Connecticut is making millions from speeding tickets issued to drivers, especially those who live in other states. Since 2000, about thirty towns have each been responsible for generating over a million in speeding tickets. The most profitable of these, Union, a town with a population of 735 located near the Massachusetts border, pulled in the equivalent of $4625 in speeding tickets for each resident.

Remarkably, Connecticut State Trooper Scott Prouty single-handedly collected $2.1 million in revenue in just five years, with a colleague netting $1.2 million. In the same period, state and local police together collected $83.7 million from speeding tickets that were never taken to court. The state likely made an estimated $8 million from the remaining motorists who were found guilty. Only about one-third contest their tickets, primarily because out-of-state drivers account for nearly fifty percent of citations.

David Wattie, a truck driver from Harrisburg, Pa., said he and most other truckers know about the straight stretch of I-84 through Union. They warn each other on the CB radio. "You know to slow down when you come through here," he said.