OUTRAGEOUS : MAKE A BUCK TRAFFIC FINES IN RHODE ISLAND

Drivers appealing camera-triggered speeding tickets form long line at Providence court
 

 

• Frank McCarthy Guest

 

@Ron Ruggieri

Excellent post. Thank you.

One of my favorite browsing books at the Cranston Public Library is titled " Divorce Your Car " . I gave up the stress of driving years ago - with a GOOD driving record . To be sure , your relationship with that infernal " machine " ( as my Grandpa called it ) should not be a TO DEATH DO US PART affair. Little Rhode Island is now just one big dismal parking lot. The Moloch Machine is bringing grief to thousands of families every year. We must improve public transportation in this state. 

I listened to newsman Gene Valicenti comment this morning ( 630 WPRO ) on this issue of MAKE A BUCK WITH POLICE CAMERA traffic fines. Of course , it is just plain careless to ignore red lights or stop signs. But the fines here are questionable : " 

more than 12,000 $95 speeding tickets. " ! 

Valicenti wondered if a 50 dollar fine would be more FAIR . A judge with any common sense knows that there is no such thing as a FAIR TO ALL traffic fine. That $95 might be a nuisance to most middle class families - but it is TOUGH LOVE to an unemployed working class person. 

The " majesty of THE LAW " ignores the realty of CLASS in the USA . So much truth in the saying THE LAW IS AN ***.