New speed enforcement rules for highway patrol?

[RoyalShock]

I was forwarded an email that said Kansas HP will be issuing tickets for violators going 4 MPH over the speed limit in order to increase revenue. I seem to recall something going around recently about the validity of this, but can't remember if it was true or not. Snopes.com was of no help. Can anyone confirm?

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

its totally not true.

Was even on the news.

[RoyalShock]

I just spoke with a co-worker who has a friend on the HP. He says it's legit and furthermore, they have a quota of pulling someone over (ie. ticketing) once an hour in order to justify the need for X-number of patrolmen per Y-number of miles of highway.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

You mean the local media aired a story that wasn't true??

[SubGod22]

Or maybe KHP is officially denying the story even though it's true...

Either way, it wouldn't surprise me if they became less lenient. Maybe they denied the 4MPH because it's 5MPH or 3MPH...

[RoyalShock]

Ok, here's what I've been able to deduce. First, here's the local media take:

http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=12400647

In talking to my co-worker again, what the troopers were told was to "tighten it up" (his words) in regards to the amount of discretion each trooper uses before pulling someone over and that they should be pulling over one per hour.

So, the email (Dept. of Rev, 4 mph) is technically not true. But they have been given some directives.

[ABC]

Kansas law still states that a ticket up to 10 miles an hour over in high speed areas (55 mph and above), still aren't moving violations for insurance purposes.

[BenWSU]

Only ticket older men driving red & white motorcycles. :)

[rZ]

I was to understand that the 4mph buffer was to account for speedometer variability between vehicles. Manufacturers use different methods for calibrating the speedometer. Additional variability is introduced in ECU speed control programming (different for each manufacturer) as well as digital vs. analog gauges.

This is why fee schedules begin at 5mph over the limit.

[kcshocker11]

I was to understand that the 4mph buffer was to account for speedometer variability between vehicles. Manufacturers use different methods for calibrating the speedometer. Additional variability is introduced in ECU speed control programming (different for each manufacturer) as well as digital vs. analog gauges.

This is why fee schedules begin at 5mph over the limit.

Yep, and if pulled over always ask the date it was last calibrated. 8)