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      10-01-2008, 10:42 AM   #34
Formulaonehifi
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Phatr1s,

You don't get it. The fines from your tickets don't go to Law Enforcement, they get fed into all kinds of other areas. Take a look at this example from Michigan. The majority of traffic fine dollars go to libraries. I am sure that really motivates cops to write tickets.

http://house.michigan.gov/hfa/PDFs/traf.pdf

Take a look at page 27 and 28.

"In the case of the State Police, the department receives a portion of the revenue generated by traffic tickets issued by its troopers; the revenue generated by the three $5 assessments applied to most traffic citations is appropriated to the State Police budget."

"The department is the end recipient, however, of less than $6 (Table 5 shows an estimate of $5.87) for each citation it issues; the remainder of the assessment revenue is distributed to other agencies."


Six dollars, hardly seems worth the time and risk.
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