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On 10/3/14 12:53 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:56:13 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

WALDO, Fla. -- The City Council of a tiny north Florida town known as
one of the nation's worst speed traps has voted to disband its small
police force.

I have been through Waldo many times. It is the way to get from I-75
to I-95 without going through Orlando and Jacksonville.
I understand why people got tickets, you are rolling along doing 65 in
a 55, then you suddenly come into a little town, The speed drops in 10
mph increments until you get to 35 over about 2 miles.
That is common with a dozen little towns on that 301 and A1A stretch.
The only difference was that Waldo was aggressive in enforcing the
35MPH (writing at anything over 45) where you could cruise through
the other towns at 50 or more most of the time.

I never got a ticket there. I knew better.

How fast can you go in down town Huntingtown? Are they aggressive in
enforcing that? I know the whole state of Maryland was a speed trap
when I lived there. The MSP would set up a RADAR on the beltway, have
a couple dozen cops running out in the road stopping all the cars and
write tickets 30-40 at a time. "Following the flow of traffic" was no
defense. Everyone got a ticket.
I got a ticket for 40 in a 35 in Clinton once, at midnight. That was
ridiculous.

Downtown Huntingtown? Surely you jest. It's a little cut-through of a
road that is connected to Route 4 at both ends. Downtown consists of a
fire station, a post office, a dance studio, a bank, a little strip mall
with a 7-11, a not yet finished medical office building and a small
grocery store. I'd guess the posted limit is 25 or 30 mph, but whatever
it is is clearly posted at both ends.

Aggressive enforcing is done on Route 4. It's 55 mph on most of it, but
there are areas where you have to slow down, and they are clearly
marked. My guess is you have to be doing 65 in the 55 zone to get a
ticket from the County Mounties.

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