rehctub,

"So, if our violators were to all of a sudden turn a new leaf and stop breaking the law, where do you propose we source the revenue to plug the gap...."

Well it seems there's a potential revenue boon in targeting people who accidentally drop tissues when they're accessing their wallets.

I hear the govt can mooch $220 dollars out of them a pop.

"It's a bit like traffic accidents, as horrific as they can be, they do provide an enormous amount of jobs."

Takes a "special" kind of mentality to make a statement like that.

Belly & Is Mise,
There is a little more to traffic offenses and it is occurring in all states with federal support.

The next time you get breath tested watch what happens to the breathing tube the allegedly discard from the machine after you have blown in it.

Also try locate the hidden camera, generally in the window of a police car either in front of where you are required to park or behind you.

The camera clicks your plate and the tube is swabbed for DNA and suddenly you are on the national civilian DNA database.

Pretty shifty you have to agree and now with number place recognition coupled with reflector dot identification for alcohol venue car park
tagging which tells the patrol cars that you have been in a club or hotel possible drinking the revenue base has expanded greatly.

walk a mile..in..my shoes
http://www.today.com/news/nypd-chief-turned-inmate-kerik-prison-system-broken-8C11509923
Former NYPD boss Bernard Kerik tells ‘Today’ show
he wants prison reform after time spent behind bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-8lBdmG1dQ&feature=youtube_gdata

The disgraced former commissioner says the three years that he served as part of a plea agreement has changed his perspective. He says if Americans really knew what prison was like, they would never stand for it.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-boss-bernard-prison-reform-article-1.1503843#ixzz2jitNH0l7

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-boss-bernard-prison-reform-article-1.1503843

it relates the distance between us..and them
its about knowing..them..by their perks/works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a46u_yI3RoQ

Chris,

In NSW we count out loud, 1 to 10, no tubes for years.

Maybe they get our DNA off our breath?

<< Because major traffic violations involve the potential to cause death of physical harm to people and property damage to cars and infrastructure these incidents should be treated as premeditated criminal offenses and the perpetrators,on proof and conviction, locked up for a couple of years and their vehicles confiscated to the state and their drivers licenses removed for life. >>

Absolutely, Chris.

But what do you call MAJOR traffic violations?

And what about the everyday common-as-mud type of violations which reduce safety margins and increase the risk of mishap, but which the police don’t deal with?

I’d call the type of driver who has to catch up to the car in front of him even when it is sitting on 108 in a 100 zone, follows far too closely and is inclined to overtake in a risky manner….. an then often sits on or even slightly under the speed of the vehicle he’s just overtaken once he’s in front, a major offender.

And yet there is a pretty high proportion of people who drive like this … and it would appear that a lot of them don’t think that there is anything wrong with it!

They need to be brought into line. And considerably more severe penalties than what we now have should be part of the regulatory regime.