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I’m fine with a world where the stupid and harmful reduce my tax bill.

• heavyset_go 4y ago
  In my experience, speed traps aren't catching dangerous people, just people that are unaware of the existence of the speed trap. For example, where I am, there's a hill with a road that winds around it with a 50 MPH speed limit, except right before the bottom and around the turn, suddenly it's 35 MPH before becoming 45 MPH highway. A cop hides around the turn and pulls over people who don't know that their 50 MPH road will suddenly become 35 MPH before they've cleared the hill. Locals know to go slow enough down the hill, as in less than 50 MPH, in order to not get pulled over.
  • teeray 4y ago
    Some municipalities love to pull the trick with a yellow road geometry sign with a yellow limit for the road feature. It’s a speed limit, but not on the traditional white sign with “Speed Limit”.
  • wrp 4y ago
    The kind of situation you describe is the original reason why it was called a "trap".