Super Speeder Law

[Lankhoss]

One big difference, dude, in your theory. This new add on is for a an already established criminal offense. So making an already criminal offense a little more sever is cool to me. The two examples you gave are not even remotely laws, let alone criminal offenses. Gay couples can either get married or they can't. The first example I really didn't get, lolol, so I can't comment. But you see what I'm saying? Just like burglary. If they decided this year to make it a mandatory 50 years for third offender burglars, I wouldn't care. I'm not a burglar. It's already a crime that they are just stiffening penalties for. Later, QD.

I usually try to use a very extreme example to get my point across.

I find that speeding is such a gray area, because it's only a "crime" SIMPLY because a law states you're not supposed to be doing it. There really isn't any FACTUAL evidence that backs up the need for speed limits. American highways have always suffered higher fatalities per year than the Autobahn does, and people are doing over 150mph on that highway on a daily basis. If I steal, there's no argument...the crime was committed. There was something that somebody else owned, and now I own it without there being a legal transaction. If I kill someone, they are dead...period. Speeding, on the other hand.......isn't actually "criminal" until it becomes the cause of an accident. If I am doing 100mph on I-285 with no other traffic around, I'm not ACTUALLY committing a crime....other than the fact that there's a rule that says I shouldn't do that. You take into account that traffic violations can be so easily jacked up depending on who your judge, cop, prosecutor, etc are.......that it does infuriate me to see a statewide un-constitutional ammendment that will simply make more money for those who pocket the fines.

It's such a crooked and inconsistent system to begin with, and it does make me mad to see it become even MORE corrupt.

[quickdodge®]

I usually try to use a very extreme example to get my point across.

I find that speeding is such a gray area, because it's only a "crime" SIMPLY because a law states you're not supposed to be doing it. There really isn't any FACTUAL evidence that backs up the need for speed limits. American highways have always suffered higher fatalities per year than the Autobahn does, and people are doing over 150mph on that highway on a daily basis. If I steal, there's no argument...the crime was committed. There was something that somebody else owned, and now I own it without there being a legal transaction. If I kill someone, they are dead...period. Speeding, on the other hand.......isn't actually "criminal" until it becomes the cause of an accident. If I am doing 100mph on I-285 with no other traffic around, I'm not ACTUALLY committing a crime....other than the fact that there's a rule that says I shouldn't do that. You take into account that traffic violations can be so easily jacked up depending on who your judge, cop, prosecutor, etc are.......that it does infuriate me to see a statewide un-constitutional ammendment that will simply make more money for those who pocket the fines.

It's such a crooked and inconsistent system to begin with, and it does make me mad to see it become even MORE corrupt.

Being that you can be arrested for speeding, I believe it is considered a criminal act. I would think so anyway, but...... lolol.

I see what you mean and understand what you're saying completely. I can't argue your points. But as crooked as the system is (using your words because I don't know), it's one we have to live in until it is changed by whomever. So that's what I do. I abide by the rules that are given out to me. This isn't a law that is a personal invasion of privacy, so I don't worry about it. Therefore I don't worry about the higher fines associated with it.

I will agree with you, though, that I hate to see the country in about 10-20 years. It almost makes me sad to have brought children into this world with the way it shaping up. I hate to think of what they will be inheriting from us. Later, QD.