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Old 05-10-06, 11:05 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel
Actually they aren't the same, because the camera will issue a ticket, the copper probably wouldn't
This one was a manned van

I actually have a problem with copper discretion on this. I know the anti camera lobby will say that a copper will only give a speeding ticket when it's deserved, and will only ever not when it's not... I don;t think that's the case at all. I don't see why the decision of whether or not you get a ticket should be down to whether the cop's in a good mood, or whether he likes your face, or your t*ts, or your attitude, or his daughter's going out with a biker and so he hates them all, or his wife's just left him. Discretion is fundamentally unfair. Let the courts make that decision.
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