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Originally Posted by yzfr101
Look, ultimately I should have asked how can we go about enforcing the law in a different way, instead of just straight away fining people, especially on their 1st offence. The courts offer some leniency to 1st time offenders especially, for harsher crimes against peoples civil liberties.
Speeding fines are the same for all, no leniency for making a mistake for the 1st time, where there used to be some discretion given by a traffic cop back in the day. Not anymore
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The comparison was to the law, and I probably worded that wrong myself...but there are laws against murder and also laws against speeding.
I understand what you mean by it being an assumption...but unfortunately, that's the way our laws work. Lobbying is an option, but as I said earlier, there are those that lack the ability to do the speed limit that we currently have...and with everything in life these days, it's all focused towards the lowest common denominator.
I do recall something about people being able to ask for leniency in these situations, something about a clean driving licence for a certain period of time...It fails me now, but I know I've read it somewhere.
The problem is that this law makes the most money - it pays the bureaucrats, it pays (in part) for roads, parks, etc...
No-one likes speed cameras, not any real person I know anyway...but most accept that as has been previously said, it's a voluntary tax...only you can choose if you pay that tax or not...