Virginia Traffic Tickets
However 70 mph on the interstate is legal, depending on the state. And it's very possible to be driving 65-70, and kill someone. So should we require everyone to drive light-weight mopeds and go only 1 mph so no one ever dies in a car wreck again?
First of all, as I stated before it is the deviation of speed above and below the speed limit that leads to accidents, not the speed itself. What you are failing to realize (or admit, one or the other) is that going 10-15 mph over the speed limit does increase the risk of accident, and at those speeds it significantly increases the risk of serious injury or fatality.
http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/speed/speed.htm
Secondly in regards to your reply to MLU you are just being obnoxious and overly dramatic (a pattern I've noticed in this thread). We don't execute litter bugs because they have posed no immediate threat to you or I in most cases, whereas driving 15 mph faster does pose an immediate threat in a lot of cases. I would also like to point out that we don't execute speeders...so your references are really over-the-top and without merit. To make a more realistic point why don't you just say that we should enforce and increase litter bug fines more than we currently do (fines for littering typically range from 100 to 500 dollars based on personal experience).
Let me ask you a serious question. Do you believe exceeding the speed limit by 15 mph over is dangerous (I'm not talking specifically about you and how good of a driver you may be...I'm talking about the general population of the U.S.)? I'll assume you will say that it depends on the driver and that elderly, slow drivers are just as much of a risk (which, I agree and statistics support if you read my link). But, based on the studies exceeding the speed limit by that type of speed is in fact dangerous and is in fact deadly in a lot of cases. Does that mean it will happen to you? No, not at all. It may not even happen to anyone you ever know. But it certainly could based on the odds.
So, I guess what I am getting at is are you just upset because this could potentially affect you as a "fast" driver? And this is another serious question...why don't you just observe the speed limit if you are worried about being fined?
Also, please don't lecture me that this has nothing to do with safety. You're right, the direct cause for this is to raise funds, I realize that. But that doesn't mean the two are mutually exclusive.