I agree it needs to be the same across the board this is not Germany.
This is way off the the rails but here is my take.. People are increasingly distracted (by phones or just life in general). I can only speak PA here... The fines we have are mostly $145, $25 being the fine and then rest is fees the state government takes as "fees" (but they love to accuse the police of generating revenue by ticketing). Of the $25 fine the town gets $12.50, which is required to be put in the towns general funds and cannot be used in anyway to help make a balanced budget. The other 12.50 I believe also goes to the state (might be the county). Speeding fines start at 155 and go up depending on speeds involved but even at over a 100 in a 55 it still only $200 or so.
It is not that the police do not care or do not enforce the laws (necessarily) most just do not have the man power. I run a full time traffic unit (write tickets and do motor carrier enforcement ALL DAY EVERYDAY). Our dept is short 4 officers, I have been cut to myself and one other officer. The rest re-distributed due to shortages. The PA State police are 1200 troopers short. We cannot handle the literally hundreds of call for service a week and then have time for stopping all the traffic issues with 1 person.. Only can go so many ways at once. As time has gone by the job requires each officer to do the job of what used to be 5 and is ever increasing. Not going political but with the current generational mind set and the way the police are vilified you get the policing you deserve...
Just the yesterday (if you read our saga from TN tire woes you know where I'm coming from) we were on 68 just inside MD from WV. We were in the middle lane (which I do hang out in often because people do not understand the concept of merging into a 70mph highway) but that was because the right lane ended into a weight station. We were cruising at 70 when a semi in the right lane that was behind us attempted to pass us on the right. His lane ended and he was still 3/4 of the way behind our camper, just breaking the plain of the mid bed of the TV. He entered the shoulder almost striking the passenger side of our truck since the should was not really big enough for him then cut into our lane while he was still next to us forcing us into the left lane almost causing us to crash... Luckily the Karma Police were at the weight station (MD State Trooper) and well he got stopped...
But the point is no one cares about anything but themselves and as far as they are concerned you are just a speed bump in their way.
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