[paulat]

There is a poll at the link, if you want to FReep.

[BenLurkin]

Good grief.

[Wolfie]

Hey, it beats fighting actual crime.

[atomicpossum]

Beats stopping crime, I guess.

[ncountylee]

Working on commission?

[hang 'em]

** ARMED TAX COLLECTER ALERT **

[RetiredArmy]

Our wonderful soviet state's new form of taxes.

[Zathras]

More proof that "law enforcement" is now "tax collection"

[TChris]

Oh fer cryin' out loud...

Since police generally are given quite a bit of discretion in deciding what is and is not important enough to investigate and puruse -- think turn signal laws here -- why shouldn't LEOs just treat these nanny-state laws the same way and summarily ignore them?

Instead, they are enforced as if national security depended on them.

[tfecw]

wow...this revenuer brought in 3000 bucks for WA in 4 hours...imagine if they had 10 troopers doing this. 60k for a days worth of work isn't too shabby.

Of course, that would be the quickest way for this cash cow..err law...to get over turned. Then again it does keep the taxes down.

[Vicomte13]

These are the ways that the police make themselves unpopular.

You want to support them, on the one hand.
On the other hand, they spend time and energy on this sort of crap.

[loreldan]

I live in a very small town. A few months ago I drove by the sheriff standing on the side of the road - on the line. He was leaning over looking into car windows. In fact I had to swerve to miss him. I had my seatbelt on, but there was somebody pulled over by another cop further up the road.

[dagnabbit]

Nanny state clowns.

Similarly, in leftist-run Montgomery County Maryland, the keystoners there were using night-vision goggles to spot seatbelt violations.

[DBrow]

I'd think that this sort of covert surveillance (since the officer is in "disguise") would not be legal.

[sit-rep]

Damn I hate that... They do it around these parts once a month or so. Although they have a car on the side, and a cop hanging out of it lookin at ya as you pass, it is still a "weaselly" thing to do...IMHO...

[YOUGOTIT]

So who cares. If they do not wear their seat belts it is them who will be dead. If they do not belt up their children that is another problem.

But is they are old enough to drive they should have the right to chose safe or unsafe.

[cripplecreek]

The supporters of seat belt laws laughed when I called it a slippery slope. They said the police can't pull you over for that alone. In Michigan they do exactly that now. Looks like they're now putting money into paying undercover cops to ticket people not wearing theirs.


Seat belts, A great idea and a really bad law.

[TexasCajun]

At what point does this go from a safety issue to a revenue issue?

$6,000.00 per day, 8 hrs - 60 citations
$30,000.00 per 5 day week
$120,000.00 per 4-week month
$1,440,000 per year!

Show Me The Money!

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Aww, poor local government needs money.

[chs68]

"Drivers fooled By Jennifer Sullivan Seattle Times staff reporter"

She sure is a sneaky one, that Jennifer!

[chronic_loser]

I thought about standing out on a corner with a sign saying

WORTHLESS DRUNK AND DRUG ADDICT

TOO SORRY TO WORK, HAD RATHER BEG

PLEASE FEEL SORRY FOR ME GIVE ME YOUR MONEY.

I NEED A HIT ON THE PIPE REALLY BAD

(insert appropriate religious aphorism here)

I wonder how long it would take for the cops to run me off?