That depends. How many of those people will fight the ticket? How will we catch all those people?

Good thought, but... if you do the math, you'll see it wouldn't work: Let's say an average police officer makes $60,000 a year (they've got a few years experience and we're talking southern California salary). How long do you think it would take that officer to make a traffic stop, get your license, insurance & registration, do a warrant check, issue the citation and get you on your way? 10 minutes? 15? If so, then how many could that officer do an hour or a day? Remember - he's not going to instantly leave one citation and nab another - he's got to be on the lookout for blinker offenders. Let's say he gets 2 an hour, so in his 8 hour shift, he gets 16. From there, each one of those citations must be processed by someone in the police department records. Don't forget to add in their salary. The citation then gets submitted to the court for prosecution. That's right - add in the court clerk salary. Don't forget the administrative costs as well. Things like computers, files, paper, staples... it all gets factored in. While you're at it, add in the cost of the court building itself. Gotta keep the lights on and air conditioner running so the workers can do their job, right? Costs money. Now what about those people that just want to go in and plead guilty, pay their fine and move on? They have to be processed by someone. Add that salary. What if they want traffic school? Gotta add that cost of processing in. Now - the big crusher: those that want to fight the ticket. We now need to pay a court clerk, a bailiff and the judge or traffic commissioner. Don't forget about paying the original officer's salary for his time in court (and it may even be overtime for him at 1.5 times their normal salary). Also remember that while that officer is in court, he or she can't be out getting new offenders, so you'll need to hire another officer to cover for him while he's in court. It all adds up, doesn't it? Sure - there's a small "profit" on each citation that goes into the city or county revenues. But just targeting one offense and assuming it'll pay for it all? Probably not. Fun question, though.

add "get off the eF'n phone" to it, and we 'll have a huge surplus.