And that is exactly the reason the practice remains. Until someone is willing to contest this in court and push up the ladder to an appeals court and then a state supreme court, this shit will remain.

We have system of justice in which we are innocent until proven guilty, right? This system subverts the concept by assuming your guilt by sending the car owner a fine. At that point, to avoid the fine, you must prove yourself innocent.

But they guy operating the laser or radar gun DID witness the incident (and they ARE the accuser) and is required to show up in court to testify to that.

Nicer to whom? The journalist? I called it as I saw it. The article was poorly researched.

The journalist didn’t do his job. That is very clear. Parking tickets fall into the same barrel. They are issued as a civil fine rather than a criminal one. Different rules apply but the question of constitutionality is similar. Ohio’s Supreme Court has ruled speed cameras unconstitutional because someone pushed the…

The Supreme Court hasn’t had to rule on speed cameras because as this article states, it is so obviously unconstitutional Ohio’s Supreme Court ruled it so. And not Ohio’s constitution, federal, since it violates due process guaranteed in the 5th and 14th amendments.

It isn’t “small claims” as called out in the article. Speed cameras violate constitutional rights of the accused. The fine is sent to the car’s owner without regard to whether or not the owner is driving. That is a constitutional due process violation. A little research will show that red light and speed camera…

If you job is in the public’s eye, and your paycheck depends on that public’s opinion of you, it would be stupid in the extreme to piss off half of the public that pays your salary. The team owner’s profit comes from that public perception as does the player’s salary. The NFL’s ratings and attendance is down, just…

Your employer also has the right to can your ass, whenever they choose.

You have the right to protest, the right to free speech

You mean “motorcycles” not cars. Elio wants the best of each description.

VW left cars that can be driven away in an old stadium in a city that has people that would steal the rims off your car at a stoplight. WHY is ANYone surprised that a few have been stolen???

I’ve already had this discussion with another poster to a stalemate. You can dive deep into the details and to try and understand the numbers. The bottom line is A + B + C still equals 40% bare head deaths and 60% helmeted deaths. Lets just say A is # of head trauma accidents, B is # of body trauma and C is # of misc…

No, the bigger engine redlined at 8400. Still pretty sweet.

I owned an S2000 nearly identical to this one. 2 owner, only 104,000 miles, new top, aftermarket cat-backs but a 2000 with the 9000 rpm redline smaller 2.0 liter engine. Fantastic car, way better than a Miata.

1 - helmet use is 67% up 4 % in the lat decade

Parsing the data into details will tell you the WHY but it won’t change the outcomes.

No, you are wrong. The 60/40 stats ARE relevant specifically because they a snapshot and completely random. Specifying the type of accident - head trauma or not doesn’t help the analysis. That’s been my premise all along.

Tell me why it matters. Dead is dead and the type of accident is completely random.

If you are racing, yes, race tires are required to be competitive. For track days, there are NO requirements. Buy a good set of 200 tread wear tires (ultra-high performance summer tires) and use those at your track day. They are way more forgiving for the less-than-professional driver, you can drive them to and from…