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Originally Posted by AndrewAZ
Prove it.. Traffic tickets might bring in revenue in a small town with 1 cop writing them to out of town people who fly by.. But in the average city which most of us live in they end up losing money doing traffic enforcement.
Its very ignorant to say that speeding in a city is not dangerous, thats another argument when it comes to freeways.. But in a city you have intersections and multiple places to turn into and turn out of unlike a freeway which has an on ramp and off ramp and no cross traffic or intersections.
Its stupid to bet on a cop not showing up. A few of my buddies are cops and they get paid overtime for going to court and trust me they dont miss court its an easy day for them especially when its 100F outside and 70F in a court house, plus they get in trouble from upper administration( Both from the department and from the judge) when they issue any sort of ticket and not show up in court.
Two words... Traffic School.. Cost like $100 and is 4 hours long and your ticket never goes on your record. You can even do it online.
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Simple...does the accident rate go down or up with traffic cameras???
they go up...so why use them...simple...$$money$$
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...cameras_column
http://www.caranddriver.com/features..._wallet_column
You should see the list of people trying to get fees added to court costs...in some jurisdictions..."court costs" (which are taxes paid for various dubious programs that no one directly wants to fund) may run $200...that is before the fine of the ticket
In Ohio/PA where I live and drive..you should see the lengths that the highway patrol goes to conceal themselves...to write tickets
If they really wanted to slow down traffic...sit in the center median strip...visible for miles...with the radar on FULL BLAST...the traffic would slow for miles...bottle neck and continue that way for miles...in a very predicatable manner (did you ever notice how the traffic slows after an accident long after it is gone and cleared)...
But no...they hide/ambush and cause drivers to abruptly slow...nothing safe about that...
As far as cities...speeding tickets are NOT A DETERRENT...criminals will by their nature be criminals...
How many times have you said...boy I really want to speed in dense traffic with pedestrians...but I won't because I may get a ticket??? You drive responsible because you are a responsible person...
Now...I am not arguing to eliminate traffic enforcement...just don't think it is for safety...
As for lazy cops....here in my town....50 DUI arrests got dismissed because a state highway patrolman never shows to his court cases...I said that he may get LUCKY...i never told him to count on it
Oh and not every state has traffic school...Ohio does not...every ticket gets points...