PA State Police: Speed Enforcement E-Mail A Hoax…
Apr 23rd, 2008 | By Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. | Category: Blogs, Criminal & Traffic, PA & NJ Speed TrapsThis month, the Pennsylvania State Police advised citizens that an e-mail circulating in Pennsylvania that warns of a “speeding ticket frenzy” involving State Police is a hoax.
The misinformation in this e-mail is an urban legend that originated in New Jersey in May 2005. Since then, the hoax has targeted police in several other states. Versions of the e-mail forwarded to State Police by citizens claim that massive speed enforcement detail will pay the costs of Trooper’s overtime and target certain highways and intersections.
The PA State Police suggest that anyone who receives such an e-mail to simply delete it. Don’t become part of the hoax by forwarding the message to others. It is simply not true.
The State Police claim that they routinely engage in speed enforcement efforts as part of our highway safety programs. The Department never issues traffic citations as a way of raising funds for the state.
THAT DOESNT EVEN MAKE SENSE WHAT THE STATE POLICE ARE SAYING.
YOU HAVE REPORTED ON HERE MANY CRACKDOWNS ON SPEEDING IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS YEAR.
FURTHERMORE, I DO NOT SEE HOW AN EMAIL IS A HOAX. BY DEFINITIUON.
THE STATE POLICE COULD JUST AS WELL SAY THIS BLOG SITE IS A HOAX.
I THINK THE STATE POLICE ARE A HOAX.
AND WE ALL KNOW THE ENFORECEMENT PAYS FOR POLICE.
JUST ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO IN THE STAR LEDGER THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ON OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP DUI, AND HOW THE COUNTY GRANTED THEM 20,000, TO PAY FOR DUI WEEKEND PATROLS, BECAUSE OLD BRIDGE CAN NOT AFFORD IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE NO MONEY TO PAY FIR IT BECAUSE OF THE VERY VERY LONG, OVER 2 YEAR, CHUN STAY, ON SENTENCING DUI.
so, if towns use fine money to pay for police patrols, why is it such a reach to believe the state does not do the same thing?
In the UK, speed cameras are one of the biggest money earners for local and central government. Where I live a newly installed camera notched up £240,000 in fines in one week. The bureacrats are fighting over who will get most of the money