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StriperSnpr, with a designated zones no one will drive fast until they get to the sign that says the "end designated speed trap zone." No offense, but that is kind of funny. If police weren't out there stopping cars or running radar everyone would be doing 100 m.p.h. if only to keep ahead of the guy behind, because the person in front has that, "he ain't gonna pass me mentality."

What MikeP said is right on the money, "pun intended" again.

There are no minor crashes anymore. Everything is a roll over. Even in the little town where I work. Drive up to a crash in a 30 m.p.h. zone and the freikin car is on the roof. The dash mounted GPS system is intact(illegal nothing is supposed to be installed aftermarket on the dash), the inside the windshield mounted Sirius radio is intact and on, (how does anyone think that its legal to block ones view by suction cupping any item to the inside of your windshield), the fold down CD movie player is still running,(legal as long as the driver can't see it), and the person you were talking with on the cell phone is yelling for you to pick the phone, but you cant because your injured or worse. It wouldn't be so bad about driving ten or fifteen m.p.h. over the "POSTED" speed if all of the drivers attention was on the task at hand, driving the automobile. But at which point less than 100 % is enforcement or even before enforcement comes in to play, at what point does common sense dictate that something is screwed up? Posted speed is the maximum reccomended speed at which the vehicles traveling on a particular road are supposed to drive at. If the weather or other conditions dictate the a driver's speed is supposed to be lowered accordingly. With all the distractions inside vehicles today you might as well be drinking.

Ask yourself one question, will I be able to pass a safety inspection sticker exam with all this stuff mounted the way it is?

Speed is a major part of dangerous driving but all this other stuff I vented about play an even greater part than speeding ever did.

Thier are a few indisputable facts from our point of view about stopping drivers who commit infractions, you have less crashes, less fatal crashes especially, and there is substantially less criminal activity, (armed robberies, b & e's, and so forth) in towns where it is well-known that the police department is pro-active in regard to traffic law enforcement.

One more thing, I'm not perfect either as a driver, so dont think I'm pontificating here because I think I am. I'm human just like we all are.