Silly, silly people..... it has nothing to do with ones safety. Nothing. It is all about one thing and one thing only: R-E-V-E-N-U-E!
Police issue these useless tickets to gain revenue for small, podunk towns. Doing 57mph in a 50 does not "save" anyones lives. The police are a bunch of hypocrites when it comes to seatbelt and speeding tickets. They fly around speeding every damm day(because they can as I am told), but bust your balls for 5 miles over the limit. Or having roadside traffic stops at rush hour to check for seatbelts. I see it everyday in NJ.

This is very sore subject with me as you can see.

Stone[/qb][/QUOTE]Yeah we get so much from the tickets plus commission on every one :rolleyes: not. We see maybe 10 dollars out of a 75 dollar citation. The rest goes to the courts and state. Not a great revenue builder. You sound like one who complains that we spped around but would complain if we took to long to get to your house. You can't have it both ways. I would wager 99% of the time they go speeding around they are responding to a call for service. Being able to drive fast whenever I want is not that big of thrill to me, I am however trying to get somewhere to assist someone or to try and keep them from complaining for an hour of how long it took me to get there.[/QB][/QUOTE]

Xman6,

Relax Bro. First of all, I know the police don't get the revenue. I was talking about the towns that get it.

Oh-hum.....I do not complain about the cops getting to my house. Half the time the State Po-po's don't even bother to come out when I call them(if I ever do). As I told you once before I have family members who are in law enforcement. I have RESPECT for real cops who actually SOLVE/PREVENT crimes (such as NYC and Philly cops) instead of just writing tickets all day. Local-yocals are the ones that I have a problem with. They think/act like wannabe State Troopers, and they are not. I live in a town that does not have its own police force; it is "supposed" to be covered by the State Police. But they are too busy writing seatbelt tickets........

I'll take that wager and prove you wrong. I ride sportbikes with a few cops. One is a State Trooper, the other a local cop, and the other one a bridge cop. They ALL fly around at 100mph+ ALL the time. You know why? Because they have a badge. It gets them off EVERYTIME I am with them.
They fly around in their patrol cars ALL the time. I see them at work. Going NOWHERE. No lights. No Sirens. Nothing.

Plan and simple, having a badge and a gun is a license to speed anywhere and anytime. Do you deny this?

Stone