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Most of traffic enforcement seems focused on revenue generation rather than reducing bad driver behavior. By my observation, seems police focus only on the easy
by jgeada 3y ago
Most of traffic enforcement seems focused on revenue generation rather than reducing bad driver behavior. By my observation, seems police focus only on the easy to detect excess speed violations on highways: victim has no easy escape, everybody is likely driving in excess of the posted limit so it is shooting fish in a barrel. I don't think I've ever seen anybody pulled over for driving too close, driving inattentively, being on the phone, not using their signals etc [not saying it doesn't happen, but have never seen it. I have seen lots of people being pulled over for speeding]
The problem is that the collected fine moneys go to enrich the local police; it is hard to not see this as a protection racket.
- FigurativeVoid 3y agoThat's a cynical take (not that I disagree). Speeding, along with driving under the influence, are the leading causes of traffic injuries and deaths. They are easy to catch, but they aren't pointless stops.
- warner25 3y agoI think that speeding well in excess of the limit is the only thing that they can prove in traffic court. It seems to me that everything else would come down to the cop's story vs. the defendant's story. Or they get lucky and find that someone's erratic driving is due to being under-the-influence, which is also easy to to prove. If anyone can explain how enforcement of distracted driving laws is supposed to work, I'm curious.