Comments on: If You Didn’t Believe Ticket Quotas Existed Before, You Will Now

By: Bob Knoke

Bob Knoke — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:36:43 +0000

I’ve just been told by a city councilman that our Iowa Governor Clover has set standards including number of tickets issued, that if not met will result in a loss of some state funding for our police Department (Belle Plaine, IA) Is there anyone out there who can verify or refute this claim?

By: Local cops must be bored | MyTampaLife

Local cops must be bored | MyTampaLife — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:54:00 +0000

[...] The Miata in question was parked in the driveway, pulled to about where it always was. How much of it was hanging over the sidewalk? 2 inches! There was 2 inches of the bumper hanging over the sidewalk. Anyone walking down the sidewalk wouldn’t even have to make adjustments in their stride. Why ticket me for this? I’m guessing it has something to do with the rise in tickets being issued all over the U.S. to combat falling city budgets. [...]

By: Phil Mckrackin

Phil Mckrackin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:50:22 +0000

Speeding is just as illegal as quotas but you all still speed! Then you cry and complain how it wasn’t your fault and the police were trying to fill a quota, picking on you or enforcing corrupt speed limits. Grow up!

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PULLED ON 295 FOR HEIGHT - Page 8 - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:07:14 +0000

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Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:48:33 +0000

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Barney — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:05:51 +0000

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letting off some smoke......... - Page 2 - YourCobalt.Com — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:44:09 +0000

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Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:28:07 +0000

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By: James Young

James Young — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:37:35 +0000

Interesting. I suppose that there are few small villages in Virginia that aggressively enforce traffic law if they don’t get to keep the money.

Several years ago, when I first developed the concept of removing the economic incentive from these villages – there are several dozen of them in Oklahoma whose very existence depends on traffic fines – I thought of directing the money straight to public schools, but dismissed that because the school districts would then be lobbying for lower limits, higher fines and more laws. That’s why I opted to use an independent public corporation that would have little incentive to lobby for more money and whose constituents – the college-aged public and their parents –would be too diverse to lobby for money that was not assured to them in any case.

I find it amusing that Virginia’s efforts have backfired, causing more cases to go to court, lawsuits and the negative publicity ensuing from their heavy-handed new law. As you say, it did not work as intended.