My understanding is that moving violations are perceived as high risk, low reward. (1) The stop is dangerous because you don't know who the vehicle occupants a

My understanding is that moving violations are perceived as high risk, low reward. (1) The stop is dangerous because you don't know who the vehicle occupants are. If the driver is medium bad and runs, the public has low appetite for high speed pursuits that may cause collateral damage or put the public in danger. There's also the chance it's a very bad guy... someone in a stolen vehicle with a warrant out for a murder charge. Are they going to just give up and come quietly? Probably not. (2) For a given region there is a list of things that the DA and/or judges are perceived as being soft on. There's little/no appetite from LEO to apprehend bad guy who is just going to be back out on the street a short time later. So to the LEO, you want me to pull people over for speeding, but if it's a medium bad person they flee -> no pursuit allowed, and if it's a very bad person maybe they attack me? No thx, I'll wait for dispatch to call. https://www.police1.com/traffic-patrol/articles/police-research-1000-cops-address-non-compliance-during-traffic-stops-C3mPToqhCR2O4Dxu/#form-success-message https://www.police1.com/traffic-patrol/articles/police-resea... https://www.wcax.com/2022/01/13/prosecutor-takes-aim-chittenden-county-traffic-stops/ https://www.wcax.com/2022/01/13/prosecutor-takes-aim-chitten... https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2021/06/stop-start-or-continue-a-national-survey-of-the-police.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2021/06/stop-start-or-c...