Have you ever seen Indian traffic police ignoring the female drivers for breaking the law?
Yes !! They either ignore the female traffic offenders or just let them go after listening to their sob story or taking a bribe from them.I am from Mumbai and it happens a lot here and almost in all cities….It has happened with me once near KEM hospital signal on Ambedkar Road, Parel, Mumbai. I had to go to Lower Parel and took a flyover which does not allow to take a left on the Ambedkar Road. You are required to climb up the next flyover. It was morning time and I missed the sign of ‘No Left Turn’ which was almost invisible, in any case. There was a car ahead of me being driven by a woman and she did the same thing. The Mumbai traffic police stopped both of us but immediately let the woman go and started arguing with me. When I pointed out about the woman driver, with whom they had not even interacted, one of them rudely answered that she was a doctor and had an emergency. How in the world did he know that? She did not speak to him…She had no signs of a Doctor on the car…When I argued, the policeman even threatened me to stop acting smart !! It was a genuine mistake on my part and I paid the fine but the attitude of Mumbai traffic police towards the said woman driver disappointed me.I see this happening almost everyday…We Indians love ‘Chalta Hai Attitude’ and women happily get away with their traffic violations easily…. and so much for the so-called ‘Feminism’
What would happen if I became a cop and handed out speeding tickets for drivers going 1-10mph over the speed limit?
Most car speedos (and to a greater degree, bike speedos) are not calibrated exactly, and can drift a few miles per hour under or over. Most tend to overestimate speed (indicating 50mph when you're actually doing 48, for example), but some might go the other way. This means that a police officer doing the snag, tag, and bag on everyone 1mph over would soon be confronted by a metric ton of contested tickets, as drivers would insist that their speedo/cruise control said they were doing the limit or under the limit. Contested tickets tend to eat into the revenue generated by ticket fines... which would mean someone in the city or county court accounting office would be talking to the cop's supervisor, and then the cop would get a lecture about exercising discretion.* However, as Tim Dees has said, while you might not get stopped for doing 1mph over... it would give the police an excuse to follow you, run your plates, check out your vehicle, et cetera. If they discover or observe anything interesting, on go the strobes.----* This does not apply in small-town jurisdictions with drastic drops in posted highway speed from 70mph down to 55 or less, with little warning. These are speed traps, designed to squeeze money from drivers who will be faced with more hassles in contesting the ticket than they would be in sending the check. A certain town in N. Texas[1]has become so infamous for this practice, that someone actually paid several thousand dollars (above and beyond what they'd ever pay in fines) to buy an ad on a billboard south of town, warning of "Barney Fife" and his revenue collection tactics. I've driven/ridden through here several times and there's always been a brand-new patrol car waiting for the next Leadfoot Larry (as well as a couple of state cops on either side of town, before the city limits). In the "irony" department, apparently this township is currently paying down about $600K worth of debt to the state, incurred over several years when the state's portion of collected traffic fines were not paid. Footnotes[1] Estelline, Texas Speed Traps
Do I need to pay a red light camera ticket in Los Angeles County?
No, you do not.Blocked Site That Offers Advice On Dealing With Red-Light Tickets Back Online At CourthouseFighting Red Light Camera TicketsEverything You Need to Know About Ignoring Red-Light Camera TicketsPhoto Red Light InformationNew light shed on traffic camera enforcement - Park Labrea News/ Beverly PressA 30-day warning period for red light photo enforcement in West Hollywood started on Monday and will continue through Tuesday, April 11. During this period, warning notices will be mailed to registered owners of vehicles who were photographed committing red-light violations. After the 30-day warning period passes, notices of violation will be issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. People who receive citations will be able to view photos and video of the violation on a password-protected website.The county, however, does not report unpaid tickets to the Department of Motor Vehicles, and there is no requirement to appear in court, according to Beeber and several media sites. (Calls to the Superior Court were not returned by press time.) If drivers do not pay their red light camera tickets, the county does not penalize recipients’ credit report, and it will not affect insurance rates.Red light cameras are simply another method of extortion set up by courts too cheap to pay the highwaymen to assess fines.I got one in 2011 in Bell Gardens, perfect images of me and my 1963 Studebaker Lark making a left turn after they shaved 2 seconds off the yellow light duration. I contacted a friend in the county counsel’s office who told me to ignore it as it was unenforceable. It has never appeared on my credit report and I have never heard any more about it.Interestingly, I was advised not to contact the court as that would invoke some gotcha clause that would then make it enforceable.Highway robbery indeed.
Why do so few people flash their headlamps to warn oncoming traffic that the police are ahead?
At least partly because the police dont like it. The last time i did that the police cruiser in question - a huge state SUV - came tearing down the interstate behind me right up on my bumper for a quarter mile ir so before backing off and turning around across the median. It kinda freaked me a little.
Why don't we reintroduce medieval punishments? It seems that would be a lot more effective then just holding everyone in jail.
