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As much as I would want, I wouldn't place all the blame on the police. Just here in Virginia, we are struggling with:

https://www.moheblegal.com/blog/2021/08/new-va-law-prohibits...

> In March 2021, a new Virginia law went into effect that prohibits law enforcement officers from making traffic stops for certain minor offenses.

This law prohibits police from stopping you if you are e.g. missing a taillight or a brake light, which for me feels insane.

There are similar things in DC/MD as far as I can recall



The same thing happened in Minneapolis, along with this:

‘The City Attorney’s Office will stop prosecuting tickets for driving after suspension when the only basis for the suspension was a failure to pay fines or fees and there was no accident or other egregious driving behavior that would impact public safety.’”

As someone who only drives in Minneapolis every few months the change that happened around 2020 was ridiculous. I regularly saw cars doing well over 100 in the city when I had never seen that before.




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