You have never heard of New Rome, Ohio I take it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rome,_Ohio
A 60 resident town that had 14 policemen and raised $400,000 annually in
traffic fines.
That my friend is a speed trap.
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Stephen West-Fisher <
steve@coastaldatasystems.com> wrote:
> I've always found it funny that folks call it a speed "trap" when the law
> officers are just enforcing the law. To me a "trap" means something has
> been
> done to trick or bait you into not realizing the limit has changed.
> Personally I wish they would do it more often, especially safety items such
> as turn signals and lights on when the wipers are running (here in
> Florida).
>
> --
> Stephen West-Fisher
> ----- Original Message -----
> I think this has been around before b but someone may have missed it - in
> these times of states finding themselves in deep financial doo-doo, some
> are
>
> turning to super sensitive enforcement of speed-limits as revenue
> generators b nothing new but perhaps more common?
>
> www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/stetlist.asp
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