It's not as obvious as you'd think. The potential is there, but there has always been potential anytime any law restricting any freedoms is passed. Fighting for freedom and being wary of corruption is great, but I don't see the advantage of impeding safety measures because of future events that may or may not happen, and are still preventable anyways.Originally posted by dansmith11
i dont see whats so hard to grasp about this concept, if you make punishments extremely harsh for one crime, its only a matter of time until that same prinicple is applied to other crimes, and eventually it will be applied to something that affects you or your family/friends, and then you wont be sitting here saying, just dont break the law and everything will be fine. obviously this isnt a process that happens over night, and obviously im not saying to abolish all laws. but the potential is there for this to spread to other things, and if that doesnt concern people then its almost guranteed to happen. There has to be a voice against it, or the government ends up with more and more power. look at how things are going in the US right now. More and more freedoms are being infringed upon for the sake of safety. if you dont draw the line somewhere, it just keeps going.
There are many times when these people will be risking other peoples lives. And as has been said before, it's unfortunate that cautious speeders have to be lumped in with the idiots, but that's life. The reason they are making this law across the board is because once you start including arbitrary things like "how clear was it, was there any obstructuctions that could have changed things, what kind of car is it, how fast can it stop, etc", you have a judicial clusterfuck of people bringing "facts" showing why their supped up Camaro is fully capable of amazing driving feats, or having to full discect the exact stretch of highway.Originally posted by dansmith11
and as for this law specifically. im not saying its not a crime and its not stupid, im not even saying they shouldnt raise the fines. (although license suspensions would make a LOT more sense if you want to actually make poeple stop speeding and not just collect some cash) what im saying is they went too far, and the way the law is written you have cops with the power to hand out a 10k fine and potentially ruin someones life for doing 50 over on an empty road with no other people around to injure.
im all for harsh punishments if your risking other peoples lives, but if your not. then i dont think its right to have a punishment that harsh. its the way the law is written that gives it too much power.
All far too much work and far too prone to abuse when at the end of the day it's all wrong to some degree, and completely unavoidable.
Have you seen how many people get killed each year because someone decides to drive at ridiculous speeds? People are dying because of the conscious decisions of someone speeding. That's a lot closer to murder than a $10,000 fine is to lopping off someones hands for stealing.Originally posted by dansmith11
and last but not least, you keep calling everyone retarded for comparing this law to other things saying we are all dumb and its like comparing apples to nuclear bombs, and yet you have compared speeding to murder in more then one of your posts.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.Originally posted by dansmith11
so if we are all retarded. so are you. your also kind of a dick cuz you cant just debate something without calling people idiots. so even if i am retarded, your a retarded dick head. so i still got one up on you.
in closing. i win.
Originally posted by dansmith11
(and lighten up man, you dont have to call people idiots for having a different opinion then you)
As far as me calling people idiots, I do so because that is pretty much the norm around here. I learned from the best.