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How is it even possible/practical to obey traffic laws? (lemmies.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Uh, what? This whole post feels like rage bait or you live in a very angry and unsafe area. I don't experience any of this.

No one gets a ticket for a 53 in a 50 and if you actually did it would get thrown out in court. Definitely fight that.

2 Lane roads. I hate em. But but that's all I have within 10 miles of me. I pass people, people pass me, no one is blaring their horn and brake checking (which is extremely dangerous) at all, much less daily.

Never in my 30 years of driving have a had someone lose their shit over stopping at a stop sign or a red light. I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen someone run a red light.

And while people do speed in work zones, doing 60 in a 25 work zone will lose you your license here. That would be an exceptionally stupid thing to do.

This reads like an angry exaggerated rant by someone pissed they got a ticket. If it's not, I'm sorry you live in an area full of unsafe angry people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

After receiving a speeding ticket for doing 53 in a 50

This sounds too ludicrous not to be made up.

I've received a LOT of speeding tickets in my life. The only time I've EVER gotten a ticket for doing <5 mph over the posted limit is when I was actually doing +14 over the posted limit but the cop wrote it for 10 less than actual because he had to write a ticket but didn't want it to be excessive....so the final ticket ended up being 54 in a 50 zone.

I can't imagine anyone not being able to beat a +3 over speeding ticket in court. I probably wouldn't even call my attorney for that and would just fight it myself.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm not sure where you live, but in many places if the speed of traffic is faster than the speed limit, you're expected to follow that, if you can do so safely, because driving slowly causes the reckless behavior you mentioned and can actually be more dangerous

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Your right, but this also creates a catch-22, where you have to break at least one laws. Your either impeding the flow of traffic, or your speeding. Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.

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[–] MrSlicer -1 points 1 year ago

In the US speed limits are usually set by what speed the average motorist drives.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

It's plenty easy, but it's not as if I give enough of a damn about them to actually follow traffic laws unless there's a cop there

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

"After receiving a speeding ticket for doing 53 in a 50..."

How to tell me you're not caucasian without telling me your not caucasian.

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