Good News Or Bad News
State Police today said that in 2007 they issued more than 1 million tickets for the first time.
The 2007 ticket data, according to police, indicate that of the 1,019,000 tickets issued, nearly half were for what troopers consider priority offenses: failure to wear safety restraints, speeding or DWI.
“Speeding, drunk driving, and not buckling up continue to be the most prevalent threats to traffic safety, and our troopers too often witness their devastating effects,” said Police Superintendent Preston Felton. “I’m confident that the traffic enforcement efforts of our troopers in 2007 have saved numerous lives.”
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Right. They might have saved a few more lives if they weren’t spending so much time flying around with state politicians on fundraising jaunts disguised as official business.
With most (but not all) of these offenses, revenue is the primary concern. “Safety” is really secondary. Nobody is any safer because people going a few miles over the speed limit are ticketed.
And to they keep stats on how many violations were not issued because the driver was a cop, or a friend or relative of a cop? Of course not. That’s just a “courtesy,” not a double standard.