[Avodah] dina demalchuta

[Ben Waxman]

So how does it work in a situation where there police, for all practical 
purposes, are not enforcing the speed at all (with rare exceptions)? I was 
told that an Israeli court ruled that for various reasons the police can't 
use laser speed detectors until they make some changes. Assuming that this 
is true, then the police can't catch speeders, except for the very 
occasional person going some ridiculous speed who they catch in a chase. In 
fact they aren't even trying. Am I obligated by DDD to go the speed limit 
(putting aside the wisdom of driving too fast for safety reasons and 
endangering other people)?

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Micha Berger" <micha at aishdas.org>
>
> There is a question how far DDD goes beyond the realm of finances.
>
> As halakhah lemaaseh, R Belsky holds that speeding more than 10 MPH
> above the speed limit, or whatever speed is generally enforced, is
> prohibited under DDD.