is a massive and measurable amount of what boils down to disposable income for the governments in enforcing these regulations which equates to the incontravertible truth that they're not going away. No politician is going to willing give up any money, especially not money that comes with the convenient excuse of "they broke the law, they asked for it."

04-28-2005, 11:32 AM	#35 (permalink)
liquidlight AHH! Custom Title!! Location: The twisted warpings of my brain.	I've got a technological argument against most speed limits. First off, I don't speed in active school zone, and rarely in residential areas, and there are many reasons for this. That said, the highway and freeway limits are completely ridiculous. These limits were created centered around vehicles and technologies that no longer exist on the modern roadways, the original 55 mph speed limit was to conserve oil for crying out loud! With the addition of federally mandated airbags, crumple zones, ABS systems, lighter vehicles, refined manufacturing, and several other smaller points cars are independently safer and more qualified for high speeds than ever. The limitation to his are the older cars that are in dire need of repair. Traffic tickets as a means of revenue generation, hell even vehicle registration fees for the most part, has always galled me since it is simply one more way that the government is milking us for more money because of their own unethical and inept practices. Where I live it's gone so far that the patrolling officers that are supposedly "creating a safer environment through deterence" are such a distraction that they cause traffic jams and even accidents. Nothing like that particular moron that slams from 90 to 65 and crossed 2 lanes in an effort to not get noticed by the cop, regardless of who he just cut off/ran off the road. However, the simple fact remains that there is a massive and measurable amount of what boils down to disposable income for the governments in enforcing these regulations which equates to the incontravertible truth that they're not going away. No politician is going to willing give up any money, especially not money that comes with the convenient excuse of "they broke the law, they asked for it." __________________ Halfway to hell and picking up speed.