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Drivers should be able to purchase a sticker that would be placed on the windshield of a car that radar would be able to read that told the officer that this car had paid a yearly fee of x amount of dollars to go 10 miles over the legal speed limit. This dollar amount and the sticker would allow the
car to pass through the radar without being stopped.
Pay to Speed
http://www.hallettracing.com/
... And maybe win some money [Letsbuildafort, Oct 04 2004]
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Where I live, you can get a bumper sticker after donating $20 to the Policemen's Benevolent Association; supposedly cars with this decal are "coincidentally" pulled over less often. Bribery or charity, you decide.. |
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I think this would work with special radar guns and RFID tags. Maybe you can get special speeding passes when you pass a racing school or the like.\ |
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(You should make up a good title, instead of using the category) |
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yes, something like Moment In Time Near Theater Motion Capture Device |
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I think it's a winner. Of course the annual amount you pay would have to be greater than the potential average fine for speeding. In effect you would be paying your speeding tickets in advance. |
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Doesn't stop 'em killing people, though, does it? |
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Maybe combine it with an "if I'm prosecuted for dangerous driving, I agree to double the normal sentence" affadavit? |
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I don't like it at all. I wonder if people realize that speed limits are established for safety, not only as a source of income for the gov't. |
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[motive power], it isn't the speed of a drunken or inattentive driver that kills you; it is the drunkeness or inattentiveness. The impact of 75 mph is quite similar to that of 65 mph. However, fishbone for trying to get us to pay our speed taxes in advance. |
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// The impact of 75 mph is quite similar to that of 65 mph. // |
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Unfortunately no: kinetic energy scales with the square of velocity. 75mph is 15% faster than 65mph, but carries 33% more energy. |
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Perhaps if this required additional driver training, to make sure that the faster drivers were also better drivers, with the ability to revoke the priviledge if you lose your edge. |
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Two words: Track Day. <link> |
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"75mph is 15% faster than 65mph, but carries 33% more energy" |
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That doesn't matter because both speeds are 4 or 5 times faster than needed to kill you. |
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Anything that gets people to learn to drive gets my approval. Stupidity and ineptitude kills, not speed. |
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