No more ticket signing

Effective today in the state of WA people will not have to sign
tickets. The WSP has had several instances of officers getting hit in
the past few months while talking to drivers. A minor change in
regulations and they did away with the requirements to have the tickets
signed. The officers will stampt the ticket "copy given to above
person". Failure to pay or contact the court will be a misdemeanor -
same as failing to appear was in the past after signing.

The reason given was to expedite the process and shorten the time
officers and drivers are exposed on the side of the road. I was a
surprise to the local LEOs at the weekly BS session for breakfast
yesterday.

Harry K

In article .com>,
Harry K > wrote:
>Effective today in the state of WA people will not have to sign
>tickets. The WSP has had several instances of officers getting hit in
>the past few months while talking to drivers. A minor change in
>regulations and they did away with the requirements to have the tickets
>signed. The officers will stampt the ticket "copy given to above
>person". Failure to pay or contact the court will be a misdemeanor -
>same as failing to appear was in the past after signing.

Massachusetts law requires police to ask the driver to sign the
ticket. This law is almost universally ignored.

--
John Carr )

In article .com>, Harry K wrote:

> The reason given was to expedite the process and shorten the time
> officers and drivers are exposed on the side of the road.

Such danger for what in most cases is about nothing more than revenue.

"Brent P" > wrote in message
. ..
> In article .com>, Harry
> K wrote:
>
>> The reason given was to expedite the process and shorten the time
>> officers and drivers are exposed on the side of the road.
>
> Such danger for what in most cases is about nothing more than revenue.

I was thinking this will make the revenue collection activity more
efficient. -Dave

In article .com>,
Harry K > wrote:
>Effective today in the state of WA people will not have to sign
>tickets. The WSP has had several instances of officers getting hit in
[...]
>The reason given was to expedite the process and shorten the time
>officers and drivers are exposed on the side of the road. I was a
>surprise to the local LEOs at the weekly BS session for breakfast
>yesterday.

That it also makes it easy for a cop to fabricate a ticket without
chance of detection is of course not a consideration.
--
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.

Harry K wrote:
> The reason given was to expedite the process and shorten the time
> officers and drivers are exposed on the side of the road. I was a
> surprise to the local LEOs at the weekly BS session for breakfast
> yesterday.
>
'
Getting the hell off the highway and doing serious useful police work,
like solving the 1/3rd of murders and 2/3rds of rapes that go unsolved
every year, was not considered.

wrote:
> Harry K wrote:
> > The reason given was to expedite the process and shorten the time
> > officers and drivers are exposed on the side of the road. I was a
> > surprise to the local LEOs at the weekly BS session for breakfast
> > yesterday.
> >
> '
> Getting the hell off the highway and doing serious useful police work,
> like solving the 1/3rd of murders and 2/3rds of rapes that go unsolved
> every year, was not considered.


Just another tool to keep the donut industry in business.

morticide wrote:
> Just another tool to keep the donut industry in business.

It'll do the opposite. Unmanned cameras don't eat donuts.