Originally Posted By: bubbatime
As a former cop, let me add two cents. When I was training, they dumped me off in the hood. Not just any hood, but the worst hood imaginable. Drive down the street and 10 beer bottles would come flying at the patrol car kind of hood. These "people" don't register their car. They don't insure their car. They don't have valid drivers licenses. In the hood, every car is like that. I'm not kidding, you might find ONE legal car, for every ten cars on the road. You could literally arrest every driver, and impound every car driven. That's a pretty petty way to be a cop, when you have drugs being sold, murders being committed, robberies and rapes on a daily basis. The cops are running around putting out fires as best they can, and an unregistered, uninsured car is really far down the totem pole of importance. Especially when you consider the reason WHY these cars are not registered. Money. They all would prefer to have clean driving licenses, registered and insured cars, but they are broke. And would they rather pay off their drivers license fines at $1200, or use what little money they have to buy food, drugs, alcohol, or diapers?
Fact is, a good number of them around here shouldn't be driving at all-careening around, causing all kinds of injuries, property damage, and a few deaths. If you can't afford food, or any of the other necessities of life-why not ride the bus? That's why it's there. Not to introduce politics into it, but since the riots of 2001, the city police here could care less about enforcing anything vehicle related unless the media or city council makes a big deal about it, they don't want the hassle.