Traffic Enforcement Dollars And Cents
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 12 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Do you think it is ever a good idea to tie a money incentive to law enforcement of any kind? Not me. It is a guarantee of corruption and abuse. (See also: The War on Drugs.) Let's ...
How To Handle Yourself During A Traffic Stop
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 23 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist It's more likely than it's probably ever been that you'll get pulled over by a cop at some point in the near future. Not only are there more penny-ante laws and violations on the books than ever, ...
Watch Your Wallet When Driving Through These 10 States
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in Helpful Information | 77 Comments »With the first major driving holiday of the summer season approaching, we have analyzed the laws across the country to determine the best and the worst states when it comes to exploiting the motoring public. These state rankings were calculated using ...
Majority Of Speed Camera Photos In Arizona Are Unusable
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 5 Comments »The Arizona Republic did an analysis of the speed camera program and concluded that the majority of photos had to be thrown out. Here's an excerpt: Motorists activated photo-enforcement cameras on Arizona highways more than 471,000 times from December through February ...
Ohio Cashes In On Freeway With Artificially Low Speed Limit
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in Speed Limits | 22 Comments »Unfortunately, there are plenty of stories like this one every week: All this week, packs of Columbus-based officers on white motorcycles have been prowling Akron's freeways, handing out tickets faster than a political candidate distributing fliers at a football game. During the ...
Where Does The Money From A Speeding Ticket Go?
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 13 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President In this land where reality and fiction are indistinguishable there is a dead legal principle that says judges and courts should not personally benefit from the results of their rulings. Obviously, there is a conflict of ...
Traffic Tickets: A Tax Increase By Other Means
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 2 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Governments all over the country are looking for creative ways to increase their cashflow -- without a formal tax raise. Instead of filching through everyone's pockets via a new sales tax or jacking up the real ...
Speed Limit Signs Used To Research Speed Enforcement
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 3 Comments »The police in Pelham, New Hampshire are using speed limit warning signs to track motorist speeds in school zones. Here's an excerpt from The Eagle Tribune: Two new signs can now track speeders in Pelham's school zone. The signs have flashing lights ...
Total Cell Phone Ban Is A Bad Idea
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Helpful Information | 16 Comments »By Bonnie Sesolak, NMA Development Director The National Safety Council wants to see cell phone use in cars banned. They believe states should ban drivers from using hand-held and hands-free cell phones, and businesses should prohibit employees from using cell phones ...
Study Proves That Traffic Tickets Go Up In Weak Economy
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 2 Comments »Not that this will be a surprise to anyone who drives even a moderate amount, but check out this story on ScienceDaily.com: A new study to be published in next month's Journal of Law and Economics finds statistical evidence that local ...
