You have go by your own assessment. But I really don't think you will feel it to be terribly inconvenient if you pick something like a new Tesla, a Taycan, a Lucid and probably at least a half dozen other EVs sold in the US. But it is your money, your life and your decision.
No, you can't. But I associate with dozens of police officers. They do in fact tolerate certain overages and other offenses. My best friend is a Seattle Police Officer and he hates to write tickets. Except he will write you up in a second for parking in a handicap spot if you're not.
“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin
Oh, so we're back on this old saw now? Even including the Franklin quote. Again. How tiresome.
Laws and taxes is the price we pay to live in a civilized society. Are there reasonable limits to freedom? Or is anarchy preferable? Sorry, I don't want you driving through my neighborhood at 60 or 70mph in a 4 to 7,000 pound vehicle. I don't want you carrying a machine gun or a flamethrower either. I don't want to feel I must always be armed to the gill.
I am in violent agreement with everything you said.
What you describe is not an accurate representation of reality.
It's a tricky balance. I give you that. I don't like the idea of receiving a ticket two weeks later for something minor and unremarkable.
Was Dabop incorrect or exaggerating when he said that on a 4-5 hour trip he went through three 'average speed' cameras, at least a dozen fixed speed cameras, and several dozen red light/speed/mobile phone use cameras?
My first car was a 69 Delta 88 Oldsmobile with a 455 Rocket - and it was. It is the only car I ever totaled....
That sounds about right.
I don't have a definition of "surveillance state" as I think it's an absurd construct invented by Americans to justify unsafe practices.
That's a huge Sedan. A trunk the size of my first apartment.
Fast car. But Cadillac was notorious for doing weird things that were one offs which made them expensive to maintain. And I have been personally maintaining my own cars since I was 16.
My Delta 88 was a two door in beautiful gold with a white vinyl top (shudder). But, would it go in a straight line. I suspect its acceleration was helped by weight savings from the heavily rusted fenders (at certain speeds she would whistle).
No doubt it's good quote at times, but I don't think this is one of them. Public highways are not our individual property, and the rules governing their use have little to do with essential liberty.
Agreed (fast moving thread,see post 1286)...
It was the Coupe version huh? My father traded his 1968 Olds 98 Luxury Sedan in for a 1972 Delta 88 sedan. Which while still a very big car, it was considerably smaller than the 98.
I was not commenting on road laws.
That's because you're not describing it accurately.
No Art, I think he is describing it very accurately.
