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Are speeding tickets all about the money?
#71
04-25-2007, 12:42 AM
RE: Are speeding tickets all about the money?
ORIGINAL: MR. SCOOTINN
ok...now let see if you can answer a question honestly...how many violations or criminal actions have you been able to get out of because you are a leoor your family members?
ORIGINAL: New2Harley
Yup....and just so you don't think I am a hypocrit....I got nailed last year goin 76 in a 60. He didn't care that I was a LEO, and I didn't argue the ticket. He did his job, and I got the ticket I deserved. $126.00....dammit[:@]
Yup....and just so you don't think I am a hypocrit....I got nailed last year goin 76 in a 60. He didn't care that I was a LEO, and I didn't argue the ticket. He did his job, and I got the ticket I deserved. $126.00....dammit[:@]
Tickets for family members? ONE (maybe). Wife got nailed by a trooper a few years back....he knew her, as he and the rest of the nite shift ate in the restaurant she worked at. Did he let her off with a warning cuz he knew her from the restaurant, or because he knew me? Don't know, and I didn't ask him.
#72
04-25-2007, 12:54 AM
RE: Are speeding tickets all about the money?
ORIGINAL: New2Harley
NO Criminal actions, as I haven't committed any, NOR have my family members, and quite frankly I'm insulted that you asked.
Tickets for family members? ONE (maybe). Wife got nailed by a trooper a few years back....he knew her, as he and the rest of the nite shift ate in the restaurant she worked at. Did he let her off with a warning cuz he knew her from the restaurant, or because he knew me? Don't know, and I didn't ask him.
ORIGINAL: MR. SCOOTINN
ok...now let see if you can answer a question honestly...how many violations or criminal actions have you been able to get out of because you are a leoor your family members?
ORIGINAL: New2Harley
Yup....and just so you don't think I am a hypocrit....I got nailed last year goin 76 in a 60. He didn't care that I was a LEO, and I didn't argue the ticket. He did his job, and I got the ticket I deserved. $126.00....dammit[:@]
Yup....and just so you don't think I am a hypocrit....I got nailed last year goin 76 in a 60. He didn't care that I was a LEO, and I didn't argue the ticket. He did his job, and I got the ticket I deserved. $126.00....dammit[:@]
Tickets for family members? ONE (maybe). Wife got nailed by a trooper a few years back....he knew her, as he and the rest of the nite shift ate in the restaurant she worked at. Did he let her off with a warning cuz he knew her from the restaurant, or because he knew me? Don't know, and I didn't ask him.
thank you for answering the question honestly....we all know how the system works....that is the only reason i get such an attitude when i hear cops preach about safety & obeying laws...is because they get thier perks on tickets useing the car ..free coffe free lunch & so on...which are all against the laws or policys of the police department.....
#73
04-25-2007, 01:21 AM
RE: Are speeding tickets all about the money?
ORIGINAL: New2Harley
How is it BS? If everybody obeyed all the traffic laws, there would be no need for traffic enforcement, and agencies that are very heavy into traffic stops could cut their man power a bit. OF course, that would require those folks involved in OTHER crimes to stop their criminal activity too....
.....AINT GONNA HAPPEN
ORIGINAL: DenimStreet
What a hunk of bull$hit! That's all I have to say![>:]
ORIGINAL: geargrinder
I believe that if everyone would obey the law and we would no longer need the high cost oftraffic enforcement, the cost savings to the tax payer would be greater then the revenues generated from fines from today's law breakers.
I believe that if everyone would obey the law and we would no longer need the high cost oftraffic enforcement, the cost savings to the tax payer would be greater then the revenues generated from fines from today's law breakers.
.....AINT GONNA HAPPEN
#74
04-25-2007, 09:23 PM
RE: Are speeding tickets all about the money?
Once a year In Ohio the state troopers have a special on speeding tax. They call your house and ask for some kind of a donation. If you send them money, which I don't because I don't believe bribery should be legal, they send you a receipt along with an official police decal. You put the decal on the back of the car near the plate and then they will let you off easy. ( maybe ). What a bunch of bull.
Furthermore, New2Harley, I am not convinced you deserved the $126 fine. What were the conditions? If you were on a divided four laner on a clear dry day and there was only 3 other cars on the road, what the heck is the difference if you were doing 60 or 76 ?They try to make one law or sign fit all scenarios. It's a bunch of crap. Some people like and need to be told exactly how to run there life. as for me I like freedom. I think out west some states are doing it right. You can drive a little faster but be reaonable. Consider conditions and drive accordingly. If you are being reckless then you get a ticket. In Ohio if you approach half the speed of smell they give you a ticket.
If you don't think it is about the money then you have never been thru Washingtonville, Ohio. This is a one gas station town with main street being a major state route. Giving speeding tickets is a 24 hr/day business. I have heard reports on a slow day they will write you up for 2 MPH over. They are the only city in Ohio with profit sharing. I tell you it's a bunch of crap....CJ
Furthermore, New2Harley, I am not convinced you deserved the $126 fine. What were the conditions? If you were on a divided four laner on a clear dry day and there was only 3 other cars on the road, what the heck is the difference if you were doing 60 or 76 ?They try to make one law or sign fit all scenarios. It's a bunch of crap. Some people like and need to be told exactly how to run there life. as for me I like freedom. I think out west some states are doing it right. You can drive a little faster but be reaonable. Consider conditions and drive accordingly. If you are being reckless then you get a ticket. In Ohio if you approach half the speed of smell they give you a ticket.
If you don't think it is about the money then you have never been thru Washingtonville, Ohio. This is a one gas station town with main street being a major state route. Giving speeding tickets is a 24 hr/day business. I have heard reports on a slow day they will write you up for 2 MPH over. They are the only city in Ohio with profit sharing. I tell you it's a bunch of crap....CJ
