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Originally Posted by Bill14564
For those that are in strong support for cracking down on speeding, just what are you personally willing to be ticketed for?
- Driving 65 in a 35? I imagine we all could agree on that
- Driving 40 up the south section of Morse between 44 and 466?
- Driving 23 in a circle?
- Driving 32 on Pinellas? Would you truly accept that you were being unsafe at two miles over the limit?
Anecdote: The local authorities in another state lowered the speed limits in a community from 30 to 25. They didn't do this because 27 had become an unsafe speed, they did this so the ticket at 32 was now seven mph over the limit rather than 2 mph over and had a better chance of holding up in traffic court. Are our roads marked at the maximum safe speed or was the speed chosen for some other reason?
I personally support reasonable speed limits and reasonable traffic enforcement. The problem, of course, is everyone has a different idea of what "reasonable" is.
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If you don't agree with the speed limits get them changed but don't make your own limits. The limits were set for a reason you may not understand but the traffic engineers do!