Citizens band users advise me and the motoring associations that they now whistle into their microphones when they see a police speed trap on the horizon to cause confusion.
Truckers' convoys were created as a byproduct of the 55 mph speed limit and 18-wheelers becoming the prime targets of speed traps.
Surely it is better for people to know that at any point there might be a police speed trap.
No one passes a police speed trap, or what may look like one, without being very careful.
I think also that a great deal of ill-feeling between the public and the police has been caused by the introduction of the radar speed trap system.
When a speed limit is used to generate revenue but has no safety justification, it is called a speed trap.
Many motorists considered it a speed trap due to the strict enforcement by police of the abruptly reduced speed limit through town.
It is regularly labeled a speed trap as the state auditor reported $109,186 in mayor's court receipts in 2000 compared with $3,106 in property taxes.
