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- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -5/+23For some reason after I fought 44 tickets in a row they stopped giving them to me. It might have been because it was costing more to prosecute me than the fine would give them back.
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -2/+16Our local paper prints the locations of where the speed traps will be for that day. I feel they are placed in areas where a lot of accidents are reported to get people to slow down when they reach that dangerous area. But all-in-all I thank giving speeding tickets are a nuisance and can be rigged against the driver when there is very little traffic on a hwy. I say to get peoples attention they should let the driver take the consequences of his actions. What I mean is if he or she has an accident due to speeding make his insurance go up $1000.00 a year for three years. If he or she has another accident due to speeding within that 3 year period, make the added $1000.00 a year start all over again then add another $500.00+ to it. If that doesn't deter speeding then at lease it will get a number of vehicles and bad drivers off the hwy by hitting the offender in the pocket book. May even clear the air of pollution through carpooling with less drivers on the road.
- FirstDigg, on 02/13/2008, -1/+14Direct Link: http://njection.com/speedtrap/
Pretty cool mashup. I'm amazed just how many speed traps there really are. I know most of my local ones, but before I take a road trip I'll definitely be consulting this site. - inactive, on 02/13/2008, -2/+15im always in favor of another way to beat the law :)
- IllBeBack, on 02/13/2008, -0/+12Gee, dude, you must suck at the art of speeding. 44 tickets?!
- liquidtaco, on 02/13/2008, -0/+10now if they can just give me a LIVE satellite feed of where the cops are...
- ctrlfreak13, on 02/13/2008, -0/+8The way MS Maps or Windows Live Maps or whatever they've decided to call it this week really pisses me off now that I've used it, especially the quality at certain higher zoom levels and just the way it zooms, wish they had used a Google Map or Google Earth layer instead.
- swordedge, on 02/13/2008, -0/+8I used to know this lawyer that only ever paid 1 ticket for doing 84mph. He figured it would look bad in court for the cop to reveal that he was really doing 106mph.
- Dl1cool, on 02/13/2008, -0/+8Couldn't the cops get this "device" and like add a ton of speedtrap markers in their area. With a speedtrap dot every 10 feet I'm sure it would confuse people.
- ashamedgorilla, on 02/13/2008, -0/+7This is a great feature! Now if they could only port it over to cell phones and GPS systems.
I also found this funny...
In a response to a study on red light cameras-
"...while the number of accidents caused by people running red lights decreased, the number of rear-end crashes increased significantly."
I find this interesting. - 80hd, on 02/13/2008, -0/+7Or how about Radar detectors with short range radios to warn other detectors extra well in advance? (yeah I know this applies more to highway than anything, and only works after it catches on)
- mmm_linux, on 02/13/2008, -0/+7i have 2 questions.
1) how did you manage 44 tickets?
B) how did you go about fighting said tickets? - Enlefo, on 02/13/2008, -0/+7Holy crap, this is the coolest thing ever. I am gonna spread this to everyone I can. Thanx for the link! I live in Portland, I should find these guys and tell them how great they are. Small towns use tickets as legalized extortion, it's that simple. Once I put a laptop in my car I'll be contributing... that's for sure.
- BlindingDawn, on 02/13/2008, -0/+5Thats what the rating system is for.. as bad/old speed traps are added..they will drop off.
- Rikkochet, on 02/13/2008, -2/+7And the easiest way to avoid an STD is no abstain from sex!
And the easiest way to avoid having your home robbed is to never leave! - inactive, on 02/13/2008, -0/+5i can add quite a few...
- lucutus, on 02/13/2008, -2/+6Been doing this for over 20 years now. It's called a CB "Breaker 19 for a southbound on 75" ... "Go ahead break" ... "Yer looking good back to the state line how's it look behind your back"... "Saw aw bubble gum machine at 240 other than that nothing since I got on at 340"... "Preciate it driver I'm out" ... "Take care driver and thank you for the report"... "You to"
- coheedcollapse, on 02/13/2008, -0/+4I've never really understood the 55mph speed limit on many state highways. 55 or 80, you're still going to be toast if you crash. That and the fact that literally everyone breaks it should really warrant a change.
