Some small towns make tons of money writing tickets

[Saltwater60]

Some of these stats are alarming to say the least.

It's a trap! Small towns across US use traffic tickets to collect big money from drivers. — USA TODAY

Aggressive ticket-writing campaigns erode community trust, harm public safety and violate Americans' constitutional rights.

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[livingston]

Folks I do not know if this is true ... I have been told that at some point in the future the thruway will send you a ticket if you arrive at a toll booth before the state law says you should. .

 

[Jmac00]

Government shouldn't treat citizens like a piggy bank​

.gov has been doing that for the last 150 years. They just call it taxes.

This is why we have a dash camera that records time, GPS location and speed. Now-a-days I almost never speed. usually Im a couple MPH under the speed limit. The problem is, some of these small towns don't mark the speed zone. By the time you figure out your going a little to fast, they got you. Then they say "ignorance is no excuse"

This bullshit of a $100 "application fee" to challenge a speeding ticket is criminal on its face.

Still, we like small town America. many places have a rich and interesting history.

 

[stokes]

This is nothing new. I remember back in the 50's Jimmy Olsen got thrown in jail via a "small town speed trap". Lois had to call Superman....er... I mean Clark Kent to get him out.

 

[Willyone]

Best not to exceed the speed limit in two small towns I know of...Liverpool and Elbridge. Nuth'n new, been that way for years.

 

[Bigfoot]

Corfu NY is a little village where 35 MPH means 35 MPH. The cop/court has a good thing going there with all of the traffic going to and coming from the Darien Lake Amusement Park. Especially with the concert traffic.

Fortunately, the cop is easy to keep track of because he almost always parks and sits in front of the school next door to the A&K Gun Sales shop. Yep, you read that right, the Corfu Intermediate School has a gun shop next door to it. And nobody there gives a shit. Corfu isn't Democrat country.

But the Corfu cop will snag you for anything if you give him the chance.

 

[ManualF150]

While going to Downsville, NY last week, I was going through the Town/Village of Deposit. Anyhow I noticed a speed trap setup right in town. I stopped at the Sunoco to hit the restroom after I was done, someone was in the store bitching about the speed trap down the street. I make sure I drive 1 mph below the speed limit in some of these sketchier towns. In my trucks I have a GPS video camera that shows my speed and long/lat in the recording. It's also easy to do because my trucks have exhaust brakes. So as soon as I let off the accelerator, my exhaust brake engages thus slowing me down without using the service brakes.

 

[Saltwater60]

Folks I do not know if this is true ... I have been told that at some point in the future the thruway will send you a ticket if you arrive at a toll booth before the state law says you should. .

I mean why not. It makes sense and it’s probably pretty easy to do. I’m not saying I support it

 

[Saltwater60]

In Belmont my there’s a cop that will write you a ticket for 32 in a 30 and he’s proud of it

 

[VietnamEraVet]

In Belmont my there’s a cop that will write you a ticket for 32 in a 30 and he’s proud of it

The fuckers in Belmont are something else. I travelled thru there literally hundreds of times when I made calls at ABB Air Preheater and other companies in Wellsville and surrounding areas. He never got my ass! They actually pissed off enough salesmen calling on ABB that one of them had a plaque made up warning about it, and it was posted in the waiting area in the lobby to warn other salesmen who came from a different direction before they got fucked in Belmont on their way to other calls.

About the only revenge I ever got on those POS towns was to vow to NEVER spend a fucking dime there. And Belmont is one of them.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Summerville, WV on route 19.

At least they have the decency to post signs "speed is strictly enforced"


It's just towns using cops as revenue agents and it sucks it just pisses everyone off because everyone knows it's a scam.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Folks I do not know if this is true ... I have been told that at some point in the future the thruway will send you a ticket if you arrive at a toll booth before the state law says you should. .

Just wait it's going to happen. As soon as more people leave the state and their revenue base shrinks they ( NY) needs to identify a new way to make up the budget shortfall.

