E-tickets

[Ed W]

The Whirled has a piece on e-tickets, a project to make law enforcement more productive.

LINK

I kinda like this bit:

" Drivers frequently commit traffic violations, but many officers look the other way because they don't want to be hassled by paperwork, Eagleton said."

Naturally, one of the comments included the perennial question "Why harass motorists instead of going after /real/ criminals like murderers?"  Elsewhere in the paper, it said that the city has had 64 homicides this year.

Here's the statistic I'm looking for - how many died or were injured in motor vehicle crashes?  From my point of view, there's little difference between killing with a knife or a gun and killing with an SUV or a station wagon.  If I recall right (and I'll have to find the stats on this too) a majority of motor vehicle related deaths involve drinking or speeding.  If law enforcement gets drunks or speeders off the road, it has an effect beneficial to all of us - it saves lives.

I'm fed up with the 'go find the real criminals' argument.  The best counter argument, as always, is the truth.

[patric]

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