I'm hearing a lot of stories about agressive ticketing transit cops and police out agressively targeting speeders by hiding in fishing holes in spades the last couple of months. I saw a cop hide in the entrance to my condo complex right at the beginning of a playground zone sign right at 830 sharp in a ghost car the other day. (Like come on give people at least 10 minutes leeway in case their clock is behind, and maybe don't be so covert)
I'm starting to think that the city is putting on the 'full court press' on their 'revenue problem' so that they can buy more Cecil hotels, 25 Million Dollar Pedestrian bridges and other various wastes of your money. If I ever get a ticket from one of these oppression schemes I'm going to choose the defence option that costs them the most money.
The police wonder why no one wants to give them tips about legitimate crimes. Chances are if many common law abiding people end up getting tickets for nitpicking type things they will stop viewing policemen as being on their side and be much less willing to help them out.
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