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From: ray@utcsrgv.UUCP (Raymond Allen)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: RE: "Beating the Rap"
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Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 18:49:47 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 10 18:49:47 1984
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	I agree that everyone should accept responsibility for their own
actions.  HOWEVER, what do you do when you are accused of an offence (for
the sake of the current discussion, speeding) where it is apparant that
you may have been "set up."  Consider the case that often happens:  You
are driving along a road at, or near, the speed limit.  You decend a moderate
grade and you gain an extra 5 or 10 MPH (8 to 16 KMH in Canada).  Out
from behind a tree leaps your friendly police officer ("OK sucko, pull
over") and you find yourself stuck with a legitimate speeding ticket.

	In such a case you are certainly guilty.  I can't believe that
*any* of you out there in net-land would accept such a ticket and pay
it without some feeling that you were cheated.

	THE MORAL:  You can't generalize (hey I'm really brilliant to see
that :-) )  You must always consider the circumstances surrounding any
given event.  If police use radar to catch speeders using techniques similar
to those descibed above, then you might tend to conclude that they are
just trying to raise money for the government.  Speeding is an offence
because it can be dangerous.  If the speeding laws are to be enforced, I
feel that they should be enforced with such consideration in mind.

Comments?

				From the verbose keyboard of,

				Ray Allen
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