Re: license to speed

[Simon Favre <simon@domain.elided>]

What a concept! It might actually restore some "truth in advertising" to
the shameless revenue enhancement that passes for enforcement these days.
Of course, there would likely be restrictions. I imagine twice the posted
limit would still be a no-no. I also figure the "prepaid" ticket would
only be valid within the jurisdiction of the issuing authority. If the
state police, or Highway Patrol issued them, the local yokels could still
nail you. If the locals issued them, they would not be valid out of town.
A statewide, universal speeding pass would be fabulous. I'll take two. ;=)

Dana Loomis wrote:

>>those little cash flow impacts humorously known as speeding tickets (sounds 
>>like something you should buy when you want to go fast!). 
>
>I read that the great state of Texas was considering or had adopted
>legislation that would actually do this.  The idea was that you could buy
>"prepaid" speeding tickets; if a cop later stopped you for speeding, you
>could hand over one of the tickets, and drive off with no (additional) fine
>or points against your license.  Can anybody out there confirm?

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