Re:Data journalism busts speeding cops, wins Pulitzer
by lesterbuck on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @12:33AM
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There is absolutely nothing new in tech advances that makes it easier to enforce speeding laws. In the 80s I read some book about beating speeding tickets, and they did the math about the profit margin on a radar gun. It turned out that the average radar gun generated a net profit on the order of $1000/day/gun. The obvious question is why aren't there radar guns on every police car? The answer is obvious: local politicians don't like to get tickets, either.
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Re:Data journalism busts speeding cops, wins Pulitzer
by eru on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @01:55AM
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> It turned out that the average radar gun generated a net profit on the order of $1000/day/gun. The obvious question is why aren't there radar guns on every police car?
I agree with your sentiment. But please bear in mind, that the profit per radar gun would probably go down, if enforcement was less sporadic.