Written by Gregory Monte. As I have indicated in several previous blog posts, the Pennsylvania State Police step-up enforcement on the roads during each holiday season and then report the results of their efforts on the “Pennsylvania Pressroom” page. One of the enforcement categories that is regularly documented is the number of tickets vs. warnings issued … Continue reading Seat Belt Ticket or Just a Warning?
Written by Gregory Monte. As I have indicated in previous blog posts, the Pennsylvania State Police step-up enforcement on the roads during each holiday season and then report the results of their efforts on the “Pennsylvania Pressroom” page. Before I discuss those results, let me remind readers that this is the sixth installment in a series … Continue reading The “Cowboy” PA State Troopers – 2019 Results are in …
Written by Gregory Monte. If you check out the question/answer website Quora.com, you will find the following question: Are traffic ticket quotas used by law enforcement? After reading all of the answers written by Quora contributors, I felt impelled to provide my own, because too many of the individuals who responded denied the existence of traffic … Continue reading Yes, Traffic Ticket Quotas Do Exist.
Written by Gregory Monte. Words of Wisdom from an Infamous Bootlegger Over the holidays I was at a party and the host had some box wine. The brand was called Big House Wine and the variety was "Prohibition Red." The wine itself was nothing much to write home about, but there was an interesting quote … Continue reading Al Capone and the “Traffic Ticket Nazis”
Written by Gregory Monte. The government is way too intertwined in our lives. That is my take away when I see a state department of transportation using its multi-million-dollar digital road sign network to make “cute” comments rather than inform motorists about road conditions. Check out some of the messages that have appeared on Missouri’s digital … Continue reading A Libertarian’s Opinion About “Cute” Road Signs
Written by Gregory Monte. This post follows up on yesterday’s discussion about when motorists are not allowed to use their car horns: Unreasonable Use of Your Car Horn? I closed that post as follows: “In summary, good luck trying to fight a “horn ticket” unless you used it in an emergency type situation where there was some … Continue reading The “Car Horn” Traffic Ticket Revisited
Written by Gregory Monte. NOTE: This post specifically references the New York Motor Vehicle Code, but all states have some form of the "car horn" statute. The Frustration ... Have you ever been annoyed when someone behind you impatiently blows his horn to get you to move at an intersection when the light turns green? Or … Continue reading Unreasonable Use of Your Car Horn?
Written by Gregory Monte. This post is an update of my previous attempt to explain why you don’t have to continuously signal for a specified number of feet before you change lanes. I first wrote about this back in September - How long do you have to signal before you can change lanes on a highway? In … Continue reading Signaling to Change Lanes? Not the Same as for Turning.
Written by Gregory Monte. As I have written on several occasions (most recently on December 4th), PA State Troops A, F & G consistently issue more holiday speeding tickets than any of the other Troops – by a long shot. So, if you intend to travel the highways of our Commonwealth during the upcoming Christmas and … Continue reading The “Cowboy” PA State Trooper Speeding Ticket Anomaly
Written by Gregory Monte. This post was published under a different title yesterday (in order to get Facebook approval). Has police/citizen interaction gotten so bad that law makers have to provide recommendations for how we are supposed to act when the cops pull us over? In Tennessee, apparently so: Tennessee bill would instruct motorists on what … Continue reading How to “Behave” at a Traffic Stop
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