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -1/+5If the laws were rational, I wouldn't have to speed. There's absolutely no reason I should have to drive 55 on a state road with very little traffic and hardly any stoplights; Especially when everything is so spread out. It's ridiculous.
- azbmr, on 02/13/2008, -0/+4Ah yes, where things like "WTF" originated. The analog Interwebs.
- 4UIDigg, on 02/13/2008, -1/+4dude, can you give us some tips on how you fought those 44
- polonius911, on 02/13/2008, -1/+4If you hit some one their is evidence. And people will get caught.
"All people are created equal. Some are more equal than others." - Orwell
The high ways should have a lane where you can go 20+ speed limit. this is allowable if you possess a permit due to a course training and a good standing record with your insurance and state. - Useight, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3I had the idea to do this about 5 years ago, but didn't have the means to get started. Hope they get it worked out so my phone will ring or something when I get close to a trap.
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -2/+5Some people just don't have time for that...
- blacktriangle, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Takes me back to the good old days of driving in "The Buckeye".
- AhrenBa, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Hmm....living in Oregon, I can vouch that we have a freaking ton of speedtraps all over our cities. It is extremely annoying when the speed sign suddenly changes from 65 down to 25.....wtf...
Not sure about the rest of the US, but Oregon sure has a ton of these things. - x00x, on 02/13/2008, -1/+3I find it a bit difficult to believe anyone getting several speeding tickets and not getting their driver's license suspended not having their driver's license suspended certainly long before it got close to the forty-four you claim .
If you received the violations in the same state you're licensed in, most states, i can't say I know for sure about every state, would certainly have suspended your license after accumulating a certain amount of points which would make it impossible to get forty-four tickets *legally*. And in an overwhelming number of cases, states within the same geographic area have arrangements whereby violators in bordering states who commit traffic infractions in states other than where they are licensed can still be punished, fined as if being a resident of the
state where the violations took place. So how the hell you accumulated forty-four tickets seems a bit of a stretch. - shadowspawn, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2"Or how about Radar detectors with short range radios to warn other detectors extra well in advance?"
Or how about a small app on a windows mobile phone, linked to a detector also to a GPS chip via bluetooth, that will post the GPS data and signal strength real-time to a database using gzip posting over http with a username/phone number for ident purposes, every 15 seconds in the background, and in the foreground pull up the data from other phones doing the same thing and using a google maps overlay?
Would take only a day to write, but lots of money to fight off the digg effect with internet costs. - Kelmon, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2That's a fair comment. If you don't want to get caught speeding then don't speed. This isn't to say that I'm telling you not to speed (that would make me a total hypocrite) but just that if you do get caught then "it's a fair cop, guv". I'm pretty certain I'll get caught one of these days and I'm quite sure this service wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.
- coheedcollapse, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Yeah. Lawyers can talk down tickets to meaningless crap. At worst they'll somehow get it all the way down to minor moving violation (something like a parking ticket). My good friend has gotten something like 8 tickets and hasn't gotten a single point on his record.
- PimpinOnWelfare, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2montgomerycountymd.gov/content/pol/ask/speed/locations.asp
These are all the speed camera locations in the montgomery county area of Maryland. Enjoy. - greganalytic, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2I've always thought that would be a good idea. Or more simply, your radar detector should just send out radar to warn other drivers. Then they wouldn't even need a special radar detector.
The FCC may not like that idea, but what if the "supposed" use of sending out radar was to get a second check on your vehicles speed when you think a speed trap is near? It would just happen to use radar which would also warn other drivers. - clpo13, on 02/13/2008, -9/+11It seems to me that the easiest way to avoid a ticket...is to not speed.
But hey, that's just me. - IllBeBack, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Yeah, "NO abstain from sex" is the method I'm using right now.
- umeadi, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2How about we just get rid of speed limits?
- musicmeister, on 02/13/2008, -0/+265? try 55 max speed limit most of the time....ridiculous. At least let's go 60 like Washington
- IllBeBack, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2It's not just small towns. City governments all across the country are getting on the revenue gravy train that is photo radar, the modern speed trap.
- VeganG, on 02/13/2008, -3/+5If you sincerely earned those tickets, you should have manned up and paid them. Using the court's time and peoples' tax dollars to dispute a ticket is supposed to be for mistakes. Somehow I don't think there were 44 mistakes.
