6.14. Myth: “Police Only Write Speeding Tickets to Harass Citizens and it is Entrapment.”
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According to the text, is a traffic citation considered invalid if the police officer who issued it was hidden from view?
View answer and explanationWhat is the driver's responsibility regarding the speed limit of the roads they travel on?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following scenarios is described in the text as an example of entrapment?
View answer and explanationAccording to The Association for Safe International Road Travel, what is the approximate number of people who die in road crashes annually?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text identify as the 'number one cause for road crashes'?
View answer and explanationHow many people are estimated to be injured or disabled in road crashes each year?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary purpose of police issuing speeding citations, as framed in the text?
View answer and explanationBy the letter of the law as described, at what point is a driver considered to be speeding?
View answer and explanationBesides radar, what other method is mentioned in the text that an officer can use to determine if a person is speeding?
View answer and explanationWhat is the daily death toll from traffic collisions mentioned in the text?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text suggest is the first step police take to slow people down?
View answer and explanationIs an officer legally required to show a driver the speed reading on a radar device before issuing a citation?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference between the legal act of speed enforcement and the illegal act of entrapment as explained in the text?
View answer and explanationThe text suggests that instead of accusing an officer of harassment for a speeding ticket, a driver should do what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary theme of the chapter titled 'Myth: “Police Only Write Speeding Tickets to Harass Citizens and it is Entrapment.”'?
View answer and explanationIn the entrapment scenario presented, why was the officer's action considered entrapment?
View answer and explanationThe text refutes the belief that police engaging in hidden speed enforcement is tantamount to what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the relationship between education and speeding citations, according to the text?
View answer and explanationBased on the text, if an officer determines through visual estimation that you are speeding, do they have the legal right to issue a citation?
View answer and explanationWhy does the text argue that it is not harassment for an officer to give out speeding citations?
View answer and explanationWhat is the source cited in the text for the statistics on road crash fatalities and injuries?
View answer and explanationThe text states that police must take responsibility and try to lower the 'massive number' of 3,287 daily deaths from what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the fundamental difference between the situation where an officer is hidden versus the situation defined as entrapment?
View answer and explanationThe text implies that public perception often misinterprets legitimate speed enforcement as which two things?
View answer and explanationIn 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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