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Possibly, but more likely is that cops don't like dealing with boring traffic offenses, and doing a bunch of paper work for them. And the money booked from the

Possibly, but more likely is that cops don't like dealing with boring traffic offenses, and doing a bunch of paper work for them. And the money booked from the ticket, if it is even paid, goes to the general fund and not to the cops to buy fancy toys, so they have even less incentive to waste their time with it.

ceejayoz 3y ago
NYC has a particular problem in this regard. They issue get-out-of jail cards... https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-courtesy-cards https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-court... > “That was probably the tightest spot I could've been in,” Mike said. “Because [the offense] could've been ‘driving without a plate,’ ‘driving with no registration…’" By driving on the shoulder, too, Mike was driving illegally in at least three different ways. > Despite that, he felt confident as the cop approached his car and told him to roll down his window. Instead of pulling out his driver’s license, Mike simply introduced himself and produced something better. “I just basically happened to have one of their PBA cards on me,” he said, referring to the small, plastic "courtesy" cards issued by the Police Benevolent Association, which usually have an officer’s name, phone number, and signature on the back. and openly flaunt parking laws: https://twitter.com/NYPD_Parking https://twitter.com/NYPD_Parking
- marcinzm 3y ago
  And those are given out like candy on Halloween by cops to anyone they vaguely know.
bradleyjg 3y ago
Some of it is just boring tickets, but the NYPD has a division just for that. They don’t ticket for this (or placard abuse) for some strange reason. Other evasions are actual crimes. Like all those fake paper plates—-criminal possession of a forged instrument.
diogenes4 3y ago
This is a problem in major metro areas, and it's probably tied directly to being a wildly unpopular form of policing: a form that actually affects rich people.

ceejayoz 3y ago

NYC has a particular problem in this regard. They issue get-out-of jail cards... https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-courtesy-cards https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-court... > “That was probably the tightest spot I could've been in,” Mike said. “Because [the offense] could've been ‘driving without a plate,’ ‘driving with no registration…’" By driving on the shoulder, too, Mike was driving illegally in at least three different ways. > Despite that, he felt confident as the cop approached his car and told him to roll down his window. Instead of pulling out his driver’s license, Mike simply introduced himself and produced something better. “I just basically happened to have one of their PBA cards on me,” he said, referring to the small, plastic "courtesy" cards issued by the Police Benevolent Association, which usually have an officer’s name, phone number, and signature on the back. and openly flaunt parking laws: https://twitter.com/NYPD_Parking https://twitter.com/NYPD_Parking

marcinzm 3y ago
And those are given out like candy on Halloween by cops to anyone they vaguely know.

bradleyjg 3y ago

Some of it is just boring tickets, but the NYPD has a division just for that. They don’t ticket for this (or placard abuse) for some strange reason. Other evasions are actual crimes. Like all those fake paper plates—-criminal possession of a forged instrument.

diogenes4 3y ago

This is a problem in major metro areas, and it's probably tied directly to being a wildly unpopular form of policing: a form that actually affects rich people.