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Get a toughbook for that! It comes with a car mount
- AngelBunny, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2there is already something that does that: A CB radio. It isn't exactly the same, but it is used that way.
for an rd to have the tech to report to users around it, first it needs a gps device, so it can alert properly, second it needs a way to tell if the speed trap is sitting there or driving the opposite direction in traffic, third it would have to identify falses so it doesn't echo falses to everyone, fourth it would have to have a good setup to transmit data to other users in the area, ... the list goes on.
currently only 1 rd out there has a gps in it used in a beneficial way. that is one step forward, but still not close to being something that really helps.
also, most people choose crappy rd that are as good as a rock on their dash. i doubt most people would be willing to put down another $500 or so for the feature you mention. - inactive, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1I guess you have to understand that speeding is only an opinion. Not all of the tickets were for speeding, they tacked on stupid stuff like low tire and leaking shock absorber.
Beating the ticket is relatively easy and unless the government can show an injured party their case becomes difficult. The first couple of tickets I did not fight and my license was suspended. The next one I hired a lawyer to fight and I watched what he did and how he did it. I have not been convicted of speeding since the '70s and my last "conviction" I pled guilty to a defective windshield wiper and they waived the fine and the court cost. They do not even try to give me tickets anymore.
The only way you "accumulate points" is by a conviction and in reality it is very difficult for them to convict you. The only recourse they have was tried. Once I beat them on the first ticket they became vindictive and began writing me a ticket almost daily, all of them were thrown out.
There are several states which no longer will issue me a ticket for anything. It is because I know how to work the system in my favor.
The best advantage I have is the law.
These days I seldom drive. The last ticket that was issued to me was a dozen years ago, a cop claimed I was doing 76 in a 55 and also wrote me up for not having proof of insurance ( I had insurance he could not show what I was liable for and thus it was an unreasonable search of my papers) but put the wrong date down on the ticket. Boy did that cop ( state patrol no less) get red faced when I asked him how it could be that he knew how fast I was going and didn't know what day it was. - TheWindBlows, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1You should realise then that speed limit sign just state a number with no Unit of measure.
Typical sign
Speed
limit
45
You see the problem with that?
I could interpret that as 45 lightyear's per minute. - stubear, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1When I took a trip to France last year I rented a Garmin GPS and good thing I did. One nice feature it has is the ability to warn people when speed traps are coming up and the trip from Paris to St. Lo was full of fixed cameras. While the GPS unit also warned of mobile speed monitoring positions as well but I only saw one mobile unit in a round about pulling over quite a few cars.
- clpo13, on 02/27/2008, -0/+1Exactly. I routinely go 5 over, but if I get caught, it's my own damn fault.
- coheedcollapse, on 02/13/2008, -1/+2Yup. A large portion of 80/94 is 55 up here and it's definitely clear enough to safely go 70 or more without stopping for other people at any other time but rush hour. I've never run into a problem with the cops though, I don't think they ticket unless you're really going to kill someone.
- silveravnt, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1Has that worked for you in court?
- silveravnt, on 02/13/2008, -0/+12 months ago a guy with no insurance hit my car. Do you think he would care if the price of his insurance goes up? He's not buying any. I think you are on to something though. Keep working on your plan.
- 80hd, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1I'm just talking about something so simple that the car in front of you gives you an extra 20 seconds warning. open spectrum 900mhz transceivers would add less than $3 in quantities. I'm not talking about mapping out radar traps and building a system that could give you a countdown or anything, just a simple system that 'borrows' and 'lends' the radar information with other detectors within say a 200-300ft range.
- TheOther1, on 02/16/2008, -0/+1So you consistently speed in a piece of *****, unsafe vehicle? Nice. Hope you don't live anywhere near me; not only for safety reasons, but for not wasting my tax dollars.
- AngelBunny, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1first of all, the change that there is someone else on the road within a 200 to 300 ft range with an rd in their car is slim to none.
second, if there was then that would mean that there would be an over abundance of rd users which would force officers into using instant on and pop and pacing which would end up as a negative effect in the long run. I like the constant on average CHP officer in CA. I usually can usually detect them 1 to 4 miles away and I don't want them to switch to IO (instant on). -
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