Traffic 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.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/to-protect-and-swerve-nypd-cop-has-527-speeding-tickets-yet-remains-on-the-forceOpen linkView original on lemmy.world134
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Paying over $15k in speeding tickets per year is insane. Everything about this story is crazy. Not surprised NYPD doesn't give a shit, when he plows through kids in a crosswalk the taxpayers will fund the settlement and none of the people who choose to allow this reckless behavior will face any consequences.
Didnt read the article; however, I am surprised to hear the tickets were paid.
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.
While I 1000% think he should have his license revoked and be fired from his job, perhaps the bare minimum babiest of steps could be to just increase the ticket price by $1 each new violation. $50 for speeding clearly doesn't phase him, how about the next one is $597?
That would have minimal effect on rare offenders. Hell, you can even drop it back down $1/month if you want, just fuck this guy in particular.
A warrant for their arrest would work better than fines they never pay.
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree.
I was trying to work within the local system that doesn't want to assign criminal punishment to automated enforcement. Also, I assume, but admit I haven't checked, that unpaid fines trigger criminal charges.
This is the penalty system where I live:
https://online.fines.vic.gov.au/Your-options/Fine-amounts-and-demerit-points
To convert into hamburger units: 11mph over the limit is a $290USD fine. If you do that 4 times in 3 years, you lose your licence.
You can get a fine 2.5mph over the speed limit. However, there's a small tolerance for the equipment (~1mph). It's still quite tight.
Is the whole US this lax on speeding?
Yes, the socially/culturally accepted driving speed is the speed limit plus 10 mph. Driving slower than that is considered rude and imposing. No, a cop will not pull you over or even notice you for speeding less than 10pm over. Unless they are specifically looking for trouble, then they have always legal pretext. It’s a “great” system.