GEICO is Terminating Insurance Coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks, Says “This Type of Vehicle Doesn't Meet Our Underwriting Guidelines”
Malfeasant @ Malfeasant @lemm.ee Posts 0Comments 540Joined 2 yr. ago
Malfeasant @ Malfeasant @lemm.ee
Posts
0
Comments
540
Joined
2 yr. ago
Self sustaining budget was a secondary goal.
Are you sure about that?
The paper does not delve into the stated primary goal, increased safety.
Is there a word for a goal that's stated for the sake of appearance, but not actually valued? It's "lie" isn't it?
I think most people who challenged lost, but it didn't stop them from trying... Regardless, the courts weren't getting the money from the fines, at least not enough to compensate for the amount of time people took up.
https://www.ncsc.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/16769/sosa_photospeedenforceaz.pdf
They tried that for a few years. People went to court to challenge them, overwhelmed the court system, and made it not cost effective to pursue people.
Do you think speed cameras will slow them down? Or do you think they'll just figure out how to get away with it? When my city put in speed cameras everywhere, it didn't slow me down. After the first one (which was a surprise btw- same route I drove to work every day, but after they put in the speed camera, the speed limit was reduced by 10mph mysteriously...) I researched the fuck out of the topic and found
A: they can't act on a mailed ticket unless you voluntarily respond (so I didn't) or it's delivered by a process server (which costs money, and the local government isn't going to bother when there are plenty of pigeons that don't know better)
B: they have to be able to identify the driver- as in see your face. There was a famous case of a guy wearing various zoo animal masks, and I have a couple pictures of me in a cheap Spartan mask doing 90 in a 65 that never went anywhere.
C: even if they serve you, and even if your face is plainly visible, it may still be worth a shot going to court. I did the one time one was properly served, which was another surprise one, not one of the times I was taunting them. It was another case of the speed limit being temporarily reduced, this time for construction - except the speed camera had been set up after the end of the construction zone, and I had just gotten on the highway, there was no signage indicating the construction zone or the reduced speed between the on ramp and the camera, and again it was a familiar area where I knew the limit was 65 normally... Anywho, tangent. I went to court, and I got to see which arguments worked and which didn't. It was pretty comical, one woman was trying to argue that she didn't know the speed limit had dropped, but she had been clocked at 79- the judge yelled at her "even if you thought it was 65, you still would have been going nearly 15 over! Pay the fine and get out!" Anywho, one thing I noticed was they always gave the measurements of how far the speed camera was after the speed limit sign, so that was going to be my angle- I would just ask how far that was from the on ramp- but I didn't get the chance. They got to me, and the prosecutor said he didn't have the evidence to pursue my case, so he moved for dismissal. No further explanation.
So that's just what works in my jurisdiction, it's likely other places close some of those loopholes, but introduce some of their own. And you can bet assholes like me will be better at figuring it out and will overall pay less in fines than suckers like you that just get caught by surprise once in a great while. Is that fair?
Where I live, going the speed limit gets you run off the road. I'm not even exaggerating.
You sure showed them...
How do cameras make any difference?
And good luck getting a judge to hear your side of it. Not impossible, but then you're missing a day of work for a maybe...
What is "implemented properly" and how often does it happen?
Speed cameras also won't stop someone like that. Though they might take nice pictures of the wreck.
I don't know about the best (because I started back in the 80s with a commodore 64, not exactly repeatable) but a good way is this guy: https://eater.net/6502
HughesNet
the latency was over a second
Years ago, I read the book Empire because I had been a fan of OSC and didn't know yet what a dickhead he was. The book describes more or less exactly what you said, it was comical, but also kind of sad.
I'd say the odds of kids doing that are pretty slim, they usually aren't that strategic when it comes to food.
Tell me you don't have kids without telling me you don't have kids...
Deleted
Permanently Deleted
Jump
That works, just ask my two kids.
AFRICAN-American
Well, that started out as a euphemism for "black" because some people decided that made them uncomfortable... Of course in the literal sense, Elon Musk is African American, even though everyone knows that's not what's intended...
It's not charity to give money to an organization you (or friends or relatives) control, it's a way to keep your assets under your control without having to pay taxes that would otherwise be required.