Virginia: 6996 Traffic Tickets In 1 Weekend... - In An Effort To Raise Revenue For The State Government... " In the old days, police officers wrote traffic tickers primarily to keep people safe and to prevent citizens from breaking the traffic laws. But in the new "Amerika", all of that has changed. Now traffic tickets are primarily viewed as a revenue raising tool for state & local governments."... http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/virginia-hands-out-6996-traffic-tickets-in-one-weekend-in-an-effort-to-raise-revenue-for-the-state-government (3*)