New York State Police are conducting a campaign to crack down on speeding motorists. “Speed Week” begins Monday and runs through the 14th.
Police say all available troopers will be on patrol in order to catch speeding vehicles and other traffic violations, especially along highways.
State Police say speed remains the leading cause of deaths on New York’s highways and is a contributing factor to one-third of all fatal crashes each year.
State Police said they will also be on the look out for for motorists who violate New York’s “Move Over Law.” This law requires motorists to move over one lane, if possible, from an emergency vehicle on the side of a multi-lane highway (essentially, any interstate or parkway highway). Even if they can’t move over due to heavy traffic, motorists are required to slow down.
In an effort to help keep travelers safe, the State Police will assign additional patrols to major highways and step up its speed enforcement activities.
Typical penalties for first time speeding offense (11 – 20 miles over limit):
•$150 fine.
•$80 surcharge.
•4 points on driving record.
•Insurance premium surcharge.
•* Lawyers typically charge $200 or more for speed defense.
•Penalties for second and third offense, speed in work zone or school zone increase substantially.
•Driver’s license suspended for three speeds in 18 months.
•Driver Responsibility Assessment – If you incur six or more points on your driver’s record you will have to pay a $300 civil penalty, in addition to any other penalty.
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radar works.i never understand people who speed without radar.would you go to war without a weapon?you can by a great radar for $150-$200.you will makeyour money back many times over
Im thinking about resorting to horse and buggy. A lot less liabilities
Oh look another NYST fundraiser!
Therefore people should stick to robbery, murder and drug trafficking – just as long as they follow traffic laws?????
If get get mugged, just hope the mugger drives away at 80 mph so there’s a chance they’ll be concerned.
Of course, announcing a “speed trap” is almost as effective, and much cheaper, than actually doing anything to catch speeders, so maybe the police are being clever and cost efficient.
1. If it has been proven that speed kills, or even increases likelihood of an accident and/or injury, could somebody bring me a proof (from CHaZa”L, Rishonim, and the Shulchan Aruch) that it is permissible to do so?
2. “Would you go to war without a weapon?” Coul
d you explain the comparison? The police or State Troopers are the enemy that we have to fight against them with our weapon (the radar) and prevent them from taking our money? If this were the 8th of Adar and not the 8th of Av I would assume you were making a joke.
3. “A fund-raiser?” The purpose of civil law – one of the 7 Noachide laws – is to keep the population safe and free from anarchy, chaos, etc. Some people will obey laws only if not doing so will cost them money; b’chol mi’odecha – yeish she’mamonam chavivin lahem yoser mai’gufam. The role the troopers play is a very important and one we should be grateful for.
shuali – although you have valid points, their are partially idealistic and not realistic.
The first point is absolutely true. But the second and third, while I wish they were true, and certainly on paper they are totally correct, in fact are not always so. Many city and states (and especially NYC) use the enforcement laws as just a convenient excuse to generate revenue, and are not in fact intending to enforce the rules. I am sure everyone knows what I mean, but for those who are not sure, how about:
– Speed traps where the speed drops down suddenly for no legitimate reason, and a police officer is stationed right there for the sole purpose of issuing summonses.
– numerous surcharges that keep getting tacked on to ticket fines, on the assumption that once you are guilty, you somehow lose all of your rights.
– hundreds and thousands of stories of people who were issued summonses that they felt were undeserved or outright dishonest, but discovered that the court system is biased towards generating revenue in order to pay those same judges
– police officers that show no regard for those same all-so-important laws by speeding, going through red lights, and parking indiscriminately, when there is no actual emergency need to do so, just because no one would dare give them a ticket.
I drive within the speed limit not only to save lives, but because I fear encountering a police officer and being at their mercy. Even so, when I say Tefillas Haderech, I have in mind the police when I say “Mikol Oyeiv Voirev Vchayas Raos Baderech…”
My father told me that my grandfather (z”l) said “There are two things you want to stay as far away from as possible: Mad dogs, and Police.” I said to my father, “But he lived in Poland, where the Police were the enemy of the Jews!?” My father replied – “it is still true here.”
Drive safely and carefully, and obey all of the laws! But still pray that you don’t get a ticket anyway.
Not to mention “ticket quotas” that undoubtedly exist, but are nevertheless vehemently denied.