Kopis
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i still say Zimmerman should have shot the gas tank after he rescued everyone and carried the whole family off on his shoulders!
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George Zimmerman’s heroic car crash rescue appears to be a fraud – Updated
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WalkingWolf
Regular Member
Zimmerman needs to stop doing things that puts his name back in the media. The man while innocent is not very bright.
EMNofSeattle
Regular Member
doing things? he got stopped for a little speeding and released with a warning? how in the hell is that something you're trying to get in the media for?
WalkingWolf
Regular Member
Last time I checked it is very easy not to get stopped for speeding. While many people do it, they are not in the position that GZ is. It was stupid of him to speed. I have not been stopped for speeding in over 30 years, in fact the only time I have been stopped has been for routine DOT roadside inspections. I drive the speed limit, it is not a hard thing to do.
EMNofSeattle
Regular Member
Well I m glad that you're the little road cherub who does no wrong....
That's not relevant here...
WalkingWolf
Regular Member
Actually it is, you made the claim about speeding, I countered with it is easy not to speed. Very easy.
FreeInAZ
Regular Member
You are kidding right? Most Uhmerikan's have never seen a cruise control switch and think the turn signal stick is just there to hang cool beads and roach clips from....
Let alone have the focus to maintain a legal speed...just saying...SQUIRREL! Wish I was just kidding, but humor is often based in reallity.
WalkingWolf
Regular Member
You are kidding right? Most Uhmerikan's have never seen a cruise control switch and think the turn signal stick is just there to hang cool beads and roach clips from....
Wish I was just kidding, but humor is often based in reallity.
I can't even begin to count the number of times other drivers have given me the one finger salute for driving the limit. BUT when driving a truck weighing close to 80,000 pounds a few miles a hour can make a dramatic difference on fuel consumption. And it is one less reason for DOT to stop and delay you on your route. A half hour delay even without a ticket can cost you a couple hundred dollars. I don't drive commercial anymore, but then I am never in a hurry.
EMNofSeattle
Regular Member
and many jurisdictions do not ticket speeding for 5 to 10 over the limit on the highway.....
and many people do speed, so that's not a special thing you're trying to grab attention for.
WalkingWolf
Regular Member
I don't care!
It is still illegal and a choice, nobody is forced to break the speed limit. In his circumstances it is STUPID.
EMNofSeattle
Regular Member
wrong, it's a civil infraction not a crime......
my guess is you're probably the old guy who does 55 on a two lane highway and never yields to passing traffic.... or does 60 in the left hand lane......
in fact in some cases people who "obey" the speed limit are putting others in greater danger then if they bump up to the accepted 85th percentile speed.
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eye95
Well-known member
It is still illegal. There is a law that prohibits driving over the speed limit. Doing so violates that law. And that is the definition of illegal.
Besides, does any of this hair-splitting address WW's point, or does it mask it?
On another point: Doesn't accepting the 85th %-ile theory mean you are accepting the 15% who drive over that limit? If they were somehow forced to drive at the 85th, that would then force the 85th down, and they'd be speeding again. The only thing the 85th would be good for is finding a good speed at which to set the limit--and that would only work on a road that does not yet have a limit.
Folks who speed should just admit that they do and be willing to accept the consequences for it. I set the cruise on the highway at five over. That is faster than some and slower than others. I don't feel that I am impeding others, yet I am not being reckless. It is generally, IMO, the safest speed at which to travel. I am willing to accept and pay any tickets I get, which, BTW, I have never gotten in almost forty years of driving.
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Besides, does any of this hair-splitting address WW's point, or does it mask it?
On another point: Doesn't accepting the 85th %-ile theory mean you are accepting the 15% who drive over that limit? If they were somehow forced to drive at the 85th, that would then force the 85th down, and they'd be speeding again. The only thing the 85th would be good for is finding a good speed at which to set the limit--and that would only work on a road that does not yet have a limit.
Folks who speed should just admit that they do and be willing to accept the consequences for it. I set the cruise on the highway at five over. That is faster than some and slower than others. I don't feel that I am impeding others, yet I am not being reckless. It is generally, IMO, the safest speed at which to travel. I am willing to accept and pay any tickets I get, which, BTW, I have never gotten in almost forty years of driving.
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OC for ME
Regular Member
Rationalizing a unlawful act because everybody else is doing it. Typical entitlement mindset of the liberals and liberal-lite. The only reason I speed is because the speedometer reads 55 and the road construction radar gun says 56, but I ain't telling anyone this little tidbit.
georg jetson
Regular Member
If it is "civil", then it would be an unlawful stop. One can only be lawfully detained for suspicion of a CRIME.
georg jetson
Regular Member
If his intent was to lay low, speeding was most definitely stupid.
sudden valley gunner
Regular Member
I used to have a heavy foot, after several harrassments by PD for OC, it became a habit to be within the tolerable limitations, Z was an idiot for realizing he wasn't on PD's radar.
At one time not sure if the law is still worded how it was before but you could get a ticket for going the speed limit if you were delaying 5 or more other motorist.
On the freeway I average around 4-6 over, I have noticed setting my cruise control on exactly the speed limit makes cops notice you. Dale Evans in his book Arrest Proof Yourself said something similar too.
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Or a local yokel speed trap/money makin' machine.
Citizen
Founder's Club Member
I didn't know Roy Rogers' wife wrote a book about police. And, bad on you for calling her a him.
I think you meant Dale Carson?
Maybe just one cup of strongly coffee a day?
Freedom1Man
Regular Member
In Washington, there are both kinds, most speeding tickets are 'civil' and the judges act as the prosecutor in court unless you've filed extra paperwork....