[s-cars] WAS Blinder Laseerjammer.......real or junk? NOW Tickets....for revenue or safety?

[chris chambers]

I have yet to be a victim of the redlight runner cameras, but came
across this interesting article, it is a 5 part series and very good!

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/078ftoqz.asp

I firmly believe that our "traffic enforcement" departments have
evolved into a revenue generation source, and their actions are more
defined by where they can generate revenue, then what we effect it will
have on safety. If they were primarily concerned about safety, all
police cars would be bright florescent orange, and you would see them
everywhere, rather than disguised. It is human nature to respond to a
visual deterrent, than an invisible one.

I know this may open a can of worms but any thoughts on this? Read this
article and you may change you thought process.


Chris
SNIP>>>>>>>>>
> Some closing thoughts (Freedom Taxes):
>     Yesterday, I got a $155 speeding ticket for doing 46 in a 30. I
> pulled around a just-stopping local bus (yes, I checked for on-coming
> clearance first) and gunned it to minimize the exposure to the
> oncoming
> lane, and about 150 feet from the bus was a nice cluster of
> motorcycle
> cops with their laser guns up and ready. Oppss... The cop who wrote
> the
> ticket claimed he was sure I must have hit 60 or 70, but that I was
> decelerating hard by the time he got the gun trained on me and a
> valid
> reading out of it (I started decelerating hard as soon as I got back
> into my lane, before I noticed the cops hiding in the bushes).  So,
> did
> I get upset or plea for mercy? Nah. I wasn't even going to try to
> debate the fact that although I regularly exceed the speed limits in
> this country, I haven't had an at-fault accident in 20 years (none in
> 20 years, if you discount rear-end collisions where I had been
> standing
> still for over 15 seconds). I just smiled, and said thank you... I'll
> just pay my freedom tax and go on with life. I figure if I get a
> ticket
> a year (average) for the speeds I regularly drive, then the freedom
> tax
> is more than worthwhile. The only gripe I have is that the money gets
> funneled back into the police coffers -- I would rather see it go
> straight to 401(c)(3) charities without any benefit to the local
> cops.
>
> Cheers!
> =-= Marc Glasgow
SNIP>>>>>>>

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