Police for profits, it exists in Belgium and the EU.

Recently, a small article revealed that a manufacturer of speedometers and speed cameras receives a percentage of the fines registered by its systems, and the plot could even go deeper to include breathalyzers as well.

It turns out that from a fine of 53 euro only about 30 euro is going to local of state government, the rest almost 50% is going to the manufacturer.

How can citizens still trust the government when the manufacturer they cooperate with has every interest in having speed cameras everywhere?

And how fair is the basis for lowering the speed limit in some streets?

A lower speed automatically means more fines.

Even drivers who take the same route every day often get caught, and given this interest for manufacturers, how well do those systems actually work?

These systems can be perfectly manipulated to capture speeds of 49 km/h in a 50 zone or 68 km/h in a 70 zone.

Given the shame many drivers feel, very few will dare to protest, let alone contest it, because the court and a lawyer are not free either.

This is the same problem with breathalyzers; many drivers are surprised when they blow positive after just one or two beers, but they don’t dare to protest or challenge it due to the shame as well as the bias of many judges who impose heavy penalties on those who test positive.

But what if that electronic tester gives a positive result every so often based solely on a very small amount of alcohol in the exhaled breath?

There are even people who tested positive after eating a Belgian praline that contains a very small amount of alcohol.

But challenging this in a courtroom is very risky.

How reliable are breathalyzers when you know that manufacturers are paid based on positive tests?

Most judges tend to judge based on the remorse you show. Those who show no or too little remorse will always be heavily sentenced. Judges do not even want to investigate the possibility of manipulation, not even in the most bizarre cases where the accused claims not to have been drinking and has not had any alcohol at the time of the check. These people are treated as if they have no remorse for the traffic victims of alcohol and sometimes even lose all rights to drive. These are even individuals who have driven for more than 30 years without an accident and are in the lowest category with their insurance, in other words, very safe drivers.

But making this issue open for discussion is almost impossible.

The manufacturers, along with the politicians, have so much power in this regard that no journalist, let alone the police or the judiciary, wants to investigate it.

The victims of these practices often get into serious trouble and sometimes end up in poverty.

Those who do not have a driver's license have much less chance of getting a job, as people without a driver's license are considered problematic cases because they have more difficulty reaching their workplace.

This is related to the unreliability of public transport in Belgium.

Yet another sector that is heavily infiltrated by corruption.

There will not be any change any time soon, as Belgium and the EU are increasingly moving towards an authoritarian state where people have fewer and fewer rights.

Link below to the Belgian artikel as referents.

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