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Originally Posted by WinnisquamZ
Agree. They can and will use any visual violation to pull over a vehicle. If you didn’t like a $49 inspection fee wait till you see what a ticket will cost you. A positive for every city and town is, correct me if I am wrong, don’t ticket payments stay local to each town and inspection costs went to the state.
A windfall for many small towns.
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Inspection fees stay mostly with the inspector. They "buy" books of stickers, and pay licensing fees to the state. State police have run good and bad cars threough various inspections incognito to minimize false charges to retail customers.
Tickest given out by local PD may go to the town or the state, depending on the violation. That money does not go to the PD. It goes to the general fund and is spent as thje legislature or Town Meeting directs. On a local basis, too many tickets would result in the poice chief being called into the back room by the Select Board. Local PD's can get grants from the state for extra patrols that focus on one area of safety: speed, DWI, Disatracted driving, etc. These may result in edcucational stops, warnings, tickets. Occasionally, these result in a major bust because scofflaws are scofflaws by habit. No secrets here: RSA 31:95-b describes public notice reequirements for the BOS to accept these special funds.