Originally Posted by
maxine
Yeah, I've always been bothered by this logical inconsistency. I will freely admit to busting the speed limits on interstates and limited access highways on a pretty regular basis (although I'm never doing 100 and weaving in and out of lanes of heavy traffic.) And I would not for one second whine about it if I got pulled over -- that self-righteous "But I was just keeping up with traffic!" or "But he was going slower than me
//ahem, but still above the speed limit// in the left lane!" crap cuts no ice with me. At all.
But I am absolutely inflexible about never speeding in neighborhoods, not ever, and not even a little bit. If it says 25, I'm going 25, and the guy behind me can tailgate and honk to his heart's content. The risk of some little kid darting out, or something else unexpected happening, is just too high. Two nights ago, driving home in the dark on the little roads in my neighborhood, twice I was barely able to see people who were out for a stroll, wearing dark clothing. If I had been careening around the turns at 10-15 mph over the speed limit, I could have easily hit and seriously injured one of them. Which, penalty-wise, should be a whole different ball of wax from, say, doing 65 on an empty Route 100 at 11:30 p.m. on a weeknight.
I basically agree. The same can be said about some bike paths, too many unsafely speed on those paths, that's why I stick to the roads.
Here in Fl they are trying to pass a law which would allow LEO to ticket drivers that clog the roads by driving in the "fast/passing lane", even if they are driving at the speed limit. The last time they passed this Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed it because he said it punishes law-abiding drivers, which it does. But now we have a new Gov, so they're trying it again.
It's been my observation that you're safer going the speed of the traffic (on the major roadways) than going the speedlimit. Even the cops openly speed. But it's one of my pet peeves not to speed around towns/neighborhoods, regardless of who I'm pissing off.
BTW, I have pissed off cops before that was stuck behind me doing the speedlimit on residential roads...that's some sorry sh*t. It was also in Oxon hill, Md.