Re:Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?
by u801e on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:20PM
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> Ticket them and make money for the municipality.
Traffic citations should have the ultimate goal to increase the level of safety on roadways. Revenue should play no part in it.
A better proposal would be to remove all fines and court costs associated with a traffic citation and change the penalty to only be demerit points on the offender's drivers license. If they accumulate enough points, then their license is suspended. If they're caught driving on a suspended license, they're arrested and go to jail pending a hearing.
Traffic citations should have the ultimate goal to increase the level of safety on roadways. Revenue should play no part in it.
A better proposal would be to remove all fines and court costs associated with a traffic citation and change the penalty to only be demerit points on the offender's drivers license. If they accumulate enough points, then their license is suspended. If they're caught driving on a suspended license, they're arrested and go to jail pending a hearing.