On Sat, 21 May 2005 03:23:44 GMT, Anthony Giorgianni , said the following in rec.autos.driving...
That explains why speeding carries civil penalties and not criminal penalties. Just another way for government and the insurance industry to rip-off the populace. And to think I used to wonder where the term "highway robbery," came from. The police are highway robbery's most experienced practicioners.
You live in a dreamland, don't you. Government can kill anyone of us off anytime it wants. Just ask Vince Foster...
Does Texas use the pointsystemI'm a Califonian (unfortunately), and I've been going over the "Texas Drivers License Hand book" PDF version. Anyway, so I noticed Texas calls their DMV's something like "drivers license stations" instead...
The whole arguement about "raising revenue," is that speed limits are *not* set with safety in mind. Hell, even our resident troll admitted it once. They are set with the intention of making people driving with the flow of traffic "speeders," so that they can be ticketed and robbed legally by the government. Just look at the original post in this thread. Traffic was safely moving at app. 75 to 80 MPH. The poor soul who was robbed by the police was doing nothing "unsafe," based on the OP's account of the situation. Now, the highwayman who darted out into traffic the way the OP recounted, *that's* another story. If anyone was driving unsafely and should be ticketed, it is that cop, not the motorist.
