Glenn_Richards's Blog

Quotas. Always been there but now they are higher.

Some towns here are always extra busy enhancing revenue. Altamonte Springs has a real racket going on. Anyone who has ever been to their traffic court can attest to that.

They don't need to issue more speeding tickets to make up for the lower property taxes - they can just add a $.10 tax to the gas prices and hit EVERYONE at the same time...

Candy - I would agree with you except that it usually seems like it's the guy who was doing 8 mph over the limit who's sitting pulled over on the side of the road - as the idiot(s) doing 20mph over the limit cruise on by.

I have a quota that I must meet every month..

I have to write at least 4 tickets or 4 warnings a month.. I still have my slightly used ticket book, but have gone through several warning books. ;o)

1-3 miles over? sorry you can fight that and win..

This last week, I've seen Longwood and Lake Mary PD on I-4,running radar.

mscsailor~
Have you done research? To those of us that know who's on I-4, working I-4. To those who post things like you just posted. Show the ones in the know just how ignorant some of the public can be.

Example: FHP- they work auto accidents on state highways & write tickets. Thats their job function.

Local city and county agencies have dedicated units that only work traffic details. those are the ones you see writing tickets and at auto accidents.

the rest of the onduty officers are answering calls or patrolling neighborhoods.

Now you've been educated. ;o)

mscsailor~ in your perfect world we would only be seen when you wanted us.. We wouldnt be stopping speeders, we wouldnt be allowed to stop at dunkin donuts for a cheap coffee and use the bathroom, we wouldnt be sitting in our cars at a gas station or in a hwy median typing a report while the car & our presence offers a deterrent.

In your book police officers are always wrong, we never do anything right.. So why should we exsist? what would you do in our shoes? Please tell us so that we could be educated.. :o)

My street is underposted at 25mph. The houses are set back 50', no congestion, no schools, no playgrounds, very little traffic. It should be 35-40mph. Rather than do some good and catch real speeders, the sheriff's dept. takes it easy. They sit on the side, and just walk into the street and flag people over. That is theft.

I really like when people call them "speedtraps". The majority of time the officers are standing out in the open on the side of the road, no trap there. If people would pay attention instead of talking on their cell phones, text messaging, reading books, newspapers, maps, putting make up on or whatever else they are doing instead of paying attention to the road and whats going on they wouldnt be "caught" not "trapped" like people prefer to say. I have an idea, as crazy as it sounds, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU DO AND DON"T BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE FOR WHAT YOU DO. That goes for everyday actions not just speeding down the road so totally absorbed in yourself that you speed, drive drunk or run others off the road because you had to comb your hair. And for you mscsailor, GROW UP, don't blame the Police or Deputies, blame the goons in our society that create all the crime that is out there and could care less about any other person on this earth.

No pegasuswing that is called getting a citation because you think you should be able to drive faster then the posted speed because the houses are set back 50', no congestion, no schools, no playgrounds, very little traffic. If you think it is underposted then try and get it raised, until then drive the posted speed limit and you wont have to worry about getting a ticket.

I drive I-4 frequently back and forth to Tampa. I drive 75 to keep from getting rear ended.The drivers going by me at 100 speed right past the troopers in the median and are not caught.By the way, I come home at shift change of the Tampa Police Dept and they are hauling butt and breaking the law so they can go home. NOT in persuit of anyone.

sabaii sez - "Tampa Police Dept and they are hauling butt and breaking the law"

Not just Tampa, but everywhere. We all see it. Cops speeding with no emergency. ow many time have you been passed by a cop (especially FHP!) on the 408 doing about 15 over for no reason. It is a symptom of the cop mentality.

I drive a black 06 mustang and I swear they pull me over just to pull me over!!! I am sooooo frustrated - I have had police officers actully follow me home and give me a ticket after I have stopped my car and gotten out to go into my home!! I had one officer going the opposite direction actually turn around and say it "looked like I was going too fast" - didn't give me a ticket but made me late for work - and No I was not speeding - I don't dare - I always set my cruise control in Volusia. I had another officer pull me over and refuse to show me the radar - I should at least be able to see what he said he clocked me at - I had just left a red light and there was no way I was going 45 mph - I do have a stang but it is a pony - not a GT. I just think that will all the other problems in Florida - someone going 5 miles over the limit should be left alone.

