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Originally Posted by mjjstang
um its not illegal to slow down a lane if your going the limit, how can you get a ticket for doing the limit? u cant ticket the limit mothfawka.
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if the flow of traffic is running slightly faster than the limit and a cop is a dick he can write a ticket for impeding the flow of traffic. Yes, thats a ticketable offense. Its on the books in many states. Basically the law states that by impeding the flow of traffic your endangering yourself and your fellow drivers. You can also get a ticket for driving to slow, it falls under the same law.
Regardless of everyone feeling its a revenue generator, which to some extent, Cities and counties do use it that way, fact is the Bureaucrats came up with speed limits and traffic laws to protect the citizenry. Now, how effective all of this is becomes a tad questionable in certain circumstances. The 55 speed limit was originally put into law for politcal reasons. I.E. We were in a oil crisis( debate flies around the second oil crisis of the 70's legitamacy to this day) The President imposed the 55 mph limit to save gasoline. The whole 55 saves lives campaign came along later started by ultraconservatives bent on protecting their families regardless of how valid the statement was, it was how they felt.