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Can this be right ?? N C is directing it's troopers to stop and ticket drivers for 1 mile over the limit.
Are speed-check devices even that close ?

Is this a round-a-bout way of finding other type scofflaws; or just the usual "revenue enhancement" procedure ?
 
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rog8732 said:
Can this be right ?? N C is directing it's troopers to stop and ticket drivers for 1 mile over the limit.
Are speed-check devices even that close ?

Is this a round-a-bout way of finding other type scofflaws; or just the usual "revenue enhancement" procedure ?
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What documentation supports your statement? I seriously doubt that it is true. Very few cars on the road are accurate within about 3 mph of their speedometers. Many are even off by quite a bit more. Trying to stop every car going over the limit by 1 mph would be an impossible task, causing grid lock, public outcry, and accidents. When I was a trooper, 10 mph over was the "unofficial" number, and in most cases, even that was often let by unless aggressive driving was also involved.

Larry
 
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According to my GPS, my 2008 Silverado speedo is 2 mph slow. I just set cruise at speed limit 'cause I ain't never in a hurry to do nuttin'. Low n' slow. Bought it new in August '07 and just turned 66,666 mileage on the way back from breakfast at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Byhalia Mississippi. No problems.
 
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ladder13 said:
Can I just toss a couple of bills out the window while driving by? :D
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Many many years ago, that used to occur in S.C., pay the deputy. Of course they did get annoyed when you asked for a receipt!
Was on a VA. license at the time, and you avoided the points this way. And the receipt kept the violation from showing up later ! 😙
Now as posted previously cruise control on the speed limit, keeps everybody happy ! 😏
 
If you're coming through PA. watch your speeds, they have their Aggressive Driver Enforcement Program operating!

rog8732,,,,Is this a round-a-bout way of finding other type scofflaws; or just the usual "revenue enhancement" procedure ?
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This is about what it amounts to here as well! ;)
 
rog8732 said:
Can this be right ?? N C is directing it's troopers to stop and ticket drivers for 1 mile over the limit.
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The story was exaggerated, although the NCHP is cracking down on speeders. I saw three unmarked cars with cars pulled over yesterday, all within about a 1.5-mile stretch of I-85N. And in the city limits.

But quoting from a story on WBTV:

"Troopers will tell you that you shouldn't speed, but the fact is, you are not likely to get a ticket in North Carolina for driving one mile an hour over the posted speed limit.

The Highway Patrol blames the mix up on a media report from the Raleigh area. Troopers issued a news release announcing the campaign to crack down on speeding, but it never mentions anything about the one mile an hour over the limit idea.

'We're not out here trying to say well if you're running one mile an hour over we're going to write you a ticket, we don't do that,' First Sergeant Troy Pope of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol told WECT. 'We're not going to do that, we haven't targeted people in the past and we aren't going to start today.'"

So that pretty much settles that, I think.
 
One mile over? Nah

'We're not out here trying to say well if you're running one mile an hour over we're going to write you a ticket, we don't do that,' First Sergeant Troy Pope of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol told WECT. 'We're not going to do that, we haven't targeted people in the past and we aren't going to start today.'"

Exactly! Having worked traffic several years I can attest to this statement. The state comes up with programs to curb speeding, drunk driving, etc. several times a year. It's all meant to bring awareness to the public. Sometimes it even works. Also, I know 1Sgt Troy Pope and he's a great guy and a stand up LEO.
 
walkinghorse said:
Many many years ago, that used to occur in S.C., pay the deputy.
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A lot of folks might think you're joking, or that it's something you'd see in a film about hillbilly rube cops down in the South, but it's true.

Back in the fifties and early sixties, before I-85 and I-95 were fully finished, there were several little South Carolina towns that ran speed traps. And the towns had odd speed limits like maybe 34 mph or 27 mph. Stuff like that. You'd come over a hill or around a curve doing 60 or so and find yourself in the city limits of some tiny town with the cop parked a block inside the town limits and he's got you.

I wasn't old enough to drive then, but we were on our way to Daytona and the cop nailed my dad...we had a '49 Ford V8 coupe that dad loved to run...cop charged him fifty bucks...and fifty bucks was big money back around 1957.

