miritchka: The problem is not that a member who abuses his privileges is not ticketed. I am very happy he isn’t ticketed and yiddishe gelt doesn’t go to the government. But the problem with abuse is that the abuser is hurting all other drivers and parkers on the road.
Furthermore, and even much worse, when other drivers see driving abuse (i.e. using sirens to pass through heavy traffic or pass other drivers or go through a red light [suddenly turning on their siren to pass and then immediately turning it off after they passed]) too many times, in the future they may not pull over when they hear sirens during a real emergency since they may assume it is just another member abusing his privileges.