They'll set it so there is some margin of error like the projected travel time in perfect conditions if it takes xx:xx amount of time let's say faster than it takes to cover the distance at 70 mph (5mph over the limit) that you get an automatic ticket issued based on being impossible to cover that distance at that time under the speed limit. It's going to happen. It's just a matter of political will to do it

 

[Saltwater60]

The fuckers in Belmont are something else. I travelled thru there literally hundreds of times when I made calls at ABB Air Preheater and other companies in Wellsville and surrounding areas. He never got my ass! They actually pissed off enough salesmen calling on ABB that one of them had a plaque made up warning about it, and it was posted in the waiting area in the lobby to warn other salesmen who came from a different direction before they got fucked in Belmont on their way to other calls.

About the only revenge I ever got on those POS towns was to vow to NEVER spend a fucking dime there. And Belmont is one of them.

My sister got a ticket from him for going 32 in a 30 and he wrote her for that. She told him her father and brother were cops and it’s ridiculous. He laughed and stated how proud of this he was and no one could help her. She got a ticket.

 

[stokes]

Folks I do not know if this is true ... I have been told that at some point in the future the thruway will send you a ticket if you arrive at a toll booth before the state law says you should. .

Other states have been doing that for years. I got one of these back in the 80's on our way to New Brunswick traveling thru Maine or New Hampshire, forget which. As for the thruway, they already have speed cameras ready to go. NYS actually installed these years ago and has been in the testing phase til now.

 

[SonOfSun]

My sister got a ticket from him for going 32 in a 30 and he wrote her for that. She told him her father and brother were cops and it’s ridiculous. He laughed and stated how proud of this he was and no one could help her. She got a ticket.

People like that shouldn't be cops.

 

[GTN]

Avon NY is like this. On the way in and out is where they’re at

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Brant NY. I think they have 2 cops. Their traffic court is standing room only.

 

[RedBreast21]

Folks I do not know if this is true ... I have been told that at some point in the future the thruway will send you a ticket if you arrive at a toll booth before the state law says you should. .

The tech exists now. Not only with EZpass but the license plate readers. Time, speed, distance formula....ticket issued.

 

[Saltwater60]

Brant NY. I think they have 2 cops. Their traffic court is standing room only.

Yes they are brutal as well.

 

[spat]

Some of these stats are alarming to say the least.

It's a trap! Small towns across US use traffic tickets to collect big money from drivers. — USA TODAY

Aggressive ticket-writing campaigns erode community trust, harm public safety and violate Americans' constitutional rights.

apple.news

They should be allowed to issue fines of course, but the fix for this is to not allow them to keep the money.

If you want to fine people to reduce speeding, then you don't need to keep the money.

If your goal is to create a revenue stream, then you shouldn't be allowed to issue the fine at all.

 

[Acer-m14]

Mt. Morris NY is the same .. its what the sign says ..

 

[Acer-m14]

https://nygunforum.com/threads/automated-speeding-tickets-begin-for-i-84-and-i-87-in-new-york-read-more-automated-speeding-tickets-begin-for-i-84-and-i-87-in-new-york.60553/

 

[Acer-m14]

Time to get the paint ball guns out with white paint balls ..

whoops .. bird just shat on the cam lens ..

 

[Grimscale]

He laughed and stated how proud of this he was and no one could help her.

Mt. Morris NY is the same .. its what the sign says ..

Guess it's time for someone to drag these schleps through the courts again.
"When was the last time your radar was inspected and certified?"
"can you verify your radar was correctly focused on the subject's car?"

etc.

There's a reason most police departments "allow" for 5 over. They know that someone can and has successfully argued the difference between vehicle speed and indicated speed, even on factory correct vehicles. These districts would end up paying far more to prove their claims than they'd get from the ticket.

Saw this kind of crap in the 80s.

 

[Bigfoot]

 

[Depick]

Anyone from the Buffalo area will tell you not to speed in Kenmore.

 

[Bustedknees]

Folks I do not know if this is true ... I have been told that at some point in the future the thruway will send you a ticket if you arrive at a toll booth before the state law says you should. .

I'm sure toll tickets will happen in NY first.

 

[Robin]

Avon NY is like this. On the way in and out is where they’re at

Yeah, since the DWI crackdown you can drive through the business section at 8-9 o'clock and it looks like a ghost town every night, except court night, then you cannot find a parking spot.
Robin

 

[tgenec86]

Public Service Announcement: FRANKFORT NY. If you're ever driving in this area (it's just in-between Utica and Herkimer) watch your ass. You WILL be pulled over for any infraction they can come up with. ANY INFRACTION. They are the poster child for the title of this post.