Zero Tolerance for Speeding in San Jose

[JMardy]

Make the posted speed limits the 85th percentile if you're going to be douchebags about it.
Seriously.
if the 85th percentile is 47 MPH (or whatever) make THAT be the speed limit or

 

[Banjoboy]

Welcome to the new order of things..! Where getting robbed or assaulted is just life in the big city... But getting robbed by the man is perfectly legal..!

I believe that's how the beginning of the end of every great super power came about..! The Romans?

Yeah, that's why I like live'in in the north, I don't know how peeps live down in them big cities; when yer not get raped, robbed or murdered by the out lawz, yer get raped & robbed by the law!
Up here, if a Sheriff scratches you outta a move'in violation, you purdie much deserve it.

 

[cprbusa]

Anyone ever hear of “malicious compliance”?

 

[nine_inch_rear]

this is total bs.. i mean cmon, 2 to 3 mph over can be the difference of speedometer calibrations right from the factory

 

[damnpoor]

this is total bs.. i mean cmon, 2 to 3 mph over can be the difference of speedometer calibrations right from the factory

Would there be a measurable speed difference between a big fat brand new tire compared to an old worn down tire due to change in diameter?

 

[russ69]

...Tickets have absolutely nothing to do with revenue!!!! Stop spreading these lies around...

I can't really say if this is accurate or not but if the average ticket is 2 or 300 hundred dollars and they are not making any "profit" from that, then I have to think that law enforcement is a seriously inefficient business. When cops are parked and laying in wait, they should be able to write more than 4 tickets an hour so that's at least 800 bucks an hour or something like that, more if it's a serious offense.
Anyway, I'm no cop basher and it's good if they can slow down some of the serious violators but like everyone else has said, zero tolerance is just abusive.

 

[louemc]

While attending traffic school in Angels Camp a few years ago...The Class instructor said..Zero Tolerance..has caught a driver in being 1 mile over.

It was a one day policy...and of course a driver never knew what day it was falling on.

That seemed to be the reason for it...

 

[Climber]

Get used to it. This is the direction that our country is going.......total obedience.

They'll phase it in a bit at a time, then the next thing you know they'll have debtor's prison back, you'll get arrested for looking at the 'royalty' wrong. By royalty, I'm referring to the richest 1 percent that own 99 percent of the wealth in this country.

This is no longer the country that it was just 2 decades ago.

 

[99SH]

I'm thinking we're jumping the gun claiming Zero tolerance enforcement. All I see is 1 maybe 2 people being busted for speeding. I've been driving all week in San Jose 72-73mph on the freeway (speed of traffic) and no cop seemed to mind.

 

[UDRider]

Holy fucking which hunt batman. BARF delivers.

 

[UDRider]

Make the posted speed limits the 85th percentile if you're going to be douchebags about it.
Seriously.
if the 85th percentile is 47 MPH (or whatever) make THAT be the speed limit or

Do you really want the speed limit dictated by prius drivers and asian people?

 

[clutchslip]

I'm thinking we're jumping the gun claiming Zero tolerance enforcement. All I see is 1 maybe 2 people being busted for speeding. I've been driving all week in San Jose 72-73mph on the freeway (speed of traffic) and no cop seemed to mind.

CHP - not SJPD.

Holy fucking which hunt batman. BARF delivers.

We were hunting whats, just last week. (Couldn't resist. Witch - not which)

Do you really want the speed limit dictated by prius drivers and asian people?

 

[CABilly]

That's it. Pegged at 65 in the left lane for me

 

[CoolBDPhenom03]

this is total bs.. i mean cmon, 2 to 3 mph over can be the difference of speedometer calibrations right from the factory

Yep, according to my car's speedo vs. the telemetry in my GPS, my speedo reads 3mph faster than my actual speed. My bike's speedo is digital so it should be more accurate right?

 

[DaveT319]

this is total bs.. i mean cmon, 2 to 3 mph over can be the difference of speedometer calibrations right from the factory

Sure, but the problem with that argument is that if they are in fact off, they are almost always off to the high side, meaning if your speedo is indicating 70 you might actually be traveling 66 or so. I don't think I've ever seen a speedo that indicates slower than you are actually going. Therefore, if they tag you for going 3 over, your speedo was likely indicating 6 or 7 or more over, which means you should have reasonably known that you were speeding, no matter how small an amount you were actually speeding by.

Don't get me wrong, I think zero tolerance sucks. Pretty much across the board for years police departments have allowed up to 10 over the posted without writing a ticket. To now change that will catch a lot of people out who are not expecting such a change. But your speedo being off actually works against you as I have never heard of a speedo indicating you were under the posted when you were actually traveling over the posted.

 

[DaveT319]

Yep, according to my car's speedo vs. the telemetry in my GPS, my speedo reads 3mph faster than my actual speed. My bike's speedo is digital so it should be more accurate right?

Digital vs. analog has no bearing on accuracy. My wife's Protege was analog and was dead accurate according to GPS and those radar speed limit signs that are around.

 

[mlm]

Get used to it. This is the direction that our country is going.......total obedience.

They'll phase it in a bit at a time, then the next thing you know they'll have debtor's prison back, you'll get arrested for looking at the 'royalty' wrong. By royalty, I'm referring to the richest 1 percent that own 99 percent of the wealth in this country.

This is no longer the country that it was just 2 decades ago.

You guys are too much.

This is nothing new. They'll crack down for a short period and then all's back to normal. The sky isn't falling.

 

[Ant]

You guys are too much.

This is nothing new. They'll crack down for a short period and then all's back to normal. The sky isn't falling.

No black helicopters?

No conspiracy?

No goddamn grand master plan???

You sure are a threadkiller.

 

[mlm]

Don't get me wrong, I think law enforcement priorities in the us regarding traffic enforcement have been screwed up for a long time. But aside from the ridiculous ticket costs, enforcement seems more lenient today than it was when I grew up.

But to be clear, my tax dollars would be better spent on something besides radar and Lidar guns. Seems to me a big culprit is enforcement grants from the fed dot (I remember hearing guys on the Leo forum stating that is where their departments get money)

 

[CABilly]

Sure, but the problem with that argument is that if they are in fact off, they are almost always off to the high side, meaning if your speedo is indicating 70 you might actually be traveling 66 or so. I don't think I've ever seen a speedo that indicates slower than you are actually going. Therefore, if they tag you for going 3 over, your speedo was likely indicating 6 or 7 or more over, which means you should have reasonably known that you were speeding, no matter how small an amount you were actually speeding by.

Don't get me wrong, I think zero tolerance sucks. Pretty much across the board for years police departments have allowed up to 10 over the posted without writing a ticket. To now change that will catch a lot of people out who are not expecting such a change. But your speedo being off actually works against you as I have never heard of a speedo indicating you were under the posted when you were actually traveling over the posted.

My 240D indicates about 5 MPH slower than I'm actually going. I've tested it with several friends pacing me, and those stupid little "your speed is" trailer setups.