Here’s a “fun” little story from the New York Times: Dallas police officers have cited drivers for not being able to speak English 38 times in the past three years.  So here’s the thing, there is no law in Dallas requiring drivers to speak English.  The other thing is that 44% of the population is Hispanic.

This means that these six officers somehow got the genius idea to start using their power to penalize people for speaking a different language.  I haven’t been able to find any justification for this great plan, besides the fact that they thought it was a legitimate offense.  In fact, it is clear from the last person to be issued such a ticket, that she could (and did) communicate with the officer.  It was just done with bits and pieces of English.  So, he must have given her a ticket because she didn’t speak enough English.

I don’t really have that much to say about abuse of power, or racism, or IQ, or Texas.  But this story did give me some great ideas for some things that should warrant a traffic ticket.

• Having a shiny bald head
• Thinking too quickly while merging
• Parallel parking too easily
• Possession of concealed glutes
• Possession of lawless abs
• Absence of crouching tiger
• Overabundance of hidden dragon
• Unsupervised SWS (Sticky Wicket Syndrome)
• Texting while asleep
• Cruel intentions
• Basic Instinct
• Quoting Beowulf in a school zone
• Judging people in a residential zone
• Limerick in a construction zone
• Car rear looks too much like a face
• Drive by cruising
• Cruise by rolling
• Drag racing while not wearing drag
• Not being able to speak Old Earth Elvish

I invite you to add your own.