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Speed Trap Warning!!! Apopka 429 @ 441
Jul 2, 2008 | 7:53 PM
Category: Traffic
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I travel 429 several times a week and just noticed a speed trap today heading north right before the 441 intersection. Apopka cops pulled over 8 cars in a row right ahead of me. When I went back thru an hour later the cops were still there and had 6 more victims. There is not much for signs coming into this intersection. Looks like yet another case of revenue enhancement. Its a shame. Not only do we have to worry about getting ripped of by criminals but now we can get shaken down by the police!
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candyaquino read my blog view my photos
Jul 2, 2008 | 10:20 PM

but i thought this would be a good thing no??? to catch speeders and get them off the road..I DON'T GET it.....so now is a speed trap and now you told so everyone will be cautious...WELL I GUESS that's a good thing also..lol
ChipsAhoy
Jul 4, 2008 | 2:54 AM

I guess it'd be a different story if one of those speeders killed a pedestrian and the cops weren't there. It's their own damn fault, you have control of your gas pedal, they chose to break the law and they suffered the consequence..boo frickin who. I'm sure many of them travel that roadway daily and know the speed limit
NOBSHERE read my blog
Jul 4, 2008 | 3:41 AM

It's only a "trap" if your speeding, Einstein. Obey this, and every, traffic law and you'll never have to worry about "enhancing" their revenue...
Twizlled read my blog view my photos
Jul 4, 2008 | 9:59 AM

Thats why they have "speed traps" to slow speeders down! Duh!
now i know why this state has the nic floriduh!
TavaresJim read my blog view my photos
Jul 5, 2008 | 3:59 PM

Are you all brain-dead??? These "speeders" are getting hosed!!! Ask anyone who knows anything about traffic flow/engineering and knows this stretch of road. Its a money grab pure and simple.
UncleRob read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 10:22 AM

This is the second post of yours I've encountered in recent days wherein you insult those who have a different opinion than yours.

If your interpretation of "The American Dream" is an irresponsible lifestyle with zero tolerance for other points of view, then I guess you have it nailed, pal.
TavaresJim read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 8:17 PM

UncleRob,
I have plenty of tolerance for other points of view. What I can't tolerate is a goverment sanctioned rip-off. And there are plenty of folks on here that are smart enough to see this practice for just what it is.
UncleRob read my blog view my photos
Jul 10, 2008 | 12:01 AM

tava -- ridiculing people as you have now in the two posts I know of, is insulting and intolerant. There's no debating that.

What's more, the law is the law. You don't get to obey only the ones you agree with. You obey them all or pay the consequences. Simple.

Don't like the laws here? I understand that there are areas of Alaska wildness that have no posted speed limits. Move there.
TavaresJim read my blog view my photos
Jul 10, 2008 | 11:46 PM

UncleRob,
You don't believe we have speed traps in Florida put in place strictly for the purpose of revenue enhancement? And your profile says you are a newspaper man? I assume you are in delivery (not that there is anything wrong with that) because any good reporter would know how some law enforcement agencies "use" the law for their own purposes.
TavaresJim read my blog view my photos
Jul 10, 2008 | 11:52 PM

And to think I didn't even get a ticket!
TavaresJim read my blog view my photos
Jul 11, 2008 | 12:01 AM

Traffic engineers maintain that speed limits should be established according to the 85th percentile of free flowing traffic. This means the limit should be set at a level at or under which 85 percent of people are driving. Numerous studies have shown that the 85th percentile is the safest possible level at which to set a speed limit. According to a pamphlet produced by the Washington State Department of Transportation relating to speed limits, "realistic" speed limits should invite public compliance by conforming to the behavior of the most drivers. This would allow the police to easily separate the serious violators from the reasonable majority.
UncleRob read my blog view my photos
Jul 12, 2008 | 12:47 AM

People who are incapable of holding up their end of an argument with resorting to insults and ridicule (the delivery crack), usually score very low on the emotional maturity index, so I will waste no more of my time with you after this:

Take all your studies and expert engineers up to Tallahassee and get them to change the laws. Until then, obey the law.

If this is unacceptable to you, there's always the Alaska option. Bon Voyage.
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