abcrunning wrote:
Not at Dick at all. Police officers see a lot of tragedies due to speeding. Very often the person driving recklessly ends up killing innocent people around them. I hope she learns a good lesson, but I doubt it she is so immature, stupid and pathetic.
Absolute garbage. Accidents caused by speeders are almost always drunk or drug impaired drivers. Accidents involving sober speeders is barely a blip in accident statistics. But it's just so easy to bring in revenue from speeders because it's easily adjudicated. I'm not saying she doesn't deserve punishment. But a mandatory jail visit is way over the top.
Here in Colorado, we have 2 accidents a week caused by drivers going the wrong direction down major highways. The driver is always high or drunk. And the accidents they cause are almost always fatal. But yeah, let's jail someone for going 104 in a 65.