[Vwdiesel] OT uniformed tax collectors coming to a state nearyou

[mark shepherd]

I feel a 'Cool Hand Luke' moment coming on...

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Belman" <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
To: "vwdiesels" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] OT uniformed tax collectors coming to a state 
nearyou


> Not to change the topic, try fighting a traffic camera ticket.
> 2 camera's at 1 intersection in Bricktown, NJ generate over 500,000 A 
> MONTH in fines.
>
> A win win for all, township and the sub-contracting company that runs the 
> camera's
> I wish I could have cashed in on that deal.
>
> This is only 1 intersection folks!
>
>
> In all, $673,627.50 in fines were collected by the two cameras, said 
> Pezarras. The township brought in $530,066.50 in revenue for itself. Each 
> month, the first $17,800 in fines is paid to Arizona-based American 
> Traffic Solutions Inc., which outfitted the intersections with the 
> cameras. The installation and engineering required in the process of 
> getting the cameras set up was paid for in full by ATS, not Brick 
> taxpayers, Pezarras said. If there is a month where $17,800 in fines is 
> not collected, Brick sends ATS the amount of fines generated that month – 
> the township cannot lose money on the cameras.
> “So far, there seems to be a lot of people who run those two lights, so it 
> hasn't been an issue,” said Pezarras.
>
> Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp --  
> running :<) 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<) 82 Diesel 
> Westy 1.9NA -- running :<) 70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under 
> Restoration :-)
>
> From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
> To: VW Diesel Group <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] OT uniformed tax collectors coming to a state near 
> you
>
> Someone in this thread lamented that nobody fights these ridiculous 
> tickets.
>
> Here is someone who did in Junction City, Kansas (about a half-hour drive 
> away from me).
>
> Another article.
>
>
> Basically, she got a $55 parking ticket from the city on private property 
> (apartment parking lot) overnight for parking on the line. Next to her own 
> car. She parked like that to make room for a moving truck that was using 
> the next spot over. Apparently that night, the city ticketed a bunch of 
> others in the same lot. She didn't feel that they could/should ticket 
> people on private property, and the court of appeals agreed.
>
>
> Dave Cook
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "LBaird119 at aol.com" <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] OT uniformed tax collectors coming to a state near 
> you
>
> In a message dated 2/6/2012 3:07:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> tadc at europa.com writes:
>
> Loren, you may have a point about out-of-state plates (also
> rural/urban may differ).
>
> Long ago, Dad got pulled over in CA. He was in the right lane, doing
> about 15 over and about having his windows rattled off by people flying
> by (he wasn't afraid to speed but he wasn't going to go THAT fast!)
> When he got pulled over, the officer asked if he knew why and he said
> it must be because he was from out of State! The cop told him to follow
> him to the station, quite angrily. Uh, what other reason would you pick
> one
> of the slower cars to target?
>
> And before anybody gets worked up about excessive speed... A) I've
> slowed down a lot since then, and B) I was only going that fast
> because I was following a guy who was going even faster. :)
> Unfortunately, when I asked why he didn't stop the other guy, the cop
> said "what other guy?". :)
>
>
>
>
> A friend got pulled over on Blewett Pass, as he was slowing down, to pull
> over (he'd had a 44oz super caffinated drink (Caff Pow? ;-) and there
> were
> no rest stops, just forest roads so...
> Wrote him up for doing 72 in a 60! He asked him how fast that truck
> that
> passed him was going? The officer said something like "47 Miles per hour!"
> Going to court didn't even get it dismissed!
> Loren
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