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So, traffic enforcement is about safety, is it???
http://tinyurl.com/ougym (pertinent part of the article reproduced below the .sig) Seems that the Sheriff in McIntosh County, GA (Sheriff Charles "Chunk," Jones) has decided to put public safety over revenue generation and the politicians on the county commission are none to happy about the sharp drop in revenue. Maybe more cops should follow Sheriff Jones' lead. And ofcourse, the couty commission's response: let's lower speed limits some. What a bunch of losers they are. They all deserve to be voted out of office. -- I diots C onvention & E mporium ================================================== === County revenue is off One of the gripes by the majority of the county commissioners is that revenue may be off by as much as $500,000 this year because Jones' deputies cut back drastically on issuing traffic citations although motorists speed through the county on Interstate 95. There were 20 citations forwarded to State Court in February, none in March and only one in April, Deverger's letter said. Deputies previously wrote hundreds of citations. The annual audit of county finances shows that fines and forfeiture revenue was below projections in 2005, but was offset by fees for housing federal inmates for the U.S. Marshals Service. Asked if he would encourage his officers to resume writing tickets at previous levels, Jones said, "I'm not a revenue agent for the County Commission. We're in the business of public safety. We're going to do our jobs." His officers are enforcing DUI laws "200 percent," interdicting drugs on the interstate and protecting children by getting golf carts off the roads, Jones said. Court records show his officers wrote more tickets in June. Jones said ticket citation numbers sometimes drop for the state patrol on I-95. Of Deverger's assertion that his office harassed golf cart drivers, Jones said, "They had 12-year-olds driving golf carts with no lights at night." His officers cracked down on golf cart traffic violations in response to complaints and not to harass anyone, Jones said. Jones questioned the legality of the county's recently adopted golf cart ordinance because state law imposes limits that counties cannot override including requirements for lights, horns and brake lights on the highway. The speed limit on the roads where the county wants to allow golf carts is 45 mph, too fast for the carts to mix with auto traffic, Jones said. |
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necromancer wrote: It's not about safety THAT time, perhaps. But it overwhelmingly usually is. |
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In article et>, necromancer wrote:
> Seems that the Sheriff in McIntosh County, GA (Sheriff Charles "Chunk," > Jones) has decided to put public safety over revenue generation and the > politicians on the county commission are none to happy about the sharp > drop in revenue. Maybe more cops should follow Sheriff Jones' lead. It would be nice if more did. Every so often there is a news story of a cop being punished in some manner when he decided that safety was to come before revenue. > And ofcourse, the couty commission's response: let's lower speed limits > some. What a bunch of losers they are. They all deserve to be voted out > of office. Funny thing is that article is also proof that speed limits aren't set by an engineering basis, but rather just politics. Further erroding the safety argument to obey them. |
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Brent P wrote: > In article et>, necromancer wrote: > > > Seems that the Sheriff in McIntosh County, GA (Sheriff Charles "Chunk," > > Jones) has decided to put public safety over revenue generation and the > > politicians on the county commission are none to happy about the sharp > > drop in revenue. Maybe more cops should follow Sheriff Jones' lead. > > It would be nice if more did. Every so often there is a news story of a > cop being punished in some manner when he decided that safety > was to come before revenue. > > > And ofcourse, the couty commission's response: let's lower speed limits > > some. What a bunch of losers they are. They all deserve to be voted out > > of office. > > Funny thing is that article is also proof that speed limits aren't set > by an engineering basis, but rather just politics. Further erroding the > safety argument to obey them. Maybe where you live. Here, I'm glad they are pretty much what they are. 45 is fine for residential thoroughfares, thanks, and not the 50-60 plus that some people think they can handle. If you drive 45 on the 1-block long street where I live, I'll call the cops and put out the stop-strips myself. And those nutcases at 120mph on 101 should be jailed for a couple years, and their licenses revoked for life. A couple obvious political situations doesn't mean that all of them are like that. Too many people are just using those unusual cases as an excuse to do as they please, MFFY. Besides, even if you were right, too bad. I have to follow lots of laws I think are stupid, and made for the wrong reasons. That's the price of living in a society, and having a road to drive on. Now follow the rules until you get them changed. |
