went out for lunch in New Haven, CT, one fine day, few years ago,,, stood on the corner of College and Chapel,,, very busy intersection,,, cars, trucks, buses, people everywhere,,,
watched cops ticket drivers for running red lights,,,
noticed 2 cops standing by a box on a pole,,, one cop was holding a hand-held device with a wire running into the box on the pole,,, he was turning the light from green to red at will,,, motorcycle cops would then chase the vehicle;
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last couple years New Haven, CT implemented a 'scofflaw program',,, 'officials' drive around and scan registration plates with a special device,,, if the scan comes back indicating the owner owes back taxes to the city, the vehicle is towed,,, fights with tow truck drivers and marshalls common,,, cops get called in, traffic backs up,,, so bad, someone got a judge to suspended the program temporarily;
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some towns enforcing the 'full stop' at stop signs,,, no rolling stops, especially late at night,,, $150+ fine;
some towns creating very restrictive 'noise laws' with $225 fines,,,
residential 'zone' is 45 dba at night, 55 dba during day,,,
see Guilford, CT or Norwich, CT noise laws,,,
normal conversation is 60 dba, stock bikes idle at 70 dba and at 3000 rpm it's 80 dba;
CT and some cities want to use cameras for speeders, red light and stop sign violators;
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everybody doing anything they can to raise money and it's gonna get worse.
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