The state of Virginia turned to a baldfaced fleecing of motorists this past weekend as a part of a solution to chip away at the state's $2.2-billion budget deficit.

The Truthaboutcars.com, via the newspaper.com, reported the shameful results of Virginia's weekend revenue-pumping ticket blitz that flew under cover of a safety campaign: the state's "Operation Air, Land & Speed, dealt out an astonishing 7,016 traffic tickets this past Saturday and Sunday.