Yeah, my point is just this:
Local authorities are many times way too revenue orientated, they do a lot of stupid things cracking down on stuff that they could really spend their time better elsewhere. A lot, not all, of what they do is just geared towards getting the state more revenue.
For example, I live in Chicago and they just started using these Camera/Radar vans all over the city and suburbs that take pictures of license plates of speeders and people running red lights and stop signs and then you get ticket for $200+ in the mail. Each van costs the city about $150,000! Now it has been proven since they started here in Chicago as well in all other major cities that used this system, that all highway sections, areas, intersections, etc, where they use these camera vans, accidents and vehiclular deaths have gone up by at least 20%. These camera vans generated the city and additional $16 million in the first 6 months and $28 million in the first year of use, and most cities openly admit that they do merely for the revenue.
That being said, I think they invest way too much time and energy in things like this street racing sting just because it generates revenue. Granted if it is a huge threatening problem in an area it needs to be dealt with, but according to that one source in a link above, in the past 17 years in the US there have been a total of 345 deaths related to street racing. I mean come on, how can it really be that big of a threat. Not demeaning the deaths of those 345 or the loss to their families, but I think the 17,000+ deaths per year and 350,000+ injuries per year that are caused by DUI pose a much bigger threat. And if DUI is causing that kind of death toll, who cares what kind of man hours it takes to patrol bars and such, I think money, time, and energy is much better spent there. I mean there has to be more they can do. Bring back Prohibition, lol.