Re:New Mexico outlaws civil asset forfeiture
by thaumasiotes on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @10:36AM
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My apologies; to me there is no difference between a freeway and a highway.
Re:New Mexico outlaws civil asset forfeiture
by msandford on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @11:37AM
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No worries! The reason I make the distinction is that here in the US typically a freeway is something that has controlled access (on and off ramps) and no traffic controls like stop lights, stop signs, etc. Highways are much more up to interpretation but typically have higher speeds (hence highways) but may well have lights, much less controlled access, etc.
There was only a mile or two of road that the city "owned" and there were ALWAYS cops out. The speed limit went from 65 down to 40 a mile before the one stop light and then a mile after the stop light, back to 65.
Florida actually enacted a law saying that a city may derive no more than 25% of its revenue from fines specifically because of this city. I'm sure they immediately broke the law and just cooked the books for years until recently there was a big scandal and the city nearly had its charter revoked. http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/29/us/hampton-florida-corruption-...