I have to go on another rant right now because I am sick to death of the government trying to take more money out of my pocket.   Actually, I am referring to the police and their stealing money tactics.  We are in a God Damned recession; no one has an extra five dollars let alone seventy five to pay for ridiculous traffic violations.

I have gotten an obscene amount of speeding tickets in my life and paid through the nose to satisfy our precious traffic court systems which mean I am completely fed up.  When I was younger I had a very fast car, I drove it fast, did some crazy shit and got numerous tickets.  I actually got one speeding ticket, drove away, hit the gas and…yep… got pulled over again and received a second ticket within ten minutes.  I had so many speeding tickets I should have lost my license on multiple occasions.  The key to me retaining my oh-so-important license was I managed to get tickets in different counties and was able to take the class a bunch of times and get court supervision; it was a very expensive way as well.

Even though it pisses me off to get a speeding ticket, driving fast and going over the speed limit is a gamble.  You have to be sharp and keep an eye out for the 5-0…if he is in a good hiding place; he will get you.  That’s the chance you take and I can respect that.  There is nothing like breaking the rules and getting away with it.  Most of the time you win, but every once in a while… you get caught and lose.  I am fine with this.  I do think the cops should use some better judgment when giving out tickets such as giving out a few more warnings.  If I am by myself on a highway in off-hour commute times and get pulled over for speeding…give me a fucking warning, don’t just whip out the $75 fine…whatever.

The thing that has me completely pissed is since they can’t physically catch everyone, they resort to cameras and video now.  We now have to deal with red light photo enforcement where they take a picture of your car and license plate and automatically send a ticket to you via mail.  Some intersections have video and they send a notification via mail that says you can watch the violation online.  This is not fair.  I understand that I am not supposed to speed up when I see a yellow light, I get it… it is illegal to blow a red light or make an illegal U-turn…but sometimes you just have to break the law.  Oh, and I don’t mean we should be able to do whatever while driving, you still have to be safe…but you know what I mean.

If there is not a cop on scene, you should get a free past to do what you have to do.  I am sorry if an officer cannot be at every intersection at all times, but that is not my problem.  It’s just a way for big brother to watch us and rape us of our money.  I know some of you will tell me we shouldn’t break the law and drive more carefully but…seriously…everyone has sped, everyone has gone through a stoplight, everyone has made an illegal turn and we have all done it on purpose at one point or another.  It isn’t like we are out killing babies or kicking puppies.

Last night while driving on the toll-way, I entered an off ramp leading to another toll-way and there was a sign that said the speed limit was video monitored.  Fuck Me!  Now they are monitoring a large stretch of toll-ways via hidden cameras.  When will the madness end?  I am already paying out the ass for tolls every day to maintain the roads that have more potholes and craters that the fucking moon, but now if I creep over the speed limit slightly, I have to pay another $75-$110.  Ridiculous!

I imagine there was a big meeting with a bunch of scumbag government officials and police officers trying to brainstorm on how to make more money.  One ass-clown suggested red light photo enforcement and some other bigger asshole said “why stop there, we can use video technology and catch EVERYONE who is speeding.”  They all cheered and blew each other because they get to fuck over the hard working American once more when they go over the speed limit from time to time getting to work to feed their family while giving half their pay to the government via income tax in the first place. 

We are getting a stiff one up the ass every day and it keeps getting worse.  Pretty soon they are going to be sending me tickets in the mail if I fart in my car while driving down a free-way by myself.  This has got to stop!