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Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-to-play dept.

If Nevada gubernatorial candidate Eugene "Gino" DiSimone gets his way, $25 will buy you the right to drive up to 90mph for a day. DiSimone estimates his "free limit plan" will raise $1 billion a year for Nevada. From the article: "First, vehicles would have to pass a safety inspection. Then vehicle information would be loaded into a database, and motorists would purchase a transponder. After setting up an account, anyone in a hurry could dial in, and for $25 charged to a credit card, be free to speed for 24 hours."

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  1. proportional to boring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A comedian (forget who) once said that the SL in a state should be proportional to how boring that state is. In Nebraska, for example, the speed limit should be roughly 200 MPH.

    1. Re:proportional to boring by CheshireCatCO · · Score: 4, Funny

      And I'm here to tell you that it's way, way too slow. Even photons bitch about how long it takes to get through Nebraska.

  2. Re:Cars Don't Cause Accidents... by jorghis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't that the purpose of the test you take when you get your driver's license?

  3. Organ Donation? by HaloZero · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nevada must be looking to get a foot in the door on the organ/tissue donation market. What they're not telling you is that when you get loaded into the DB, you're also flagged as a donor - much the same way licensed motorcyclists are.

    Moral of the story? If you need an organ, move to Nevada.

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  4. I like him. by mrmeval · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's a capitolist asshole. The spelling is deliberate look it up.

    But for my sake how about rear mounted, electrically fired black powder cannon loaded with chain mail and a fake license? It's cheaper and it does the exact same thing!

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  5. Did the little piggy cry wee, wee, weeeee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    90MPH! Wee, wee, weeeeee! We're gonna need a stronger pinwheel!

  6. Re:*sigh* by mangu · · Score: 4, Funny

    more proof that this country has lost all sense of direction

    Well, at least they still have the sense of speed. This means the magnitude of the vector is still there.

  7. 90mph? Did the little piggy cry wee, wee, weeeee by Critical_Thinker · · Score: 2, Funny

    90MPH! Wee, wee, weeeeee! We're gonna need a stronger pinwheel!

  8. Re:Cue increase in accidents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >> hardly anyone ever uses their turn signals to show intent rather than stating the obvious.

    Shock news just in tonight!

    Americans can't drive. Oh no, wait, this is news?...

  9. This is awesome! by thestudio_bob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Think of all the other things they could apply this to:

    • $50 - Litter for a day.
    • $75 - Walk naked in public for a day (Attractive people)
    • $100 - Smoke marijuana legally for a day.
    • $150 - Drive the wrong way on the highway for a day.
    • $200 - Be a police officer for a day.
    • $1000 - Be the governor for a day.
    • $2500 - Walk naked in public for a day (Non-attractive people)

    Just think, all of the budget concerns could be over!!! Genius!!

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    1. Re:This is awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      $1000 - Be the governor for a day.

      The going rate is higher than that, but it's been possible to pay for the privilege for quite a while now.

  10. Re:Cue increase in accidents by Dutchy+Wutchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    By "UK roads" do you mean some kind of oval track?

    Come on, the UK isn't that small.

  11. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by dgatwood · · Score: 2, Funny

    This speed would only be allowed on certain roads as well, roads where that speed was deemed safe.

    Translation: roads where the speed limit is too low.

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  12. Re:Cue increase in accidents by md65536 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...except you're not speeding. If the government comes out and changes the speed limit in front of my house from 15 to 25, people going 25 are not speeding. If the government says you can go 90, it's not speeding.

    Can I buy a pass to temporarily raise the legal blood alcohol limit? Can I buy a pass that changes the definition of premeditative homicide? Or oooh, what about genocide? Cuz I got some plans. It would probably be expensive, but man what a night that would be! Nevada's sitting on a goldmine here.

  13. Re:Cue increase in accidents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What we do know is that Germany has much higher highway speeds, yet much lower highway accident rates (1/3 of US) and lower absolute number of fatalities (1/40 of US at 1/4 the population)

    Well of course. All the idiots in Germany have already been killed.

  14. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by LingNoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it's like the network neutrality issue but with cars.