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Comment by danenania | Hacker News Reader

I said they should send fines through the mail instead of stopping people for minor things. How does that lead to "madness"? If anything the deterrent would be even stronger since police could give more fines if they didn't have to waste so much time pulling people over.

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Yes, if someone is speeding on the streets and a police officer sees that - that's fine, let them go, we'll send them the bill later.

Of course, they might catch a few mothers with prams on their way to said home, but that's a reasonable price to pay for not wasting so much time pulling people over!

Are you under the impression that people pulled over for speeding are immediately removed from their cars and taken to jail? As opposed to, say, being stopped for 15 minutes, given a ticket, then allowed to go on their way. How’s that end up any differently for those poor mothers and their prams in your little GTA fantasy?

It's a lot more different - you're very unlikely to continue speeding immediately after you got the zing of a fine and some points on your licence.

It's not about wasting time. Take a look at this vide: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/crime/2014/09/25/dnt-trooper-...

Did anyone in the video get killed? Did anyone in the video go to jail? How many mother with prams do you think he would have killed?

Police having poor training, being too trigger happy and having very little repercussions for having done terrible things is a completely different topic.

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