I think police are cracking down for the revenue. Local police here wrote over 1000 tickets in the last month for seat belt violations.
In Toronto where I used to live before I smartened up, the bloated police force regularly targets cyclists AND pedestrians to bring in revenue. The had a stop sign trap in front of our house 3 days a week and used to ticket riders for rolling stops or riding with one hand at 200 bucks a pop. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. Ironically, the unmarked car was parked right in front of the house of a major drug dealer who had a traffic jam in the back alley every Saturday night with customers. To shut that down would have required risk and effort. The worst part of all of this is that 25 percent of Toronto police officers make over 100k per year which is part of the deficit problem in the first place!
In Toronto where I used to live before I smartened up, the bloated police force regularly targets cyclists AND pedestrians to bring in revenue. The had a stop sign trap in front of our house 3 days a week and used to ticket riders for rolling stops or riding with one hand at 200 bucks a pop. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. Ironically, the unmarked car was parked right in front of the house of a major drug dealer who had a traffic jam in the back alley every Saturday night with customers. To shut that down would have required risk and effort. The worst part of all of this is that 25 percent of Toronto police officers make over 100k per year which is part of the deficit problem in the first place!
In Toronto where I used to live before I smartened up, the bloated police force regularly targets cyclists AND pedestrians to bring in revenue. The had a stop sign trap in front of our house 3 days a week and used to ticket riders for rolling stops or riding with one hand at 200 bucks a pop. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. Ironically, the unmarked car was parked right in front of the house of a major drug dealer who had a traffic jam in the back alley every Saturday night with customers. To shut that down would have required risk and effort. The worst part of all of this is that 25 percent of Toronto police officers make over 100k per year which is part of the deficit problem in the first place!