Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Apr. 29, 2025
Speed doesn't care who's driving, so why should the law?
It's time to replace outdated, court-based speed enforcement with automated civil penalties focused on the vehicle, not the driver, to make our streets safer and hold car owners financially accountable for dangerous speeding.
Richard Alexander
Managing Partner
Alexander Law Group LLP
Phone: (408) 289-1776
Email: ra@alexanderlaw.com
Eugene M. Hyman
Judge (Ret.)
San Clara County Superior Court
Santa Clara Univ Law School
Eugene is a retired judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, where for 20 years he presided over cases in the criminal, civil, probate, family and delinquency divisions of the court. He has presided over an adult domestic violence court and in 1999 presided over the first juvenile domestic violence and family violence court in the United States.
This is not a modest proposal.
We can improve the safety of our streets by doing away with the concept that speeders should be criminally prosecuted.
Speed limits are enforced under the criminal justice system. Constitutional rights require the prosecution to prove guilt by calling a witness, commonly a police officer, to testify in court before a judge hearing traffic offenses. A defendant driver cannot ...
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