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Started by Hawkins, May 16, 2007, 01:01:35 PM

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patric

#30
May 20, 2007, 11:01:07 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jamesrage

Why is it a problem if cops have speed traps? If you are not out there endangering everyone else around you by speeding then you should have nothing to worry about.SFW(so ****ing what) if cops have speed traps,there is this called a speed limit.Having a car does not give you a God given right to drive as fast as you want.


As Wilbur pointed out, speed traps arent just about speeding...
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Doesn't matter what the tickets are for. They can all be for seatbelt violations, or no turn signals. Not one has to come from speeding violations.

...they're about revenue.
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jamesrage

#31
May 21, 2007, 09:15:26 PM
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Originally posted by patric



As Wilbur pointed out, speed traps arent just about speeding...

...they're about revenue.



Why is it a problem if cities make revenue off someone's total disregard for traffic laws?Don't want a speeding ticket then pay attention,obey traffic laws and don't speed.
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inteller

#32
May 21, 2007, 09:24:22 PM
a huge ticket for going one mile over is punishing no one, it is just filling their coffers.

jamesrage

#33
May 21, 2007, 09:30:12 PM
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Originally posted by inteller

 If a person sets their cruise to 65 and get pulled over for 67 or some ****,


Cruise control only controlls the gas pedal.So if you want to stop or make the car slow down there is this thing called the break pedal.
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jamesrage

#34
May 21, 2007, 09:39:22 PM
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Originally posted by inteller

a huge ticket for going one mile over is punishing no one, it is just filling their coffers.

I would disagree.A huge ticket might encoruage you  in the future to obey traffic laws.
BTW are there any documented cases of someone getting a huge ticket for going one mile over the speed limit?Don't want a speeding ticket then don't speed.
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inteller

#35
May 21, 2007, 10:03:23 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jamesrage

quote:
Originally posted by inteller

a huge ticket for going one mile over is punishing no one, it is just filling their coffers.

I would disagree.A huge ticket might encoruage you  in the future to obey traffic laws.
BTW are there any documented cases of someone getting a huge ticket for going one mile over the speed limit?Don't want a speeding ticket then don't speed.


you are a ****er.  I hope you are stopped for a 66 in a 65, or worse, a 60 in a 65.  You will be singing a different tune.  More people than you think don't think they are speeding because their car's instruments tell them so, but they fall victim to the greedy money machine down at city hall.

we should not have to go down the road living in fear that your cruise or their radar gun is accurate.  with speed traps, we have that fear as a reality.

jamesrage

#36
May 21, 2007, 10:38:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by inteller

you are a ****er.  I hope you are stopped for a 66 in a 65, or worse, a 60 in a 65. You will be singing a different tune.  More people than you think don't think they are speeding because their car's instruments tell them so, but they fall victim to the greedy money machine down at city hall.

we should not have to go down the road living in fear that your cruise or their radar gun is accurate.  with speed traps, we have that fear as a reality.

So I take it that you do not have any documentation to prove that police in small towns are handing out tickets for going one or two miles of the limit?
As I said before if you do not want a speeding ticket then do not speed.
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inteller

#37
May 22, 2007, 04:58:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jamesrage

quote:
Originally posted by inteller

you are a ****er.  I hope you are stopped for a 66 in a 65, or worse, a 60 in a 65. You will be singing a different tune.  More people than you think don't think they are speeding because their car's instruments tell them so, but they fall victim to the greedy money machine down at city hall.

we should not have to go down the road living in fear that your cruise or their radar gun is accurate.  with speed traps, we have that fear as a reality.

So I take it that you do not have any documentation to prove that police in small towns are handing out tickets for going one or two miles of the limit?
As I said before if you do not want a speeding ticket then do not speed.


proof has already been provided to the towns that were designated as speed traps. Check OSCN.

