WyoTraveler wrote:
Wm.Elliot wrote:
Great information! Many thanks.
BTW If folks feel revenue isn't the primary reason for speed enforcement I've got some ocean front property in New Mexico for sale....
You are absolutely wrong. Officers read the briefing boards before they go on duty. A traffic officer writes most of their sites where accidents are occurring and they know that people are violating the vehicle law in that area. I have sat on intersections where accidents occur and cars were busting the red light faster than I could write cites. In this country I doubt management tells officers when and where to write a cite. No body ever told me where and when to write a cite. However, If I slept all day and did nothing management would know I wasn't doing my job. If drivers violate the traffic laws when an officer is present I am sure it happens a lot more when they aren't present.
I know of one speedtrap just west of Middletown, MD, where a officer makes his monthly quota very easily as it is a downgrade out to open country where there has never been an accident AFAIK. 35 mph way out to where it should be 45-55.
bumpy
