Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
There is the real possibility that this is of their own doing. According to the "Broken Window" model of law enforcement, by refusing to enforce traffic law police have allowed for the idea that "low-level" crimes will not be prosecuted to flourish. As I recall, when I lived where police did traffic law enforcement, they generally solved burglaries before the crimes were reported during a traffic stop.
I remember reading about Rudy Giuliani taking just that approach during his term as mayor. He went after the small stuff, and it worked wonders.
We could also automate traffic enforcement to some degree. Photo radar always generated public backlash, but only because people don't like to get caught.