Rhode Island Accident Lawyer Blog
By David Tapalian February 1st, 2016
One would think we may not have speeding tickets in the future. There was an interesting article on this subject in this weekend’s Providence Journal. I don’t know how realistic that is and I am not sure that anyone does at the moment. Yet, if the driverless car does kill the speeding ticket it will place a big gap in many municipal budgets throughout the country. Chicago alone issues more than $1 billion in parking tickets and red light violations each year.
Without this revenue cities may have to find other sources; it could be increased property taxes. Maybe some type of driverless car tax? With less speeding tickets certainly should come less car accidents in RI and Massachusetts and that is certainly a good thing. However, the real question this article seems to pose is who will pay for the decrease in speeding ticket revenue. I think we will all find out in the not too distant future.