Speed Trap Springs, PA
The local section of today's Erie Times-News had a color photo of a Cambridge Springs Police cruiser sitting on Brink Drive waiting for unsuspecting motorists to zip through the 35-mph zone on Route 19. (The story was about seat belt law enforcement.)
I figure, for the most part, those speeding and paying the fines are out-of-towners, since local residents know where the cops are sitting. If that's indeed the case, the police should be pulling over double or triple the number of people that they are now. With all the extra revenue, they could lower the 1.9 percent earned income tax or water/sewer/garbage rates in town. Since that will never happen, they could use the extra money to clean up ballfields or parks or maybe even hire a bomb squad. Maybe it's a dumb idea, but when there's a potentially significant source of revenue out there, why not tap it?
I figure, for the most part, those speeding and paying the fines are out-of-towners, since local residents know where the cops are sitting. If that's indeed the case, the police should be pulling over double or triple the number of people that they are now. With all the extra revenue, they could lower the 1.9 percent earned income tax or water/sewer/garbage rates in town. Since that will never happen, they could use the extra money to clean up ballfields or parks or maybe even hire a bomb squad. Maybe it's a dumb idea, but when there's a potentially significant source of revenue out there, why not tap it?
posted by admin@CambridgeSprings.net at 9:55 PM
1 Comments:
When the officer asks, "Do you know why I stopped you?" Say, "No". If you say, "speeding" that becomes one of those statements that can be used against you. Don't say you wer in a hurry or late for something either.
In PA on State Troopers are permitted to use radar or laser. Local officers time your speed between two white lines painted on the ground.
I got stopped in CS. I'm pretty sure the officer was in the parking lot of the Jehova's Witness place. No ticket was issued.
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