Breadburner

#38
May 22, 2007, 08:29:54 PM
I was rolling into Ketchum one night anyway picked up few things I needed and was headed out of town when I was lit up.....I asked the officer what I did wrong and he told me that I was speeding on my way into town but he wanted me to get my shopping done before he gave me the ticket.....Needless to say I have not spent another dime in Ketchum....I get everything in Langley even though it's a further trip....The local Police in that area have just about put Ketchum out of buisness when I was younger that town was hopping on Friday and Saturday nights.....I have been stopped in that area (Ketchum) no less than 5 times in road blocks.....Once was after the ticket I talked about earlier although it was not in Ketchum it was the same officer....I asked him if he had some sort of crush on me or something and I had seen enough of him for one night...It kinda puts a dmaper on the weekend at the lake....I would warn anyone going through Ketchum or to Hammerhead Marina to be damn careful......
 

South_Tulsan

#39
May 22, 2007, 11:54:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jamesrage

quote:
Originally posted by inteller

you are a ****er.  I hope you are stopped for a 66 in a 65, or worse, a 60 in a 65. You will be singing a different tune.  More people than you think don't think they are speeding because their car's instruments tell them so, but they fall victim to the greedy money machine down at city hall.

we should not have to go down the road living in fear that your cruise or their radar gun is accurate.  with speed traps, we have that fear as a reality.

So I take it that you do not have any documentation to prove that police in small towns are handing out tickets for going one or two miles of the limit?
As I said before if you do not want a speeding ticket then do not speed.


Dude, please stop it, you are scaring me and the kids!

You sound like a member of the "Nightwatch" organization from Babylon 5.


Its been clearly laid out in this thread that 1)The speed limits change as you approach these small towns, 2)The towns are incorrectly laid out in the middle of hwy 75, and 3)Several towns had already received the designation of "speed trap" under the prior law--which sadly has now been overturned.

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Aa5drvr

#40
May 23, 2007, 05:32:07 AM
As they used to say in Hulbert, "If you are from out of town, your speedometer is broken."

jamesrage

#41
May 24, 2007, 01:23:33 PM
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Originally posted by South_Tulsan



Dude, please stop it, you are scaring me and the kids!

You sound like a member of the "Nightwatch" organization from Babylon 5.


Its been clearly laid out in this thread that 1)The speed limits change as you approach these small towns, 2)The towns are incorrectly laid out in the middle of hwy 75, and 3)Several towns had already received the designation of "speed trap" under the prior law--which sadly has now been overturned.

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If you do not want a speeding ticket then pay attention to the road and signs.It is that simple.Having a driver's license and a car does not give a God given right to drive as fast as you want.
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rwarn17588

#42
May 24, 2007, 01:30:31 PM
Dude, please stop it, you are scaring me and the kids!

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I have to admit, jamesrage does sound a bit like a militaristic Cylon in his writings. [}:)]

Hawkins

#43
May 24, 2007, 03:14:52 PM
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Originally posted by rwarn17588

Dude, please stop it, you are scaring me and the kids!

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I have to admit, jamesrage does sound a bit like a militaristic Cylon in his writings. [}:)]


He's also ignoring the subject and sticking to his simple view.

The abrupt CHANGE in the speed limits while trying to travel through Oklahoma are the problem, and leave the door open to creating a speed trap... particularly when a small town has little else going for it economically.

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Wilbur

#44
May 24, 2007, 06:15:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Hawkins

quote:
Originally posted by rwarn17588

Dude, please stop it, you are scaring me and the kids!

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I have to admit, jamesrage does sound a bit like a militaristic Cylon in his writings. [}:)]


He's also ignoring the subject and sticking to his simple view.

The abrupt CHANGE in the speed limits while trying to travel through Oklahoma are the problem, and leave the door open to creating a speed trap... particularly when a small town has little else going for it economically.

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Those signs comply with the law that your representatives put in place.  Don't like the signs, don't b!tch at the police.  Police don't place speed limits signs, traffic engineers do, and the engineers comply with state law.  Don't like how the signs are place, contact your state representative and tell him/her to change the law.

And for the most part, the little towns everyone complains about in the middle of the highway were there way before the highway was.

And if you're still not satisfied, there is more then one way to get from point A to point B.  Find a map!
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