Well, back in the 60s on of our town cops used to hang a 30 sign over the 40 sign at the edge of town and bust people on radar (the old kind that sat by the side of the road on a camera tripod) and the tickets would read "10mph over posted speed." Ours was the major thoroughfare between the state park and its pool and the city, so traffic was heavy, and many did not notice the changed sign, and only the few that actually chose to go to trial after the JP hearing would actually get "excused."txinvestigator wrote:WHat is a speed trap, how do the police lure people in to commit the crime?
Where he set up was less than a tenth of a mile from my (third floor) bedroom window, and I used to consider going down to the courthouse and testifying against him.
Same cop busted me for exceeding in a school zone once, but I knew he had the intersection staked out and was being scrupulous about the limit. Lots more to that story, but suffice it to say that a 60s cop being a cowboy would probably not happen today, except in a small town like ours was.