Critics slam 'Pothole Pete' Buttigieg's plan to fix nation's roads: lower speed limit

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11:40a, 1/29/22
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Worst Secretary of Transportation ever. Fiddling away while the Supply Chain burns....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10453445/Youre-speeding-tickets-Pete-Buttigiegs-speed-camera-plan-SLAMMED.html
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'You're about to get a lot more speeding tickets!' Critics slam 'Pothole Pete' Buttigieg's plan to fix the nation's roads crisis with MORE speed cameras and lower speed limits that will guarantee fines for drivers
  • Pete Buttigieg announced a plan yesterday to make the nation's roads safer
  • Tucked away in his 42-page strategy is a promise to promote safety cameras
  • Buttigieg claimed cameras are less racially biased than cops so will patrol more fairly
  • But critics say it's just a Trojan horse to fine motorists more in the way of speeding tickets
  • They questioned why Buttigieg wasn't doing more to fix roads and bridges
  • Many trashed him using the hashtag Pothole Pete - a reference to when he was the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the city was ravaged by potholes
  • 'If we can't tax you to death, we'll fine you,' quipped one critic
By JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:20 EST, 28 January 2022 | UPDATED: 17:35 EST, 28 January 2022


You voted for this because you didn't like Mean Tweets?!
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Marcus Brutus
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11:43a, 1/29/22
Lower the speed limit? Hell no!

I lived through that 55mph bull crap!

Why are you liberals dumb as hades? Why?
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11:45a, 1/29/22
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Tucked away in his 42-page strategy is a promise to promote safety cameras
No way there isn't some Chinese backed company involved in that little gem. It's not about safety. It's revenue generation to the state and kickbacks to friends of the state.
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11:46a, 1/29/22
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***hole Pete is more like it
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11:48a, 1/29/22
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The level of incompetence in this administration is staggering.

Funny how Trump caught hell for burning through cabinet Secretaries that underperformed but the same people are now silent when Biden is retaining one that has been AWOL during a crisis and has no idea what he's doing. Absolutely no idea.

Buttigieg is the national version of Harris County's Dora the Explorer.
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11:52a, 1/29/22
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Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
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In reply to Ag87H2O • 11:55a, 1/29/22
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Ag87H2O said:
The level of incompetence in this administration is staggering.

Funny how Trump caught hell for burning through cabinet Secretaries that underperformed but the same people are now silent when Biden is retaining one that has been AWOL during a crisis and has no idea what he's doing. Absolutely no idea.

Buttigieg is the national version of Harris County's Dora the Explorer.
Well there is a small distinction...
In Harris County we wish she'd go out on a year long maternity leave.
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In reply to rocky the dog • 11:55a, 1/29/22
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Perfect illustration of government insanity.

So reducing speed limits will slow down an already overburdened supply chain.
Among the latter, under pretence of governing they have divided their nations into two classes, wolves and sheep.”
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Edward Carrington, January 16, 1787
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12:09p, 1/29/22
Reminds me of Obama's answer to combat rising gas prices by keeping your tires properly inflated.
**** Joe Biden
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12:10p, 1/29/22
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12:14p, 1/29/22
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I think that, to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believe that certain issues are just settled.

- Kamala Harris

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12:57p, 1/29/22
cameras are racists

A ProPublica analysis found that traffic cameras in Chicago disproportionately ticket Black and Latino motorists

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicagos-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-ticket-black-and-latino-drivers-the-most
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In reply to WolfCall • 1:19p, 1/29/22
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WolfCall said:
Worst Secretary of Transportation ever. Fiddling away while the Supply Chain burns....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10453445/Youre-speeding-tickets-Pete-Buttigiegs-speed-camera-plan-SLAMMED.html
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'You're about to get a lot more speeding tickets!' Critics slam 'Pothole Pete' Buttigieg's plan to fix the nation's roads crisis with MORE speed cameras and lower speed limits that will guarantee fines for drivers
  • Pete Buttigieg announced a plan yesterday to make the nation's roads safer
  • Tucked away in his 42-page strategy is a promise to promote safety cameras
  • Buttigieg claimed cameras are less racially biased than cops so will patrol more fairly
  • But critics say it's just a Trojan horse to fine motorists more in the way of speeding tickets
  • They questioned why Buttigieg wasn't doing more to fix roads and bridges
  • Many trashed him using the hashtag Pothole Pete - a reference to when he was the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the city was ravaged by potholes
  • 'If we can't tax you to death, we'll fine you,' quipped one critic
By JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:20 EST, 28 January 2022 | UPDATED: 17:35 EST, 28 January 2022


We already did this retread Buttigieg. We lowered the limits in the 70's/80's and the limit was raised. We put up red light cameras that were defeated in local elections and taken down.
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 1:29p, 1/29/22
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We already did this retread Buttigieg. We lowered the limits in the 70's/80's and the limit was raised. We put up red light cameras that were defeated in local elections and taken down.
Yeah but then how could he invest in the traffic camera companies and have his husband sit on the board of a camera manufacturer? I mean fixing the supply chain doesn't give you as many opportunities for graft as say awarding a whole bunch of government contracts and giving lawyers, city, county and state governments a lot of money and jobs. That's no fun.
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1:36p, 1/29/22
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It's amazing how stupid and corrupt libs are, ignoring lessons we learned just a short time ago. NYC is in process of turning itself into the ****hole it was in the 70s by doing the literal exact opposite of what saved the city. And now this speed limit nonsense
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In reply to WolfCall • 1:39p, 1/29/22
WolfCall said:

  • Pete Buttigieg announced a plan yesterday to make the nation's roads safer
  • Tucked away in his 42-page strategy is a promise to promote safety cameras
  • Buttigieg claimed cameras are less racially biased than cops so will patrol more fairly



    • Has nothing to do with cops targeting minorities, I'd bet money minorities receive less tickets with the cameras because someone in control decides not to ticket certain "oppresed" people.

