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  • What's up with FR???

    03/02/2008 11:13:30 AM PST · by SandRat · 256 replies · 519+ views
    SandRat
    What's up with the main forum pages??? The abibility to post a new thread directly form the Forum page is missing. We used to be at the top right and now it's gone. To post a new article we have to go to an existing article to find the Post Article link.
  • Is It Really All About Safety? [Fed $$$ and seatbelt laws]

    05/08/2003 5:25:42 PM PDT · by Eala · 22 replies · 811+ views
    SEATTLE - "It's all about safety." That's been the Washington State Patrol mantra around the "Click it or Ticket" law. Of course, now we come to find that writing 3 seatbelt tickets an hour means that troopers can "safely" pocket overtime pay. The devil, as they say, is in the details. And the details are in a contract with the State Traffic Safety Commission and law enforcement agencies, including the state patrol. The contract spells out how federal money is funneled into enforcement of the seat-belt law: write "x" number of tickets and the state gets federal grant money, which...