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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]? I always my tickets, regardless of the state. It's called being a decent human.

Do what's right, OP. [/quote]

Oh please. Thinking this is about right and wrong is as silly as OP thinking anyone anywhere will care about her protest. [/quote]

DP. I mean, OP shouldn't have exceeded the speed limit in the first place. In Maryland, you only get a citation if you were going 12 mph or more over the speed limit. That's speeding by a lot, which is dangerous. Not driving dangerously is part of being a decent human being, in my opinion.

Given that OP was driving dangerously, and received a ticket for it, the responsible thing is for OP to pay the ticket (and be grateful that nothing worse happened).[/quote]

It was 41 in a 30 on a 4 lane road. Simmer down. [/quote]

41 or 42 in a 30? Yes, that's driving dangerously. Pay the ticket and stop speeding, please.[/quote]

The people texting or playing with their phone while driving are dangerous. Speeding is not nearly as dangerous if someone is paying attention. I see people swerving, not staying in their line, and making dangerous maneuvers all the time, and 95% of them are on their phone. Also, many roads used to have 40 mph speed limits, and were totally fine, but now the limit is 30 and there is a camera.[/quote]

That is incorrect. Speeding is dangerous. It's basic f = ma. The faster the speed, the worse the crash. Also, the faster the speed, the less time the driver has to react.

And the roads that used to have 40 mph speed limits and now have 30 mph speed limits and there is a camera were not, actually, "totally fine" at 40 mph.

Stop speeding. It doesn't even get you to your destination any faster, it just gets you to the next red light faster.[/quote]

Distracted driving (which includes texting) causes more accidents. I have no clue why people obsess over speeding when there are cameras out there that could be used to catch texting while driving. When you text, you actually take your eyes off the road. It's awful -- there is a car whose driver is not looking at where they're going! Next time you see a car swerving dangerously, try to take a quick glance to see why -- almost always a driver glued to their phone.[/quote]

Why are you arguing about this? Yes, distracted driving is dangerous. Put your phone away.

Impaired driving is also dangerous. Drive sober.

AND SPEED IS ALSO DANGEROUS. That's just physics. If you hit a pedestrian at 40 mph, you will almost certainly kill them. If you hit a pedestrian at 30 mph, you probably won't kill them. If you hit a pedestrian at 20 mph, you will almost certainly not kill them. Slow down.[/quote]

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