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acroyearAirports Agency Takes Over Operation of Dulles Toll Road - washingtonpost.com:
Thus again is a core principle violated: when a commercial enterprise has an profit incentive to enforce the law by getting a per-citation incentive rather than a flat fee, they will cite more invalid tickets. This happened in many jurisdictions when the stoplight and speed cameras were installed: the speed cameras were often not calibrated, and the stoplight camera sites all shortened or varied the length of their yellow lights to catch more innocent drivers.
Not looking forward to this...just know on the toll road that the white cop cars are now the ones enforcing speeding laws, not the state police's dark grey cars.
The governing body of Reagan National and Dulles International airports officially takes over the operation of the Dulles Toll Road from Virginia on Thursday in what officials say should be a seamless transition for road users.The biggest change is that "Metro" police, the police of the airport authority, now have enforcement rights on it, and by extension, probably take an additional cut for every ticket they cite. Previously, they only had authority on the airport access road, which is why there was always a "cop" there writing tickets for speeders but never a cop on the toll road itself except at night when they were more concerned with drunk drivers.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is managing the construction of the Metrorail extension to Dulles, is using toll revenue from the highway to help pay for the $5 billion project.
Thus again is a core principle violated: when a commercial enterprise has an profit incentive to enforce the law by getting a per-citation incentive rather than a flat fee, they will cite more invalid tickets. This happened in many jurisdictions when the stoplight and speed cameras were installed: the speed cameras were often not calibrated, and the stoplight camera sites all shortened or varied the length of their yellow lights to catch more innocent drivers.
Not looking forward to this...just know on the toll road that the white cop cars are now the ones enforcing speeding laws, not the state police's dark grey cars.
