Indiana House Bill 1308 Increases the maximum speed limit, from 70 to 75 miles per hour

[BigMoose]

Indiana General Assembly

Website for Indiana's General Assembly

iga.in.gov

Well I don't know if this has legs or not. But.. We definitely need this.

Speed laws are mostly a revenue farce... and anything that helps this, is good. (people won't drive any faster)

 

[Michigan Slim]

I'm not slowing down to 75.

 

[10mm]

I'm not slowing down to 75.

My sentiments exactly.

 

[SouthernStar25]

Giddy-up!

 

[gorge]

I'm not slowing down to 75.

So you are keeping to the 20+? You were doing 90, now will do 95?

 

[BigMoose]

I'm not slowing down to 75.

Well me ether, but it gives the dang highway patrol less margin/incentive to bother you.

It also bumps up the speeds point violation chart. Which would mean you would have to be doing over 90mph to get in the higher one. Which most people don't do.

 

[BigMoose]

Ether way, write your representative and tell him you want this to get a Committee hearing

 

[spencer rifle]

So you are keeping to the 20+? You were doing 90, now will do 95?

That's not driving, it's aiming.

 

[Chewie]

Wait! What?
You mean there isn't a 1 in front of the 70?
Up until now I thought there was something wrong with my truck!
Thanks for helping avoid another mechanics bill saying there's nothing wrong with my truck!

 

[Ziggidy]

Another way to help thin out the population or for lawyers to make more money? In a wreck, call Ken? Only the hammer knows for sure.

 

[Pepi]

Semi can go 95mph

 

[Destro]

Indiana General Assembly

Website for Indiana's General Assembly

iga.in.gov

Speed laws are mostly a revenue farce

Before I retired last year, my agency got $3 for every ticket it wrote. Hardly a dependable revenue source.

 

[BigMoose]

Before I retired last year, my agency got $3 for every ticket it wrote. Hardly a dependable revenue source.

I would still rather they get nothing, nothing personal

 

[Destro]

I would still rather they get nothing, nothing personal

The whole system bothered me. It seems like a giant 8th amendment violation. The fines and fees affect disproportionate parts of the population and 1 ticket can mean the difference between food/medicine and a suspended license for a poor person. I hated it.

But never once did anyone in any part of the system express or imply that I needed to write tickets to generate revenue. At the end of the day...gas, labor, maintenance, and until recently the cost of the tickets themselves, I'm sure we lost money writing tickets., so the revenue angle in Indiana is mostly BS.

Some guys write everyone. Don't get it but its their prerogative. I do know that a lot of tickets and arrests today were previously verbal warnings years ago. With the body cameras and "accountability", some guys think its not worth the risk to give warnings. Probably right. I know if I wrote someone, they earned it.

 

[Michigan Slim]

So you are keeping to the 20+? You were doing 90, now will do 95?

Truck shuts off at 99 or so

 

[Michigan Slim]

I've seen everything along the highway. I'm on it to get where I'm going, not sightsee.

 

[BigMoose]

Obligatory post.

 

[Michigan Slim]

The whole system bothered me. It seems like a giant 8th amendment violation. The fines and fees affect disproportionate parts of the population and 1 ticket can mean the difference between food/medicine and a suspended license for a poor person. I hated it.

But never once did anyone in any part of the system express or imply that I needed to write tickets to generate revenue. At the end of the day...gas, labor, maintenance, and until recently the cost of the tickets themselves, I'm sure we lost money writing tickets., so the revenue angle in Indiana is mostly BS.

Some guys write everyone. Don't get it but its their prerogative. I do know that a lot of tickets and arrests today were previously verbal warnings years ago. With the body cameras and "accountability", some guys think its not worth the risk to give warnings. Probably right. I know if I wrote someone, they earned it.

Yeah, that was probably me....

 

[Ingomike]

That's not driving, it's aiming.

You may need a better vehicle, mine drive great at those speeds. It helps if one has a vehicle built for the autobahn…

 

[Shadow01]

The whole system bothered me. It seems like a giant 8th amendment violation. The fines and fees affect disproportionate parts of the population and 1 ticket can mean the difference between food/medicine and a suspended license for a poor person. I hated it.

But never once did anyone in any part of the system express or imply that I needed to write tickets to generate revenue. At the end of the day...gas, labor, maintenance, and until recently the cost of the tickets themselves, I'm sure we lost money writing tickets., so the revenue angle in Indiana is mostly BS.

Some guys write everyone. Don't get it but its their prerogative. I do know that a lot of tickets and arrests today were previously verbal warnings years ago. With the body cameras and "accountability", some guys think its not worth the risk to give warnings. Probably right. I know if I wrote someone, they earned it.

I’m more concerned about the revenue stream created when officers uphold the law by arresting murderers and rapeist?