The Criminalization of Speeding

So on network TV here in Milwaukee they are running television commercials telling the public how the po-lice are cracking down on speeding...

Its bad enough that our tax dollars go to pay police to sit and eat donuts and run speed traps for hours while out of the other side of law-enforcements mouth they complain that there aren't enough police on the street, blah blah blah... Well then how about policing CRIME instead of petty revenue generation via speed traps. I digress...

Its bad enough our tax dollars go to fund police who sit and run speed traps... Now they are using our tax dollars to buy air-time during prime-time television to run ads TELLING us they are going to take more of our money writing tickets..

But what REALLY strikes me... Listen to the ads... They talk about speeding... And the LAST line of the ad "Over the Limit, Under Arrest"

REALLY? "Under Arrest" Gee Barney Fife, last time I checked speeding isn't a criminal act, its merely a violation.

So drop the drama... Hell, just drop the ads all together and let the taxpayer keep their money... But "Over the Limit Under Arrest"???? What are you slapping cuffs on speeders now?

Fucking bullshit...