Speeding Tickets
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Speeding Tickets
I've been tossing this idea around all day and have come to the conclusion that I think it is a good one.
I think that speeding tickets should be based on a vehicles weight class. Each class would carry its own fine. So a compact car doing 10 over would receive a smaller fine than an SUV doing 10 over. Now here's the basis of the argument. The reason speeding is illegal in the first place is to prevent accidents. A person is more dangerous at higher speeds blah blah blah. Well a heavy truck doing 80 is a lot more dangerous than a Civc. The truck weighs 1400lb+ more than the small car meaning if in an accident it would do more damage. Therefore the truck (great danger) should receive a heavier fine thus keeping people from speeding in SUVs, trucks, and 18 wheelers (in theory) in order to avoid a big hit to the wallet.
What do you think?
I think that speeding tickets should be based on a vehicles weight class. Each class would carry its own fine. So a compact car doing 10 over would receive a smaller fine than an SUV doing 10 over. Now here's the basis of the argument. The reason speeding is illegal in the first place is to prevent accidents. A person is more dangerous at higher speeds blah blah blah. Well a heavy truck doing 80 is a lot more dangerous than a Civc. The truck weighs 1400lb+ more than the small car meaning if in an accident it would do more damage. Therefore the truck (great danger) should receive a heavier fine thus keeping people from speeding in SUVs, trucks, and 18 wheelers (in theory) in order to avoid a big hit to the wallet.
What do you think?
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i dont think it would ever happen, cuz then everyone would get a compact car and speed since the tickets would be small lol. but it wouldnt happen
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Rep Power: 347 So a fully loaded compact vehicle weighing 3000 lbs including driver/passengers/equipment is less dangerous than an SUV w/ driver weighing 2800 lbs? 
The opposite could happen. People might just speed in their compacts, and not in their SUV's...
The opposite could happen. People might just speed in their compacts, and not in their SUV's...
When I get a speeding ticket the fine is not what I care about. Its the insurance that kills me. So in your idea larger cars would have lower insurance than smaller cars. It would all balance out.
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Originally Posted by JJJ
so what happens when the sports compact smashed into a pedestrian? do they get a smaller fine cuz its a diff weight class than the SUV? I don't think that would ever have a chance.
Originally Posted by nick95673
When I get a speeding ticket the fine is not what I care about. Its the insurance that kills me. So in your idea larger cars would have lower insurance than smaller cars. It would all balance out.
I have to admit I had not thought about insurance, but I guess maybe use a similar scale...
I'm not making this point b/c I speed and want smaller fines. I am tired of having 4000lbs+ of metal flying past me doing 15-20 over on a regular basis. And this was still going on yesterday in the damn rain.
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