Not so in Houston. Here it's all about $$. If they charge you with anything over speeding it'll cost them to jail you, try you, impound you, etc. If you get a ticket, the cop will fill in your speed at just 10 or 15mph over the posted limit. He'll take your actual speed and put that up in the corner of the ticket. They do this so you can just pay the court fees and take defensive driving without ever showing up. That way they get their $$ with the least amount of fuss. If you fight the ticket then they'll stick to the actual speed up in the top right corner of the ticket. If you were actually doing something reckless enough to endanger lives like weaving in and out or passing on the shoulder they might arrest you, but still doubtful. That's not Houston's style.
-Kyle On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: > Ideally they should, yes, but the problem is that you have a much, much > bigger pool of people to fight against changes in law enforcement with > respect to most vehicles. > > Most states, I imagine, have a "reckless driving" statute that does most of > what you describe: imprisonment, impound, heavy fines, and so on. > > In SC, doing 25+ over the limit automatically triggers a "reckless > endangerment" charge when you're pulled over. Reckless endangerment entails > a minimum of overnight jailing, vehicle impounding, and an enormous fine > ($2k+?) and 90 day suspension of license on conviction. > > I think that a statute like that, which simply establishes a threshold over > the set speed limit, is better than a statute that sets a specific speed to > trigger the penalties. > > -Kurt > > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:07 PM, sfox618 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> What strikes me about this article, and most of the ones like this, is >> that they talk about restricting / changing the law for Motorcycles >> but not cars. Seems like these laws should apply to all vehicles . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
