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Comment Re:Aren't these just workshops? (Score 1) 68

It wasn't budget cuts that got rid of woodshop and metalwork classes, it was the combination of legal liability and feminism.
- Little Jimmy cuts his finger on a chisel, mummy and daddy to sue the school.
- Woodwork and metalwork are mainly of interest to boys and are therefore sexist. They should learn "home economics" instead.

Comment Re:Risk vs. Reward? (Score 1) 249

Is your car's speedometer an "accurate scientific instrument"? How about the gas pedal, and its linkage? How about your foot: the bones, tendons, and muscles?
Expecting a driver to maintain an exact speed to the MPH, much less the km/h, is stupid.

What I meant was, in the context of the law, you cannot challenge the reading on the device. Legally it is defined as absolutely correct.
Doesn't matter if you think you were doing 40 in a 60 zone. If the radar or laser says you were doing 61, then the law says the radar is correct. Arguments that the device was wrong are simply not allowed in court.

Your speedo is not considered a scientific instrument, and they don't care what it was reading.
It's your job to stay under the limit by enough that variation in speed doesn't take you over. They even run ad campaigns encouraging people to drive 5km/h under the limit.

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