Analysis Shows Fewer Ohio Traffic Tickets in 2010

For Ohio drivers, one bonus of the bad economy is that less traffic tickets are being handed out. The reason, however, is not that the state’s drivers are more conscientious – it’s because there are simply less police offers and highway patrol officers on the road due to budget cuts. According to the Dayton Daily News, statewide traffic cases have decreases by 7.2% over the past year. Additionally, DUI cases have gone down by over 6%. “There hasn’t been an outbreak in society, nor good, cautious, or courteous driving out there. Many sheriff’s offices throughout the state of Ohio have laid people off. Therefore, we have not been able to have the number of units we usually have on the road to enforce those kinds of issues,” the executive director of the Ohio State Sheriffs Association.