There were some little towns down there with Scandinavian names like Oslo, Norway, and Denmark...I think it was one of those places. Seems like they were sorta clustered along Highway 321 if I remember right. Long time ago.
 
Fishinfool said:
What documentation supports your statement? I seriously doubt that it is true.
Larry
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Here you go: North Carolina Speeding Laws

North Carolina has what is known as an “absolute” speed limit law. There is no trick to how this works: If the sign says 40 mph and you drive 41 mph or more, you have violated the law. In other words, you are guilty if you drive over the speed limit.

Recently the LEO's have been ordered to enforce the law...."Most" of the LEO's have said they won't do it......
 
It goes both ways...

I've seen some small towns in central Florida where the local constabulary will 100% pull you over for one-over. It is, I'm sure, a matter of sheer coincidence that the speed drops from 55 to 35 with little-to-no warning right there.


In Ohio, where the Troopers are notoriously strict, I was told by one such gentleman that "five you're fine, ten, you're mine." :D


I feel that the Ohio LEOs are genuinely interested in public safety, and the pursuit thereof. The Florida Sheriff with the speed trap, perhaps not so much. :rolleyes:
 
People seem to forget that the Leo's are paid with Our Taxes.
If You are not happy with how They do Their job then complain to Whoever is in charge,If They blow You off You can always protest so there will be no more Levies or Tax increases passed until the problem is fixed. This sounds like a money making scheme and the People should stand up and say a loud NO!.
If You don't think not passing Levies or Tax increases work We had a Teacher that was dangerous to the Kid's and the Board refused to do anything about Him so We decided nothing would pass as long as He was employed in the School System and after nothing passed He was fired. Then we passed everything.
Money Talks Loudly.
 
Years ago U.S. Hwy 41 was the main route down to Florida. Every little community was a speed trap. A car/truck with an out of state tag was always guilty of something. The cops were paid on the fee system and the town's budget depended on traffic citations.
AND then there were the tourist traps of "ALL THE ORANGE JUICE YOU CAN DRINK-Ten Cents" The tourist would pay the dine and was given a small shot glass size cup (Dixie of course) of orange juice. When the tourist asked for more it was another ten cents and it was explained that that cup of orange juice is all you CAN DRINK for the dime. My favorite was "MAN EATING ALLIGATOR ONE MILE ADMISSION ONE DOLLAR" The tourist would pay a dollar and be directed to a small stage. A curtain would open and a guy would be sitting at a table eating alligator stew.
The experienced travelers would ride the trains down to Miami and Key West as driving down Hwy 41 was expenseive.
 
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When I was in HS (50 yrs ago), several of the guys I knew got a ticket for 1 MPH over. Of course the old locals would run 20 over and never get stopped. Now days that same PD seems to believe in profiling. They would never admit it but when there are 2-3 PD cars surrounding certain types of cars and drivers it seems a little different from what they claim. Larry
 
tbgunner88 said:
I can't imagine how bunched up traffic would be if everyone did the exact same speed.
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SIL's parents are coming north through NC as I type,,,

They say traffic is at a crawl,,, they have been semi-stuck for over an hour.

Hmmmmmmmmm,,, more restroom business for the gas stations?? :confused:

Another reason NOT to spend $$$ in NC,,, what are they thinking??
 
Florida has changed a lot with respect to speeding.

First of all, speeding from 1-5 miles over the limit is, by statute, limited to just a warning.

I know of no cops who waste their time stopping someone going 5 over just to warn them. Caveat: this does NOT apply in school zones.

Secondly, it is "almost" universally held that they write you for 8 over, though there was a rumor that one agency was writing tickets at 7mph over the limit.

Lastly, at least two towns in central Florida have had their police departments disbanded as a result of the unfavorable publicity over speed traps. Google Waldo for more information.

I recall, as a kid, that it was not US 41 that had the speed traps in Florida, rather it was US 301 which runs down the center of the State and was where Waldo had their speed trap.

But, maybe there were more.

Bob
 
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