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Originally posted by Jngrbrdman
That is what I was talking about in the Traffic School thread. 110 scares him in a civic where I feel right at home in my Integra. If he gets pulled over and I get pulled over then if life was fair he would get a worse ticket. I don't think that high performance cars should be judged the same as other cars. If a full size van is blowing by people at 110 vs a Porsche at 110 who is being more dangerous? I doubt they will ever change the law but its always sort of bugged me in the back of my mind. It hasn't bugged me enough to use it as a defence in traffic court though.  I don't think it would help me to add to my defence that I shouldn't be punished just because my car goes fast. lol |
You know what? I've thought about that quite a bit as well. It really isn't fair. My RX-7 isn't nearly as dangerous going 100 mph than a ford taurus or dodge durango is. My car can manuever faster around obstacles, and it sure can brake a lot faster. But I think the reason why cops will pick on the sports car if a group of cars are speeding, is because it the most likely to be the "repeat" offender.
But anyways, I think the speeding laws are way messed up in this country. Much in the same way as the drug laws.. But maybe that's just my Libertarian viewpoint.