Does anything really change?
One hundred years ago today, the police chief of Oklahoma City was fighting the same problems our police do today. The headline below appeared in The Oklahoman for May 22, 1909.
“Never since I have been a resident of the city have the speed laws been disobeyed to such a great extent as today,” says the chief. “The lawbreaker, in covering up their tracks against the police, frequently remove the numbers on their cars, throwing off pursuit. We will discover some means to prevent this and when such practices are revealed the punishment inflicted on those arrested will be doubly severe.”
With the Memorial Day weekend upon us, law enforcement officers will be out in force. The tickets they issue will cost considerably more than the $10 fine in 1909.
Drive safe.
~Mary Phillips
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What was the speed limit back then that these scofflaws were violating??