Beware of CHP air units

[DogBoy]

Well you see?  U don't need me for all that info.  Just point and click.

   You're a good egg rogue.

[Rogue]

Seriously though, this guy I rode with swore up and down about the pressure from the state to give out speeding citations to help revenue.  I've also read a few articles over a few years that confirmed that statement but that was from newspaper editorials, etc..  I would think the truth lies somewhere in the middle.  I will agree that that whatever they get is not going to fill the CA budget deficit.  Nor will the increase in sales tax, income tax, etc.  

You know about the $27B high speed train they plan on building right?  Projects like that with little return and make almost no sense is part of CA's budget problems.  

[DogBoy]

Don't even get me started on the High Speed Rail debacle.

[spd2918]

[daremrc]

All those would be much harder to get to stick. The gun makes it easy....something thats very hard to contest. You should be going X miles an hour..you were going Y...

I am sure the motorcyclist was doing much more wrong than passing at over 80mph..here again..just the easiest excuse to nab him. I notice on local roads everyone is always going significantly over the speed limit(75 in a 55 is standard..lol). Cops just use it to nab the jack asses who are doing the improper lane changes, failure to yield, stupid aggressive crap..Would guess it would hold up better if someone fights the ticket..more cut and dry.

Not a cop though so don't have the full skinny on it..

No doubt.  The lazyness of this example is a window into the mind of LEO's and the system.  Infractions are prioritized based on their ease of enforcement and revenue potential, not their cost to society.  

Please feel free to eat your cheeseburger while driving 50MPH in the left lane while also on the bluetooth talking to your undocumented maid.  

Want to play online poker, smoke marijuana, hire a willing and able (unemployed even) adult for sex work, or travel at a reasonable and prudent 100 MPH when conditions allow?  Sorry, you're a felon waiting to happen.  

[5OUTTA6]

After reading lots of DogBoys posts, I believe he works for the State in a PR capacity...

Now lets move on to the wonderful service you receive in DMV offices.  CSAA now charges $4 to do CA DMV work. The person told me the State gets the $4, but I had to pay it in cash so I wonder where it really goes..

[Rogue]

No doubt.  The lazyness of this example is a window into the mind of LEO's and the system.  Infractions are prioritized based on their ease of enforcement and revenue potential, not their cost to society.  

Please feel free to eat your cheeseburger while driving 50MPH in the left lane while also on the bluetooth cell phone stuck to your face

Fixed that for you.    I'm with you on all that.  Another thing my CHP riding "friend" told me about speeding citations is the ease in which it can be enforced and get a conviction in court.  I asked him regarding cell phone usage, which is illegal in CA while driving unless it's a hands-free device.  He said it's up to officer's disgretion, which means do they want to give someone a $75 fine for talking on the cell phone or a $400 fine for speeding?  So most officers go for the speeding.  He said they will sometimes "bundle" the cell phone usage along with some other infraction to make it "worth their time".    

So this is why distracted drivers continue to be distracted.  It's not worth it to enforce unless it's a special mandate coming from higher up.