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2009-10-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Dallas police ticketed 39 drivers in 3 years for not speaking English

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Posted by gorb 2009-10-26 03:05|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Lemme get this straight. The Dallas PD has automated the ticket procedure on their in-car computers....but left a choice on their pull-down menu that the command staff has decided will not be enforced, even if it is an actual law that could apply in very limited circumstances. Instead of blaming the programmers or (heaven forbid) command staff, it's the officers' fault.

Yep, that sounds like a big city police department to me....

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-10-26 05:09|| 2009-10-26 05:09|| Front Page Top

#2 even if it is an actual law that could apply in very limited circumstances

The law refers to truck drivers, as Mexican trucks can now cross the border. Commercial enforcement is a different enforcement division but you are right, it is the computer programmers fault, not the officers.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-26 12:23|| 2009-10-26 12:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Definitely sounds like a case of bad user interface design, but one might hope the officers had more than passing familiarity with the law. They do go to cop school, after all.

Posted by SteveS 2009-10-26 16:46|| 2009-10-26 16:46|| Front Page Top

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