On: “No Cost” License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police into Debt Collectors

[jimbobimbo]

"surely you're either ..."

...or the township elects to post artificially low speed limits to collect fines from the passerbys.

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or the township elects to post artificially low speed limits to collect fines from the passerbys

Like the ones in Olney, Maryland: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/06/1...

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Small Texas towns do this by the way (and are famous for it/well known) -- but AFAIK limits were placed on the percentage of revenue that a town can make from tickets from their stretch of highway.