Bob

Well I only caught the tale end of the story, but the police have a big incentive to issue tickets now out here, each ticket a cop writes gives them half an hour of banked over time pay...so anyone driving around here best be extra careful, because I doubt they'll be giving to many warnings nows...

So anything weird in your neck of the woods? How about quotas etc?

dan_alford

My wife's cousin's husband was a local cop. He had to have his own special day in court due to the number of tickets he wrote. He wasn't on a quota, just young, idealistic and zero tolerance. Someone who was in court accused him of playing favourites, to which the judge responded "Son, this officer wrote his own mother a ticket!'

Bob

That's superb....I bet there thanks giving dinner might be a bit frosty

Manc

a friend of mine, whom is a cop apparently informed us lamens that they play "snooker" whilst stopping cars.

stop a red car, then stop a colour (preferably a black car) then another red car........
whoever got the highest break won.

dan_alford

They get along good. She was speeding ( and in excess). The local judge eventually told him to ease up on the tickets and have some tollerance towards offenders

Bob

that's somin' different ain't it...your mate back in blighty then? as I didn't think anyone played snooker over here...

Manc

yeah he worked for Merseyside Police.

Bob

so the trick would be to drive a yellow car out there then eh?

Sarah

Pennsylvania......I could go on and on and on

Bob

go on then

Manc

white

Silly Sod

I suppose you would be safe enough in a traffic 'que' - oh dear, sorry. That was terrible lol

Manc

<groan>

BigDavyG

What's wrong this time.......you haven't dropped your passport down the crapper, have you ???

Manc

no I just looked at it's cover and found out I am associated with the loons from Northern Ireland.