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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
I don't think he's referring to the money the police department makes. The municipality makes the money, and yes...it is a source of revenue for the town/city/state.
Personally, I see enforcing the law for speeding, though I wish that cops would spend more time ticketing for merging at the last moment, driving on the shoulder, not keeping right except to pass.
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Oh right, no please don't think I mean this as an offense to cops. The police department has every right to revenue, but I feel like ya know the whole "protect and serve" isn't really served by bugging me for 11 over the limit on my way to work when the guy next to me was pulling on me slightly.. just cos I was in the fast lane.
My last ticket I wasn't paying attention to my speed. A full size van was beside me and had accelerated much faster than I anticipated. I needed to be in his lane so that I could turn. So I sped up and passed him. I'm pulled over, apparently 61 in a 45. (van must have been doing 55-58) She says "I just want to make sure you get to work alive."
My thought is.. I would have gotten to work safe, alive, $200 richer, and 15 minutes earlier.
But I'm drifting. What I mean to say is.. it's not a revenue collection for the police dept. explicitly.. so much as it is for the government in general.