On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Mike Finkbiner wrote:

> I would much rather see the police ticketing people who drive erratically in
> traffic, don't signal, and drive through red lights instead of just sitting
> on a rural highway with a radar gun.

I agree.  I've heard part of the reason police issue tickets for red-light
running relatively rarely is because it's dangerous -- if a cop sees a car
run a red light, he has to run the light himself to pull the offender
over.

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