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On Friday, five teams of deputies were stationed throughout the county to target speeding, red light running and other offenses.DAWN REISSPublished January 29, 2006
In an effort to curb aggressive driving, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office made 180 traffic stops on Friday.
Five three-member teams of deputies observed 10 intersections in the county from 7 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m.
Each team had a deputy in plainclothes stationed at an intersection. That deputy radioed violations to the two other deputies who were in marked cars away from the intersection, who then made the traffic stops. The deputies found drugs in seven vehicles and made seven misdemeanor arrests, found three outstanding warrants and made one felony arrest. They issued 25 citations and 42 warnings for running red lights and distributed 151 pamphlets about running red lights and aggressive driving. One hundred seventeen additional warnings and 29 additional citations were issued.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Gail Tierney said the traffic detail was a success.
"It put a serious dent in the problems at those intersections," Tierney said. "The numbers were pretty high, higher than we'd like to have, but in same breath, it is a legitimate way to face drivers who practice those kinds of habits." The teams started at U.S. 41 and Norvell Bryant Highway, State Road 44 and U.S. 41, SR 44 and County Road 491, U.S. 19 and Grover Cleveland Boulevard, and SR 44 and CR 486. If no violations were observed within a 60-minute period, the teams relocated to U.S. 41 and Croft Avenue, SR 44 and U.S. 41 (near Griff's Bar in Inverness), CR 491 and CR 486, U.S. 19 and CR 490, and U.S. 19 and Venable Street.
The teams targeted speeders, red light runners, tailgaters and drivers who weave in and out of traffic. The teams also used drug-sniffing canine units.
"Traffic complaints are the largest number of complaints to the sheriff's department and probably the biggest concern of citizens in the county," Tierney said. "Periodically, we try to do special details to attack driving under the influence or, in this case, aggressive driving. If nothing else, it at least makes law enforcement presence known and hopefully is an educational process for drivers here in the county."
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Star-Telegram 01/22/2006 Questionable e-mail warns of speed traps
Questionable e-mail warns of speed trapsBy Traci ShurleyStar-Telegram Staff WriterThe caution it urges might not be a bad idea, but an e-mail describing a "speeding ticket frenzy" in the Metroplex smells like a hoax.
The message popped up in inboxes last week. It warns that the Dallas Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety are launching a 30-day crackdown on speeders, with extra troopers and officers expected to generate $9 million in fines. Familiar freeways like Interstate 20 and Texas 360 are listed as targets.
That would be news to Sgt. Gil Cerda, a Dallas police spokesman.
"I heard about it yesterday. But I don't know anything about any speeding-ticket frenzy," Cerda said Saturday.
A Web site devoted to urban myths, www.snopes.com, says that nearly identical e-mails have circulated in California, New Jersey and Tennessee since May.

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Utah: Legislation Would Shut Down Local Speed Traps
Utah state legislator proposes legislation to shut down local speed traps.

Local jurisdictions in Utah would be less likely to set up interstate highway speed traps under legislation proposed by state Senator John W. "Bill" Hickman (R-Washington County). His measure would send all local traffic ticket revenue directly to the state, removing the incentive of county and municipal governments to use speeding tickets to balance the budget.

"Some local governments are taking advantage and generating a revenue stream from the interstate," Hickman told KUTV television in an interview. His bill would eliminate the practice.

Hickman, who drives a silver C6 Corvette to work, has never received a speed trap ticket personally.

Source: UT Senator Wants Less Speed Traps On Utah Highways (KUTV-TV (UT), 1/20/200

CHP Takes Zero Tolerance Approach to Speeding on Highway 49

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The Galveston County Daily News Galveston Texas Speeding News - “If you go three miles over the speed limit in Hitchcock, you will get pulled over,” Sarah Chambless of Texas City said.

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10News.com - News - Chula Vista May Put Brakes On Speeding With Red-Light Cameras
CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- To gain control of speeders and those who dash through red lights, Chula Vista is close to joining other cities in the county by installing red-light cameras.
Thousands of cars and trucks use East H Street in Chula Vista on a daily basis. It's a primary artery to the 805 freeway, but it's also becomming unsafe.
Last year police wrote 311 citations for speeding -- a third of which were on East H Street.

Chron.com What you don't know can earn you a ticket
Houston Chronicle
Mike Miller writes that Houston police often "set up speed traps" along Smith between Lamar and the Southwest Freeway during the early morning and evening rush.

The potentially deadly 55 mph speed limits that prevail on township roads in rapidly developing residential areas could fall to as low as 30 mph, under a bill pending in the state House.

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That's the ticket: Web sites warn of speed traps | IndyStar.com

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Gazette.com-
Speeders: Beware of Springs
Colorado Springs inspires more ire among speeders than any other jurisdiction in Colorado, according to a Web site that lists areas drivers believe are speed traps.

The Speed Trap Exchange (www.speedtrap.org) lets drivers warn others about speed enforcement patterns anywhere in the country. Contributors anonymously post warnings, including finer details such as the names of notorious overpasses under which police cars often lurk.

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