Postal Service claims immunity from local traffic laws

[Mo~]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/200 ... mera-scam/

And this is my problem with them. I'm all for making things safer and penalties for violating safety regs. Just ask anyone at work. I'm kinda bitchy about Safety.

But when the circumstances and environment are actually changed to encourage an uptick in the rate of "violations" without the intent being to actually make things SAFER rather than generate revenue, I get really bitchy. Just like when I got pulled over last Tuesday at 2:45 a.m. The "violation" was having my tail light out. The "reason" I was pulled over was for working swings and coming home during the golden DUI hour. I was given a quick warning once the cop realized I smelled of diesel rather than Crown Royal.

And, ya, small town cops will often give a sly smile or even a giggle when you say at the end, "I don't drink. I just work for a living, so I'm a poor revenue generator." At least the cop did when I said it before heading into the house.

[dontworrybehappy]

[Winchester]

[PoS]

Try living in other countries, its actually SOP to run through a red light when nobody else is around.

[dontworrybehappy]

[cool_chick]

There was this one time when I was driving home in the snow. The speed limit there was 30 (on Foster Avenue). You're lucky to go 20 on a good day. Anyway, the light there changed very quickly, and due to the conditions and the fact I was going maybe 10 and was almost in the intersection, it would've been seriously dangerous to slam on the brakes. So to avoid this red-light violation, I would have to jeopardize the safety of those around me. If a cop saw that, he wouldn't have written the ticket because he would clearly have seen it was the only thing I could do in that particular situation (btw, it was yellow then to red). It's not safety, it's a scam. If it weren't a scam, but was for safety, then they would be able to put points on your license. The purpose of the points is to deter violations, to work to get that person to be a safe driver or to take away their privileges. When someone can accumulate as many as they desire without any sort of plan for corrective action, it clearly indicates it's not about safety.

[cool_chick]

[Winchester]

[dontworrybehappy]

That's correct. Wal Mart can't give you a traffic ticket any more than Redflex can.

A traffic violation from a cop is a misdemeanor criminal charge. It's not civil, its criminal. If you ignore it, a warrant will be issued for your arrest. Well, since no private company can issue criminal violations to anyone for any reason, that's the hangup with Redflex. People don't realize these red light tickets aren't tickets at all. They are notices of violating a civil code. And since the only thing that can effect your driving record besides accidents is traffic tickets from police, then Redflex and your driving record are mutually exclusive. They will NEVER interfere with each other.

[Precocity]

Again, and I love all the discussion, no one still has addressed my point. Can the USPS tell any local government that they are immune to local traffic laws?