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#7109904 - 01/30/12 12:01 PM
You can tell its the end of the month
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Cops everywhere (speed traps)
Edited by McKinney Machine (01/30/12 12:02 PM)
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#7109923 - 01/30/12 12:06 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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yep...the little womans PMS makes life miserable.
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#7109925 - 01/30/12 12:06 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 10/12/05
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Loc: Trophy Club, Texas
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You should take your boss's lead and be a little more sensitive.  What is a speed trap?
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#7109948 - 01/30/12 12:13 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
[Re: McKinney Machine]
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It's where you set up somewhere that speed limit changes dramatically and hide. Duh
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#7109949 - 01/30/12 12:14 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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You get caught?
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#7109951 - 01/30/12 12:15 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 09/17/04
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It's where you set up somewhere that speed limit changes dramatically and hide. Duh Are there not signs posted of the speed change? Keeping up with the Jones can get you in trouble. 
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#7109967 - 01/30/12 12:21 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 03/22/07
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you set up where you KNOW that the speed limit is drastically lower than it should be and no signs near by.
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#7109976 - 01/30/12 12:23 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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#7109980 - 01/30/12 12:24 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 03/13/08
Posts: 14711
Loc: San Antonio
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there's one in Fredericksburg. coming south on hwy 16 it drops from a 60 sign to 50 sign in a hundred yards and if you're not at 50 right at the sign they come hauling out after you. hell, i do 50 when i get to the 60 sign these days.
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#7110015 - 01/30/12 12:32 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 06/16/11
Posts: 657
Loc: Fort Worth, TX
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 I also get a kick out of that phrase. Either you are speeding or not! No entrapment involved! Technically, you are right (I guess), but if you don't believe there are areas set up for the purpose of "revenue enhancement" as opposed to public safety, you are being VERY naive!!
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#7110098 - 01/30/12 12:52 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 06/13/03
Posts: 1668
Loc: Arlington, TX
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Its all about money! All these citirs with there wanna be commercial vehicle enforcement. Talking on phone in commercial vehicle is now a 2750.00 fine to driver and11,000.00 to company. Its a joke!
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#7110103 - 01/30/12 12:53 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
[Re: McKinney Machine]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 09/17/04
Posts: 18372
Loc: Yantis TX
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Luv, I do not get to make up the rules just follow them. (when I can) My father was a LEO for 33 years and seldom wrote a speeding ticket. You travel enough and become aware of the troubled areas.
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#7110108 - 01/30/12 12:54 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 09/17/04
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Loc: Yantis TX
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Its all about money! All these citirs with there wanna be commercial vehicle enforcement. Talking on phone in commercial vehicle is now a 2750.00 fine to driver and11,000.00 to company. Its a joke! What about the individuals that are injured from a driving distraction?
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#7110125 - 01/30/12 12:59 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 01/28/06
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I got a speeding ticket in a little town and when the cop clocked me with his radar a pickup was passing me. The dude in the pickup lived there and when a cop is driving a new Camaro you know you're in trouble. This was in 1990.
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#7110134 - 01/30/12 01:00 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 01/06/05
Posts: 4748
Loc: Happy Town, USA
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I can tell it is the end of the month, because the hood rats near my office are out and about before 2pm.
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#7110286 - 01/30/12 01:51 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 02/02/07
Posts: 3216
Loc: Denton, Texas
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i got a ticket in stupid Memphis, Texas b/c the cop knew i wouldn't travel 250 miles to contest it. arsehole said i was doing 80 when my cruise control was set on 70. told him he was full of it and he wrote me a ticket. i called the judge when i got home and she was as much an arse as he was. nothing i could do but ship them the $250. that was the only money i will EVER spend in that kraphole town.
Edited by crappie-mark (01/30/12 01:51 PM)
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#7110459 - 01/30/12 02:34 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 03/28/02
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I can tell it is the end of the month, because the hood rats near my office are out and about before 2pm. Shopping carts were loaded down at Kroger.
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#7110486 - 01/30/12 02:45 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 02/03/11
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Loc: San Antonio
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I live in one of the highest ticket issuing areas in TX (google selma TX speeding ticket) and have NEVER recieved a ticket.....funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. 
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#7110500 - 01/30/12 02:47 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 01/20/09
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Loc: Houston, TX
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funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. Or are a local who knows all the popos and the areas they're most likely to be working traffic.
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#7110501 - 01/30/12 02:48 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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I live in one of the highest ticket issuing areas in TX (google selma TX speeding ticket) and have NEVER recieved a ticket.....funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. i work in schertz, those selma cops are freaking everywhere around 35!
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#7110516 - 01/30/12 02:52 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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I live in one of the highest ticket issuing areas in TX (google selma TX speeding ticket) and have NEVER recieved a ticket.....funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. i work in schertz, those selma cops are freaking everywhere around 35! Don't forget the freaky 27 mph speed limits on some of the side roads. Question: Yellow sign with a speed limit on it is a reccomendation... not an actual limit, right???
