Growing list lets workers snub traffic laws

UT San Diego ^ | May 11, 2015 | Steven Greenhut

[artichokegrower]

SACRAMENTO — Seven years ago, a newspaper investigation found that a little-known state program designed to protect police and judges from the public disclosure of their home addresses had expanded into a massive database of 1.5 million public employees and their family members, few of whom face any on-the-job dangers to merit the protection.

Because of this Confidential Records Program, “Vehicles with protected license plates can run through dozens of intersections controlled by red light cameras and breeze along the 91 toll lanes with impunity,” according to the Orange County Register report. They evade parking citations and even get out of speeding tickets because police officers realize “the drivers are ‘one of their own’ or related to someone who is.”

[artichokegrower]

So in addition to their 15 paid holidays per year, platinum life time medical benefits, outrageous pensions, California state employees are exempt from the extortion of traffic fines that affect the rest of us.

[Diogenesis]

There are two (2) Americas.

Those above the Law, and those who
are going to be enslaved and murdered and raped,
and then blamed for the terror wrought on them.

[barefoot_hiker]

Same scam as secretaries and office workers in the police and fire departments who get the huge “Public Safety” pension. These larger pensions exist supposedly because of the extra stress and risk cops and firemen experience. Same with the license plate protection. But everyone wants on the gravy train and the unions own the state.

[hal ogen]

Who are we to question our betters? Shut up and pay your taxes. Get to work.

[Da Coyote]

Hackers, please see to this.

Those addresses will be needed during CW-II to make sure these libs do not escape to Europe.

[Da Coyote]

Hackers, please see to this.

Those addresses will be needed during CW-II to make sure these libs do not escape to Europe.

[Pearls Before Swine]

California state employees are exempt from the extortion of traffic fines that affect the rest of us.

Wouldn't you want them to be treated as well as illegal aliens? /S

[artichokegrower]

The irony is that we are charged more for our tickets to cover the employment expenses of those who have exempted themselves from receiving these same tickets.