#greenscreen Did you know
#Cleveland,
#Ohio is where you’re by FAR the most likely to get a
#speeding #ticket? The Cleveland
#metroarea hands its drivers more tickets per capita by FAR and away than any other
#urban area in the
#USA. There are many factors going into this, in my opinion the largest one being WAY too many
#municipalities, especially in
#CuyahogaCounty, which has SIXTY of them. Since
#GreaterCleveland has been losing
#population since the 1950s, but all these suburbs existed before, they are now largely redundant, and many struggle to maintain even a fraction of the tax base they started with. In order to make revenue for towns with dying tax bases, speeding tickets are a great way to do this, but with just how many
#cities exist with their own
#police forces, you are practically passing a cop every mile you drive. Don’t speed, sure, but in Cleveland even if you’re following the rules, thanks to racial profiling you can still get pulled over for made-up infractions, like no seatbelt, or texting while driving (when you weren’t texting). Its a massive problem, but hopefully this shed some light on it and starts a conversation about why we allow our city to be so corrupt and inefficient.
#cle #216 #theland #neo #northeastohio #tickets #cops #speed #driving #us #america #cuyahoga #oh #buckeyes