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#7110527 - 01/30/12 02:55 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Its all about money! All these citirs with there wanna be commercial vehicle enforcement. Talking on phone in commercial vehicle is now a 2750.00 fine to driver and11,000.00 to company. Its a joke! Doesn't the law only prohibit the use of "hand held cell phones"? Can't you still use a hands free cell phone if it is necessary to talk while you are driving? Also, the fines you quoted are maximum amounts allowed by law.
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#7110545 - 01/30/12 03:03 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 06/16/11
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Loc: Fort Worth, TX
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I live in one of the highest ticket issuing areas in TX (google selma TX speeding ticket) and have NEVER recieved a ticket.....funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. It also helps when you live in a place and KNOW its a speed trap ... but their "cash cow" is all the non-local traffic on I35 that passes through there. As my wife's family is from Brackettville and we have a son that lives in SA, I travel that road all too often. I did a Google search as you suggested ... and after reading all of that, trust me ... I will never exit I35 there nor spend one of my hard earned dollars within the Selma city limits. Hope all the businesses in Selma appreciate what the City is doing for them.
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#7110549 - 01/30/12 03:04 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 05/26/09
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Slow down and don't mess with Texas and buckle up and don't drink and drive and you can't watch porn in traffic.
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#7110586 - 01/30/12 03:13 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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I thought this was gonna be a Christina Aguilera thread.
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#7110793 - 01/30/12 04:04 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 02/03/11
Posts: 1493
Loc: San Antonio
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I live in one of the highest ticket issuing areas in TX (google selma TX speeding ticket) and have NEVER recieved a ticket.....funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. It also helps when you live in a place and KNOW its a speed trap ... but their "cash cow" is all the non-local traffic on I35 that passes through there. As my wife's family is from Brackettville and we have a son that lives in SA, I travel that road all too often. I did a Google search as you suggested ... and after reading all of that, trust me ... I will never exit I35 there nor spend one of my hard earned dollars within the Selma city limits. Hope all the businesses in Selma appreciate what the City is doing for them. Or you could just drive the speed limit and not worry about it.
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#7110825 - 01/30/12 04:11 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 06/21/07
Posts: 13695
Loc: Dallas
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I live in one of the highest ticket issuing areas in TX (google selma TX speeding ticket) and have NEVER recieved a ticket.....funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. It also helps when you live in a place and KNOW its a speed trap ... but their "cash cow" is all the non-local traffic on I35 that passes through there. As my wife's family is from Brackettville and we have a son that lives in SA, I travel that road all too often. I did a Google search as you suggested ... and after reading all of that, trust me ... I will never exit I35 there nor spend one of my hard earned dollars within the Selma city limits. Hope all the businesses in Selma appreciate what the City is doing for them. Or you could just drive the speed limit and not worry about it. Annnd why would we want to do that?
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#7110830 - 01/30/12 04:13 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 02/03/11
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Loc: San Antonio
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I don't know. Ask a police officer????????
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#7110839 - 01/30/12 04:15 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Loc: City of the Damned (Dallas TX)
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It's where you set up somewhere that speed limit changes dramatically and hide. Duh I hate that! 
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#7110855 - 01/30/12 04:21 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 10/27/02
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Loc: Colleyville
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Happens all the time in this s hole towns on Hwy 31. I wont call names but they sound like Herens and Clownsboro.
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#7110893 - 01/30/12 04:31 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Question: Yellow sign with a speed limit on it is a reccomendation... not an actual limit, right???
Correct. There was a news story a few years ago about a Cop in Dallas steady writing tickets to people in one. This was after somebody had taken it to court and had it dismissed. They count on people just paying the fine.
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#7110941 - 01/30/12 04:46 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 12/14/09
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Loc: Selma, TX
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I don't think Selma's cash cow are the tickets anymore. This area has built up enough with the Forum and all the businesses and the revenue the city makes from them that I think they are just carrying on a tradition now. They spent all that money on that stage stop that no one ever visits, lol. The new park and pavilion are nice though and at least they get a good amount of use. And the outdoor movie nights were nice during the summer.
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#7110960 - 01/30/12 04:49 PM
Re: You can tell its the end of the month
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Registered: 09/06/08
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Loc: guthrie oklahoma
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I live in one of the highest ticket issuing areas in TX (google selma TX speeding ticket) and have NEVER recieved a ticket.....funny what happens (or doesn't happen) when you pay attention to driving and follow the law. i work in schertz, those selma cops are freaking everywhere around 35! Don't forget the freaky 27 mph speed limits on some of the side roads. Question: Yellow sign with a speed limit on it is a reccomendation... not an actual limit, right??? yes yellow is suggested speed. Cant get aticket if your not doing over the posted max
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