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John H[_2_]

On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 19:37:40 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 16:22:15 -0400, John H
wrote:

I think states should have 'traffic enforcement' cops. All they do is write traffic tickets. Pay for
themselves, need little training, etc.

Most do. They are called the state police AKA speeder maids.

The FSP got in trouble here for suggesting there was a quota.

In Maryland it was just a fact. The sargent I fished with said they
didn't put up a number, they just told the cops, if you are not seeing
violations, you must be sleeping in your car. They wanted big numbers,
20 a day was not uncommon. Speeding was a revenue stream for them and
they mass produced tickets.

They would have RADAR on the beltway and 20 cops standing in the road
over the next hill waving everyone over and giving them a ticket ...
30 at a time.
That area between New Hampshire avenue and University was famous for
it. They set up the RADAR on the overpass and when you dropped down
into that bowl on the other side west bound, there they were. They
would load up 25 or 30 cars in the median, start writing and let the
traffic start moving again. By the time they were done with them they
had 30 more coming at them at 10+ over. The cops usually had the
tickets already made out except the time and the name of the driver.

The old sarge was so frustrated that he was just running a ticket
factory he was just counting the days until he could retire

I remember that. Haven't seen that trap in a long time.