The gizmos are billed as more efficient because an issuing officer can get the information into the city’s database within about three days versus the 10 days it takes to enter a conventional citation. E-tickets also take less time to fill out, sending cop and driver along their merry ways, well, at least one of them, in a briefer time, plus the officer can use the e-chine to scan the pulled-over driver’s license for warrants and such.