Free Talk Live - speeding

Epic video: One cop pulls over another cop for speeding

phonon — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:32:10 +0000

In this soon-to-be-classic video one cop pulls over another cop for speeding.

Cop must reimburse city $17k after falsifying speeding radar tests

phonon — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:32:51 +0000

A plea agreement indicates that he will pay back the $17,550 the department lost in revenue from the refunded tickets but does not mention any pay back of the overtime salary earned. Of course, government receives restitution for "lost revenue" (that it was never entitled to, even under the law).

21 people killed or maimed by speeding cops in Florida since 2004

jenrobi — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:23:49 +0000

A special investigation by south Florida newspaper, the Sun-Sentinel, brings to light the unnecessary deaths and injuries caused by speeding cops over the past several years.

Driver calls police to tell them to stop trying to pull him over

phonon — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:56:54 +0000

The man, 20, was driving east on U.S. Highway 40 near Strawberry Reservoir when a deputy tried to stop him for going 15 miles over the speed limit, according to Wasatch County Chief Deputy Sheriff Jared Rigby. The driver did not stop and the deputy told dispatchers he was pursuing a fleeing driver. A short time later, a dispatcher notified the deputy that the driver had called in and said “that he was not going to stop and that I needed to leave him alone,” Rigby said, reading from the deputy's report.

Hilarious Video of Speeder Trying to Bust Cop for Drinking

earthdome — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:36:05 +0000

For 31-year-old Lucas Lamb of Greenville, Illinois, the wild evening of August 14 was filled with a speeding ticket, a twist of fate, and the sweet taste of revenge! (Or so he thought).

LAPD cops sue over speeding ticket quotas

dscrib — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:30:51 +0000

I KNEW it! Proof that at least one police department has quotas for speeding tickets. They were even taken off normal patrols to issue moving violations. This story says they were supposed to write 18 tickets a day. Several cops are sueing LAPD for this as quotas are illegal.

Report: Detroit-area speed limits are set at 'illegally' low levels

masshole — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:07:38 +0000

It's probably a safe bet that many Autoblog readers find speed limits very annoying in general. To that end, it turns out that a significant number of limits in Michigan may, in fact, be illegal.

UK to Install Satellite Speed Traps

Renniks — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:28:15 +0000

In London and Cornwall, a pilot program has just been launched that combines all the fun of terrestrial speed cameras with the creepy omniscience of GPS. In a nutshell, the program -- called "SpeedSpike" -- uses positioning satellites to track motorists as they travel between traffic cameras. By calculating the time it takes a driver to move from one point to the other, SpeedSpike can determine whether or not the motorist has been speeding.