LGC 18.1 - Stop Useless Traffic Enforcement Act - Passed

[CosmoKramer]

Speed limits have their purpose, obviously. Most of the time it's pretty obvious the limits are deliberately set too low for the purpose of generating speed ticket revenue for the state. If you're just speeding somewhat over the posted limit, it's silly to pay a fine to the government. Victimless crime 101. Unless you cause an accident of course.

[CosmoKramer]

A couple other changes:

Stop Useless Traffic Enforcement Act

1. Any Police Officer or Prosecutor in Lincoln is prohibited from issuing a traffic ticket, or any other consequence, for a violation of the speed limit, provided the alleged speed is less than twelve (12) miles over the posted limit, unless:

- the ticket or warning is being issued as a result of a collision
- the speed limit is less than 40 miles per hour
- The offense is occurring in a school zone, regardless of the limit currently in effect, and/or
- the officer is citing careless or reckless driving (or similar), and factors beyond speed prove their case.

1a. This shall not be construed to prohibit stopping and citing/warning a driver for some other offense, such as texting and driving, as long as the low-level speed infraction itself is not punished.

2. States and localities may not modify speed limits for the sole purpose of circumventing this law.

3. Any currently pending court case relating to any matter listed above is hereby dismissed and expunged.

4. Any prior court case relating to any matter listed above shall be immediately and retroactively dismissed and expunged, and removed from any driving record.

How do we offer a change like this? Do we just post the same text with additions and such?

[CosmoKramer]

See below.. My additions in bold like how Dwarven did.
Oh also removed the "citation/warning" part, since cops can just make an excuse to deliver a ticket anyway.

Stop Useless Traffic Enforcement Act

1. Any Police Officer or Prosecutor in Lincoln is prohibited from issuing a traffic ticket, or any other consequence, for a violation of the speed limit, provided the alleged speed is less than twenty (20) miles over the posted limit, unless:

- the ticket or warning is being issued as a result of a collision
- the speed limit is less than 30 miles per hour
- The offense is occurring in a school zone, regardless of the limit currently in effect, and/or
- the officer is citing careless or reckless driving (or similar), and factors beyond speed prove their case.

2. States and localities may not modify speed limits for the sole purpose of circumventing this law.

3. Any currently pending court case relating to any matter listed above is hereby dismissed and expunged.

4. Any prior court case relating to any matter listed above shall be immediately and retroactively dismissed and expunged, and removed from any driving record.

5. Privately-owned roads are not required to post a speed limit, and drivers cannot be ticketed for allegedly speeding on a privately-owned road.

6. Traffic enforcement cameras that collect photographic or video recordings shall be forbidden on all public roads.

7. Collection of tolls will be forbidden on all public roads.

[CosmoKramer]

Aye

[CosmoKramer]

Nay.

See below.. My additions in bold like how Dwarven did.
Oh also removed the "citation/warning" part, since cops can just make an excuse to deliver a ticket anyway.

Stop Useless Traffic Enforcement Act

1. Any Police Officer or Prosecutor in Lincoln is prohibited from issuing a traffic ticket, or any other consequence, for a violation of the speed limit, provided the alleged speed is less than twenty (20) miles over the posted limit, unless:

- the ticket or warning is being issued as a result of a collision
- the speed limit is less than 30 miles per hour
- The offense is occurring in a school zone, regardless of the limit currently in effect, and/or
- the officer is citing careless or reckless driving (or similar), and factors beyond speed prove their case.

2. States and localities may not modify speed limits for the sole purpose of circumventing this law.

3. Any currently pending court case relating to any matter listed above is hereby dismissed and expunged.

4. Any prior court case relating to any matter listed above shall be immediately and retroactively dismissed and expunged, and removed from any driving record.

5. Privately-owned roads are not required to post a speed limit, and drivers cannot be ticketed for allegedly speeding on a privately-owned road.

6. Traffic enforcement cameras that collect photographic or video recordings shall be forbidden on all public roads.

7. Collection of tolls will be forbidden on all public roads.

We indicate removals of text using strikethrough.

Also, just for the record, amendments (and anything else offered in this body) usually come with advocacy for what they do, why they're being offered, and what their relevance is to the rest of the bill.

I really don't see what (5) brings that isn't already covered by the bill, (6) is probably good but I'd have to check if there's already something similar enacted regionally, and (7) just is not relevant at all. Feel entirely free to change my mind.

Ok will use strikethrough in the text next time and can do an advocacy.

(5) protects private property owners from being penalized by cops for speeding on their own land.

(6) goes without saying. Spying is bad, mkay?

(7) is also related to traffic enforcement as in the bill's name. Toll collection should be outlawed everywhere.