On Fri, 20 May 2005 12:05:54 -0700, "Bob Flaminio" >
wrote:

>Coming onto northbound I-280 at the Page Mill interchange*, around 5:00
>in the evening. Traffic is typically moderate, with ambient speeds of
>around 75-80mph (the posted speed limit is 65). There's a cop in front
>of me on the onramp, so I get a nice clear view of what happens next.
>
>The cop immediately floors it onto the freeway, pulls up behind the
>first car he comes to, and hits his lights. Bang, a speeding ticket for
>this hapless commuter. He was a danger to no one; I imagine that he was
>just trying to get home to the wife and kids after another tough day at
>work. He wasn't doing anything different from thousands of other cars on
>the freeway. Now he's into the state for hundreds of dollars, not to
>mention the future insurance costs. That's food out of his family's
>mouths; clothes off their backs. And for what? So Joe Cop could make his
>quota this month?
>

He was violating the law - cops are supposed to enforce it every once
in a while.

If you speed, you know you're taking a risk. The solution is to
manage that risk and if you wish to, work to raise or abolish speed
limits.

Whining on usenet accomplishes nothing.

>(Judy and Carl, here's a pre-emptive STFU for you.)
>
>* yes, I realize that 99% of the readers will have no clue where this
>is.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say California?