Traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck driving above the speed limit or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. It belongs to an NYPD cop.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/to-protect-and-swerve-nypd-cop-has-527-speeding-tickets-yet-remains-on-the-force
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ultranaut@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 120d
Paying over $15k in speeding tickets per year is insane. Everything about this story is crazy. Not surprised NYPD doesn't give a shit, when he plows through kids in a crosswalk the taxpayers will fund the settlement and none of the people who choose to allow this reckless behavior will face any consequences.
titter@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 120d
Didnt read the article; however, I am surprised to hear the tickets were paid.
SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz · 11 pts · 120d
It appears that NY has a points system, and around 3-4 tickets in a two-year period should result in a disqualification: https://dmv.ny.gov/points-and-penalties/the-new-york-state-driver-point-system
Do these only apply to convictions before a judge, excluding camera-issued tickets? And no cop is willing to issue him tickets in person?
Firing him is one thing but he definitely shouldn't have a license.
Edit: I should have kept reading the article...
Veedem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 120d
Camera violations don’t result in points since they can’t prove who was driving the car.
AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 120d
Here they just give it to whoever the car is registered to. You can eat the penalty or prove that it wasn't you driving by whatever means.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 120d
While I 1000% think he should have his license revoked and be fired from his job, perhaps the bare minimum babiest of steps could be to just increase the ticket price by $1 each new violation. $50 for speeding clearly doesn't phase him, how about the next one is $597?
That would have minimal effect on rare offenders. Hell, you can even drop it back down $1/month if you want, just fuck this guy in particular.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 120d
A warrant for their arrest would work better than fines they never pay.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 119d
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree.
I was trying to work within the local system that doesn't want to assign criminal punishment to automated enforcement. Also, I assume, but admit I haven't checked, that unpaid fines trigger criminal charges.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 120d
This is the penalty system where I live:
https://online.fines.vic.gov.au/Your-options/Fine-amounts-and-demerit-points
To convert into hamburger units: 11mph over the limit is a $290USD fine. If you do that 4 times in 3 years, you lose your licence.
You can get a fine 2.5mph over the speed limit. However, there's a small tolerance for the equipment (~1mph). It's still quite tight.
Is the whole US this lax on speeding?
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 120d
Yes, the socially/culturally accepted driving speed is the speed limit plus 10 mph. Driving slower than that is considered rude and imposing. No, a cop will not pull you over or even notice you for speeding less than 10pm over. Unless they are specifically looking for trouble, then they have always legal pretext. It’s a “great” system.