Radar Detectors

[Andy9o8 2]

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Fixed it. Sound any better?

It always sounded fine. I'm just easily amused.

[fpritchett64 0]

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And how fast did he say you were traveling?

35 in a 25 zone..... did I mention they changed the 25 MPH sign to 500 yards father out of town... it used to be 35 till you hit the traffic circle on the other side of the freeway where the city limits are posted Welcome to our FUCKING SPEED TRAP TOWN with low life pricks for leo.

So help me understand this a little better. Really, I am trying hard to understand this. He clocked you traveling 35 in a 25, in the town that you live, where the 25 speed limit sign was hidden behind a tree but you obviously knew about it and the cop sitting there because he is a lowlife and sits there all the time? And he is also lying because you weren't really traveling 35 mph in what you thought was a 35 mph zone? Unless you live in one of the few areas where a radar detector is illegal, then it is very unlikely that the officer had a radar detector "detector." Which you seem to claim was his basis for stopping you and writing you a ticket. Unless the radar detector is illegal in your area, officers could care less if you have one.

The decision to extend speed limits further out would most likely have been made by DOT, not your local law enforcement agency.

As for the speed trap thing. I really never have understood that one, or entrapment. Nobody forces a person to disobey the speed limit signs, stop signs, or any other traffic control device.

[Amazon 7]

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That is all the understanding YOU need

Different times.. different tickets.. I had not driven that way into town for a couple years.

No tickets now for 5 years ESCORT ROCKS

Local PD can suck it.

[fpritchett64 0]

No worries. I really don't NEED to understand anything about the time you got caught speeding five years ago. Glad to see that you learned your lesson though and have at least improved your driving habits while around LE.

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No worries. I really don't NEED to understand anything about the time you got caught speeding five years ago. Glad to see that you learned your lesson though and have at least improved your driving habits while around LE.

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Nah when the detector goes off I go 20 MPH... and wave at them
while displaying a HUGE SMIRKING SMILE of my own.

[normiss 871]

You are referring to the tickets we get for doing 60 in a 55 on a highway designed for 80.


Revenue. Plain and simple.
Well, that and the bingo game of catching us with something else requiring intervention once you get the stop going.

We are living in a police state these days.

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You are referring to the tickets we get for doing 60 in a 55 on a highway designed for 80.


Revenue. Plain and simple.
Well, that and the bingo game of catching us with something else requiring intervention once you get the stop going.

We are living in a police state these days.

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You ole Evildoer you

[fpritchett64 0]

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You are referring to the tickets we get for doing 60 in a 55 on a highway designed for 80.


Revenue. Plain and simple.
Well, that and the bingo game of catching us with something else requiring intervention once you get the stop going.

We are living in a police state these days.

Ahh. Now that's not something I see around here. If someone was issued a citation for 5 over around here the judge would be asking the officer if he had something better to do.

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You are referring to the tickets we get for doing 60 in a 55 on a highway designed for 80.


Revenue. Plain and simple.
Well, that and the bingo game of catching us with something else requiring intervention once you get the stop going.

We are living in a police state these days.

Ahh. Now that's not something I see around here. If someone was issued a citation for 5 over around here the judge would be asking the officer if he had something better to do.

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[Zlew 0]

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Ya' see, there is a lot more to a traffic stop than just an officer "generating revenue" and usually when I explain this to the unhappy citizens that complain about being "harassed" for speeding a little the conversation ends with a thank you.

I have to disagree. I think 90% of traffic stops are about $$$. Sure, now and then they may find a "bad guy", but most of it is about getting money. In towns where there are neighborhood patrols, the police are seen differently and have an actual connection to the community. If they spend a little time around the people they are "protecting and serving" other than just pulling them over, they can get a feel for the area...notice things that are out of place, and THAT type of police presence deters crimes (bad guys less likely to kick a door in if Officer Friendly is known to drive by now and then). I don't think sitting at the bottom of the hill and taking advantage of the 5mph people gain going down the hill to write tickets for 5-7 mph over all day in any way deters crime. If you know the police won't be around the homes/businesses until someone calls 911, I would think it would embolden the "bad guys".

[MikeJD 0]

Nice story, but surely apocryphal. A couple of speeding offences would look pretty insignificant compared to driving around in a car with false plates copied from a police vehicle!