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Operation Yellow Jacket Deemed Hoax |
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March 4, 2009
Subject: Watch Out!!!
Spring is Coming!
Operation Yellow Jacket
Look out for MI-DOT trucks parked along the road or suddenly
appearing behind you pacing you - it could be a Trooper driving
the truck. Called 'Operation Yellow Jacket', each Michigan State
Police District has a truck cleaned up and ready to go! These
trucks have specially modified engines that can virtually
catapult the truck from snow-plow speed to intercept speed in
seconds. And when the engine boost kicks in, the warning lights
automatically change from flashing yellow to the dreaded red and
blue!
Starting March 1, 2009, Michigan will launch a 31 day speeding
ticket frenzy. The state estimates that $9 million dollars will
be generated in speeding tickets, with an additional $3.5
million in revenue for failure to wear a seatbelt. $1 million
will go to pay state troopers overtime. There will be 47 state
troopers on duty at all times patrolling the main intersections
and highways with the highest rates of speeding.
They are the following:
I-75, especially from the Ohio line north to Woodhaven, and
again from Auburn Hills to Flint
I-96 east and west in its entirety
I-275 north and south
I-675 north and south
I-94 east and west from Battle Creek to Jackson
I-696 east and west in its entirety
I-196 east and west
US-131 north and south
I-69 east and west from Lansing to Flint and again from Flint
eastward to Port Huron.
I-69 north and south from I-94 to Lansing
M-14 east and west from I-94 to I-275
M-39 from I-94 to I-96
M-59, especially from Pontiac to Utica , and from Utica east
US-10 from Midland to Bay City
US-23 from I-96 to Flint
US-27 from Lansing to Mt. Pleasant
Quotas:
5 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and every state
trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every
10 to 20 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Dodge
Charger Police cruisers and canceled all vacation time. In
addition, they are bringing in all of their part timers on full
time for the month. This nonsense will conclude on April 1.
Driving Ticket fine increase in MI:
Starting on January 15th, the price of a ticket for violation of
MI Law 39:3-29 (failure to show your driver's license,
registration, or proof of insurance card at the time you are
stopped) went from $44.00 to $173.00. Please make sure your
vehicles have the proper documents in them. If you jump in the
car to run to the store and forget your wallet with your license
in it and you are stopped.... Oh well... you just spent $173.
And the fine for not having all three documents is $519!!!
If you received the above email as did IronwoodInfo.com
perhaps you should send it straight to the trash can on your
desktop.
According to Michigan State Police, there is no Operation Yellow
Jack and that the above email is just another Internet Hoax.
State Police say that they are not on We are not on a speeding
ticket frenzy or campaign of any kind. They go on to say that
Michigan State Police make a public announcement about new
campaigns or speeding crack-downs.
State Police make traffic stops in clearly marked patrol cars
and their officers will be clearly visible and be appropriately
dressed in full uniform.
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