OT: something to watch before driving this weekend

[futaba.79]

very powerful stuff and it's real.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmpK_EshSL4

 

[Duckdawg]

Strong stuff there. I applaud the guy for taking responsibility for his actions. Lord only knows how many times it could've been me having to own up to something like that, I just got lucky, a LOT. I haven't driven after drinking anything in a looooong time, even taught the wife how to drive our boat so I don't take that chance on the water.

 

[Curby]

And if you travel up Hwy 25, be aware that the HP are on a warpath and will ticket the **** out of you for minimal speeding. Citation quotas are being met and exceeded my friends.

 

[MaronMatters]

Citation quotas are being met and exceeded my friends.

No such thing. It's illegal. It takes away discretion from the officer and would force them to write tickets when violations don't exist. There have even been some departments/officers charged with using quotas to meet budgets.

 

[AFDawg]

There have even been some departments/officers charged with using quotas to meet budgets.

So you're saying it does happen, then.

(I actually agree that quotas are not the norm. Just giving you a hard time.)

 

[starkvegasdawg]

And if you travel up Hwy 25, be aware that the HP are on a warpath and will ticket the **** out of you for minimal speeding. Citation quotas are being met and exceeded my friends.

I wish I knew what you had to do to get a ticket on 82 between Starkville and Columbus. I drive that at 75 and am usually the slow car. I've seen cars meet hp doing 85+ and they never even looked their way. I think that cable divider they put up hampers their efforts. No making a quick u-turn to go after somebody.

 

[RocketDawg]

Well ... I play golf with a retired policeman from Huntsville. He said that when he was a uniform guy, at the morning meeting, and especially at the end of the month, they'd be told to "get some money for the council", meaning to write tickets. Maybe not a formal quota, but certainly an informal one.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Yeah the cables do hamper their efforts to catch speeders. They can't jump the median anymore. I've seen them set up on top of an overpass and radar with a couple of troopers down the road waiting to pull over people.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Cops are often judged by how many tickets they write

Arrests, etc. they may say they don't have quotas, but they usually do

http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/15/cop-records-police-chief-pushing-ticket


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/2...fired-after-blowing-whistle-on-ticket-quotas/

http://www.apbweb.com/featured-articles/2287-cops-fight-back-over-ticket-quotas.html

I could keep going