In reply to johndej :
No Time said:Probably a repeat:
I'll never forget being part of a small convoy of trucks and vans taking our dirtbikes up into the mountains. As we passed through a small town, I could see a local cop driving like mad on a sidestreet to head us off before we left his town. He ticketed each and every of our vehicles for 2 mph over the limit (no lie), when moments before, he'd been going easily 3x the limit.
Not the sort of thing that gives one the warm-and-fuzzys towards law enforcement.
In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
They are in the protection racket much like the mob.
Wally (Forum Supporter) said:
You forgot that the sun will die in 7 to 8 billion years. That Mitsubishi will be dead in less than 15 years.
The sun wins!
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:No Time said:Probably a repeat:
I'll never forget being part of a small convoy of trucks and vans taking our dirtbikes up into the mountains. As we passed through a small town, I could see a local cop driving like mad on a sidestreet to head us off before we left his town. He ticketed each and every of our vehicles for 2 mph over the limit (no lie), when moments before, he'd been going easily 3x the limit.
Not the sort of thing that gives one the warm-and-fuzzys towards law enforcement.
US 301, north of Gainesville, FL, AAA put out a travel warning for the small towns that were using traffic fines to support their municipal budgets. AAA even paid for billboards warning drivers of the speed traps.
I got a speeding ticket in the town of Lawtey, after driving through at three to five mph below the posted limits. I was at that speed before passing the sign, and held it until passing the 55 sign on the other end of town.
I was in clinics in vet school, or else I would have gone to court. I paid the fine, but I sent a respectful and carefully worded letter to the judge detailing my experience and including my apology for not being able to appear personally before him.
I will never know if my letter was a factor but within a few weeks, the Gainesville Sun reported that the judge had announced that he would throw out all speeding cases that came before his court.
This was in 1995. The speed traps persisted for years. Lawtey was the last holdout after the other two towns disbanded their police forces, Starke for a corruption scandal and Hampton for a ticket quota scandal.
Missouri actually had a law about speed traps. It read that a town could not collect more than a certain percentage of its revenue from traffic fines. I recall it being enforced against the crooks of Randolph, MO, much to my satisfaction.
I grew up a couple blocks from Linndale, Ohio. Linndale is/was literally about two blocks square and I-71 cut across a very small section of it. Linndale officers had to leave Linndale to get on or off of I-71.
Car and Driver actually wrote a long article about Linndale.
I got pulled over there in my RX-7 once (my first one) because he heard my engine going fast (2800rpm) and so he knew I was speeding but his radar said I wasn't BUT he was going to keep an eye on me because he knew I was speeding.
Sounds like Newburg Heights.
Steve_Jones said:
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Hampton got shut down for corruption.
Waldo was the illegal ticket quotas.
Starke just got shutdown this year to save money. But apparently other issues are now being found.
cabbagecop said:In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Hampton got shut down for corruption.
Waldo was the illegal ticket quotas.
Starke just got shutdown this year to save money. But apparently other issues are now being found.
New Rome Ohio got completely dissolved 15 or so years ago due to ticket zealotry. Same thing was going to happen to Brice OH despite having no state or US routes until they knocked it off. I think Ohio took Florida's lead regarding taking power from greedy speeding hamlets.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:I grew up a couple blocks from Linndale, Ohio. Linndale is/was literally about two blocks square and I-71 cut across a very small section of it. Linndale officers had to leave Linndale to get on or off of I-71.
Car and Driver actually wrote a long article about Linndale.
I got pulled over there in my RX-7 once (my first one) because he heard my engine going fast (2800rpm) and so he knew I was speeding but his radar said I wasn't BUT he was going to keep an eye on me because he knew I was speeding.
I think I remember hearing the state made a law that said the town had to have an exit or on ramp to be able to write tickets on the highway.
In reply to jgrewe :
The state also has a law that police cars on the side of the road (running radar) must be visible to traffic and have their lights on at night, but that doesn't stop Brecksville or whoever it is on I-77 near route 82. They'll have their lights off at night, hiding behind things.
Linndale was still out there after that law was passed.
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