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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by tored on Friday April 01, 2022 @06:53AM (#30876905)
Your comparison would be true if the speed limit differentiated on the intent on the speeder, e.g. person A can drive over the speed limit but not person B because person B has the wrong intent.
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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by iso1631 on Friday April 01, 2022 @07:10AM (#30877011)
In the UK it does. If you are speeding because you are an appropriately trained person performing emergency response duties then it's not illegal.
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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by tored on Friday April 01, 2022 @07:14AM (#30877039)
It is not comparable, see this comment

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30877026

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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by linschn on Friday April 01, 2022 @07:06AM (#30876988)
Ambulance, firefighters, etc.
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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by tored on Friday April 01, 2022 @07:12AM (#30877026)
They can do that because of regulation, not intent.

It is more like this, person A is in a hurry and is allowed to drive over the speed limit because person A is good person, but person B, who also is in a hurry, is a scumbag and therefore person B is not allowed to drive over the speed limit. It is very similar to how woke culture works.

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