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If local laws permitted, would you report traffic violations to the police?

Would you report traffic violations to the police?

  • Yes, but only if I received compensation

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    42
  • Poll closed .
Problem is that Im sure it doesn't cover what you are hoping it does. It states "except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

Which means.... Grandma driving 65 in a 65mph zone cannot be written a citation under this law.


An interesting off topic, This was the first traffic ticket I ever wrote after being cut loose from my field training officer and assigned to my shift to work solo.

Nah I mean people who go under the speed limit in the passing lane.
 
People wouldn't do it unless there was some incentive to do so.

Also you'd need a way of providing evidence, photographic, video, or otherwise.
 
People wouldn't do it unless there was some incentive to do so.

Also you'd need a way of providing evidence, photographic, video, or otherwise.

Well, in reference to the main topic of the thread.
It would be impossible due to the fact that you don't know who is driving the vehicle.
My son could be driving a vehicle that is registered to me, and I shoud not be criminally responsible for an action that he commits while driving.

I know that this will bring up the good ole red light camera. But the red light camera is a "civil" fine, not a criminal one.
 
I see many Nazis are hiding under Conservative cloaks. 'Turn in your neighbour' was a Nazi tactic and is still used in Ploice Sates.

And you think turning in people for thought crimes is the same as reporting people for violating safety laws? The most they will get is a ticket. In Police States, they were disappeared,... or worse...
 
Nah I mean people who go under the speed limit in the passing lane.

Is it the law to go the speed limit in the passing lane? I presume the laws are different from state to state. Here, I believe it is 80km/hr regardless of the speed limit on national expressways...
 
People wouldn't do it unless there was some incentive to do so.

Also you'd need a way of providing evidence, photographic, video, or otherwise.

In Taiwan, you can get up to half of the fine as a reward, and yes, a pretty high standard of photographic/video evidence is required...
 
Is it the law to go the speed limit in the passing lane? I presume the laws are different from state to state. Here, I believe it is 80km/hr regardless of the speed limit on national expressways...

Naturally the passing lane is for faster cars.
If you're riding in the lane, for faster cars, you should naturally go at least the speed limit and not under it because the potential to cause an accident is high.
 
Naturally the passing lane is for faster cars.
If you're riding in the lane, for faster cars, you should naturally go at least the speed limit and not under it because the potential to cause an accident is high.

I am not disagreeing with you, though in times of traffic congestion, there would be an exception... of course, you shouldn't EXCEED the speed limit either...
 
Naturally the passing lane is for faster cars.
If you're riding in the lane, for faster cars, you should naturally go at least the speed limit and not under it because the potential to cause an accident is high.

How ironic, my daughter was pulled over for this a few hours ago. No ticket, just a warning, an explanation just as you posted and an aside that it is not in the driver's handbook. I've never heard of it. She was one mile below the speed limit, but he was a very nice guy about it.
 
Laws in different places, of course differ, but if your local jurisdiction allowed reporting traffic violations to the police where the offender would be issued a ticket, would you do it?

I do - yep.

If the other person is being reckless, dangerous, careless to the point of causing harm or accident involving others - I do report, including DUIs where I don't believe they're really fit to drive. But if they *just* ran a stop sign or took a left when no left is permitted - I could care less *unless* they nearly caused an accident.
 
As to the OP, I voted yes, but only under certain circumstances. I have called the police/sheriff a couple times for the same reason. I travel often on a two-lane highway with no center divide. Over the years, a dozen people have died of head on collisions or running off the side of the road into the water.

These people were weaving, going over the center line, then over the white line on the shoulder. Speeding up, then slowing down. This is a clear hazard to my safety and that of the drivers going in the opposing direction.

Oh, and a month ago, in a heavy rainstorm, a tour bus driver was going 85 mph in a 65 zone, and changing lanes. I called the number on the bus first. He slowed down for about 5 miles then took off again, so I called the highway patrol. Again, the driver was a endangering the drivers around him and his passengers.

It's only in these circumstances I would and have done it.
 
How ironic, my daughter was pulled over for this a few hours ago. No ticket, just a warning, an explanation just as you posted and an aside that it is not in the driver's handbook. I've never heard of it. She was one mile below the speed limit, but he was a very nice guy about it.

My brother got a huge fine in Texas for going under the speed of the flow of traffic eventhough he was actually going more than the posted speed limit.
 
Laws in different places, of course differ, but if your local jurisdiction allowed reporting traffic violations to the police where the offender would be issued a ticket, would you do it?

Never. It ain't my job, I'm not going to do it. All it trains us for is to be snitch to the State anyway. **** that. Let them do their own damned dirty work.
 
My brother got a huge fine in Texas for going under the speed of the flow of traffic eventhough he was actually going more than the posted speed limit.

Oh my gosh! That's kind of twisted. More so than my daughter's situation.

I guess she's lucky the officer was more in the mood for giving information rather than a ticket a gave her a break. Whew!
 
Oh my gosh! That's kind of twisted. More so than my daughter's situation.

I guess she's lucky the officer was more in the mood for giving information rather than a ticket a gave her a break. Whew!

I wasn't too happy about it because he woke me up on a work day about an hour before my alarm was to go off (he was in TX, I was in HI) to ask to borrow the money to pay it off. .
 
Never. It ain't my job, I'm not going to do it. All it trains us for is to be snitch to the State anyway. **** that. Let them do their own damned dirty work.

Yeah... **** promoting Safe Driving habits as a society.

**** that **** man... Word..... **** "The Man"....
:roll:
 
Yeah... **** promoting Safe Driving habits as a society.

**** that **** man... Word..... **** "The Man"....
:roll:

I drive very safely, thank you very much. I refuse to even talk on my cell phone in the car, I pay attention to the road and the drivers around me. I take my driving seriously, I have been in no accident I've caused (one accident where I was the top piece of bread in a car sandwich).

As I said, it's not my job.
 
As I said, it's not my job.

And this is why we need police that take on the functions that they have had to in modern times.

Because somewhere along the way people have said, "Its not my job" to promote safety and responsibility as a society.

Let me guess... You'd see a guy busting into a window of your neighbor's car and stealing his Ipad and GPS off the dash and you'd say, *Shrug* "Not my job".
 
And this is why we need police that take on the functions that they have had to in modern times.

Because somewhere along the way people have said, "Its not my job" to promote safety and responsibility as a society.

Let me guess... You'd see a guy busting into a window of your neighbor's car and stealing his Ipad and GPS off the dash and you'd say, *Shrug* "Not my job".

That guy would be in a lot more trouble then I could be to him. Jason is very well armed.
 
I wasn't too happy about it because he woke me up on a work day about an hour before my alarm was to go off (he was in TX, I was in HI) to ask to borrow the money to pay it off. .

Not very nice of him, especially for wanting to borrow money. Did you lend it to him?
 
I drive very safely, thank you very much. I refuse to even talk on my cell phone in the car, I pay attention to the road and the drivers around me. I take my driving seriously, I have been in no accident I've caused (one accident where I was the top piece of bread in a car sandwich).

As I said, it's not my job.

Isn't EVERYONE responsible for safety on the roads? And think of this... if citizens help with enforcement of road safety laws, which really isn't that difficult to do and requires very little training to do right, wouldn't that leave the more highly trained police officers to attend to other duties that require a higher level of training?
 
Not very nice of him, especially for wanting to borrow money. Did you lend it to him?

Yeah, I did. I'm his older sister. I have this irritating need to help all of my siblings when I can.
 
Yeah, I did. I'm his older sister. I have this irritating need to help all of my siblings when I can.

You're a good person! That's not irritating nor needy. :)
 
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