Posted on 02/19/2016 10:34:19 AM PST by FamiliarFace
There was an article from somewhere in the Readers Digest about Lawtey years ago as the worst in the country with hidden speed limit signs and other tricks. I used to live in and around Gainesville back in the 70s and Lawtey was the place locals would take circuitous routes to avoid. I believe the place has been cleaned up, several times. I do not know how it is now. Waldo was always a strict enforcement place but I never thought of it as a speed trap. I blew through there once on a motorcycle at night a bit above the limit and got pulled. The cop said he should give me a ticket but didnt.
It is always better to stay away from the Gainesville area. Gainesville Florida has the densest pÆ°opulation of government and student busybodies and activists outside of the PRC. It seems there are more government offices there than in DC. Every federal and state agency has a big office in Gainesville. It is the only place I have been where strangers would come up to you on the sidewalk and tell you how you are living your life wrong. The traffic lights are insane. If you cross a busy intersection when the light turns green you will be hit. Two cars always run the red light. There is a lo-o-o-ong period when the lights are red all around to prevent that but the locals have internalized that and when the light turns green for you, two cars will cross in front of you or will T-bone you. I have many stories of personal experiences and observations about Gainesville in the 70s, all of them weird and when I visit down there I am reminded that nothing changes except that the place gets bigger.
Movable speed limit and town limit signs can be a problem for travelers. Lawtey was once known for that.
You drive the speed limit in the fast lane on the Interstate don’t you?
Highway 301 through central Florida is not an interstate. It’s just a highway.
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