Be seeing you.
This police department has too much money. A budget cut would clarify priorities nicely.
Be seeing you.
Lots of dangerous drivers in front of this shopping center...
Nice that seat belt violations are the biggest crime in Houston.
Yup, more spying brought to you by the nanny state.
I still remember them saying “Oh we will never use this as a primary offense, its only a secondary ticket for seat-belts”
Now its the main focal point of these kind of “stings”
How silly. Its NOT the govts biz if I wear my seat-belt.
The City of Austin began doing this a few months ago using police in city buses. The buses would drive along freeways with a cop watching for violators. He’d radio a unit on the feeder and it would come out and pull the violator over.
I don’t live in Houston, but around here, my observation is that most traffic issues are caused by three things.
1) Equipment failure/malfunction/disuse (no brake, stop, turn signals, or the inability to use them)
2) Improper lane usage - failure to stay right, failure to yield the right of way.
3) Poor maintenance. Bald tires, atrocious alignment (or lack of it), worn brakes.
But I never see the police going after these types of drivers, even though anyone driving sees them everywhere.
I’d be happier if they’d solve the 18 unsolved arsons we’ve had in the Heights instead of playing seat belt nanny.
Absurd and complete bs. HPD goes after soft targets. OK seat belt violations are one thing, but illegals riding around with no tags, no inspection sticker or registration, and ignoring the traffic laws don’t get stopped. Plus, with the ecomonic activity down, the city of Houston is really hurting in the tax money downturn. For the last 18 months, there has been LOTS of traffic enforcement on the roads, close to triple than before. This is just about tax revenue.
“”This is about safety on our freeways,” said HPD Capt. Carl Driskell with the Traffic Enforcement Division.”
LOL, no one w/ a brain believes that whopper. It’s rarely about safety and all about $$$.
Seiously? Don’t they have any crimes to solve?
This is more about revenue enhancement than crime or safety.
One of them was a prominent lawyer involved in the Dow silicone implant litigation and lawsuits against tobacco companies. His ambulance-chasing days are over - few days ago, he had a high-speed collision with a tree.