  Duke_sims Member Username: Duke_sims Post Number: 112 Registered: 05-2008 |
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20081117/M ETRO/811170333 Cops writing more tickets to enhance revenue. Who'da thunk it? I like the quote from the cop at the end of the story: "We might was well just go door-to-door and tell people, 'Slide us $100 now, since your 16-year-old is going to end up paying us anyway when he starts driving.' You can't blame people for getting upset." | ||
Lowereast Member Username: Lowereast Post Number: 27 Registered: 08-2007 |
In Phoenix, they have speed cameras all over town on their expressways. I have heard of people getting upwards of 8 tickets over a length of a highway in the metro area and at $190 each! | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 626 Registered: 05-2007 |
Is it just me, or has the story disappeared? I click the link, get a det news banner, but the rest of the page is blank  | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3880 Registered: 01-2005 |
The link works for me, Raptor. Try the home page if nothing else www.detnews.com | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 632 Registered: 05-2007 |
tried it again about an hour later and it worked. prob just my laptop. thx When you look at the map showing the number of tickets written per year, the comparison between cities is very interesting. You have a city like Dearborn Heights (not very big) in 2007 writing very close to as many tickets as ticket happy Warren, the 3rd/4th largest city (by population) in the State. And WOW, don't speed in Taylor! Second most tickets in the tri-county area (1st Detroit). | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 541 Registered: 08-2008 |
This is the end result of the 'free market', tax cut, neo-cons. Everything has it's price. If you ain't supporting it through your taxes, they're gonna git you somehow, someway. Pay up now! | ||
Thames Member Username: Thames Post Number: 305 Registered: 02-2007 |
I just maintain the speed limit. I've been doing that since I started driving. I've never had a speeding ticket. No brainer. | ||
Ggores Member Username: Ggores Post Number: 481 Registered: 10-2007 |
Last weekend, driving back from work, seen cops all over the place throughout Livonia, Westland, and The Heights, hiding in those types of places where you just take a quick glance, and know that "oy! they got me!" I just do speed limit, so no worrie's there. Too effin expensive those citations are. | ||
Texorama Member Username: Texorama Post Number: 313 Registered: 12-2006 |
Interesting how it's western Wayne and near downriver where the trend has been especially visible. Romulus was one of the towns named in the article, and I've heard there've been complaints from visitors who've hit the freeway in their rented cars and immediately been ticketed by the Romulus police. Not very welcoming. OTOH, if it makes people slow down on the freakin' black ice, I have to welcome it. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 2899 Registered: 07-2007 |
it's all over town, no driver or area is immune. |
