AMERICAN AUTOBAHN TRAFFIC TICKET CLOCK

NATIONAL TRAFFIC TICKET CLOCK

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violence and sudden usurpations."
ÑPresident James Madison

Annual number of traffic tickets issued in America since January 1st. More than one person will be killed every day by police in summary executions for traffic tickets, including 30% innocent bystanders, according to the American Automobile Association. 99% of drivers neither get a lawyer nor trial by jury. Each ticket represents an arrest and a criminal investigation, or, if a Municipal Corporation appoints a judge instead of electing its judge, then the "citations" are "complaints" for Civil "causes of action for debt" (which encourages theft of unaccountable court revenues). Including verbal warnings, that's approximately 500-MILLION "investigations" by police every decade, or 2 for every American man, woman and child - not counting police prosecutions for hundreds of millions of parking tickets and forfeitures of vehicles for parking tickets - even millions of parking tickets on private property when parking at their own homes. This ties up 99% of all police and court resources and takes many billions of dollars out of taxpayers' pockets. Traffic tickets do not teach driver education, do not upgrade highway safety design, nor do they provide extra emergency medical treatment to crash victims. Traffic tickets harm highway safety by exposing the public and police to the hazards of parking inches away from highway traffic, often on dark, unlit roadways. "Blue Light Fever" causes many crashes simply when startled drivers are forced by aggressive police to make the dangerous maneuver of navigating to the side of a road while dodging highway traffic, often at night, in the rain, in the snow and ice, or across multiple lanes.

TRAFFIC TICKETS USA

Blue Light Fever in America's police state

1999

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Not including annual tens of billions of dollars in PARKING CITATIONS of up to $500 per day for parking on one's own private property - Parking tickets are the largest single category for vehicle forfeiture in USA

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