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[–] 80 points 5 months ago (21 children)

Activists say that Giovansanti is a poster child for the urgency of passing the “Stop Super Speeders Act,” a pending bill in Albany that would force the worst repeat speeders to install a speed limiter in their vehicles.

Crazy that this is the suggestion. Point system like in most of Europe and take the license away when no more points. USA is really wild.

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    Wait you don't get points on your license if you break the law in the US? Wtaf

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    In most areas, you can only get a point on your license if an actual officer gives you the ticket. You can't get them from automated speed cameras. Most of these tickets seem to be from cameras.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Why would he get tickets from his friends?

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Do you think he shouldn't have friends just because he's a cop? That's pretty messed up.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Wait, I'm confused. I can't tell if you're being serious. If you are being serious, then that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that everyone should be held accountable for their actions. And of course their friends should be able to give them a ticket.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    Depends on the state. Most you do get points for this shit. In most states that many tickets would have revoked his license several times over.

    But you just know this dude would still drive without a license.

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  • [+] -11 points 5 months ago* (9 children)

    I wish speed limiters were automated. Would be pretty easy to do with GPS being in every vehicle now.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Fuck that, why would you WANT the gov in your car?

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  • [+] -8 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    If you want people to interact with you, you're going to have to learn to discuss things like a civilized human being.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    What’s uncivilized about the way he answered?

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  • [+] -7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Good question.

    His rude and aggressive tone, for one. Totally unnecessary.

    And his apparent ignorance of the fact that there are other solutions for another.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    If you want to interact with people online, you’re going to not have to act like a child when they say the word fuck.

    It wasn’t even said with any anger towards you, the fact that you could be offended by that is mind boggling.

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  • [–] [M] 4 points 5 months ago

    You know you're in a community with "fuck" right there in the name, right?

    If there's any toxic behavior going on here, it's your tone-policing. This is your warning.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago

    A quick picture to show what's happening here:

    COPS

    ARE ABOVE

    THE LAW

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    From what I understand that is a cops right. They risk their lives every single day so they deserve extra shit. They are a protected class unto themselves. /s

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  • [–] 33 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    There's no reason why he should be allowed to keep his driver's license after the third infraction. Pull it for a few years, and then if he keeps doing it, then that's going to be a permanent ban from driving.

    Also, how are the cameras configured to only issue violations after 11 mph over the speed limit? It's a limit, any amount over it is illegal

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I've no idea how true it is but I've read that vehicle speedometers aren't 100% accurate, so one vehicle going a displayed 30mph might be going the same speed as another vehicle displayed at 35mph.

    There's probably some leeway built into the system to cover inaccuracies like that, as well as in the cameras own speed detection ability

    I've definitely went by those speed display signs that say slow down and show your speed and they've been wrong quite often by upwards of 5-10mph.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    your speedometer is calibrated to a specific wheel diameter and is unaware of changes due to tire pressure, wear, using different tires (i.e. winter vs summer tires) etc. All it "knows" is that the vehicle travels x meters per wheel revolution, but that x constantly changes.

    This also means your odometer will be off by some margin, and should really only be used as a ballpark value.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Most manufacturers deliberately include an error on the speedo so they report 5km/h high (about 3mph). My two cars have 2km/h and 3km/h errors

    You can look up the speedometer error for most cars, you can test your own using a stopwatch and a measured distance and maths, or a GPS that shows speed to one decimal place. I use GPS essentials

    GPS speed is very accurate.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    9 you're fine, 10 your mine.

    We all know the speed limit is a minimum speed recommendation

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago*

    Yeah, American speed limits are usually treated as suggestions. My usual commute is 70MPH, but traffic regularly flows anywhere between 80 and 85. I remember a chat I had with a cop a while back, and she mentioned that her go-to number was 13. So like at 12 over the limit, she wouldn’t bother. But at 13, she’d initiate a stop.

    It meant if she recognized someone from a previous stop, she could just go “wait, I think I remember you… Didn’t I bust you for doing 43 in a 30 last time?” Their actual speed didn’t really matter, because she just used 13 over the limit every time, unless it was something egregious like twice the limit. That “wait, don’t I know you” line would immediately shut down any hopes they had of talking their way out of the ticket, because now they’ve been caught again and they think she actually remembers the specific stop.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Why doesn't he get thrown in civil commitment for a few dozen years w/o parole?

    Ah right, he's a cop.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago
    [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    A real pile of shit. Examine the photo of his truck at the bottom and you will see an odd gap between the front passenger door and fender. No accidents, BS, it went unreported.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Of fucking course it’s a pick up truck too

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Full size Dodge Ram too. The official vehicle of douchebags, wifebeaters, and drunk drivers.

    If it were a mid-size import pickup I wouldn't judge the choice of vehicle too harshly.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I will never understand wanting such a large vehicle. I love My Nissan Micra, but even that feels top big. It's seriously awesome to have a tiny car that can just be thrown sideways into a parking spot and still fit between the lines.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Had a Nissan Sentra in highschool in the rural area and it’s not small at all, but compared to everyone else it was tiny. Though that was a while ago and been daily driving our legs pretty much since 2019 lmao Though with the lack of benches/public seating in some places, it’s getting harder to find parking for dez bad gurls 🦵🦵

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Staten Island cop is exactly who I'd expect. We really just need to give that borough to Florida, not even NJ wants it at this point

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