Tickets written under state law here, go to the judges retirement fund (other than a small sur-charge to sheriffs association for road patrols, which they are NOT constitutionally bound to provide)... far from the intrest of any trooper to get dividends....

 

In Mass, all I know is that 95% of the ticket goes to the state and 5% is returned to the town as an 'administrative' fee. Some of the state's cut goes to the courts victim/witness fund but how much I have no idea. The rest of it is anyone's guess. The old timers used to joke that it went to the fund that they were saving to put indoor plumbing in the state house.

 

Wheres a moderator when you need one? This topic has strayed way too far from what the initial poster had started/asked. I wonder if I can start a George Foreman Grill versus that new Hamilton Beach Grill now?

J/K

 

I’m sad to say that it’s most likely the same reason that we have not had a raise in two years while we are selling more water. Bad management by politicians and the fact that on paper Law enforcement all revenue generated goes into the general fund at least that’s what happens here.
I do hope you realize I’m not (for once) trying to stir the pot.

 

Who rattled your cage here we are having a heated discussion and you go and…………….. Heated …………George Forman………………… oh ……….. I like mine rare with mustard please. Do you have a coke to go with that burger................. I’m sorry what were we talking about?

 

[quote=dfranks;2664781]All of the revenue in our state goes to the education system and the courts. It's an endless cycle but the good news is that you have a choice to not be a provider of that revenue. Pretty simple if you ask me.

 

Jack, I know that there are no quotas these days. But is there still a recommended number of “public contacts” that you should have per month.
I know I just opened up a whole new can of worms.

 

I can make 5 or 105, it doesn't matter, and there isn't anything they can do about it. I take my calls, and stop people who I think are being unsafe. As long as I'm doing that, then I will never have a problem.

 

Sooo….. there is no lower # for the amount of stops you make?

 

While traffic violations aren't the sole source of LEO funding, there has been a couple studies showing with the increase in gas prices and decrease in the ecomomy people have slowed down some and there a report in the local paper that the number of speeding tickets has decreased, thus departmental revenues are down in the states that those funds go to the local law enforcements. The sherriff in my area said it was due to increased enforcement but not sure how that happened because the previous months he was complaining on how much they had to cut back on patrols and speed traps because of funding issue. It isn't the LEO's who are fault for the revenue generating tactics. They are doing their job and doing what their superiors tell them to do, just like the rest of do what our bosses tell us to do. There superiors take their orders from the politians who want the revenues. Speeding tickets are just an extra tax for the people who's right foot weighs more than everyone else. There is a safety factor to it, for the excessively heavy foot, but just like the fear mongers who where worried more people would die when they repealed the federal speed limit, appear to have been wrong, there is an aurguement that tickets are a source of revenue. The people running the show, not the dedicated professional LEO, are who are after the revenues. It is small towns usally that start this bad rap. For any one in missouri I'm sure they are awar of the mack creek area on US 54. Although I am still alittle jaded over and out right lie by the MSHP on a ticket a I got a few year ago. The one time I wasn't speeding, and he wrote me a ticket for speed he was going when he clocked me. Thanks to the fuz buster telling me when he clocked me and camera phone I was able to prove to the judge I wasn't speeding since the target car speed was the speed limit. Guess it was carma catching up with me though. Still has to pay my court taxes even though I won.

As to the original question I have used whistler products for years with great success. All radar detectors are good for is about 10 over. Any more than that the speed of the guns processor and your reaction time and breaking, you can't get to anything slow enough to not get noticed. Even with the valentines. Stay away from Bel's they are over prices and had several models fail me.

 

So if you won, why would you pay court costs? That makes no sense.

 

Currently the menu is for Bison steaks. Still in? Got the Coke, the fries and the steak sauce and or shrooms.

Now back to the Valentine...I prefer a CB...I rarely exceed the speed by more then 5 mph and quite often I am averaging 5 under. The CB tells me when theres an issue whether it be an accident, a LEO on the side of the road, a chase, a deer on the road etc etc. The CB has saved me more then any radar detector I have owned. If I did buy another one, it would be the Valentine. When running commercially, its illegal so I gave the last one to my neighbor. The need for one is not there for me anymore. Even the units that have road hazard warnings are not as good as the cb...JMHO.

Scotty

 

MMMMmmmmmm Bufalo

 

Shoulda turned left at Albuquerque.

This thread's been seriously derailed!
Tail lights ahead of you are the best detector and FREE too!

 

Looking at doing some GIANT Buffalo ribs next week. Flintstone ribs.

Yup made the wrong turn on this thread.