Information Technology Strikes Blow at Citizens: E-Tickets Simplify Traffic Ticket Administration

One of the great joys of being an American citizen is our need for speed. I, personally, will only drive German or Swedish automobiles for precisely that reason (even if said car is over ten years old) – all for the love of the deed.

I’ve got several speeding violations under my belts. Not reckless ones, mind you – just a few 65’s in a 45’s, etc. But now there is a new concern to be considered -- as if traffic tickets weren’t painful enough!

Word on the wires is that new electronic devices are making it quicker and easier for cops to administer traffic violations. The Dallas Police Department will be piloting the new program, ensuring that their motorcycle officers are not only armed and dangerous – but efficient as well.

According to an MSNBC article, these new E-ticket devices will be more efficient on several levels because the officer issuing the tickets can get the information into the city’s database within around three days (compared to the ten it usually takes).

Another added bonus? The speeding tickets reportedly take less time to fill out.

Another article points out how in Tulsa, Okla., a similar program was actually put into play for greater efficiency. And greater pay. Supposedly, 56 percent of E-tickets get paid as opposed to only 34 percent of paper tickets.

Because we don't have a system to electronically transmit those, they are getting printed off, they are getting hand cut down to size, scanned, just like the paper tickets and going through the same process and that too has created a bottleneck," said Jim Twombly, Tulsa’s director of administration.

While more details are forthcoming and it hasn’t been fully adapted yet – time will tell if Dallas moves this program over to the rest of its non-motorcycle bound cops.

To hear more about the E-ticket technology from an actual police officer, please watch the below, compliments of a police officer from IN: