Posted on 12/09/2018 1:22:31 PM PST by Galatians328
In 2016, revenues from the court system and the drug towing law, brought in more than $546,000, approximately double from the year before. At the same time, however, payroll for the cops and court quadrupled, according to financial documents.
(Excerpt) Read more at al.com ...
They did the same thing in Georgia with the “Ludowici Law’. Locals could not give a ticket for less than ten miles over and the highway patrol generally would not.
I once visited a friend who was locked up in Ludowici. It was not even up to the standards of Mayberry. Two decrepit cells with a master padlock to hold them shut.
I’ve lived in Alabama all my life and have never heard of this place. I’ll have to look it up so I can be sure to avoid it.
Yep, that’s it.
Yes, I’ve been to Waldo a few times, it was well-known in Gainesville when I went to UF as a speed trap.
Hope you did not give ‘em too much money!
The town of Times Beach, Missouri was once famous from coast-to-coast for the I-44 speed trap they ran just inside the city limits.
Times Beach is now an EPA superfund site.
Yeah Waldo FL, US 301 runs through it.
There was It was on U.S. 301, north of Tampa. I can’t recall the name, and there might have been more. There might have been one at Coleman which was on U.S. 301 also.
"The Crooked Road" with Walter Matthau as the cop.
The I65 exit is Castleberry/Lenox.
Had one of those just south of here in Portage, Ohio. Finally got taken out after decades of public fleecing. Scumbag mofo’s, scumbag town...
Exit #83 on I65.
New Rome was the worst - you never knew when you left Columbus and entered New Rome. New Rome had 100 people and a Police Force of 6 full Time Cops.
Brice, OH down by Groveport was pretty bad in the day.
Every time I go from middle Georgia to Kxoxville, I know to go right at the speed limit when I hit the 3-4 miles of I75 that runs thru Forsyth, GA.
Hell, Forsyth has been a speed trap for as long as I can remember. One time I swear I saw 10 cars pulled over.
If I remember correctly , about 60 years ago, Ludowici was known as the home of "What's my fine," because of it's notorious speed trap. -Tom
We got caught in one of those fast-reducing speed traps last summer. The infamous trap is Texline, Tx, in the far north-west corner of the panhandle.
Governor Lester Maddox erected a billboard outside town. It said in plain language that the town was full of thieves and for motorists to beware.
His threatening to abolish the city finally did the job.
Tillamook, OR. Got a speeding ticket there for accelerating 100 yards before the 55mph sign.
I’ve driven thru it
License to steal is law enforcement today
All for a good cause
Them
It’s been outta hand so long folks are used to it
There was a Borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania called West Fairview which was located along US 11 & 15 just south of the PRR Enola yard.
11 & 15 has a long viaduct which ends on a downgrade...that was the north line of the former Borough. The Borough had a speed trap right at the line. Quite the moneymaker...fun while it lasted.
The town is now an unincorporated village in East Pennsboro Township.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.