School Speed Zones ... my biggest pet peeve

[Blieb]

20mph limit here ... flashing yellow lights to indicate times in effect ... yet still people FLY through speed zones. Other places I've seen 15mph or 10mph zones ... so 20 is pretty generous ...

If I were a cop, I'd beg to be on school zone speed patrol ... it'd be never ending fun.

Today I was goin' through one, and this lady was pissed I was going 20mph, so she went for the pass, and I jumped into the middle of both lanes to block her fat retarded ass ... she got so pissed ... it was awesome ... I had to share.

 

[Kalvin00]

LOL @ your story about blocking her

 

[markjrubin]

Well you're not a cop and what you did was illegal. If I was a cop I'd give you a ticket.

 

[Borracho]

I think the best fix is the massive speed humps that I see here in Chicago. Speed over those your car is going to feel the pain.

 

[Blieb]

Originally posted by: markjrubin
Well you're not a cop and what you did was illegal. If I was a cop I'd give you a ticket.

... I'd take the ticket with a smile, and explain to the judge I was saving little kids lives!

 

[OutHouse]

when i was stationed in Vegas the fine for speeding through a school zone was $100 bucks per mile per hour you are over.

It was and has been the only city where i saw EVERYBODY going the speed limit.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: Borracho
I think the best fix is the massive speed humps that I see here in Chicago. Speed over those your car is going to feel the pain.

Agreed.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Blieb

Originally posted by: markjrubin
Well you're not a cop and what you did was illegal. If I was a cop I'd give you a ticket.

... I'd take the ticket with a smile, and explain to the judge I was saving little kids lives!

With wreckless driving! Yay you!

 

[WHipLAsh13]

Originally posted by: Blieb

Originally posted by: markjrubin
Well you're not a cop and what you did was illegal. If I was a cop I'd give you a ticket.

... I'd take the ticket with a smile, and explain to the judge I was saving little kids lives!

Any he will say thank your for paying my salary not pay your ticket.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: Borracho
I think the best fix is the massive speed humps that I see here in Chicago. Speed over those your car is going to feel the pain.

speed-sensitive land mines like in BF1942 would be better. go slow enough and they don't detonate.

 

[shimsham]

99% of people in my town follow the posted speed limit while the light is flashing. those that dont are usually young drivers.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Blieb

Originally posted by: markjrubin
Well you're not a cop and what you did was illegal. If I was a cop I'd give you a ticket.

... I'd take the ticket with a smile, and explain to the judge I was saving little kids lives!

Were you? What little kid was she about to run over? I would have just passed you anyway.

 

[Blieb]

Originally posted by: notfred

Were you? What little kid was she about to run over? I would have just passed you anyway.

You'd have had to hit me.

The ticket thing raises the question ... if there were a gunman shooting in a shopping mall, and you pulled out your illegal, unregistered gun, and took him out ... would you get arrested/fined/ticketed for the illegal weapon? Or praised for taking out the gunman?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Blieb

Originally posted by: notfred

Were you? What little kid was she about to run over? I would have just passed you anyway.

You'd have had to hit me.

The ticket thing raises the question ... if there were a gunman shooting in a shopping mall, and you pulled out your illegal, unregistered gun, and took him out ... would you get arrested/fined/ticketed for the illegal weapon? Or praised for taking out the gunman?

No I wouldn't have.

And - probably both.

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Blieb

Originally posted by: notfred

Were you? What little kid was she about to run over? I would have just passed you anyway.

You'd have had to hit me.

The ticket thing raises the question ... if there were a gunman shooting in a shopping mall, and you pulled out your illegal, unregistered gun, and took him out ... would you get arrested/fined/ticketed for the illegal weapon? Or praised for taking out the gunman?

No I wouldn't have.

And - probably both.

yea. both

 

[Vic]

I have no problem with speeding on the highway, but I think speeding through a school zone (when children are present) deserves the death penalty.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Blieb

Originally posted by: notfred

Were you? What little kid was she about to run over? I would have just passed you anyway.

You'd have had to hit me.

The ticket thing raises the question ... if there were a gunman shooting in a shopping mall, and you pulled out your illegal, unregistered gun, and took him out ... would you get arrested/fined/ticketed for the illegal weapon? Or praised for taking out the gunman?

No I wouldn't have.

And - probably both.

yea. both

But in some smaller towns and some of Texas, there may be a better likelyhood of keeping that part under the table. I would think that for saving some lives and doing some good the police would give you a slap on the wrist, seeing as it would probably be taken from you as evidence anyway.

 

[Turkish]

If you really want to help little kids, there are much better ways than reckless driving

 

[bigalt]

Originally posted by: Vic
I have no problem with speeding on the highway, but I think speeding through a school zone (when children are present) deserves the death penalty.

you should move to texas.

 

[StageLeft]

School zone is about the only place I have any respect for traffic laws.

 

[thomsbrain]

they're 25 miles per hour here in CA, but no one abides by them either.

 

[Skiguy411]

We sometimes have a motorcycle cop at our high school that just sits in the school zone. I would say he pulls about 4 or 5 teens for speeding.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: Yossarian

Originally posted by: Borracho
I think the best fix is the massive speed humps that I see here in Chicago. Speed over those your car is going to feel the pain.

speed-sensitive land mines like in BF1942 would be better. go slow enough and they don't detonate.

 

[Asharus]

The OP is a dumbass.

 

[loup garou]

I always try to obey school zones, but I have a couple of peeves about them.
1) People who slow down for them when they aren't flashing. Ok, an hour before or after school, I can understand because there's still kids around, but I've been behind some jackasses who slow down at 8pm!

2) School zone signs WITHOUT lights. I got ticketed for going 30 through one of these. Hell, there wasn't even a school on the street (it was on the other side of the block )! The signs just look like parking/no parking signs if they don't have the lights!