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To: eastforker
If you gave jail time to every speeder guess what,you would have no more speeders.

So you favor jail time for speeders. I believe in the current system of fines and reporting to insurance companies as a deterent. It most certainly provides an incentive for drivers to follow driving regulations.

Traffic tickets are nothing more than revenue enhancement.It has nothing to do with public safety

More like a user payer system. Budgets in each county and city project an amount that they may expect to get from traffic fines. This amount offsets other amounts that would otherwise come from the general fund. Those ticketed drivers who are responsible for the need for traffic patrols are paying a portion of the price. It's fair.

167 posted on 08/14/2002 8:55:46 PM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: RGSpincich
Wrong,zilch,bullshitt.Traffic laws should never be a source of revenue IMO.That only leads to more tickets for more revenue.Take out and lay off 2/3 of the police force and you wouldn't need the revenue,got it?
170 posted on 08/14/2002 9:04:09 PM PDT by eastforker
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