Howdy,
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Rick Brown wrote:
> Yep, saw them on the local news. Plain white except for the logo on the door
> and very low light bar. I find it interesting that they want to make them
> less easy to spot. You'd like to believe they want to just slow people
> down, which is best done by high visability. This shows they are more
> interested in catching and punishing (read generating income). I know I
> slow down if I just catch a car out of the corner of my eye that happens to
> be dark color with a replacement door that is some other light color. Maybe
> I'm wrong, but I would guess most people who drive fast will return to their
> same habits in a short time after getting a ticket. If they really just
> wanted to slow people down, they could issue "black & whites" (with no light
> bars, etc.) to all government employees. Just think how much slower traffic
> would flow if the highways were flooded with them and you never knew till
> you go up close if it was real or not.
Taking your message to the logical conclusion however, all you'd have
would be pockets of slow traffic around the cop rather than reform.
And yes, plenty of people change their habits after getting a ticket. Or
maybe that should be "multiple tickets". I know I did. I managed to get
myself into a situation where if I got another ticket I'd lose my licence.
I slowed down to 5 mph over the limit. You know what? I got everywhere I
was going in about the same amount of time. And now when I see a cop with
the lights on my main thought is "Huh, I wonder who he's after?"
Mark
(who doesn't necesarily believe in the various speed limits, but doesn't
get annoyed at cops who want to enforce the law either)
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