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To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets

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Re: To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets

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Has he ever hit something or someone? If the answer is no, then speeding laws are too strict and must change.

When I go faster than usual, I always slow down around other traffic. So if the law accounted for that, that would be nice. It seems silly to be pulled over if you're the only one on the road.

However I can understand that slower speeds can reduce catastrophic results if a tire blows.

I suppose it's akin to wearing seatbelts: As long as you're driving reasonably around other traffic and only speeding when you're by yourself, then the law primarily is there to protect the one person.

Edit: is there something wrong with my comment?

Re: To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets

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Has he ever hit something or someone? If the answer is no, then speeding laws are too strict and must change.

If he hasn't, then why would he refuse to say so?

> If he hasn't, then why would he refuse to say so?

Because he doesn't need to nor should he respond to a blogger? We continually point out that no one should ever talk to the police, the same absolutely goes for the media, particularly when you're a civil servant.

Re: To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets

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Has he ever hit something or someone? If the answer is no, then speeding laws are too strict and must change.

> Among the questions he would not answer was: “While driving the RAM 1500, have you been involved in a collision with a car, pedestrian or cyclist?” (We can’t independently find that out because license plates are not in the city database of crashes for some reason.)
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