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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:10:13 PM EDT
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Do the crime pay the fine
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:13:19 PM EDT
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I got the exact same email..... can't say as to it's truthfullness, but I've certainly seen municipalities use speeding tickets to fill their coffers (Redford and Livonia come to mind). I've seen I-275 lined with up to 6 cars pulling drivers over and issuing tickets at the same time (North and South bound, between 6 mile 9 mile). I've come back through the same area, and found they were busy with another crop of "speeders". Not sure how fast they can run the wants and warrants and write the tickets, but they can get someone almost as soon as they go back to looking. 4 per hour doesn't seem out of the question if they try. I have my doubts about 6 though.
T Bone (Detroit). |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:50:44 PM EDT
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The same thing has been on Snopes (www.snopes.com) for a while now. Not just for Michigan, but several other states/areas.
Tall Shadow 
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Posted: 1/27/2006 3:39:43 AM EDT
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Good. I am tired of getting passed while doing 90.
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Posted: 1/27/2006 3:49:59 AM EDT
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Warren is the worst. They're building a new police station or something and they issue tickets like crazy.
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Posted: 1/27/2006 4:34:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/27/2006 4:37:21 AM EDT
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:: spits coffee on montor!!! :: HA!!! Boy ain't that the truth. I drive I-75 Southbound to 8 mile up from the 101 exit and I swear I'm doing ~82MPH and these yahoo's are on my tail. They must hit 90-95 constant. Sometimes I'll race these guys and we do 110 easy on the downward slopes. Insane. I've since slowed down becuase it's crazy. Every day I see a Trooper so I'd watch out. Usually they're out in the sticks towards the Clarkston area. Dixie highway that sort of thing. I've even competed in Nascar on 8 mile. That's a hoot. 65 on a surface street? Good Lord. I got your number Mr. Yellow Monte Carlo! Whenever you're ready for round 2! |
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Posted: 1/27/2006 4:50:03 AM EDT
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You guys should try the San Diego Grand Prix. 65 - 75 on surface streets is common place. Granted, contruction takes place year round so the roads area lot nicer then here in Michigan, but I loved driving in SoCal when I was in the Marine Corps.
If you're going slower than 80 on the freeway, you're gonna get someone killed, even during rush hour. Rush hour in SoCal doesn't mean there are a lot of people on the freeway (because there are always a lot of people on the freeways in SoCal), it just means you better step on it. Granny wants to get home so she can watch the WB. |
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Posted: 1/27/2006 5:32:53 AM EDT
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I have an old car that I took on I-94 once, with the speedo that goes up to 85 mph. I am pegging the speedometer and people are still passing me, or I am having a difficult time keeping up with traffic.
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Posted: 1/27/2006 10:51:48 AM EDT
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I drive from AA to Det every day. Between 4 and 5 I see 2 state troopers watching east bound traffic on both 14/96 and 94 about 5 miles apart. I started to notice more troopers on 94 after the arches were finished. I started to use 14/96 and still ran across a couple troopers. None have been unmarked.
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Posted: 1/28/2006 8:07:48 PM EDT
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I wish I had to worry about speeding tickets. It will routinly take me 45min to make it the 12.5 miles I have to go to work. Speed limit is 45-50 the whole way too. Of course, there is this new thing they came up with called the slow lane for you 55MPH fans.
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Posted: 1/30/2006 12:40:37 PM EDT
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Hell, it takes 8-10 mins to write out a ticket. I haven't heard anything about this. Although I have to say, I'm sure there's gonna be some pissed off troopers if this IS true. I know I'd be pissed if my chief damanded I write people for 5 over. Smells a little bullshitty to me. |
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Posted: 1/30/2006 12:44:29 PM EDT
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They havent caught me yet
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Posted: 1/30/2006 2:12:57 PM EDT
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www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/speeding.asp
What's funny is that on my drive out of downtown it looked like the rumor was true--cops everywhere in preparation for the SB. I even saw an unmarked Crown Vic LEO on the way home. |
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Posted: 1/30/2006 2:14:10 PM EDT
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My local newspaper said they got about 3600+ speeding tickets from I-94 and I-696 alone. it was part of a drunk driving program.
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Posted: 1/31/2006 9:28:47 PM EDT
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I'm glad I moved. I did my time sitting on the Lodge on duty for long enough...
Paid the same sitting or moving anyway ;) |
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Posted: 2/1/2006 12:39:04 AM EDT
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Now, 5 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and every state trooper is
supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Crown Victoria cruisers and they are bringing all their part timers on full time. If you work anywhere in the Detroit Metropolitan area, you must take one of there interstates, routes, or parkways. It's up to you how fast you are doing when they do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hell, it takes 8-10 mins to write out a ticket. I haven't heard anything about this. Although I have to say, I'm sure there's gonna be some pissed off troopers if this IS true. I know I'd be pissed if my chief damanded I write people for 5 over. Smells a little bullshitty to me. Agreed, plus shame on any CO that would order an Officer, Trooper, or Deputy to try and race on a traffic stop, good way to catch a bullet or get hit by a car. Not Safe, Not at All. |
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Posted: 2/2/2006 7:09:11 PM EDT
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As was said, if true, its nothing more than superbowl shenanigans to make detroit look like something its not.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 3:47:47 AM EDT
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Saw a State Trooper in a new Tahoe on the Lodge yesterday, He was not pulling over cars doing 5 over. He would have had his choice of 30 or so of us. He just looked out his side window and would glace over at his radar unit. He was looking to take down a someone who was really speeding.
Is that B.S. I smell, yes it is. I can recognize that smell anywhere..... I agree Tao, "As was said, if true, its nothing more than superbowl shenanigans to make Detroit look like something its not." Just more white wash for the city, next week it'll be business as usual........ C.M. |
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Posted: 2/7/2006 3:17:22 PM EDT
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Well, I have noticed many more MSP traffic stops of late on M-14/I-96....for years I didn't see any, and now I see one or two almost everyday....
As normal, you doing 7-9 over and no PO is going to waste time on you..they're looking for the 10, 15 or more over driver.....very much like the cheetah watching the herd of gazelle......they pick out the crazy one and cull them from the herd! |
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