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6.14. Myth: “Police Only Write Speeding Tickets to Harass Citizens and it is Entrapment.”

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Question 1

According to the text, is a traffic citation considered invalid if the police officer who issued it was hidden from view?

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Question 2

What is the driver's responsibility regarding the speed limit of the roads they travel on?

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Question 3

Which of the following scenarios is described in the text as an example of entrapment?

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Question 4

According to The Association for Safe International Road Travel, what is the approximate number of people who die in road crashes annually?

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Question 5

What does the text identify as the 'number one cause for road crashes'?

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Question 6

How many people are estimated to be injured or disabled in road crashes each year?

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Question 7

What is the primary purpose of police issuing speeding citations, as framed in the text?

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Question 8

By the letter of the law as described, at what point is a driver considered to be speeding?

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Question 9

Besides radar, what other method is mentioned in the text that an officer can use to determine if a person is speeding?

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Question 10

What is the daily death toll from traffic collisions mentioned in the text?

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Question 11

What does the text suggest is the first step police take to slow people down?

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Question 12

Is an officer legally required to show a driver the speed reading on a radar device before issuing a citation?

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Question 13

What is the key difference between the legal act of speed enforcement and the illegal act of entrapment as explained in the text?

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Question 14

The text suggests that instead of accusing an officer of harassment for a speeding ticket, a driver should do what?

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Question 15

What is the primary theme of the chapter titled 'Myth: “Police Only Write Speeding Tickets to Harass Citizens and it is Entrapment.”'?

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Question 16

In the entrapment scenario presented, why was the officer's action considered entrapment?

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Question 17

The text refutes the belief that police engaging in hidden speed enforcement is tantamount to what?

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Question 18

What is the relationship between education and speeding citations, according to the text?

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Question 19

Based on the text, if an officer determines through visual estimation that you are speeding, do they have the legal right to issue a citation?

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Question 20

Why does the text argue that it is not harassment for an officer to give out speeding citations?

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Question 21

What is the source cited in the text for the statistics on road crash fatalities and injuries?

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Question 22

The text states that police must take responsibility and try to lower the 'massive number' of 3,287 daily deaths from what?

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Question 23

What is the fundamental difference between the situation where an officer is hidden versus the situation defined as entrapment?

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Question 24

The text implies that public perception often misinterprets legitimate speed enforcement as which two things?

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Question 25

In the chapter's final sentence, what action is described as 'the first step in lowering the number of deaths from related road crashes'?

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