Calm the F*$% down: There will be no 1 mph over tickets

http://nbc4i.com/2016/03/25/a-speeding-ticket-for-going-1mph-over-not-likely-in-nc/

I knew the second this stuff started going viral that it was complete nonsense.  This is the danger of living in the social media age.

NC is now a laughing stock across the nation for our ridiculous trans-bashing, moronic legislature.  It was very easy to believe we’d come up with some asinine Fascist speeding ticket policy, too.  So I am not surprised that this got traction with so many people.

But there are many, many reasons that law enforcement officers don’t write tickets for minimal amounts over the limit. I won’t bore you with the details, because most people don’t care, but suffice it to say that it’s just not really worth the effort most of the time.  And I mean it’s really not worth the effort, so for that and other reasons it was very unlikely to be something that was going to be a new blanket policy.

The whole point in the announcement of the new “policy” for lack of a better term is just to remind people that there is a limit there for a reason, and we should respect and obey those limits.  That has and always will be true.

Of course, if this had been a real thing, it might have been a huge windfall for those of us that handle traffic tickets.  Alas.

Still, I’m glad it’s not the case.  So go ahead and set your cruise control for 9 over the limit and rest assured that you are probably just as safe as you ever were from the po-po.

Now go get a ticket and call me!