Laws that are dumb

I've recently been considering why I have such an animosity towards police, and I think at the core it's that some of the laws they are obligated (and in some cases choose) to uphold are illogical:

Speeding
I am going to go 10 over the posted limit at almost all times. The only exception is in construction zones where I *always* go to posted limit, because there is alot more at stake. I once got a ticket for going 11 over that limit. I was not endangering anyone, but they deemed me a threat anyway.

Red Light Cameras
...should not exist. They can't look at a multi-faceted traffic situation and make a judgment based on any number of extraneous factors. Road condition (ice, water, snow, dry), hazard avoidance, sunlight, traffic light placement, other vehicles. If I am following a slowly accelerating cement truck at five to ten feet my field of view is obscured and I can't see the light that the cement truck just ran, and of course I end up following him into it. Traveling 34 km/hr.

And at the core of it, the population should never be fined by a machine. Don't ever give up your rights to machines, it's a very dangerous precedent.

Photo Radar
...is unfair: If a dude driving his $80,000 truck goes through a trap at 30 over, he laughs at the $350 ticket and pays it out of his $200,000 a year salary. No consequence for that individual. He does not receive demerits. He *will* speed again, and he doesn't really care either way.

If a single mom with her only child in the backseat goes through a speed trap, and gets that same $350 ticket, it has a serious impact on her continued financial situation. Likely she needs to borrow the money to pay the ticket, and the problems cascade. This indirectly affects the child's life. No demerits, but she probably would have preferred them.

If photo radar needs to exist, then it should be on a demerit only ticketing system, or perhaps a nominal flat-rate fee to pay the operator of the trap. The only time that fines should be imposed is in a normal radar trap situation.

Bicycling on the sidewalk
I know it's only a bylaw, but it's a stupid one. Yes, pedestrians should still have the right of way, but bikes *should be on the sidewalk*. Until we develop an infrastructure to properly support bicycle traffic, they *should not be driving on the roads*. It's dangerous and bad for society when some poor shmuck gets his head bashed in by the mirror on some dudes hummer.

Jaywalking
... what are we, 3 year olds?

Rant off.