Thursday, June 02, 2005
 
Night Vision Goggles An Investment
Seat Belt Violators Caught By Cops Wearing Night Vision Goggles:
    Maryland State Police say they issued 111 tickets last night in a seat belt enforcement operation in Rockville.
111 x
    The fine for not wearing a seat belt in Maryland is 25 dollars.
111 x 25 = 2775!

Three thousand bucks per night in a small enforcement operation in a single town. Those night vision goggles not only pay for themselves, but they pay for the cops who wear them, and probably a couple days of meals on wheels to boot.

Thank you for making seatbelt offenses a primary offense, giving incentive to law enforcement to pull over people who aren't wearing their seatbelts after dark instead of chasing hardened criminals who might shoot back.


- posted by Brian J. @ 11:06 PM
Comments:
You could equally well argue that by encouraging people to wear their seat belts the police are doing something positive for the majority: I suspect a car crash is a more common cause of injury than a holdup.

I have no problem with the police enforcing safety laws. If you don't think safety is an important issue, you probably haven't seen how an injury - especially a brain injury - can change the lives of everyone associated with the injured person.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:07:00 PM
 


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