We would not need any courts in a perfect world. No police officer mistakes in selecting the wrong driver and vehicle. Judge and Jury all in one person? That is unrealistic and defeats the purpose of having a judicial system. I was the victim of an Ulster County Police officer who perjured himself in court a few years back, so I have first hand experience with a failure of the judicial system. There are many fool-hardy drivers on our roads for sure, but each case is individual and not a cookie cutter approach of "guilty until prover innocent".
concerned driver - 10 years ago
There has to be more vigilence and severe penalties both for the safety of the speeder and innocents on the road with them. I teach and recently had a young student tell me she had gotten a ticket for doing 85 mph on Rt 55 (where the speed limit varies between 40 & 45 mph). Which brings to mind another disaster waiting to happen. Rt 55 has many schools with young students driving while texting, looking for coffee cups, speeding. AND THEN....there's the law that traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus. Rt 55 is 3 lanes each way with a divider. What is the probably that a distracted speeding driver is going to notice a stopped school bus 6 lanes away and then be able to avoid crashing into the poor law-abiding soul whose car is at a full stop ahead of them. Given the reality of reckless drivers, this is an insane and dangerous law. The probably of a child being able to run across 6 lanes of road into one's car is much less than someone getting rear-ended while stopping.
Mark Hoban - 10 years ago
Speed limits and receiving a ticket for such an offense are too arbitrary. I regularly drive the Taconic parkway , where the speed limit is 55 mph. During the weekday commute hours, its rare to see any police on that road, and the traffic is moving at 70 to 80 mph, especially where the TAC is 3 lanes. On the Weekend however, you see many more police, far less cars and a normal Saturday or Sunday would see 3-6 cars pulled over and the Traffic is moving 10 to 15 mph slower than during the week.
We would not need any courts in a perfect world. No police officer mistakes in selecting the wrong driver and vehicle. Judge and Jury all in one person? That is unrealistic and defeats the purpose of having a judicial system. I was the victim of an Ulster County Police officer who perjured himself in court a few years back, so I have first hand experience with a failure of the judicial system. There are many fool-hardy drivers on our roads for sure, but each case is individual and not a cookie cutter approach of "guilty until prover innocent".
There has to be more vigilence and severe penalties both for the safety of the speeder and innocents on the road with them. I teach and recently had a young student tell me she had gotten a ticket for doing 85 mph on Rt 55 (where the speed limit varies between 40 & 45 mph). Which brings to mind another disaster waiting to happen. Rt 55 has many schools with young students driving while texting, looking for coffee cups, speeding. AND THEN....there's the law that traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus. Rt 55 is 3 lanes each way with a divider. What is the probably that a distracted speeding driver is going to notice a stopped school bus 6 lanes away and then be able to avoid crashing into the poor law-abiding soul whose car is at a full stop ahead of them. Given the reality of reckless drivers, this is an insane and dangerous law. The probably of a child being able to run across 6 lanes of road into one's car is much less than someone getting rear-ended while stopping.
Speed limits and receiving a ticket for such an offense are too arbitrary. I regularly drive the Taconic parkway , where the speed limit is 55 mph. During the weekday commute hours, its rare to see any police on that road, and the traffic is moving at 70 to 80 mph, especially where the TAC is 3 lanes. On the Weekend however, you see many more police, far less cars and a normal Saturday or Sunday would see 3-6 cars pulled over and the Traffic is moving 10 to 15 mph slower than during the week.
Yes