According to AOL, (Mar 6, 2012) their Autos Staff wrote that “Every day, law enforcement hands out an estimated 100,000 tickets to American motorists, resulting in about $6 billion in fines annually. According to a recent report from Trapster and CNBC.com, it seems a large portion of these tickets come from 10 metropolitan areas.”
For more than five decades, many national community advocates have complained that the “speeding violations” (tickets) are more about scamming the public of their hard earned money than it is about “safety.” More and more advocates these days are questioning the excessive money laundering from the common working public.
“I had to pay $250 for a speeding ticket that I got for just going seven (7) miles per hour over the speeding limit. I tried to reason with the officer but he was having nothing to do with it” said Robert B of Georgia. Literally hundreds of thousands of letters, emails and phone messages come into our offices all across America just like Robert B.
Many social scientist and activist have questioned the statistic reports from the government concerning the true number of accidents due to minimal speed variations. “The numbers we have tried to verify were greatly exaggerated” wrote one anonymous specialist. It is not my assertion that speeding is an accepted thing and that we should not worry about law breakers and reckless driving. However, most everyone would tell you that only a very small percentage of the “so called” speeding violations are excessive. So then, is the hundreds of thousands of speed traps set up to “save lives” or simply to fleece the public of their hard earned money? You chose
© 2012 by Dr Tim McClure
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