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Not one, but TWO Police Checkpoints today. Dodged one, there was no way to turn around legally to avoid the second. Got another ticket to add to my burgeoning collection of Nolles.
First one, Southington, near the Plainville Border. Second one, Windsor, just over the hill after you turn left off I-91.
The second one is where I got nailed. I asked the cop “When did I get to the Soviet Union?”. No response. I noticed her shirt said “Manchester Police”, so I asked “Am I in Manchester?” – No, you’re in Windsor.
So now this state, which is hemmoraging cash like nobody’s business is taking cops from neighboring towns and putting them on the street to write tickets for $37 a pop to people who don’t wear seat belts. I can’t see how it’s legal to have a Manchester cop write a ticket in Windsor for a “crime” that took place in Windsor, but that’s neither here nor there.
I wonder how pissed off they’d be if I mailed them a bill for my time? I lost more sitting there waiting for them to write me a bullshit ticket for a violation of a law that doesn’t even have a right to exist than the dollar value of the ticket.
This shit has GOT to stop. A line must be drawn. And The State must be pushed back on to their side of that line.
UPDATE: On the way home, there was another one. The on-ramp to Route 9 off of Christian Lane in Berlin. This is clearly a coordinated effort.