Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The phone rang twice at around 2:42 AM last night. Also around 1 AM. It says that it is a "private number." I could hear the person breathing. Luckily, my phone provider has a tracing service that allows me to report the prank calls to the police and eventually whoever is doing it gets in trouble. I have a pretty good idea of who it is, they must have a lot of time on their hands.
And then there is the delightful letter I got from the City of Tucson Police Department. They recently started Photo Radar and in the letter is a picture of me driving my car at 8:47 on June 23 at 41 MPH in a 30 MPH zone.
Of course, it is a total scam. How can one prove that one was driving that speed at that moment- my word against a police officer's. Lots of questions. How many tickets are they required to issue daily? Where does the money go ($191)? The website gives contradictory information- do I or don't I get three points on my driver's license?
The City's website claims that they aren't making any money off of the tickets. I don't believe that for a moment. They run the photo radar thingy for about 12 hours a day. If they issue say 10 tickets an hour, that's a minimum of $1500 dollars an hour, over $15,0000 a day. Their overhead involves someone sitting in the two vans and someone clicking a mouse a few times and voila, lotsa of money rolling in.
That was, btw, my first ticket ever.
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And then there is the delightful letter I got from the City of Tucson Police Department. They recently started Photo Radar and in the letter is a picture of me driving my car at 8:47 on June 23 at 41 MPH in a 30 MPH zone.
Of course, it is a total scam. How can one prove that one was driving that speed at that moment- my word against a police officer's. Lots of questions. How many tickets are they required to issue daily? Where does the money go ($191)? The website gives contradictory information- do I or don't I get three points on my driver's license?
The City's website claims that they aren't making any money off of the tickets. I don't believe that for a moment. They run the photo radar thingy for about 12 hours a day. If they issue say 10 tickets an hour, that's a minimum of $1500 dollars an hour, over $15,0000 a day. Their overhead involves someone sitting in the two vans and someone clicking a mouse a few times and voila, lotsa of money rolling in.
That was, btw, my first ticket ever.
