Unfortunately True..

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

SSI, the best way is to not get accused in the first place, hint, hint.

p.s. I refuse to go more than 9 MPH over the speed limit. Most of the time I go 5 to 7 over on the interstate, in good driving conditions.

Question - why is it that the law, for the most part, turns a blind eye to speeders that speed b/t 5 - 9 over the speed limit? We don't see our DNR letting people off for a fish that is 1 millimeter too short or 1 fish over the bag limit? This seems really really backwards to me. Speeding can cause loss of life, your own and/or other innocent lives. Poaching can cause unsustainable wildlife shortages. Obviously the one that involves loss of life should be more strict and more heavily enforced.

Solution: Let the state HWP trade places with DNR. Our roads become safer and SAFMC's dumb @ss laws won't be as strictly enforced.

Blue, you're looking at it the wrong way.. What you really should be saying is "Why is there a speed limit in the first place"??? Think about it.. Where in the constitution does it say anything about speeders getting fines? Hell, where does it even mention speeders? Where does it say that driving is a privilage, not a guarantee? The fact is we've let the "lawmakers" of this land make law after law after law limiting what we can and cannot do, all in the name of "Safety"... Well, here's a news flash for everyone... SPEEDING DOES NOT CAUSE ACCIDENTS.. Yes, if you get into an accident at a higher speed the chances are that you'll recieve a more serious injury, but the act of speeding itself doesn't cause the accident. Survey after survey has found that you are just as likely to get into an accident at 30 mph as you are to get into one at 70.

I work for a very successful real estate development company. I take ckecks to various towns all the time to pay for building premits, electrical permits, plumbing premits, occupancy premits, elevator permits, permit permits, just about any kind of permit you can think of... We pay hundreds of thousands of dollars just for permits in order to build a warehouse. Permits are nothing but cash cows for towns... In 1934 my grandfather built his homd in Belleville, NJ. That home sold 5 years ago when my uncle died for over $600,000. My grandfather did not need a single permit in order to build the house. My point of this rant is that unless we, the people, start electing people that think like we do, we are doomed to forever being ruled by an elite class that think they know more than we do and make lots of laws to protect us from ourselves. Most times completely unnecessarly. The fishing bans are a great example.