Cops now charging for gas used to catch you

[hotwheels]

The high cost of fueling up is affecting just about everyone at the pump. But it's also costing us at the grocery store, the airport, and, beginning July 1, it could bump up the cost of your speeding tickets, too. When a north Atlanta suburb spent 60% of its police fuel budget in only five months, it was faced with cutting back on patrols, raising taxes for all, or passing the cost on to speeders. The final decision was a no-brainer for the city of 7,700, and beginning in July, all speeders will be slapped with an additional $12 fuel charge. The added charge will raise ticket revenues up to $26,000 or more, and the costs will only be passed on to those who break traffic laws and not every citizen. The Atlanta city council has unanimously passed a similar proposal to include a $10 - $15 fine for ticketed motorists, and many more cities are sure to follow suit in short order.

[already7]

Wow! Now that is something there!

[Intmdtr]

well i am going to start charging them 15 bucks every time i see them leave their car running when they go in for coffee and donuts.

[91saleentwinturbo]

not just cops. but fire trucks to put out fires, ambulances to carry people to the emergency room. taxes are going to raise regardless if mccain or obama gets in. to off set everything else. state and city taxes will go up because it takes money to fuel the cars and trucks that road repair crews uses company vehicles, city transit such as buses and trains fees will go up because fuel prices are higher. they need fuel to run as well. see how the oil companies didn't think about man amount of people that uses its products. rich people are affected as much as middle to low wage class of people.

[hotwheels]

you are absolutely right.......

[tmm47sdad]

Ya and what gets me is they allow these officer's to drive them home and use them for their own personal use. they say it helps fight crime by having a car sitting in their driveways and being seen on the road with their families in the cars going places. Our town just decided to do this and our sherrifs dept. has done this for sometime now. all I see it doing is costing everyone gas money. we have a deputy sherrif in our extended family and everytime we have a get together for a birthday party or whatever. he drives his cruiser and his wife drives her car with the kids. makes no sense to me. they are going to the same place. He says he does it just in case he gets a call. even though he is off duty.