This was the brazen moment traffic officers from the NYPD were preying on drivers stuck in traffic on the eve of Thanksgiving yesterday evening (November 21).<br /><br />Drivers returning to their families for the holiday were caught out at a possible 'ticket trap' in New York, where a traffic intersection had no crossing guards, meaning many cars were left immobile in the crossing itself. <br /><br />In the bumper-to-bumper traffic, police then waited around a corner and pounced on drivers 'illegally' sited with $115 tickets.<br /><br />Scotty Jay, who filmed the incident said: "I was leaving the city going to the Holland tunnel for about 8 blocks there was a traffic guard or two helping people get through the intersection. <br /><br />"When you got to this one intersection which was super quiet in regards to other cars crossing over there were about 12-15 cops waiting to catch people who got stuck in the intersection... it was a total trap!<br /><br />"Terrible, terrible and shameful for NYPD to do this money grab at a time when they should be giving back! It was kind of like they were getting people stuck in order to give them tickets!"
