WI State Patrol: FIBs more likely to get tickets

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/pi/52273227.html


But here's the good news for Cheeseheads, ladies and gents alike:

Those Illinois drivers got slapped with tickets a higher percentage of the time. One possible reason? In general, they were driving faster.

That's according to an analysis of more than 150,000 citations and warnings issued by the Wisconsin State Patrol in 2008.

Public Investigator requested the data to get a closer look at who receives tickets and warnings on Wisconsin roads.

State Patrol officials say the decision to cite or warn a driver can be subjective.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Exactly - not because of profiling. Simply because FIBs drive like the fucking assholes they are.

[Pharlo]

2. lol...

Living close to the Road America track, I know, oh too clearly, exactly what you mean.

[madrchsod]

3. hey....i resent that!

just because i drove drunk and stoned down a one way the wrong way at 2 in the morning in stevens point does`t mean i should have gotten a ticket! actually i`ve been taking road trips to wisconsin for over 40 years and never had a problem. of course i never drove fast because southern wisconsin is god`s country.

my son can attest to the leniency of the janesville police.....several times

[elocs]

4. I driven the Interstate many times between La Crosse and Chicago

and there have been times when I was going about 70 and was passed by another car like I was standing still and that car always had Illinois plates. I always wondered how they could so blatantly speed with impunity.

I think much of whether you get a ticket or a warning depends upon whether you have a clean driving record. I can remember years ago when I drove to Chicago to take my daughter to see the Backstreet Boys during the week. After the concert when I drove her home in the Chicago burbs a local cop stopped me for catching a light too much red when I made a turn and he gave me a warning (I had a clean record). A couple of hours later on I90 a State Trooper stopped me going 80 and gave me a warning. A couple of days later a local cop stopped me for rolling through a stop sign, and yes, gave me a warning. It's a good thing the last 2 didn't know about the first two.