Really Quotas? I have a friend thats written one ticket in 20yrs. lol, so no theres no quotas some are more inclined to write more than others..

Most agencies dont run lights & sirens to calls, but need to get there quickly. Thus it gives the public something else to complain about..

Brokergirl~ You should have known, you bought a guy catcher car... lol

I remember one night we had a lady pullinto a gas staion in her 06 mustang. next thing she knew there where four cops drooling over her ride. they didnt care about the girl just the car and what better person to ask questions than the owner. ;o)

I was pulled over about 2 years ago for making an Illegal u-turn. I pulled up to the light and didn't see the sign. When the officer pulled me over hel pulled my record and saw that I hadn't had a ticket in more than 10 years. He said to me "wow dat es pretty good, Ju can no say dat no more" told me to sign here and have a nice day. What a pr1ck. So now I hate cope, especially rican ones.

As I sat in court today as a witness for a friend on a speeding ticket, I began to keep a rough tally of the fines handed out, 5700 dollars in a matter of 45 minutes. It definitely makes you wonder. See my blog for the account of what happened today in court.

Well, ocsoorlando, at least someone here has some sense!

For those of you who think the cops are writing more tickets to make up for Amendment 1, here is a little tidbit of info for you: Only a small portion of the fine goes to the issuing agency, the rest goes to various funds as determined by the legislature.

Quotas are illegal and an agency will get in a lot of trouble for inforcing any quota. That happened a while back in Volusia Co. I believe when a Sgt. or Lt. put something in a memo or email about having to write a certine number of citations.

And as someone pointed out already. If you do not want to get a speeding ticket then DON'T SPEED! Unless you are dirving WAY over the speed limit on a LONG trip, your speeding is not going to make you get there any faster really, and may cause you to catch more red lights if they are synchronized. Speeding also greatly increases you chances of being involved in an accident as well. And just because the speed limit sign says 65, does not mean you should drive 65 (or faster). Depending on conditions (rain, traffic, fog, etc) 65 may be too fast and you can get a ticket for that. Not to mention that if you are intentionally speeding and are involved in a crash where someone is killed you could end up with prison time instead of a ticket. Big risk just to get there a few minutes earlier. It is a lot easier and safer just to leave earlier if you want to get their earlier!

So, it sounds like I can start driving about 6 miles over the speed limit and not get in trouble. This is wonderful information!

I sincerely believe that if you pay money to drive the toll roads, you ought to be allowed to drive as fast as is safe to go. Think about it, you pay no money and get to drive 55 mph on I-4, but then get on 528 and have it with 50 mph max in places. What a rip off!

mscsailor ,

The "left lane Law" as you call it is not about driving faster, it is about driving in the right lane unless unless you are passing someone and not driving below the speed limit in the left lane right along side of another car driving the same speed in the right lane.

And as for cops speeding, I am sure there are some cops that drive too fast for no reason. However, just because you see a cop going faster without his lights or siren on does not mean that he is on his way to the donut shop. Cops often respond to calls without using their emergency equipment because the minute they turn on their lights most drivers on the road become total idiots. 9 time out of 10 when a cop responding to an emergency comes up behind another car, the driver looks up in his mirror, sees the flashing lights, and JAMS ON HIS BREAKS!!!! instead of just pulling over out of the way.

Also, sometimes cops drive along the highway at say 10 over the limit according to their calibrated speedometers. Then when someone either begins gaining on the officer from behind, or pulling away from the officer in front, the cop can stop them and write them a ticket for at least 10 MPH over the limit. It is called a "pace clock".

Additionally, how many times have you seen a "cop" driving along right at the speed limit on the highway as traffic piles up behind him causing a rolling road block and said to your self, "why don't he speed up or get off the road"? If it suits you it is OK, if it helps the cop get his donut while the "Hot & Fresh" light is on at the shop it isn't......