43 Blog Posts From the Ticket Quotas Tag


Real reforms

Missouri lawmakers recently approved bill SB765 banning ticket quotas and SB 572 limiting fines for some traffic offenses to $200. I doubt they will solve the problem. I’ve read too many stories from other jurisdictions. Two simple reforms would force most traffic law enforcement in America to be about traffic law enforcement by eliminating the […]

Why does the Sutton police chief still have a job?

Why is the Sutton, Massachusetts police chief still employed after being accused of setting a ticket quota? Because of the difference between “us” and “them.” If he were treated like his victims he’d be out of a job already. Massachusetts RMV will revoke the license of a driver said by a police chief to be an “immediate threat” to […]

Speed Averages

Few people with working brains respect the obviously stupid. Which explains why almost everyone disrespects posted speed limits … by ignoring them. Any law or edict that is almost universally ignored can be safely presumed stupid. Or — as here — cynically dismissed as a tool for separating people’s money from their persons. Most speed […]

TheNewspaper.com Roundup: August 19, 2015

Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Missouri Supreme Court Delivers Three Strikes Against Photo Tickets The highest court in Missouri on […]

TheNewspaper.com Roundup: April 8, 2015

Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Wednesday, April 08, 2015 New York High Court Allows Cops To Be Wrong About The Law New York motorists […]

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