Because of the clear danger that surrounds us all, the
federal government should hire thousands of law-enforcement officers to crack
down everywhere on drivers who exceed the speed limit.
With its self-proclaimed theme of Law and Order, how can the
U.S. government – whose No. 1 priority is to keep us safe – continue to ignore
the suffering and death caused by speeding drivers?
The National Safety Council estimates that in 2016, as many
as 40,000 people died in motor vehicles crashes, many of which must have involved
speeding drivers. I cringe from speeding drivers everywhere – and face it –
when you see someone in an Audi, BMW, or Camaro, you can be sure they HAVE been
speeding, even if they are not speeding now.
Some local police chiefs might oppose visits by federal
officers, here to handle things and disrupt their communities. But then it
would be time to get new crimefighters who have the gung-ho, compassion-be-damned
attitude needed to get these criminals off our roads.
Don’t tell me that most speeding violators go only a bit
above the limit and are otherwise overwhelmingly law-abiding. We are a nation
based on the rule of law.
The liberal media will complain that my idea would be
terribly expensive. They’d claim that properly enforcing the speed limit would
expand government and that it would disrupt daily life for millions. And that
it would make people in many communities further fear and hate police.
But don’t give me this liberal tripe about mercy for minor
transgressors and improving nonsensical laws instead of enforcing them.
I don’t want any drivers who violate the speeding laws to
ever feel safe, because newly hired and empowered federal agents could be around any corner. No law-breakers
deserve amnesty.
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