The best way to protest this is to do what the government wants us to do. Drive slower and deny them the funds. I always make it a point to drive 5mph under the posted limit when I see speed cameras. Even if there’s traffic behind me, I figure I’m doing my fellow man a favor by saving him on a speeding ticket.
10. Los Angeles, California Speed traps: 151
9. Chicago, Illinois Speed traps: 153
8. Dallas, Texas Speed traps: 156
7. Orlando, Florida Speed traps: 165
6. Denver, Colorado Speed traps: 165
5. Jacksonville, Florida Speed traps: 175
4. Colorado Springs, Colorado Speed traps: 186
3. Las Vegas, Nevada Speed traps: 187
2. Austin, Texas Speed traps: 189
1. Houston, Texas Speed traps: 373
I don't see why failing to provide proof of insurance is a problem. For most people, this is a trivially easy thing to do. If someone is driving without insurance that person deserves to have the book thrown at him.
Freedom is in the tank. We are a communists controlled land and the law is our enemy. We are fools letting government control our lives.
And then there are cities like Atlanta, where traffic either forces you to do 75+mph or 5mph, if you move at all.
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Where do the forearmed buy their shirts?
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My friend goes to Thailand often and he told me an amazing story that when the cops want money they just pull over drivers and threaten to write them a speeding ticket unless they give them money, essentially they demand a small bribe.
I’ve heard similar stories in other 3rd world countries. You give them like $20 and you are on your way.
The sad part is that if you really think about it, those Thailand cops are actually more honest than the cops here.
Does anyone really believe a cop is pulling you over for going above the speed limit because he/she really cares about safety or other such nonsense? Hell no!! They themselves when they are off duty don’t even obey the speed limit. They like the Thailand cops just want your money. Even worse they are collecting money for the DA, the Judge, the Town, the Insurance company etc etc etc.
If it wasn’t about money than what’s with the plea-bargaining (Double the fine - Zero Points anyone).
So yes, the Thailand cops are much more honest, because at least they are telling you up front that all they want is your money instead of playing all these games the cops here do.
My last speeding ticket? 1978, Houston Tx. I now live in the SF bay area where the speed limits are for the pedestrians.
The problem is when the police are more interested in generating income in the days of tight budgets than investigating felonies. Some cash strapped cities are putting detectives on traffic duty with ticket quotas to meet (I know that Da Gump does this). It is hard to solve big crimes when the department is out hunting otherwise law abiding citizens who just happen to be driving too fast when the speed limit suddenly changes.
I was thinking Madison County Florida. Law enforcement issued close to 7,000 moving violations to motorists in Madison County. Oddly enough, only 2000 people live there.
Listing by state and city: http://www.speedtrap.org
The worst one I ever saw, I remember from my childhood. It was on the “beach road,” before I-40 was completed to Wilmington. Some little podunk town, Rose Hill maybe. The speed limit dropped suddenly from 55 to 25. The reduced speed was painted on a rock under a bush. The town’s finest laid in wait behind the bush. Nice scam while it lasted, I guess.
Waldo, Florida! Hands down!
Sealy, tx is such a bad speed trap that many of the people who live in the surrounding area refuse to go into town in order to shop.
“Customer service begins at the city limits.”