Police say no quota for seat-belt tickets

Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Monday, May 20, 2002 | Johnny Brannon

[Vidalia]

Honolulu police aim to issue more than 6,000 traffic tickets through a special seat-belt enforcement program beginning today, but officers do not have to meet any specific ticket quota per shift, officials say.

The goal of the "Click It or Ticket" program is to increase the percentage of drivers and passengers who wear seat belts, rather than to issue citations, Honolulu Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Yu said.

[Vidalia]

Gee Whiz, "NO QUOTA", yet they give a numerical expectation???
People in the Great liberal/Socialist/foolish state of Hawaii will swallow anything these days.

[Jonathon Spectre]

The State's hunger for money never diminishes.

[KarlInOhio]

officers do not have to meet any specific ticket quota per shift

They don't have to meet a quota per shift. If they miss the average one day, they can always make up for it the next day. No shift quota doesn't mean no week or month quota.

[spectre]

Arkansas has joined the same Click it or Ticket buckle up for safety program.

Anyone driving thru Arkansas for the remainder of this month, is hereby now warned :~)

sw

[Dakmar]

Anyone driving thru Arkansas for the remainder of this month, is hereby now warned.

Same with Indiana.

[Vidalia]

Whups. Keyword "Speed Traps" is from the ill-fated and quickly recognized "Traffic Cam" fiasco, the attempt to take the pictures of speeding vehicles and send tickets to the registered owners, an obvious attempt by previous legislators for a cash grab by those politicians and the camera operators.
Since that did not work, this new Gestapo roadblock attempt will be much more difficult to deal with.
After all, "it's all about the kiddos", isn't it.....

WE (HAWAII) HAVE A GAS PRICE CAP NOW!!! AREN'T WE THE LUCKY ONES? Somebody please help. What happened in Calipornia when the free markets were abused by Big Government?

[spectre]

So I think it's more States than we know of, so far.

I approve of the program...

I'm out of here now! :~)

sw

[southern rock]

"Click It or Ticket"

There is a third option. Tell the stupid, busybody cop to "stick it".

[ilgipper]

I think it's pretty much nationwide. Congress pulled one of those "pass this new regulation or lose your highway funding deals" to get this law enacted. (bastards)

[Dakmar]

That would earn you another ticket, and possibly a trip to the bar-windowed hotel.

[Vidalia]

With the obvious approval of GW?

[Dakmar]

I hate that crap. "Do what we say, or we won't give you your money back". Extortion, anyone?

[Southside_bubba]

Georgia is on this kick too. What's up with that?

[hoosierham]

We no longer have a federal republic, we have had a national gov't since 1865;it just takes longer if you put all the controls in slowly.

No state can affford to lose the federal dollars in highway funding (of course those same federal dollars came from the states taxpayers).

The power to tax is the power to destroy; this explains why some of the Founders resisted replacing the original gov't with the current Constitution.

[jobim]

I'm a Big Island guy. Did you know that it is OK to ride in the back of a pickup, but you get ticketed for no seatbelt inside the car? The Logic of Paradise.