Speeding fines not arbitrary:
Hardly an arbitrary law, trying to keep drivers to a speed limit. We know that a driver\'s reaction times are undermined when travelling at high speeds, it makes sense to limit the speeds travelled. There is balance of your rights against mine - you don\'t have the right to travel so fast you risk
my
life. Traffic accidents are not victimless when you hit someone else.
My cynicism turns off on his topic; it\'s not a Helmet vs Sanderz fine, it is Bart Simpson vs Principal Skinner. When Bart takes the rap for Lisa stealing the text books, he acts cocky after Skinner gives him 400 days in detention until it hits 600 days. You said it yourself, you didn\'t care that you might get caught. And you wouldn\'t have changed your behaviour even if you had known how much the fine could be. So there you are, and the government says \"We\'ll fine you $200 if you speed\" and you say \"I don\'t care, I\'m still going to sit above the limit.\" They up it to $400, and you\'ll still speed. $700. Still speeding. What do we have to get to before you finally say \"Well maybe I\'ll just shut my mouth\"?
When someone is travelling so fast they inhibit their ability to avoid changed conditions ahead of them, they are putting at risk the lives of everyone around them. Call me a lefty if you like, I seem to have got that a lot lately :- )
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