Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!ray From: ray@utcsrgv.UUCP (Raymond Allen) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: RE: "Beating the Rap" Message-ID: <3267@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 18:49:47 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.3267 Posted: Fri Feb 10 18:49:47 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 23:25:28 EST References: <57200001@hp-pcd.UUCP> Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 28 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 utcsrgv!ray (416) 978-5036