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You’re helping dangerous drivers continue to drive dangerously, thereby causing injuries and deaths r’l
On the contrary, you’re causing dangerous drivers to slow down etc due to your report….
I am with the OP! I also do not report with the exception of obvious speed traps that are not there for safety.
Munkatch, I don’t think your sevorah works directly – the driver will avoid this police officer, but will get speeding in other places. Also, many drivers are so machmir on police that they go half speed-limit, creating danger and bitul zman for tzibur.
There might be a case for posting fake police reports to slow down the traffic, maybe around the time kids go home from school? You can even post it in front of your own path to ensure safer travel. This is similar to gemorah Avoda Zora that recommends telling gazlanim that you plan to travel further than you actually do. It goes against sheker tirchok, though, not sure where permissible line is. Maybe if you see actual speeding traffic.
Munkatch,
That’s only where the police officers are, everywhere else they drive dangerously and it stops the police from catching dangerous drivers which would really teach them to stop
Perhaps ask if its assur, as a matter of mesirah, to call police to report someone who appears to be a yid driving erratically, swerving between lanes etc. Clearly, such a call is a matter of pikuach nefesh (both for the yid being reported as well as other drivers).
GH, it is not assur. It may be saving his life and lives of others. My kid was once in an accident caused by a “frum” person (who did not even show any remorse or concern after it happened). I asked the rav whether I could sue him to maybe cause him re-think and maybe others around. Rav said that not only I could, but I should. I did not pursue though.
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