Truisms of life:handog wrote:
...I'm not anti-LEO but this stop comes a little too close to a civil rights violation IMO. 5 MPH over? Give me a break. You try going the speed limit for one day...
1) Drink > drunk
1A) No drink > no drunk
2) speed > ticket
2A) No speed > no ticket
3) Little things can matter. The Challenger was lost because the ambient temperature at take-off was 1-2 degrees lower than the failed gasket had been tested to. That small difference caused the gasket to harden, thus not allowing it to fully seal and to separate the propulsion elements.
4) The "need for speed" and the "need to lead" that seems to be so ingrained into our (male) species' psyche has probably been the single highest cause of traffic accidents and deaths since highways have existed.