I think it's worth noting that the police are issuing approximately four warnings for every one ticket. This ratio would seem to deflate Ron Scott's argument about "the rules" not being clear or clearly communicated. It seems to me that the police are cognizant of this and are responding reasonably. They recognize that the speed limits and other rules have not been enforced. They're now letting people know that things are changing. This could be viewed as an education campaign. If they were writing tickets and hauling people off to jail willy nilly it would be another story. But if you have an open warrant out you probably shouldn't drive 35 mph in a 20 mph zone. I think a lot of these arrests probably started with the officers intending to issue a warning and discovering something else in the process.
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