# So Cops Have These Things Now...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-cops-have-these-things-now/571604
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 16, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-cops-have-these-things-now/571604 "2011-02-16T17:50:35Z")
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### Author: ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-cops-have-these-things-now/571604/136 "2012-01-21T19:35:39Z")

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> [@echo6160](#):
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> Wow…
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> First, you completely got whooshed on the intention of the post you quoted. And it’s pretty awesome how silly it makes you look.
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> Secondly, all your righteous indignation and smug “correctness” just makes you look like an UberDouche. Tickets are certainly written as part of an overall revenue stream in many many towns and cities across the country. If you’ve never realized this, well that’s fine. But don’t go vehemently decrying anyone who suggests it.
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> There’s plenty of legitimate tickets written everyday. Law broken, ticket written, fine paid. But there’s also plenty of tickets written that have little to nothing to do with any actual public safety concerns. For example, a 20MPH speed zone that only lasts 1/4mile with 35MPH zones before and after it, on a blank stretch of highway between towns. You telling me you’ve NEVER seen that?
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> Oh well. Ignorance fights back yet again.

Dial back the anger, **echo6160**. This post is out of line for MPSIMS. Don’t call others names or use insults again.

No warning issued.

**Idle Thoughts**

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