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necromancer wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/ougym (pertinent part of the article reproduced below > the .sig) I would think the pertinent portions would include the sections upon which you commented... but snipped. Snipping requires more effort than not snipping, and may omit information relevant but undetected by yourself. <unsnip> "Some law changes coming" "Acting County Administrator Doug Alexander said the county will soon lower the speed limit to 35 mph and, in the future, may change the age limits to mirror those of state law for licensing drivers." > And ofcourse, the couty commission's response: let's lower speed limits > some. What a bunch of losers they are. They all deserve to be voted out > of office. Spurious conclusion. Nowhere is it written or inferred that the planned reduction of SL's is a reaction to the reduction of revenue from a lack of speeding citations... any more than is changing "the age limits to mirror those of state law for licensing drivers". Although mentioned in the same "report" it is not indicated that it is a "response" or "reaction". For all you know it's been planned and going through committee for 5 years. ----- - gpsman |
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"necromancer" > wrote in message th.net... > This is the part that caught my eye: > His officers are enforcing DUI laws "200 percent," interdicting drugs on > the interstate and protecting children by getting golf carts off the > roads, Jones said. Court records show his officers wrote more tickets in > June. Jones said ticket citation numbers sometimes drop for the state > patrol on I-95. > > Of Deverger's assertion that his office harassed golf cart drivers, > Jones said, "They had 12-year-olds driving golf carts with no lights at > night." > > His officers cracked down on golf cart traffic violations in response to > complaints and not to harass anyone, Jones said. > > Jones questioned the legality of the county's recently adopted golf cart > ordinance because state law imposes limits that counties cannot override > including requirements for lights, horns and brake lights on the > highway. The speed limit on the roads where the county wants to allow > golf carts is 45 mph, too fast for the carts to mix with auto traffic, > Jones said. The Great Georgia Golfcart Brouhaha? I've never heard of this being a bone of contention before. brink |
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>> Jones questioned the legality of the county's recently adopted golf cart
>> ordinance because state law imposes limits that counties cannot override >> including requirements for lights, horns and brake lights on the >> highway. The speed limit on the roads where the county wants to allow >> golf carts is 45 mph, too fast for the carts to mix with auto traffic, >> Jones said. > > The Great Georgia Golfcart Brouhaha? > > I've never heard of this being a bone of contention before. > > brink What I'm wondering is, what are the golf carts being used for? For one job I held, I had to drive a golf cart regularly. (don't ask). Other than being able to cut across lawns for shortcuts sometimes, I thought that golf carts were a terrible form of transportation. OK, I can see where they'd be useful during golf where you've got long distances of open fields to cover and all day to get there. Other than that, they are slow, clunky, high-polluting gas-guzzlers not good for much. I sure as heck wouldn't want to drive a golf cart on a main road, even if they dropped the speed limit to 35MPH. It wouldn't be safe. Come to think of it, I wouldn't want to use a golf cart while playing golf, either. I'd much rather walk to get the excercise, thank you. I'd probably finish 18 holes faster walking the course anyway. Anyway, as the article mentions nighttime use of golf carts, it's probably a safe assumption that the carts are not being used for golf, so wtf are they being used for? You want kids driving on the main road, get them a small used car or a motorcycle, something minimally street legal. Certainly a lot less risky than turning kids loose to play in traffic in a GOLF ART!!! -Dave |
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On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:38:50 -0400, necromancer >
wrote: > > >http://tinyurl.com/ougym (pertinent part of the article reproduced below >the .sig) > >Seems that the Sheriff in McIntosh County, GA (Sheriff Charles "Chunk," >Jones) has decided to put public safety over revenue generation and the >politicians on the county commission are none to happy about the sharp >drop in revenue. Maybe more cops should follow Sheriff Jones' lead. > >And ofcourse, the couty commission's response: let's lower speed limits >some. What a bunch of losers they are. They all deserve to be voted out >of office. So let's stop giving out fines for traffic crimes and instead hand out DL suspensions and jail time. I'd love to see that but i bet hypocrites like you don't. |
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