I’d guess that, while it may have produced revenue in the way of those speeding ticket’s, the overriding reason for what they were doing was to try and slow down the traffic. If people CHOOSE to drive over the speed limit instead of following the law, then why are people crying about getting tickets for that behavior?
With respect to generation of revenue, are there any statistics on how much revenue was being generated versus the costs of having those officers out there, and the costs of dealing with traffic accidents caused by excessive speed?
Illegal immigrants are commiting real crimes, overrunning our schools, towns, and hospitals, unchecked.
Drugs are dealt on the corner, unchecked.
Yet the police worry about someone driving a car too fast while ignoring real crimes.
THAT, my FRiend, is what is upsetting to me and many others.
The people responsible for the most problems that I can see are the ones who do not follow the flow of traffic, necessitating everyone passing them (if only to maintain the speed limit).
It was aimed at out-of-state, out-of-town drivers since the local paper posted WHERE these traps would be in the Sunday edition for the following week. Sure sounds like a revenue maker to me since the locals would know beforehand where they were.