Ferrari Mailing List: Re: (OT) NY Times - I'm shocked, shocked I say.

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

Hey Dennis that's why Steve's F40 is so dirty. The cops feel guilty  
giving a ticket to some poor stiff who can't even afford to wash his  
Ferrari. Actually, truth is, every time Steve gets the hose out to  
clean it he ends up running naked through the sprinkler instead. That  
boy just can't focus!

Fwiw the Economics Dept at George Mason is chaired by my personal  
hero, Walter WIlliams. I sense his fine hand in this. Of course we  
all knew the only thing speed kills is the town budget deficit -  
sudden deceleration is another matter altogether. There are certain  
small towns in Texas so notorious for this form of activity that  
instead of paying property taxes, the residents receive dividend  
checks from the Dept. of Public Safety. But the worst speed trap in  
America, hands down, is Tularosa, NM. Just don't go there.

ken

.ps The NY Times? I'm surprised the article didn't read Speeding and  
Your Personal Carbon Footprint.

On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:12 PM, Dennis Liu wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/business/yourmoney/02view.html? 
> ex=13463856
> 00&en=3433641694d7701e&ei=5090
>
> September 2, 2007
>
> Economic View
> Welcome, Stranger. Here's a Speeding Ticket.
>
> By JUDITH CHEVALIER
>
> <snip>. Michael D. Makowsky, a doctoral student
> in economics, and Thomas Stratmann, an economics professor, both at  
> George
> Mason University, studied the issue in a recent paper, "Political  
> Economy at
> Any Speed: What Determines Traffic Citations?"