Traffic Blitz Yields 16,521 So Far

Alabama Speeding  Alabama's Take Back Our Highways yields high number of citations.
by The Associated Press
Published: Fri, August 22, 2008 - 10:12 am CST Last Updated: Fri, August 22, 2008 - 10:14 am CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A statewide traffic blitz by Alabama
state troopers and other law enforcement officers continues through
the weekend.
According to figures from the Department of Public Safety,
troopers have issued an impressive 16,521 traffic tickets and
warnings through Thursday.
They include 77 DUI arrests; more than 6,100 for speeding; and
another 2,891 for seat belt/child restraint violations.
Mississippi and Tennessee are also joining Alabama. It marked
the fourth time the states have teamed up for a "Take Back Our
Highways" campaign.
The crackdown started Monday and ends Sunday.


(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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That other 7453 tickets were for the obama initiative and written for low air pressure in tires.lol

It would be interesting to see how many vehicles were stopped and checked to the amount of tickets issued and what the other 7453 tickets were for.

This just proved my point.  Roadblocks do not work.  An active patrol by more officers = better results.  Instead of putting 10 cars at a roadblock have them actually patroling the areas and pulling people over that are breaking the laws.

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