[s-cars] For those in PA: Speed Traps (fwd)

[Bruce Mendel]

I sure hope it's B.S., but this line is certainly not true:

"Motorists traveling 6 mph or more above the limit will receive a ticket and
every State Trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every
10 minutes."

That would never be a published mandate, and it does not even make any sense
(the average speeding stop takes around 15 minutes), so whoever wrote it is
making it up. And that makes me think the whole thing is an urban legend.

But PA would not be the first state to devote a month to additional speeding
enforcement, so I'd be careful anyway.

Bruce

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olek" <polek at gmx.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:55 AM
Subject: [s-cars] For those in PA: Speed Traps (fwd)


> Just FYI.
>
> I hope that this message is lie, but it might be not.
>
> regards,
>    Olek
>
> > I can't vouch for the accuracy of this but better safe than sorry.
> >
> > SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE!!
> >
> > It is on good authority that the following begins today, Feb. 1, 2006!!
> >
> > ----- Forwarded by Bonnie Schriver/Cranberry/MSA on 02/01/2006 03:05 PM
> > -----
> >
> > Warning to Pennsylvania residents about speeding! For those of us who
like
> > to drive fast.....
> >
> > Pennsylvania State Police will launch a 30-day speeding ticket frenzy
> > throughout the state starting February 1, 2006. The State
> > estimates that 22 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets.
> > $3 million will go to pay Trooper overtime costs and
> > benefits. There will be 150 State Troopers on duty during all shifts
> > patrolling the highways. Significant radar enforcement will occur
> > along the I-70, I-76, I-79, I-80, I-81, I-83, I-84, and I-90 corridors.
> >
> > Motorists traveling 6 mph or more above the limit will receive a ticket
and
> > every State Trooper is supposed to pull a car over and
> > write a ticket every 10 minutes.
> >
> > Pennsylvania has activated 50 new unmarked cruisers of various makes and
> > models for this pilot program to raise extra funds and
> > meet mandated quotas. The Pennsylvania State Legislators dreamed up this
> > program to help offset the additional funding required to hire
> > 60 new Troopers. I was told KDKA TV and Radio stations confirmed this.
So
> > be safe and don't forget speeding tickets are on you.
> >
> >
>
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