‘Caught speeding’ pretty cut and dry

I finally picked up the Tuesday paper, and I am still shaking my head regarding the letter, “B.C. speeding law bitter lesson.”

Quoting two phrases directly from the first paragraph of the letter: “… cars caught speeding …” and “No presumption of innocence.”

Perhaps it was just a poor choice of words, but is it not presumptuous of the writer to assert that a driver speeding, and caught speeding to the degree of being classified as “excessive,” deserves anything but the immediate imposition of the penalty prescribed by the law?

Had the young man in question obeyed the posted speed limit in the first place, of course, his family never would have learned this provision of B.C. law. Would his behavior have been any different if he had known the law in advance?

The problem is not with the law up north, or the law enforcement personnel there; the problem is the loose nut behind the wheel.

John P. Frey Jr.

Mukilteo