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How is it even possible/practical to obey traffic laws? (lemmies.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Ocelot@lemmies.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I'm talking specifically about obeying the speed limit, doing a full stop at stop signs, etc. After receiving a speeding ticket for doing 53 in a 50, As an experiment I went a full day obeying all traffic laws 100% and it caused so much road rage. For example, there is a 2 lane road near me with a speed limit of 50 (where I got the ticket), traffic usually moves at about 60/65. There was a huge line of cars behind me and nowhere to pull over. As soon as an opening came up on the shoulder I was about to pull over and one of the cars behind me blew past me on the on the right blaring their horn. Then another truck passed me at the next opportunity and brake checked me. Both of these cars proceeded to run a red light about 1/4 mile ahead of me endangering others. By far the worst part of driving on this 2 lane road was the 25 mph work zone which is completely ignored by everyone else. It effectively resulted in me doing 25 mph in a "60" which is very dangerous.

Having needed to spend the entire day pulling over at every opportunity to let people pass I inevitably picked up a drill bit and got a flat tire.

Even matters as simple as stopping completely at a stop sign for 1 second cause immediate anger and dangerous behavior from other drivers.

What on earth are we expected to do? All I want is to avoid speeding tickets and drive safely.

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[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A ticket for 53 in a 50? Either you were using a GPS speedo instead of the mechanical one in the car or you were actually going faster than you thought.

Here in the UK speedometers are required to read fast and all speed cameras have 5mph dead zone to account for errors in the reading so doing 53mph on the speedo wouldn’t even set off a camera. Obviously idk about the US but it seems a bit stupid not to have a system similar to the UK one.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah that’s weirdly strict. In Florida, going 5mph over the limit means the only thing that cop can do is give you a “warning”. That effectively means it never happens because they aren’t going to waste their time on that (unless maybe you’re black or something like that).

In practice, most people go 10 over and cops don’t do anything about it unless it’s close to the end of the month and they haven’t met their quota yet.

[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Your system isn’t designed to extract as much capital as possible. It’s not the same.

[–] Ocelot@lemmies.world 2 points 1 year ago

My speedo is accurate I checked, but yes that is the argument I would use in court and honestly I would win. The point of the post is that I was actually breaking the law where no reasonable person would expect me to follow the law.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

In Canada they actually cannot give you a ticket if you go x over the limit. The amount changes based on the max speed.