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Re:CopFind - collaborative project to log speed traps by zhyder on Saturday September 08, 2007 @09:20PM (#52364)
Of the traffic tickets I and my friends have received, most were useful in actually reminding us to drive more carefully. Occasionally you hear of someone getting an unfair ticket: I think that's the exception rather than the rule.

I hate getting tickets as much as anyone else, and I've gotten my share of them. But I still don't use radar detectors, and won't use this service.

"A visible speed trap is far more defensible." As long as the speed limit is clearly visible, why should the trap itself be visible?

Re:CopFind - collaborative project to log speed traps by ajmoir on Sunday September 09, 2007 @03:27AM (#52447)
If you are happy with the posted speed limits and see the police as only law enforcement then nothing I have to say will make a difference.
Re:CopFind - collaborative project to log speed traps by zhyder on Sunday September 09, 2007 @04:25AM (#52455)
Yes looks like we disagree on that, hence our differing conclusions. I believe the speed traps do more good than harm.

You have to admit that this service's tag line "find cops before they find you" does make the user sound like a criminal :). They've gotta change that.