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Originally Posted by Penglobal
In no way am I encouraging dangerous or unlawful driving habits, but I have noticed several police speed traps, or better known as traffic enforcement areas popping-up within our community. There has been daily speed traps for the past two weeks on Warm Spring Avenue near Meggison Road which is just north of the Florida Turnpike. There has been increased police traffic enforcement during the weekdays and primarily during the afternoon. I saw some poor guy get pulled over for maybe going 10 - 15 mph over the posted speed limit. I understand he was speeding a little, but really.
Which other areas of our community should I pay special attention when driving? Always be safe and please drive safely.
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Doesn’t Warm Springs Avenue have a speed limit of 45, then 35 near the shopping center, and slower at the roundabout where several people have crashed recently and one or two have died? So you think it’s okay to drive 60 in a 45 mph zone, or 50 mph in a 35 mph zone? While most of us could do that safely, some can’t, and a lot of accidents happen because of people trying to pass people obeying the speed limit. Also, if I am pulling out of a parking lot onto the street, I may assume the speed of the car is at the speed limit, but if it is substantially faster, the faster car may need to brake suddenly or swerve, which is again more likely to result in an accident. So I welcome cops giving tickets at that sort of place. Most of us actually do follow the speed limit closely here. After all, we are retired. What’s the hurry?