NYPD CELL PHONE CRACKDOWN YIELDS THOUSANDS OF TICKETS

NYPD CELL PHONE CRACKDOWN YIELDS THOUSANDS OF TICKETS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: 3:11 pm
March 13, 2009 NEW YORK - New York City police issued a whopping 9,016 tickets during a 24-hour crackdown on phoning-while-driving.
Department spokesman Paul Browne says that compares to 500 on a typical day.
The ticket blitz ended Friday. But the law is still the law.
Get caught driving while using a hand held phone and you could be fined $120.
Taxi drivers are held to an even higher standard. They can receive
a $200 summons from the Taxi and Limousine Commission for using even a
hands-free phone while driving.
The NYPD said hands-free phones were not a focus of its 24-hour crackdown.
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This isn't about enforcement, it's about revenue. Mayor Bloomberg is facing budget deficits, and politicians always lean on the cops in bad financial times to rack up a lot of summary offenses and their fines.

Its for our safety, revenue has nothing to do with it!









HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LMAO I couldnt type that w/ a straight face