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General => General => Topic started by: TheViking on Sep 19, 2007, 10:24 AM

Title: Speed Traps in your area
Post by: TheViking on Sep 19, 2007, 10:24 AM
This makes for some interesting reading.  Click on your state, then the city you travel in and find out where the speed traps are.
 
http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/stetlist.asp (//%22http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/stetlist.asp%22)
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Post by: AustinBoston on Sep 19, 2007, 12:04 PM
I checked a couple towns I know well, and recognized some of the speed traps listed.

Austin (one ticket in lifetime; it was was thrown out)
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Post by: curryp on Sep 19, 2007, 06:48 PM
I don't really agree with that website nor do I flash my lights to other drivers to warn them of a police patrol ahead. Although I am far from a driver who abides by the posted speed limit, I don't go too much over that often and if I do, I am ready to suffer the consequences.

The state highway in my rural area is used by a lot of people from all over the place going to more populated areas. The interstate nearby is the same - people traveling from NYC to Montreal or vice versa. Many cars that are pulled over for speeding result in arrests for DWIs, drug possession and/or in some cases illegal residents. So, I figure let the people who are speeding get pulled over and let the police do their job.
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Post by: GeneF on Sep 19, 2007, 07:08 PM
Found the site interesting.  

I also checked out a couple of speed traps in my area and they were listed.

One of the areas has a speed variation from 35 mph to 50 mph to 35 mph to 40 mph to 50 mph, all within about 4 miles then it jumps to 55 mph.  You have to watch the speed limit signs in this whole area.

Worst section is the 40 mph section which is down a steep hill.  Takes a lot of riding on the brakes to keep a truck and trailer down to that speed but the police love to be at the bottom of the hill.

This is the type of speed trap that bothers me.

A state legislator got a speeding ticket there and caused quite a ruckus.  He tried to get the speed limit raised but it didn't go through.