This is an implicit admission that the new tax (let's call it by its right name; the purpose was to squeeze more money out of the citizens, not to enforce traffic laws) will bite perfectly ordinary drivers -- if it only affected truly bad ones, then keeping them away would be a net benefit (the loss of a few tourist dollars would be more than offset by reduced accident cost).
There are quite a few places where the speed limit drops by 10-20 MPH with grossly insufficient warning. Given that drivers on major roads need to exceed posted limits by 5-10 MPH in order to safely keep up with traffic, that means they will inevitably be 20-30 MPH over when they first hit the speed trap.
You’ve hit the nail directly!!!!
I live on a rural, but busy, road. Heading west the speed limit drops to 35 just a bit over 1/10 of a mile from me. Heading east it goes up to 45. 95% of the time vehicles passing my house heading east are doing far over 45, the State boys know it, the sherriff knows it and even the local Barney Fife knows it, but nothing is done.
The vast majority of the campers, RVs, and 18 wheelers that speed past here do not have VA tags. At least once a week I am practically run off the road by some idiot who doesn’t like me doing 45 and passes me in a no passing zone on a curve. The most recent incident was Saturday evening when I was coming home from work. The A-hole nearly put me in the ditch at the edge of my own property when he decided to pass me on the curve and didn’t realize there was a vehicle coming toward us. I heard the horn of the oncoming vehicle so was able to brake.
I live in Newport News. We have a lot of tourists - Virginia Beach, water parks, Bush Gardens, historic areas, Bush Gardens ... Most of our “aggressive” drivers seem to have out of state plates.