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I received this info from a reliable source:

Pennsylvania State Police will launch a 30-day speeding ticket frenzy throughout the state starting February 1, 2006. The State estimates that 22 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets. 3 million will go to pay Trooper overtime costs and benefits. There will be 150 State Troopers on duty during all shifts patrolling the highways. Significant radar enforcement will occur along the I-70, I-76, I-79, I-80, I-81, I-83, I-84, and I-90 corridors.

Motorists traveling 6 mph or more above the limit will receive a ticket and every State Trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 minutes.

Pennsylvania has activated 50 new unmarked cruisers of various makes and models for this pilot program to raise extra funds and meet mandated quotas . The Pennsylvania State Legislators dreamed up this program to help offset the additional funding required to hire 60 new Troopers.

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i dunno about that... :-\

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so it'd be nice if they handed out tickets to actually inforce somthing rather then for a quick buck. stupid cops.

maybe they should go out and catch real criminals, how many stolen cars, break ins, violence related attacks go unsolved cuz they dont do squat. Cops suck the police force is nothing but a silent tax

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Regardless I'll keep an eye out. Thanks ;)

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why would i lie? http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/dunno.gif

the last time i received this notification, it was very true. i'm just passing it on to you guys.

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But they could afford 50 new unmarked cruisers???

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werd...

also, you know whats real fun, havin a cop tail you on a local road (like 40 or 45 mph) and using the cruise control at exactly 1mph below the limit, hahahaha

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Ya paying all those officers overtime plus 50 unmarked copcars so they can be asshats sounds pretty fucked up .

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well potentially all those cars that are speeding could be criminals, the car could be stolen, they could be carrying drugs or other illegal things/people . so its a step forward

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Most criminals or car thieves or drug dealers are smart enough NOT to speed.

They need to crack down on drugs around here, Butler High School is nationally known as "heroine high"... we're one of the most drug populated areas in the states... and all they're worried about is speeding.

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haha Sinister, you went to Butler High School? I think one of my parents went there back in the day? I'm not too sure though, I moved to Seattle when I was a youngin and have only been back every other year or so to visit, I'll have to ask them next time I talk to one of them...

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I got the same email the other day only it said California and listed California freeways. It was also "signed" by someone in the California Highway Patrol. :-*

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Nah, I went to Slippery Rock, but I'm not far from Butler at all. I've dated a few girls from Butler... That's awesome though, small world haha

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there has been a speeding ticket frenzy around Seattle lately... There are at least 7 speed traps that have been set up for almost a month now. There is one right at the end of the Aurora bridge, and its funny because everyone cooks across that thing at like 65, the speed limit is 40, so halfway across the bridge i slow down to 40, and the people behind me start honking, flashing their lights, then they get pissed and go speeding past me to make a point... and just in time to get hit with the police radar. So far these past 2 weeks I am 8 for 8 on people behind me getting mad, speeding, then getting a ticket... then getting more mad!!!

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lmao, i just saw that same exact paragraph about 2 weeks ago but it said san diego instead of PA LMAO

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HELL YEAH! ---- got pulled over twice in two months, so i stopped goin more than 35 on rainier. so i dont give a ---- either i just slow down and let people pass and watch them get pulled over. 30 is just too slow for rainier you think? and as for that aurora area , i usually always speed there, isnt that where the bus went off the bridge last year or something?

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thanks for the heads up Dave ;)

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I'll keep my eyes open just in case...rather safe than sorry i guess. If it happens to be the case though, trooper's will have a ball up by me then. I live near scranton where 81, 84, route 6 and 380 all kinda merge together. It's posted as 55, but most of the time everyone does 75+...even the cops.

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lol might be true, I was on I-79 tonight and there must've been 5 cops on the highway from here to cranberry (about a 40 min drive)... usually you see 1 or none on that highway

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http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/speeding.asp

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

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I beleive it...ive seen a lot more cops out lately. Just saw 3 in a row on route 1 the other day and bunch more than usual on the turnpike. Thanks for the heads up

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Just State Troopers? And ONLY on those roads? Thank you very much as I am a PA resident. ;) ;D


JP

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hate seeing 3 to 4 of the highways I drive everyday..80, 81, 83...glad i have a axle on the way out cause I'm just limping it around till this weekend till I can fix it and put in new shocks and springs......swap not done yet any way the 91 dx doesn't do much more then the speed limit anyway :P

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I think the e-mail is fake. But here in Spokompton their was a article in the paper where the city threatened to lay off a bunch of cops and firefighters if they didnt raise our taxes, and in the article they said there was 30 something violent crimes that did not even get a cop to investigate it, but you drive anywhere in the city and there is a speed trap. I was listening to the radio one day and came across the Mark Ferman show (O.J.s racist detective) and he was interviewing the cheif of police and asked him about it and he responded that when they do speed traps it shows that they care about our safety. MY ASS. Stop the fucker stealing my ---- and i'll know you care fucknut.

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snopes.com always there to save the day ;D

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state troopers=radar

get a radar dectector problem solved!

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Or just do the speed limit or 5 over if you have to speed. I have a radar detector and a phazer II but still stay around the speed limit because aircrafts dont use radar or laser, and thats how i got my last ticket.

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I hate driving behind people like you.

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I love it when people get all pissed and blow by me and then you know the cops are going to get them and you can speed up.

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uhhh where i live there too cheap to use aircraft

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i drive 83 everyday to school... ----------er :7

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HA HA I was just on my way home from school and some ---- head was riding my ass on the freeway and i was doing 65 in a 60 when he decided to rip around me and sure enough there was a cop sitting there radaring and pulled his rice ass over.

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They should be pulling people over that are speeding reguardless, speeding even 3 over is a crime.


not saying i dont speed but last time i checked speed limit ment "limit"
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Go to another one of your pride marches. ::)

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No, those were all called off for the duration of Brokeback Mountain being in the theatre.

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I don't believe it but you still need to watch your ass on the highways.

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Suckas :D

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it's nothing more than another way for the gov't to make money. it's a silent tax if you will.

So.. when's the last time the cops ACTUALLY put effort into a stolen car's investigation? It's a way for the police to make money (for the city) and nothing more.

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I have been seeing more of an abundance of more cops... maybe it's a coincidence, but there definitely are more out on the major highways.

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Oh, we're covered up with them right now in WNC, but that's perfectly normal. During the precious tourist season, they hardly pull over anybody, but as soon as the tourists leave for the winter the local police and Troopers start pulling everyone.