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Old 02-04-2010, 06:23 AM
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There is a movement here to get rid of front plates too. Both sides are arguing in the name of $$. The "keepers" seem to be primarily LEO types, indicating some interest in collecting fines. I live 45 minutes from Indiana which has had the rear plate since I was in High School( probably never had a front one), Indiana traffic comes and goes through all the time. That's not counting other single plate states that use the 2 Interstates that intersect by me. It seems like a way to "interest" an officer watching traffic to follow a suspect vehicle until they determine that it is a state that has no front plate. I guess with all other crime now extinct, they can go after the real issue...missing front plates. With the exception of the rising number of unsolved murders. But those only protect the public and do little to keep the coffers of the "gods" full.
The most interesting thing I saw on that list of fines is that running a redlight is higher than a stop sign. That seems to be geared directly at revenue. Stop signs are always STOP. Whereas lights, as has been illustrated in regards to the camera lights, can vary and one could easily be ticketed for running a stop light when it was more a product of light timing and traffic flow. Running a Stoplight is far more blatant,IMHO. Although I have a bias against both, since the only accidents I have ever been in were a direct result of the other driver doing one or the other.
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