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Originally Posted by raqball
  
Speeding is very dangerous... It's a proven FACT that reaction time and stopping distance is greatly increased with every MPH added...
Perhaps you should have visited some of the horrific car accidents that I responded to where speed was the primary factor in the accident...
Dead children and decapitated drivers are NOT a pretty sight...
Speed DOES kill, maim, and cripple thousands every year....
Most officers will not even give you a second look if you are under 10mph over the posted speed limit... (ie 49 in a 40).... If tickets were purely for generating funds, you'd be written for 1 mph over..... |
Case in point, in Illinois the fine for speeding from 1mph to 20mph over is the same, $120, no construction zone or other charges. That's it. No court costs or other fees, unless you choose court supervision. (of course other jurisdictions might apply things) If I was sent out purposely to generate revenue only, I would start writing at about 5-7 over. As it sits, I don't start until 11 over, unless it's a construction zone and people are working, then it starts at about 7 over, and that is for the worker's safety.
As to the technique, if an officer has done it long enough, he/she will wait for the car they want and then hit it. Their eyes will tell them which car(s) is speeding and when to nail it. Will it alert other detectors around? Yep. But then again, chances are, he/she has already locked the vehicle they were wanting anyway. So those detectors are still fairly useless, IMHO, as the officer wasn't
gunning from them anyway.