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Old 08-24-2011, 02:15 AM  
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Hey Fabian... It's not about promoting disorder. Rather the opposite. Right now there is complete disorder on the road. It's complete anarchy. Police are only concerned with speed, not safety. Translation, they want money.

They don't care about vehicle capabilities.

They don't care about lane courtesy.

What I'm saying is there needs to be strict, swift, and aggressive enforcement of laws which promote safety. Speed enforcement isn't one of them, as proven by death per million statistics in Germany. Physics don't work differently on that side of the pond. We need to educate drivers on the performance capabilities of their vehicles so they can understand courtesy, and respect courtesy, and practice courtesy. The reason German drivers are so well mannered is because of the education they receive prior to obtaining a license. They go through a thorough driving education program that drivers in the US never receive. Right now all you need to do is thumb through a driver's handbook, and answer a bunch of multiple choice questions.

When police use speed enforcement laws for their own financial gain, they effectively eliminate the respect people have for it.

The reason we have such chaos in the States is because we've got unionized police labor that really just does not give a rat's ass about safety. They care about making money, and that's where it ends.
Well said, I completely agree with you. In Germany if you pass on the right you get a ticket. If you are in the left lane and someone wants to pass and you don't get over you get a ticket. If you don't use your signal you get a ticket. The autobahn works in Germany because they enforce all driving laws, they have an extremely hard driving test and educate their drivers. Police in the US could give a rats ass about anything but speeding. They do enforce drunk driving which is good but they should really educate drivers and enforce all driving laws. Having no speeds limits on certain highways in the US would be a disaster unless we educate and enforce all driving laws.

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