i found out that Hawaii is zero points off your license for speeding. You can speed all you want, as long as you pay your fines.

Totally agree, unfortunately not ticketing speeders kills the governments pocketbook and they make the rules. Not sure about Canadians, but for Americans and our for profit government that's end of story.
Backlash here in Northern California is nice though. Our state is so poor we lost a lot of patrol cars and I hardly see anyone pulled over anymore. Not like the 90's when they seemed to be around every corner. Almost like a free country now.

That's neat and all, but I'm sure your insurance company would cash in on all that speeding.

Here in Oregon they have photo radar trucks that drive around, park on the side of the road and photo and ticket you if you go 9-10 miles over the limit. It's outrageous and you can't challenge the ticket either as the tech is considered foolproof. They park the things on safe roads where I've not seen accidents and in sneaky places like at the bottom of a hill after a slight curve in the road. It's totally about the money and the insurance companies are in on it. In some places, they actually pay for the radar/laser equipment.

So speeding isn't illegal? I must have missed that somewhere. It must be like those red light camera thingies where supposedly you have a right to run a red light or something . . .

Or do you mean to say you believe they are engaging in entrapment by forcing you to speed around turns so they can ticket you? Much like they shorten yellow lights . . . because that's totally the same thing.

Governments are profiting from unnecessary ticketing of speeders? I must have missed that somewhere. Oh wait there's a whole video about it at the top of the page!! *smacks forehead*

So really the issue is people are doing something illegal and getting busted for it. The government is aware that people will routinely break said law and are profiting off it.

So the real issue is that the government is acting as a for-profit organization, right? That still doesn't negate that people are breaking the law and getting busted for it. If the drivers followed the speed limit, then the government couldn't profit off them, now could they? *smacks forehead*

See, with red light cameras there's a legitimate argument to be made. If a driver is following the speed limit, and break safely, there is a set time the yellow light should progress in order to insure compliance and safety. So for instance, if a vehicle traveling at 30MPH takes 10 seconds to come to a slow, controlled stop, the yellow should last for 12 seconds to ensure the drivers a reasonable time to notice the light change and react. (Normal human reaction time is between .3 to 2 seconds.)

So if the government sets the yellow to only 5 seconds, this creates an unsafe and unreasonable margin. And then, if the safest and more sane thing to do is "run the red" and are subsequently ticketed, then that's entrapment. That is wrong, and is something someone can complain about.

Complaining that you got caught speeding, well, boohoo for you. Don't speed. No one is forcing you to speed. So it's your own damn fault, no matter if the government is profiting off it or what video is posted.

If what you're really complaining about is that the actual design of the road triggers a natural response to travel at a "perceived safe speed" (which is a real thing) and the limit is set to a lower than needed limit, then that's something you can complain about. Still doesn't mean speeding isn't illegal.

Speed traps don't work in general. All they trigger is a momentary change in behavior and once the negative force is removed, the behavior continues. But because of the quota systems placed by "hard on crime" Republicans, real change isn't going to happen. Instead what you're seeing is a systematic failure of a rewards and punishment system that has long been proven to be ineffective and counter-productive.

Instead, if they really want to slow speeds, they should redesign the road and perhaps do a road diet, re-stripe the lanes, use bricks or plant trees (which is illegal by DOT standards btw - they hurt cars if they crash, but people don't, so it's better to hit people than trees - no joke, literally their logic.)

Or, if you're worried the police force is resorting to the quota and a misguided broken windows policy, then that's something to address. You're lack of ability to lay off the gas pedal is not a "liberties" issue or the "man putting you down."

The focus is totally misguided and the video is proof.