TougeHorseman

I've never heard this, and always see them camped in the dark. Spy-style.

2000BBS2k

105+ in a 65, he caught me slowing down. Walked away with a ticket for 90 in a 65. $430 with traffic school.

Marioshi

A speed trap is a marked section of road used as a measuring stick for how fast people are going. They are illegal in California (which actually makes airplane tickets illegal unless they also catch you with a patrol car). A cop sitting on the side of the road with a radar gun is not a speed trap and IS legal in most cases. The road has to have been "surveyed" within 5 years to make sure the speed limit is reasonable for the area.

Pretty sure all the "survey" stuff goes out the window if you are going over the maximum speed limit for the state (70 in CA).

I think the ticket I got was for 15 over on highway 5 so 85 in a 70? I had been going around 100 but let off when I saw the cop. Oh well, it was the most fun I have had driving that boring stretch.

Also, I paid for traffic school but forgot to take it and they still took the point off my record (I think)

nitewing117

Did this happen to be coming down highway 9? I've been pulled over for doing 63 in a 30, right before the light that used to be in the middle of highway 9. Two cops were parked on the driveway to Savannah-Chanelle.

s4play

Actually this is NOT true. I know they can ticket you from a plane. The way they get "around" the law is they say they are not using a speed trap but rather pacing you by placing your car within view from a special box on their plane landing gear. Once they have you locked in they can pace you and calculate your ground speed based on that so it's not a speed trap. If they catch you this way you are pretty much SOL, your word against theirs.

Frankly the s2000 is not an easy car to speed since you are reminded by all the road noise how fast you are going. At that point you are doing so intentionally so getting caught is the result. Use a V1 if you have it and try not to exceed +10 for most part and you should be safe.

Blatant speeding if I was a cop I would grab you too - especially those that weave traffic.

Marioshi

I don't have any personal experience with it but I do understand that these are easier to get out of than others. Not sure how the "special box" allows them to pace you without measuring distance... sounds like a speed trap to me. Airplane is going way faster than a car...anyway I detract. My main point was that a "speed trap" is different than a cop sitting on the highway waiting for people to speed by and using radar to give tickets. In fact, I would imagine most tickets are given out this way.

andrewhake

Yep they have been doing that for awhile now. Absolutely no one does 30 mph through there.

nitewing117

Yep they have been doing that for awhile now. Absolutely no one does 30 mph through there.
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Yeah, I got tagged for it back in '09. I always take it easy around that lower portion of 9 now.

Thateguhate

I only really broke the law when I had a bike.. The S2000 is a weekend car for me so by the time I get in it I'm pretty chill now, Especially living here near 92/280 CHP are constantly sitting and waiting. For the most part you have to really drive like a jackass to get pulled over in the Bay Area by CHP. I've passed those alleged speed traps at 75mph in our family SUV without so much as them even looking my way. A good rule of thumb is to never do 10mph more than everyone else around you, Don't be the one that easily be noticed from the rest of the crowd.

s4play

+1

680 Northbound as you approach the Washington exit, they sometimes sit on that center mound which is sort of a downwards hill, they just sit there to keep people on their toes but rarely do I see them actually grab anyone unless you are the one doing 100+ passing sticking out!