[JoMar]

Originally Posted by rubicon

In order to maintain 20mph on a 20mph road you would have to take your foot off the accelerator and let momentum take control. The two tickets for 26 mph may well signal zero tolerance above 5mph by law enforcement on roads posted or not posted at 20 mph. I am not saying this is true but if true that's about as absolute as it gets. And 20mph is a painfully slow pace.

But you can't win because the PR is always going to be about safety and unless you can prove a repeated pattern of abuse by LOE as was done in Illinois concerning red light cameras or the speed trap set north on 301. In both instances it took a judge who was in a position to place together the police misuse of traffic citations.

You must find it really painful in a school zone.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by JoMar

You must find it really painful in a school zone.

No because of its stated purpose same as a parking lot etc
I do find it painful when the car ahead of me is going 20mph in a 35mph but then I guess that the suffering I receive now makes it that less likely that I'll suffer in purgatory..so all is well that ends well

[circletrack]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

From a closed thread


My wife got one today. Same thing, 26 in a 20. It happened on Bichara Blvd near LaGrande as she was coming from Publix.
Her fine is $131.00.
Something is going on. Either the police have been getting a lot of complaints about speeding in a particular area, or they want to send a message.
I try to stay within 5 mph of the speed limit all the time, but who knows? I might slip over once in a while.
Be careful out there.

That road had a big electronic sign up for months warning about speeding. I think they have become serious about enforcement on that road. It's a tricky stretch of road because folks don't always seem to realize that they do, or don't, have a stop sign.

[bbbbbb]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

From a closed thread


My wife got one today. Same thing, 26 in a 20. It happened on Bichara Blvd near LaGrande as she was coming from Publix.
Her fine is $131.00.
Something is going on. Either the police have been getting a lot of complaints about speeding in a particular area, or they want to send a message.
I try to stay within 5 mph of the speed limit all the time, but who knows? I might slip over once in a while.
Be careful out there.

Speed limits are set to help prevent accidents but yet, some folks just do not get it. Consider this:
At 66 miles per hour, you are moving 88 feet per second. In a cart at 20 mph you are moving at almost 30 feet per second. Slow down, what is the hurry???

[Rosie1950]

No worries the birds will be back soon enough to take up the slack and keep the PD on their toes. Seems we have bigger concerns with people who think there are too many STOP signs in the world, and do not STOP at half of them! Really wishing the PD could be more on top of that, but who knows the tickets might not be as high.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

From a closed thread


My wife got one today. Same thing, 26 in a 20. It happened on Bichara Blvd near LaGrande as she was coming from Publix.
Her fine is $131.00.
Something is going on. Either the police have been getting a lot of complaints about speeding in a particular area, or they want to send a message.
I try to stay within 5 mph of the speed limit all the time, but who knows? I might slip over once in a while.
Be careful out there.

Doc, help me out here - are we talking a speeding ticket in a golf cart or car? I do use this road to get to AAA and I drive a car on this road and I, for one, am sorry your wife got a ticket, but I appreciate the heads up that the police are out there. Now if they would come to BV where they are really, really needed and ticket a few, that would be great! I had better take my foot off the gas and slow down. I left a club meeting at Seabreeze yesterday and could not believe the speed - was like a race track and it was pouring with rain.

[GatorFan]

If you had seen some of the accidents I have on that 20mph road you would understand.

Golf carts and autos, side streets, exiting fast food restaurants..bad combinations

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

All '6 mph over'...are not created equal.

Percentage over the posted limit...and all that.

Not true. 84 in a 70 mph zone is much worse than 18 in a 15 mph zone yet both are 20% over.

Sometimes percentages don't reflect the actual increase in danger.

You don't lose very much control of a vehicle by going 3 mph over regardless of the speed. An accident at 18 would not be much worse than an accident at 15. The same could not be said for the difference between 70 and 84.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Doc: Long ago in another universe I received a ticket for going 60mph in a 55mph and to add insult to injury I was just entering a ramp and to merge with oncoming traffic. I called an attorney friend who intervened and he said the Judge told him it was over the limit whether 1 mph or 100mph and the cop had a right to issue the ticket

I hate it when drivers merge with oncoming traffic---tends to cause a lot of front end damage

[jimbo2012]

Guess it's time to add a radar detector on our carts

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Guess it's time to add a radar detector on our carts

OP did not say if was a cart. If it was... I'm thinking it would have been more than $131.

Maybe time to just slow down - car or cart.

[Nucky]

Baby You Can Drive My Car! Sorry I couldn't resist. Mrs. Nucky had a similar infraction a while back. It is probably better to pay the tab and be done with this. I am also sorry for this happening. Many people we live with are perfect. When you get pinched it feels terrible enough paying for the extra court costs will hurt even more. Consultations with a lawyer are free. What a damn shame.

[KennyP]

Its that time of the year.
They like to hang out in the center divide at the Polo field
and on Morse in the morning.
Its a good revenue generator this time of the year, and I'm sure it will be cars and golf cars

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by KennyP

Its that time of the year.
They like to hang out in the center divide at the Polo field
and on Morse in the morning.
Its a good revenue generator this time of the year, and I'm sure it will be cars and golf cars

Good! If it slows down the traffic, good!
Don't speed, and you have no worries.
I hope it generates a lot of revenue.

[visuallogic]

Yes, you will be required to ALSO pay court fees