Re: $12,000.00 Speeding Ticket

"Steve T" <rm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:14jjb4drp98nlcbrah9uhrl32k9acrtk7q@xxxxxxxxxx
"David T. Ashley" <dta@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

:You aren't thinking straight.

Yes I am.

If you operate a bike at 160 MPH, the amount of energy is enormous and the stopping distance is too great. It is reckless behavior: same as firing a gun into the air in a populated area. You might not kill anybody, but you might.

Please explain to me why you feel that reckless behavior shouldn't be criminal only becuase it involves a vehicle rather than some other instrument ...

If someone runs you over deliberately with a car, don't you feel that they should be charged with murder?

The fact that a car is involved doesn't mean that one can't use the car to do something criminal ...

Explain your point of view ...

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