http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/07/21/hwy63-speeding-tickets.html
So apparently the RCMP has issued more than 300 speeding tickets over the weekend on Highway 63 in Alberta. 6 people have died in crashes this year and 10 the year before.
The highway is how many citizens get to work and other places. How can this many people be speeding on it and still be tolerated. That puts everybody driving on it at risk. About 80% of the tickets being issued are related to speeding. The law enforcement officers have issued 2000 speeding tickets on that highway this year.
This poses a serious threat on everyone else that uses the highway. The government definitely needs to address the speeding laws. So many times those that receive a speeding ticket get off of it easily. Officer doesn’t show up or technicalities often do the trick. Speeding is a serious offense in which it can take someone’s lives. It increases the chance of collision significantly.
With any law, we need to execute the enforcement and the punishment. Just because a lot of tickets are being issued, the punishments need to follow with it too. Those speeders need to recognize the consequences and realize how dangerous it is for themselves and others when they choose to go so much over speed limit. Those speed limits are there to serve a purpose which is to protect society. I don’t know how safe we would all feel knowing that everybody is driving at such a fast pace that the chance of collisions is extremely likely.
What do you all think? Should police officers focus on nabbing these speeders, or is this a minor issue compared to others?
- VL
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I disagree with you here. I think speeding is an issue but more tickets will never solve the problem and this just means more police officers fighting speeders instead of actual criminals. If you want to reduce fatalities on the highway introduce tougher regulations and testing before you get your license. Also teaching people more about the dangers at a younger age would help. You need to treat the root of the problem not the symptom.
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