tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world to NYC@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTraffic 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.nyc.streetsblog.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down12cross-posted to: thepoliceproblem@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.semildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkTraffic 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.nyc.streetsblog.orgtgcoldrockn@lemmy.world to NYC@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.semildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoIt 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…
minus-squareVeedem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoCamera violations don’t result in points since they can’t prove who was driving the car.
minus-squareAceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoHere 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.
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…
Camera violations don’t result in points since they can’t prove who was driving the car.
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.