    Also prevents stops that lead to other things, like arrest warrants, drugs and driving without insurance.
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    In reply to DannyDuberstein • 1:48p, 1/29/22
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    DannyDuberstein said:
    It's amazing how stupid and corrupt libs are, ignoring lessons we learned just a short time ago. NYC is in process of turning itself into the ****hole it was in the 70s by doing the literal exact opposite of what saved the city. And now this speed limit nonsense


    Just like socialism, they claim these things have never been done CORRECTLY! Just like rent control, minimum wages, speed limits, alternative fuel sources, etc.

    It's not bad ideas just poorly implemented and didn't go far enough. They'll get it right THIS time. You'll see!
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    1:54p, 1/29/22
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    I'm sure cameras will do wonders for all those Houston drivers with paper tags.
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    In reply to Marcus Brutus • 2:37p, 1/29/22
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    Marcus Brutus said:
    Lower the speed limit? Hell no!

    I lived through that 55mph bull crap!

    Why are you liberals dumb as hades? Why?



    Why are you dumb dumb as hades? Why?

    or

    Why are you liberals liberals as hades? Why?

    Self explanatory.
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    2:46p, 1/29/22
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    We all know the only reason he has the job.

    It's liberals rubbing our noses in it.
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    WolfCall
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    4:11p, 1/29/22
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    With regard to lowering the speed limits on federal highways to 55 mph:

    For public safety the government forced us:
    • into confinement
    • to shut down businesses
    • to wear masks
    • to take experimental vaccines with mRNA technology, when the left wouldn't even let us eat food with the same technology applied to it
    You better believe the government can lower speed limits for "public safety" and for energy conservation. You better be ready to stop it or pay the big fines for "staying alive at 55", mph that is
    You voted for this because you didn't like Mean Tweets?!
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    In reply to geoag58 • 4:13p, 1/29/22
    geoag58 said:




    Why are you dumb dumb as hades? Why?

    or

    Why are you liberals liberals as hades? Why?

    Self explanatory.
    one of that is self-explanatory....
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    4:20p, 1/29/22
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    Two things:

    1. Have the Democrats ever seen a problem that didn't require more government to solve?
    2. Speed limit cameras are going to be found unconstitutional just like the red light cameras have been. By that time there will have been billions spent on a system we already know is illegal.
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    In reply to TAMU1990 • 4:21p, 1/29/22
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    TAMU1990 said:
    WolfCall said:
    Worst Secretary of Transportation ever. Fiddling away while the Supply Chain burns....

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10453445/Youre-speeding-tickets-Pete-Buttigiegs-speed-camera-plan-SLAMMED.html
    Quote:
    'You're about to get a lot more speeding tickets!' Critics slam 'Pothole Pete' Buttigieg's plan to fix the nation's roads crisis with MORE speed cameras and lower speed limits that will guarantee fines for drivers
    • Pete Buttigieg announced a plan yesterday to make the nation's roads safer
    • Tucked away in his 42-page strategy is a promise to promote safety cameras
    • Buttigieg claimed cameras are less racially biased than cops so will patrol more fairly
    • But critics say it's just a Trojan horse to fine motorists more in the way of speeding tickets
    • They questioned why Buttigieg wasn't doing more to fix roads and bridges
    • Many trashed him using the hashtag Pothole Pete - a reference to when he was the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the city was ravaged by potholes
    • 'If we can't tax you to death, we'll fine you,' quipped one critic
    By JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
    PUBLISHED: 17:20 EST, 28 January 2022 | UPDATED: 17:35 EST, 28 January 2022


    We already did this retread Buttigieg. We lowered the limits in the 70's/80's and the limit was raised. We put up red light cameras that were defeated in local elections and taken down.
    We discovered in Dallas that half of them weren't even turned on!!!!

    Then we removed them.

    F* chest feeder Pete.
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    In reply to ABATTBQ11 • 4:26p, 1/29/22
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    ABATTBQ11 said:
    ***hole Pete is more like it




    You think he was singing: "I wish my husband was a hole in the road, and I was a dump truck I'd ...."
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    4:29p, 1/29/22
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    Ya no...

    Vehicles, suspension, engine performance, safety features have all improved dramatically over the last several decades. The cars we drive today, on an open road, can comfortably & safely cruise at 75mph.

    Lowering the speed limit just doesn't make sense, unless your goal is to further bottleneck the automobile industry.
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    5:59p, 1/29/22
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    8:02p, 1/29/22
    Aw man... my post deleted about grown ass man figuring out how to breastfeed the baby.
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    8:07p, 1/29/22
    Jesus pete is such a ****ing joke

    If he's straight & not a gay novelty, nobody outside south bend would know who he is
    Cheating ass refs are the real pandemic
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    9:14p, 1/29/22
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    BTW..."Butthole Pete" would have been just as accurate as the OP nickname.
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