\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/a6d677f1-baf3-5347-bf25-503520dca8cf.html
DC Tom Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Good...but it's sad that time and resources were wasted all the way up to the federal court level on this nonsense.
TakeYouToTasker Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Any other ruling would have been an admission that speed traps are 100% about revenue generated and 0% about public safety. Edited February 6, 2014 by TakeYouToTasker
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 I always wondered if they can nail you for this. I signal the other drives all the time. I do try and do it when the cop can't see it... But they probably do.
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Good...but it's sad that time and resources were wasted all the way up to the federal court level on this nonsense. Agree. It is sad that towns depend on that revenue from speed traps. Flashing your lights and warning other drivers to drive safe and slow down cuts into business. Would a driver rather have a cop tell them to slow down or another driver? Why is this a thing? Because it is a brutal winter and towns are running out of salt and money to buy that salt with. Of course these cases were two years ago! People think that they are Taxed Enough Already. Cutting into a town's business by signaling a driver is being a bad Ubu! LA... I am joking and busting your hump on the whole TEA thing. But, there is truth to what TYTT said. Some departments & cops like to go on "fishing expeditions" too... More chance they will find something else. Edited February 6, 2014 by ExiledInIllinois
Fan in San Diego Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Try just not speeding to begin with. Then speed traps are meaningless.
Justice Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Yeah. Sure. Still not doing that in front of cops. Next thing I know is I'll mysteriously have a busted taillight. Edited February 9, 2014 by NoJustice
Alaska Darin Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Try just not speeding to begin with. Then speed traps are meaningless. Not true.
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Yeah. Sure. Still not doing that in front of cops. Next thing I know is I'll mysteriously have a busted taillight. A mysteriously busted taillight is not the end of the world. Its that dime bag sitting on the passenger seat and the crushed beer cans on the floor that will do you in! ;-P ;-P
3rdnlng Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 A mysteriously busted taillight is not the end of the world. Its that dime bag sitting on the passenger seat and the crushed beer cans on the floor that will do you in! ;-P ;-P And you're still a federal employee?
dayman Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 I am dumbfounded by this story. Where I live this is commonplace and expected. Additionally, insurance companies literally put up huge billboards outside of the dumpy towns that make all their money on speed traps telling everyone "SPEED TRAP AHEAD."
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 I am dumbfounded by this story. Where I live this is commonplace and expected. Additionally, insurance companies literally put up huge billboards outside of the dumpy towns that make all their money on speed traps telling everyone "SPEED TRAP AHEAD." They even have speed trap websites and apps.
TakeYouToTasker Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 We have a popular talk radio program which encourages it's listeners to call in and report speed traps.
DC Tom Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 We have a popular talk radio program which encourages it's listeners to call in and report speed traps. 97 Rock did that in Buffalo about 20 years ago...I believe the state troopers made them stop.
TakeYouToTasker Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) 97 Rock did that in Buffalo about 20 years ago...I believe the state troopers made them stop. They tried here, and while they were trying a cop called in and started talking about "not messing with police business". The radio host respectfully asked if the goal was to slow down drivers or to pad local revenues, and the cop went tangential, getting vocal about police prerogative, dangrous jobs, and how "cops do what they have to do". He was pressed, and his basic statement came down to, "don't ever !@#$ with a cop or he'll !@#$ you and your whole family back." It was dropped after the issue. Edited February 13, 2014 by TakeYouToTasker
KD in CA Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 Any other ruling would have been an admission that speed traps are 100% about revenue generated and 0% about public safety. I wasn't aware anyone still bothered with the 'public safety' line anyway.
Fan in San Diego Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 I must be getting old. I don't speed anymore.
Chef Jim Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 I must be getting old. I don't speed anymore. I have a warning chime on my car set for 80 mph. It's constantly going off. But then again everyone is driving 80 on the freeway. I find myself creeping up on 100 sometimes.
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