The thing is, no matter how strong you make a punishment, a strong punishment is not a deterrent. History and science provide lots of evidence, but common sense will suffice to tell us why:No matter how tough the punishment is, you can only be punished if you get caught, and no wrongdoer thinks they'll get caught. What is proven to deter bad behavior is the certainty of getting caught. Even if the punishment is not particularly strict. Think about speeding. People do it all the time, no matter how high we make the fines... because what are the odds there'll be a cop on your route? Not very high. But when people feel that the odds are good that there's a cop, what do they do? They slow down.Case in point: In France they had an awful time getting people to stop speeding on the highways. They tried making stricter punishments: They jacked up the fines, tacked on the point penalties, required driving school for more offenses, you name it. Nothing worked. Until... they installed automatic flashers. Boxes by the side of the road with radar and a camera. If you speed by one, you'll get your ticket in the mail in a few days.What's more, they put up signs warning drivers there was an automatic box coming soon. These weren't speed traps designed to build revenue. ...and it worked! What was the difference? The drivers knew the odds of getting caught were upwards of 100%, and that there was no way out of the ticket (no cop who could use discretion). So they behaved, and the awful situation has improved. The certitude of getting caught is what deters bad behavior, not the slim chance of a tough punishment.
I've got the ticket speeding in school zone!!! HELP ME!!!?
I'm afraid you're stuck. The fine will be pretty hefty, considering you were not only over the initial speed limit but also because you were in a school zone...which puts you 27 mph over. It will also show up on your driving record. You can plead no contest when you go to court and explain that you are a student with limited income. You might get the fine reduced but I doubt it. Speeding in a school zone is not taken lightly. You were just picked out of the crowd. I think it's 3 points off your license. How old are you? Are you a college student or still in high school? You might have to ask your parents about this one. Don't try to hide it...they will find out eventually. Just own up to it. You'd be better off. Good luck. EMT Alpharetta, GA I know exactly where you got pulled over...since I live about 2 miles from there. Holcomb Bridge Middle School, right?? I drive through that area all the time and I always slow down. Most people just zoom on by...I laugh when I see the cop there...he hides pretty good and you don't see him till the last second...by then it's too late. The school lights there are plainly visible. You can't use that excuse. I've seen that cop get as many as 3-4 at one time...they will all be lined up on the side of the road, waiting for their tickets. Depending on your age and your driving record (previous offenses), your fine could be anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to over a thousand. Also, if you are a teenager, you could also face a license suspension.
The UK police constables are determined to enforce fines for drivers going 1 mph over all the speed limits. How do drivers feel about this, and is it workable?
Where are you getting your information from?Most speeding fines in the UK are issued automatically through fixed speeding cameras.They usually have a leeway of about 5–10mph to account for calibration so going one mph over won’t usually activate a fine.Over the last few years traffic departments have been decimated. You only see them operating radar guns infrequently.Most Response Officers don’t carry the correct equipment to corroborate and enforce a speeding fine.If they tried to do so, the only way they could measure the speed is either by pacing, ( where you follow the target vehicle at the same pace and use the reading from the speedometer of your own vehicle, or by timing, where a stopwatch is used to calculate the speed over a set, marked distance)Both are impractical, because in the pacing method in order to corroborate the speed in court the officer will need to have their own vehicles speedometer calibrated after every check.As far as timing is concerned, that can only be done with a calibrated stopwatch.I haven’t seen a calibrated stopwatch in a police station in years.The only remaining method for speed calculation would be the Trevello System ( strips across the road which measure the speed of the vehicle as it passes over them)Again, even Trevello strips have become more or less obsolete since the widespread introduction of automatic speed cameras.The chances of being prosecuted for speeding by a regular police officer in the UK is extremely low.They can not prosecute you by simply estimating your speed - it doesn’t hold up in court.So that leaves the traffic cop with a radar gun, operating occasionally in high speed hot spots, or for most people, an automated speed camera.As I said, they usually ignore the first few miles over the limit- there are plenty of faster drivers to prosecute.
Can i get a ticket for running a red light but not be pulled over?
i just knowingly ran a red light, and was followed by a cop. as i dropped off my friend he was still behind me and said that he knew that i ran the red light. so he was probably checking my plates for any violations or anything. but just wondering if i going to get a ticket in the mail, or not cause they didn't give me the ticket there.
Is it legal to drive at 80 mph if everyone is driving at that same speed, even though the posted speed limit is 65 mph?
It isn’t legal to drive over the speed limit, but if everybody is going 80 mph, you only get a ticket if you’re the one caught, and the officer can only pull over the one at the back of the line. Make sure there’s somebody else behind you going the same speed and you’ll be good. Call that car your friend, the ticket insurance policy. Unless that car behind you is a police car.If there is a police car behind you and it’s light are not flashing, ease off the accelerator, but do not brake. This will discreetly slow you down. If a bunch of other people are noticeably going faster than you before he clocks your speed, he will pass you to track somebody else.If the car behind you is a police car with its lights flashing, pull over when it is safe to do so. Believe it or not, if you are in the left lane on the freeway, they prefer that you pull over to the left shoulder, since this allows them to approach the driver’s side of your car more safely. The officer will ask you how fast you were going. Tell him you were going about the same speed as everybody else. This will lead to a conversation. The bottom line is, if you were going a safe speed (about the same as the other cars you were with) you shouldn’t get a ticket. No matter what happens, be polite. If the officer gives you a ticket, you can go to court to defend your position.They usually pull over a car that is going noticeably faster than everybody else, and in this case you will get a ticket and you should just pay the fine, but sometimes an officer will pull a car out of a group of cars that are all going 80 because he has to meet a quota or something, or maybe he’s hoping the driver will pay the fine without challenging the ticket.