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Joined: Apr 09 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3112

UsaSatsui wrote:

Greg the White wrote:

UsaSatsui wrote:

I want to say something that a "speed trap" has a specific definition - it's a spot on a road that is designed to catch people speeding even if a driver is making an effort not to. A classic example is a place where around a corner the limit suddenly drops from 45 to 20 with no warning and you have a cop right behind the 20 sign. These kind of traps are unfair and illegal in several states.

I know it's common to refer to any cop with a radar gun as a "speed trap", but I just wanted to point that out.

I don't know how it is with other states, but State Troopers in PA like to use unmarked cars a lot. It's happened a couple of times where you'll see some brown Crown Victoria do a U-Turn over the grass to catch a speeder going the opposite way. It definitely catches you off guard the first few times.

That's legit. They're allowed to be deceptive. They're not allowed to manipulate you into breaking the law (that's what entrapment is).

I know it's legit, just anecdoting around.

Posted: Oct 10 2011 09:59 am

Speeding is a victimless crime.....like punching someone in the dark.

Cops should focus less on speeders, and more on shitty drivers. The guy doing 80 in the left lane typically isn't upsetting the flow of traffic. It's the assholes who go 45 in the center lane of the freeway and change lanes without signaling who create the disturbance.