Sorry Mark, the way to fix it is to set all the speed limits at the 85th
percentile speed rounded up to the next 5 mph increment and ticket
anyone going 5 over that. That way the vast majority of drivers will be
utilizing a speed limit that is comfortable, and the serious speeders
will stand out like a sore thumb. There is no speed enforcement
technology that is accurate to .5 mph in the field. You gotta give a
wider margin.
Speed limits today are politically set for the most part and have no
relationship with science or safety. Follow the money.
Jon Rush
"Mark J. Andy" wrote:
> In my mind, the fix for this is to raise the speed limit 5mph and start
> ticketing anyone that's .01 mph over the new limit. Publicised correctly,
> it'd have a positive effect on the populous, and the whole "the cop didn't
> like me" thing would get tossed away. If we continue to rely so heavily
> on the cop's judgement (and don't get me wrong, at some level we'll need
> to, just not as much as we currently do), there will always be accusations
> of impropriety (some founded, some unfounded).
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