On Labor Day weekend when Gary posted the appropriate “slow down” notice accompanied with a photo of school zone sign it reminded me of the new signs that are posted around the city we live in here in California. They change from time to time which seems pretty clever since drivers are more apt to take notice and possibly slow down which proves the signs serve their purpose. I read them because I find them funny.
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Have you ever flashed your high beams to warn oncoming drivers of a radar trap? Like many of us, it is likely that you have.

In essence, the job of police is “To Serve & Protect”. That should mean that slowing speeders down is the goal of radar traps. Unfortunately, most police departments are under funded so the radar trap becomes a much needed source of revenue. What happens when Joe Citizen warns a fellow motorist of a speed trap? Well, that really ticks off the guys who have been given a sales target for the day’s shift and they respond with a ticket for the unsuspecting good Samaritan. But is it legal?
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Diese verdammten Benzo- Fahrer gehen viel zu schnell!

Google Translate ist ein vunderbar tool ya!

Unfortunately I still don’t have a clue what the point of this crazy video is, but it’s pretty damn funny.

source Gizmodo via Autoblog

First let me preface what I am about to present to you by stating that if you speed, you certainly deserve a ticket. If you want to race your street car or test its performance go to a SCCA or NASA event.

With that said, nothing is more annoying that being “set-up” for a violation by unsuspectingly driving through a speed trap. I got caught in one in Vermont a few years back that cost me $300. I was basically keeping up with traffic when I got yanked. I paid the 300, which was way inflated for the violation and pledged never to return to the state, and I haven’t.

Now, with all of that said, and American Thanksgiving just around the corner, we turn to the National Motorists Association who has prepared a list of the worst speed traps in all fifty states.

The results were based on a pole of motorists taken over the last two years. So, if you are traveling by car during the holiday don’t get caught in a “turkey shoot.”
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