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Originally Posted by MikeV
It's all about revenue. The almighty buck "drives" these tickets. I took a citizens police academy course a few years ago and in talking to officers and on ride alongs they alluded to the revenue theory. Often with a grin.
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MikeV you are spot on. a recent report on Television pointed out that communities all over the country are utilizing traffic tickets as a source of income and as this repot called them nothing but taxes. Take for instance the push on red light cameras. Experts have shown that if the rationale for such purchase is for safety then all communities have to do is reconfigure the yellow light slightly to alleviate it. There is also some complaints that police are abusing this system and people are being given tickets when they were never in the area owing to blurred photos of license plates, etc.
It seems some folks express their contempt for drivers who are ticketed but I wonder if those same folks are without sin?"