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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