Do you understand what the concept of a speed trap is?
Regardless of the chiefs denials because of his perceived technicalities of difference, this is a textbook case of a speed trap.
The cops only exst to collect revenue. Another dead giveaway its a speed trap.
All the other cop shops in the area agree and declare what they are doing is wrong.
Its abuse of power. The average ticket is 125 dollars.
A 64 acre burg writes 4300 tickets a year? Speed trap.
You do not get wat a speed trap is.
That one cop exists in a village of 100+ is in and of itself admitting it is a speed trap. Having three cops in such a small place is complete proof.
The village I call home has 314 people as of the last Census and in my 59 years of life there has never been a cop. All law enforcement duties are handled by the county Sheriff.
I get what a speed trap is.
I also get the town was probably there before the highway.
The issue can be resolved with new speed limit signs and putting limits on the amount of money the town can keep.
Traps don’t work unless they are set off.
A sign that states “Speed limits Strickly Enforced Next 10 Miles. All Speeders will be ticketed” would solve the issue because it would no longer be a trap. Then if you go roaring through some small town full of people you consider to be so insignificant you don’t have to any concern for their safety you should be stopped and ticketed.
I got caught in one set up in East McKeesport, PA on route 30.
Six cops were pulling cars into a parking lot 6-8 at a time. they gave me a ticket for 55 in a 40 mph zone, but I knew I was going the speed limit and vowed to fight it.
I went to the magistrate's office at 8:00 AM on the appropriate date and there was a line of over 100 people.
The whole thing was rigged. The magistrate called people in, 6 at a time and gave us our options:
1) Pay $ 120, now get no points, and nothing gets reported to Harrisburg, go home and STFU.
2) Come back for a trial, which he 'insinuated' you could not win, pay court costs, and when you lose, you will get 3-6 points reported to Harrisburg against your driving record, which will result in both losing your drivers license as well as an increase in auto insurance rates.
I was absolutely not guilty, and although I was very pissed, at them and me {for not having the resolve to go forward} I took the least expensive option.
My lawyer told me that I did the right thing, because the cops and the magistrate were in this scam together, and they would "prove" that I was speeding.
I read that there were many more complaints to the state attorney general, and this scam has been shut down.
I don't know that for a fact, but that event was several years ago, and I have not seen that speed trap set up since that day {but I have avoided that stretch of road when possible}.