Illinois % Ticket Issued after Stop

[MotoSook]

My town is fourth from bottom! I like that. The top of the list..Mazon is a small town of 1000 with one main road running through it. That road (Rt 47 for the locals) is heavily used by college students going from the west suburbs down to various schools in central and southern Illinois. I have pass through Mazon hundreds of times, but knowing that it was not going to end well if I got stop, I always slow down.

I once witness racial profiling by Mazon'z finest. Young black guy was driving a 80-ish BMW E30 immediately ahead of me. We were both going the speed limit and maintaining safe distance. No one was driving erratically and there was no probable cause (middle of day, full visibility, no lights needed or on), but as soon as the cop saw the guy behind the wheel, on came the lights. I felt bad for the guy.

Guess Mazon needs to pay for their PD somehow...


http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1783002,2_1_AU22_TICKETS_S1-090922.article

Agency Percent ticketed
Mazon 100.00
Maple Park 100.00
Gilberts
99.91
Kane Co. Forest Preserve 87.27
Elwood 86.79
Joliet 85.45
Fox Valley Park District 84.08
Coal City 83.61
Streamwood 83.23
East Dundee 82.29
North Aurora 82.18
Rockdale 82.14
Carpentersville 80.45
Lisle 77.48
Plainfield 77.43
Campton Hills 76.31
Monee 75.05
Romeoville 74.28
Algonquin 74.29
Naperville 72.29
Manhattan 72.09
Sugar Grove 67.98
Wayne 67.94
Will County Sheriff 65.66
Braidwood 64.39
New Lenox 63.93
Sleepy Hollow 61.87
Wilmington 61.62
DuPage Co. Forest Preserve 61.29
Huntley 60.26
Lockport 59.91
Shorewood 59.74
Pingree Grove 58.76
Dwight 57.11
College of DuPage 55.88
Benedictine University 55.56
Somonauk 54.19
Elgin 53.37
West Dundee 52.69
Bolingbrook 52.52
Downers Grove 50.55
Mokena 50.23
Wheaton 49.59
Yorkville 49.12
Genoa 48.20
Bartlett 47.37
Crest Hill 46.82
Waubonsee Comm. College 45.60
South Elgin 44.34
Lemont 43.89
Glen Ellyn 43.16
Kane Co. Sheriff 41.99
Aurora 41.30
St. Charles 40.29
Kendall Co. Sheriff 39.36
Elburn 39.17
Channahon 39.13
Hinckley 38.64
Frankfort 37.09
Hampshire 36.76
Will Co. Forest Preserve 36.36
Batavia 36.24
Lockport Park District 33.1
Minooka 32.94
Joliet Junior College 31.49
Sycamore 30.61
Montgomery 28.72
Plano 26.19
Naperville Park District 21.43
Oswego 21.18

Sandwich 19.24

Geneva 16.34
Morris 15.11

[pwd72s]

I'm nasty enough, I'd have hung around...telling the guy he had a witness if needed.

[MotoSook]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

I'm nasty enough, I'd have hung around...telling the guy he had a witness if needed.

Paul, I was young and a lot more selfish than I am now. But you are right, at my current age I would probably be more inclined to pull over and wait to see how things progress...and see...

[Noah930]

You'd probably wind up with a ticket of your own, for your troubles. No good deed...

[MotoSook]

Originally Posted by Noah930

You'd probably wind up with a ticket of your own, for your troubles. No good deed...

Probably what the other half of my brain was telling me at the time.

Even with the low percentage of tickets in my town, I am proactive. I have an easily recognized 911 and a very red Ducati (I think I have the only 900SS in town). When ever I'm out in the 911 or on the Ducati and I see a local cop, I always wave . I may or may not pay off one day....

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by Noah930

You'd probably wind up with a ticket of your own, for your troubles. No good deed...

+1, BTDT

One time i was following my uncle to a place up the mountains and a cop pulled out and pulled him over, swerving right in front of me to tailgate his bumper. Not knowing the way, i pulled over about 50 feet behind the cop, and waited.

The nerve of me, i got a ticket too. Obstruction of the highway IIRC.

[look 171]

Man, do you really win with these butt heads?

Jeff

[RWebb]

you may not always win, but like any fight, you can often make them wish to hell they had not started an illegal 'fight'

here is an example from my own area: the feds (US Fish & Wildlife; USFS, BLM, & DOJ) keep files on which groups will sue their a$$ - I have seen copies of those files, and am proud to say that we are on it.

They will diss groups that won't fight back; but are more careful if you are on their list... even tho we are quite mild on the issues compared to others.

[legion]

Originally Posted by RWebb

you may not always win, but like any fight, you can often make them wish to hell they had not started an illegal 'fight'

here is an example from my own area: the feds (US Fish & Wildlife; USFS, BLM, & DOJ) keep files on which groups will sue their a$$ - I have seen copies of those files, and am proud to say that we are on it.

They will diss groups that won't fight back; but are more careful if you are on their list... even tho we are quite mild on the issues compared to others.

So who do you work for? Greenpeace? ELF? Al Gore?

It all makes sense now...