>From what I understand, the town only get to keep parking ticket monies and gets little if any money from the speeding tickets issued
I live and work in town and always stay in the crosswalk and have my head on a swivel. Lots of close calls over the years. Most of them caused by excessive speed, driver distraction or entitlement attitude. Countless times I wait at the crosswalk while people race to the the red light on Franklin and Oak.
That being said, I do see many people, mostly kids, crossing against the light without looking, stepping out assuming drivers will stop for them or jaywalking. I have even seen a few mothers holding their kids hands as they jaywalked when the crosswalk was a couple of yards away.
I get the frustration, but until Ridgewood PD starts writing more speeding tickets, this problem will continue unabated. From what I understand, the town only get to keep parking ticket monies and gets little if any money from the speeding tickets issued. Maybe somebody can confirm that for me though…
