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02-09-2007, 11:02 AM
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So I should expect to see 2/3 highway deaths in the state reduce to 1/6 if they quadruple the number of tickets, or at least for the enforced areas right?
It would be funny if the number still doesn't change afte a year or two...
It would be funny if the number still doesn't change afte a year or two...
Originally Posted by Mercury News
The California Highway Patrol is cracking down on speeders at a pace never seen before in the South Bay, issuing nearly 1,400 tickets last month. At that rate, the CHP would quadruple the number of tickets issued last year.
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CHP commanders in San Jose are determined to change a disturbing fact: Speeding is the main cause of two out of three highway deaths in the state.
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CHP commanders in San Jose are determined to change a disturbing fact: Speeding is the main cause of two out of three highway deaths in the state.
02-09-2007, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by StupidDent
So I should expect to see 2/3 highway deaths in the state reduce to 1/6 if they quadruple the number of tickets, or at least for the enforced areas right?
02-09-2007, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by StupidDent
So I should expect to see 2/3 highway deaths in the state reduce to 1/6 if they quadruple the number of tickets, or at least for the enforced areas right?
It would be funny if the number still doesn't change after a year or two...
It would be funny if the number still doesn't change after a year or two...
What I really wonder is, if this will help SJ traffic or not. Less morons means less traffic, but slower speeds means more traffic.
02-09-2007, 11:13 AM
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I was being sarcastic... sorry, I suck at it... 
I don't think it would do much either... Sure people will slow down, but doesn't mean they'll get smarter. 65 is still a fatal speed!
Originally Posted by STi-owns-evo
Why would it change? If they're only doing 1 freeway/expressway a day, there's still going to be the idiot ricers and the moron SUV drivers.
02-09-2007, 11:34 AM
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Oh I agree with that, you play you pay. Just don't think that would really reduce the accident rate by much. Unfortunately this line of work generates a lot of fund but doesn't really reduce the crime. But those PD work hard to reduce the crime doesn't get/generate funds...
Now if they say all these fund generate from ticketing people will go into making my neighborhood or even just the county in general crime rate lower, I am all for it! But I don't think that is the case...
Now if they say all these fund generate from ticketing people will go into making my neighborhood or even just the county in general crime rate lower, I am all for it! But I don't think that is the case...
Originally Posted by aboothman
hey, you can still speed. You just have to pay to do it. Consider it a fee.
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02-09-2007, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by StupidDent
Oh I agree with that, you play you pay. Just don't think that would really reduce the accident rate by much. Unfortunately this line of work generates a lot of fund but doesn't really reduce the crime. But those PD work hard to reduce the crime doesn't get/generate funds...
Now if they say all these fund generate from ticketing people will go into making my neighborhood or even just the county in general crime rate lower, I am all for it! But I don't think that is the case...
Now if they say all these fund generate from ticketing people will go into making my neighborhood or even just the county in general crime rate lower, I am all for it! But I don't think that is the case...
02-09-2007, 11:52 AM
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I came from SF, so I think roads in SJ are pretty nice. 
Originally Posted by SubyN00by
true that...or money will go to road improvements...those ****en san jose highways suck ***!!!