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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.
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Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.[/quote]

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.[/quote]

You must be new to the area.[/quote]

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053[/quote]
Are you a child? NP[/quote]

Are you someone who enjoys going to jail simply because they couldn’t control their impatience? Speed recklessly in the wrong part of VA and you will go to a jail. Spouting inane insults won’t change that for you.[/quote]
I think PP is asking if you are a child because it seems that you have never driven in VA before. Everyone knows the reckless driving rules in VA. The fact that you feel the need to link to a dumb article from a website called Kotaku that focuses on video games gives away your demographic.  So to ask PPs question, are you in fact a child?[/quote]

The depths of your stupidity are only surpassed by your sheer laziness. The website was not “Kotaku”, but Jalopnik. It doesn’t focus on video games, but rather cars and is one of the most popular car websites in the world. The author of the article was on a test drive . . . Ah, screw it, why the hell am I even bothering to engage with a run-of-the-mill internet moron who has no interest in civil discourse and no capacity for logical thought? That’s a rhetorical question, although I doubt you grasp the concept.[/quote]
I’m sorry for confusing your car website for kids for a video game website for kids.

Just tell me this, when you posted the link did you think you were conveying vital information to people who have lived in the DMV for decades?

You still have responded whether you are a child, which is telling.

Here’s a tip, if you’re an adult and you want to let other adults know the law you can post a link to the code of VA and spare us the story about some millennial’s travel exploits. LOL. [/quote]

My goodness. You showed your face again. Not just a cranky idiot, but a shameless one also.

Look up the difference between de jure and de facto laws and think long and hard - difficult for you, I get it - about how it may be applicable in this instance.[/quote]
Uh, do you know what de jure and de facto even mean? Totally insane that you have no clue what you are talking about and just spouting off.[/quote]

Ha! I guess asking someone who reads “Jalopnik” as “Kotaku” to understand that not all the laws that are on the books are actually enforced was probably a bit of a stretch.[/quote]
What law is not “on the books”? What are you even talking about in this case? There is common law and civil law. That’s it. There can be de facto and de jure rules. One example is that while the law is the speed limit, by de facto rule it is not enforced unless you are going substantially faster than the prevailing traffic and conditions at the time. [/quote]

Is it not true that common law only applies where there is not a codified rule, i.e., a law (e.g., a speed limit)?  For example, were you to be stopped on GP by a cop who clocks you at 25 mph over the speed limit, would you actually argue with them that you shouldn’t get a ticket because the general approach of the other drivers was to drive 25 mph over the limit?  Would that be persuasive to that officer, do you think?[/quote]
You are using words that you don’t know or understand. The law governing traffic enforcement is codified. Common law is still actual real law, but it doesn’t apply to criminal or civil enforcement. Go read a book. [/quote]

Great.  Then the speed limit is the law.  There is no common law that applies to people exceeding the speed limit on GP.  There is no de facto law that applies to speed limits. [/quote]
Let me help you here. The de jure rule is the law as codified, in this case the posted speed limit. The de facto rule however is to drive consistent with the flow of traffic and road conditions. Comprendes?[/quote]

There may be a social norm for driving above the speed limit but there is no such thing as a “de facto rule” that trumps a posted speed limit. Let’s imagine you got pulled over for speeding and made your de facto argument to a police officer or better yet, to a judge. How do you think that would turn out? 
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You're whole premise is wrong because a police officer won't pull you over for going at the speed of traffic. [/quote]

I’ve been pulled over multiple times for going at the speed of traffic (including on major highways). That is the whole premise of a speed trap. Did you just get your license or something?[/quote]

Sucks for you. Were you in the deep south driving through a small town?[/quote]

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