In Massachusetts, where public employee unions own the legislature, guaranteed overtime is one of the perks of being a police officer. City police spend paid details standing around watching other people work. State Police make their money running speed traps. Once again a system of structural overtime breeds corruption. Troop E is the revenue collecting […]
202 Blog Posts From the Speed Traps Tag
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, ANPR, Black Boxes, Fuel, Gas Tax, Insurance Companies, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TheNewspaper, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, Toll Roads, Traffic Tickets
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Alaska Studies Rural Speed Traps– –Costs of Driving Down– –Crosswalk Ticketing Cams Debut in France– –FL House votes to ban RLCs— Friday, January 19, 2018 Alaska Studies Whether Rural Speed Traps Reduce Crashes It is often assumed that encouraging police to set up speed traps enhances road safety. A test […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017 • 0 Comments • DUE PROCESS, DUI/DWI, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, Speed Traps, TheNewspaper, Traffic Tickets
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Louisiana Supremes reject Traffic Cam Challenge– –Tasered Motorists sues town– –OH Speed Trap Town busted by State Auditor– Friday, December 8, 2017 Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Traffic Camera Challenge The Louisiana Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to the photo ticketing program in New Orleans. Because city officials re-wrote […]
Fungible Laws – Variable Speed Limits
• November 21, 2017 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Eric Peters, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Even better — from a certain point-of-view — than a radar trap based on an under-posted speed limit is a radar trap with a changing speed limit. One that can be dumbed-down at random and with no prior notice, at the whim of the same government workers who enforce the limits and profit from that […]
What has 764 legs and eats wallets?
Last spring Damascus, Arkansas (population 382) was officially branded a speed trap and forbidden from writing speeding tickets. Shortly before the final order was issued the city got rid of its no-longer-necessary police chief. And the story got better. The city was stealing from drivers, and prosecutors suspect the police chief was stealing from the […]
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