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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
There's a difference between the police doing their job and harassing people for minor violations.
The US Supreme has ruled that a lot of those little towns that set themselves up as speed traps are in violation of the constitution.
In the end, the job of the police is to protect the public. Giving a ticket to a driver going 1 or 2 mph over the limit is not protecting anyone. Those drivers are not endangering anyone.
Most judges will toss out cases where a driver is cited for going 5 mph or less over the limit. They will often reprimand the officer for wasting the court's time.
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Exactly,.....Does TV want to get a reputation and be on AAA's list of worst speed traps to avoid? I doubt the developer would like that. Given the tolerance of + and - of accuracy of police radar, and the fact that probably 90% of golf carts don't come with speedometers how can you ticket someone that is only going less than 1% over the limit? I have a speedometer and know that tail winds such as we have now can add 1 to 3 mph to my speed not to mention how going down hill will effect it. How does someone that buys a perfectly legal cart that doesn't come with a speedometer going to know that? If they did have a speedometer, what is the + or - accuracy of that speedometer? Giving tickets for less than 5 mph over the limit is harassment.