[DecaturFargo]

Why are you blaming the police, stating it was given to meet some "quota" instead of complimenting the officer for doing his/her job and slapping the speeder. Anti-police, are you?

[KRM0614]

FL let’s you take a class 2 times, I’d like to see a ticket for the golf cart people rude on their phones flipping people off, that was off of vista Blvd wasn’t Chula

[stadry]

of course there's a 'quota' - its just not official or public - its called 'job evaluation' nowadays,,, try not writing moving violations for a month & suffer how your sgt motivates you for the next month,,, yrs ago, in pre-radar days, nys troopers who did NOT write were reassigned to northern ny for 'retraining'

[PLedoux]

I live on Chula Vista and as I walked my dog the other morning I stopped to thank the police office that was sitting there waiting to hand out tickets to speeders. The speed limit is the speed limit for a reason. And, I don’t believe you have to “ warn” people that they might get a ticket for speeding. They are supposed to know that already if they have a drivers license.

[KRM0614]

Agree

[KRM0614]

Everyone in their life deserves a go over one warning in our life us nice. The grace speed is 5 miles in FL part of living with 21M people are the bad drivers

Originally Posted by billethkid

On a positive note it is good to hear the police are enforcing the speed limits.

We have been here 16 years and the first few years there were random speed traps in and around The Villages.
Then in more recent years there has been almost none. The average speed of traffic is up substantially.

We need more enforcement. The Villages should strive to have a reputation like Waldo, FL. If you speed YOU WILL get ticketed.
Everybody knows it and amazingly most folks drop their speed to the limit.

Funny how enforcement works.....just like school zones.

We look forward to the increased enforcement.

Agree 100%. We are not far from Hillsborough and there is a lot of fast traffic on that street. In the last several months we have actually seen speeders stopped and ticketed, which is encouraging. The vendors are the worst and many are in huge trucks pulling trailers doing 40 plus down that street, no way they could stop quickly if they needed to.

[Malsua]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

When I stop at a stop sign, and you don't HAVE a stop sign, it means you need to GO. It means you need to NOT stop and let me pass. You might not notice the person behind you who is not planning on stopping at all. If it's your turn to go, then GO.

Otherwise you interrupt the flow of traffic and screw things up for everyone else.

This. The rules exist, they are known. Someone trying to be nice breaks the pattern we expect and this creates uncertainty and can cause accidents. I arrive at an intersection, I expect to wait until the lane is clear to turn. Now someone has broken the covenant, introduced doubt and uncertainty. Are you really letting me go? If I pull out will I get hit by you? Will you get hit by the guy behind you? Just STOP DOING THIS. Follow the rules, go when you have the right away. Stop trying to be nice. Nice is for you to do what I expect you to do. It's not nice now that I have to reprocess what is going on and you've added stress to me so you can feel a little better about yourself. Get over it. MOVE when it's your time.

[CCristella]

31 in 25...really!!! Cop needed to make his quota

[EviesGP]

I worked with Law Enforcement for 10yrs of my(previous) life, and have the greatest respect for them. My son-in-law is a cop up north. As for quotas, there are some states and/or municipalities that have them, but I think a lot of it comes from what Stadry inferred. We had a Lt that took complaints from local residents about speeding in various areas, and encouraged the patrolling of those areas. If these patrolmen did not have any tickets in a period of time, it wouldn't show enforcement? On another note, dating back before my time, I knew that State Police were required to patrol the highways and interstate at night, especially in winter(before cellphones), to ensure folks did not get stranded and freeze. To prove that, some of them would jack up their cars and run them, to spin the odometer! Or...towards the end of their shift, scream up and down the highway for miles! Good times! Cheers!

[Marathon Man]

I don't know if quotas are real or not. Been hearing about them for years, always from those who are not in law enforcement.

Let's say that quotas do exist. That simply gives you a better reason to watch your speed.

Originally Posted by DeanFL

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31 in a 25??? Give me a break, really. I know the folks saying ...you 'were speeding'.... it's "the law".

But really... at that amount "over', worthy of a warning esp if the vehicle was in good condition and the driver had a clean record. really.

How many cars do we see going 10MPH+ over the limit? It's the luck of the draw - wrong place wrong time.

Yes, like many drivers, I probably go 45 in a 40, 50 in a 45. etc. As long as the vehicle is not swerving and using signals, fine. I NEVER drive in a left lane except to pass. I'm more worried of the vehicles being driven UNDER the limit, esp in a left lane.

The roundabouts are the main worry of close calls, esp work vehicles etc. NOT a driver 6mph over a limit. really.

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And it’s ok to steal as long as it’s just a little bit? Really? You cannot cherry pick what laws you think should be followed closely and those that you think should have some wiggle room. Well, you can, but then you have to suck it up and take the knock when you get called on it.

[BostonRich]

Seems 10 MPH over would be a reasonable limit. 31 is not fast. You want people looking down checking their speedometer a lot? That doesn't sound very safe to me either.

[tedquick]

Originally Posted by Wiserbud47

I should have known better. I have read the articles about the Villages residents complaining about the speeding. I had just gotten a friend's car washed and was still trying to get the seat back to normal as I start to drive down Chula Vista Blvd. toward CR466. I wasn't even used to the speedometer (mine is digital). There was the sign: "Speed limit 25 mph, you are traveling 31." I slowed down. Too late. There was the police car with it's lights flashing behind me. One ticket for $135, plus points on my license (may be able to take a class to avoid the points).

I am not complaining. i am hoping to make others aware of this and not to let it have to them.

That is a nice mature response for being human and being momentarily unaware. I try to take responsibility when I mess up and sometimes I'm even successful. Hope a class can replace the fine.

[GPGuar]

Originally Posted by Fuzz323

There is no such thing as a quota. They (the police) are allowed to write as many tickets as they want to. But you are honest about your "average" and thats a rare thing.

Baloney, let the cop come back with just one or two tickets for the entire day and see what the desk Sergeant does.