Comments on: More Tickets, More Revenue, Fewer Crashes http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/09/more-tickets-more-revenue-fewer-crashes/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kevin Kirby http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/09/more-tickets-more-revenue-fewer-crashes/#comment-7519 Kevin Kirby Fri, 29 May 2009 19:54:24 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=507#comment-7519 Why are you trying to justify behavior that is unjustifiable. If you are violating the law - expect to get punished. There are so many fish in the lake - ya can't catch all of them. Why are you trying to justify behavior that is unjustifiable. If you are violating the law - expect to get punished. There are so many fish in the lake - ya can’t catch all of them.

]]> By: Christopher Monnier http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/09/more-tickets-more-revenue-fewer-crashes/#comment-5513 Christopher Monnier Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:45:46 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=507#comment-5513 The downside is this: <blockquote>Also of interest: “We find that in town with financial distress police officers are more likely to issue a ticket than a warning to out of town drivers.”</blockquote> Why is it acceptable to apply the law unequally between out-of-town drivers and local drivers? The downside is this:

Also of interest: “We find that in town with financial distress police officers are more likely to issue a ticket than a warning to out of town drivers.”

Why is it acceptable to apply the law unequally between out-of-town drivers and local drivers?

]]> By: AMH http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/09/more-tickets-more-revenue-fewer-crashes/#comment-5512 AMH Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:27:56 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=507#comment-5512 Sounds to me like the local driver quickly learn to drive better to avoid getting ticketed, but the outsiders continue their bad driving habits in the town and get tickets for it. They drive better long enough to get out of town, and as a result they don't get into any crashes or collisions during the time they driver better. ...And the downside to this is what? Sounds to me like the local driver quickly learn to drive better to avoid getting ticketed, but the outsiders continue their bad driving habits in the town and get tickets for it. They drive better long enough to get out of town, and as a result they don’t get into any crashes or collisions during the time they driver better.

…And the downside to this is what?

]]> By: Christopher Monnier http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/09/more-tickets-more-revenue-fewer-crashes/#comment-5511 Christopher Monnier Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:29:22 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=507#comment-5511 Hmmm...this makes me worried. "Out of town drivers" seems like a benign group to discriminate against, but what would happen if traffic ticket discrimination on the basis of race or gender were shown to produce similar reductions in crashes? Hmmm…this makes me worried. “Out of town drivers” seems like a benign group to discriminate against, but what would happen if traffic ticket discrimination on the basis of race or gender were shown to produce similar reductions in crashes?

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