TheNewspaper.com Roundup: May 16, 2012
Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Oklahoma Speed Trap Town Cheats Motorists, Refuses Refunds Bernice, Oklahoma trustees voted Monday not to […]
Florida Highway Patrol Ticket Quota Exposed
A recent article in the St. Petersburg Times highlighted the story of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper who has accused the department of firing him because he didn’t write enough tickets. The Highway Patrol predictably denied having a ticket quota. They said that the officer was fired for not meeting “performance standards.” This is a […]
Florida Highway Patrol Ticket Quota Exposed
A recent article in the St. Petersburg Times highlighted the story of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper who has accused the department of firing him because he didn’t write enough tickets. The Highway Patrol predictably denied having a ticket quota. They said that the officer was fired for not meeting “performance standards.” This is a […]
How To Fight A Michigan Speeding Ticket
The Detroit News is in the middle of a series of articles on speed limits. One of their articlese, excerpted below, gives a good overview of how to fight a speeding ticket in Michigan: But motorists often lose their cases because they aren’t aware of a recently enacted state law that opens the door for […]
How To Fight A Michigan Speeding Ticket
The Detroit News is in the middle of a series of articles on speed limits. One of their articlese, excerpted below, gives a good overview of how to fight a speeding ticket in Michigan: But motorists often lose their cases because they aren’t aware of a recently enacted state law that opens the door for […]
Red-Light Camera Contracts Incentivize Ticketing Innocent Drivers
TheNewspaper.com recently published an interesting story on red-light camera ticket quotas in Los Angeles County and Roseville, California. The quota is explained in this excerpt: The contract sets as the baseline that the company must issue 25 tickets for every 100 alleged violations recorded by the machine. These recordings include any number of situations where […]
Red-Light Camera Contracts Incentivize Ticketing Innocent Drivers
TheNewspaper.com recently published an interesting story on red-light camera ticket quotas in Los Angeles County and Roseville, California. The quota is explained in this excerpt: The contract sets as the baseline that the company must issue 25 tickets for every 100 alleged violations recorded by the machine. These recordings include any number of situations where […]
If You Didn’t Believe Ticket Quotas Existed Before, You Will Now
A ticket quota is a policy that encourages or requires officers to give out a certain number of traffic tickets regardless of how many people are actually violating the law. Here’s a quick roundup of stories from this year where ticket quotas were discovered around the country. November Washington State Police Use Ticket Quotas Officials […]