THE WISDOM OF WILLIE SUTTON :

Study Suggests Racial Gap in Speeding in New Jersey (DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, March 21, 2002, NY Times)

The study involved photographing tens of thousands of drivers on the turnpike last spring while clocking speed with a radar gun. It found that black drivers sped much more than other drivers, according to three people who have reviewed the unreleased report. The racial gap was far wider than officials had expected and, in the politically charged controversies over profiling, the data could be used by defenders of the state police to argue that one reason black drivers are stopped more often than whites is that they are more likely to speed.

When asked why he robbed banks, notorious outlaw Willie Sutton responded : 'Cause that's where the money is.