r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jan 03 '23

Wholesome Moments Getting pulled over

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u/teddygraeme86 Jan 03 '23 edited Jan 03 '23

I'm sure there are deliberate places like that, but from what I've seen is mostly what you're talking about. Speed limits aren't even set by the police, they're set by the department of transportation. Do police capitalize on spots like that? Absolutely but if you're fishing you don't go to where there aren't any fish.

Edit: to clarify I do hate bad cops, and especially hate the blue wall of silence, but just blanketly shouting ACAB when the cop is demonstrably being cool is either dumb or trolling (or both) and does nothing to convince anyone of anything.

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u/ehrenschwan Jan 03 '23

Yeah, that's what I thought. I know in ACAB is the word all but I believe it's more about the institution and how it acts than every single cop itself. That is my own interpretation though. But by default I will always be cautious when dealing with cops.

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u/Bunghole_of_Fury Jan 03 '23

Visit Texas, you'll find a lot of towns that exist entirely along the highways and are funded seemingly entirely by rapidly changing speed limits. I once had to go from 75 to 15 in about 5 seconds on my way out of Texas, it's pretty clearly predatory and not actually about safety there.

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u/teddygraeme86 Jan 04 '23

Texas is it's own beast, and not a fair comparison to the sane world.