# Speed Trap
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 27, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712 "2008-03-27T05:24:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/41 "2008-05-23T08:53:50Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#):
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> Used MS Word to post so you wouldn’t misspell anything, right? Hahaha.
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> Anyway, it’s all good.
Nah, I was playing around with the font 🙂 srsly
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/42 "2008-05-23T08:55:07Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#):
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> Used MS Word to post so you wouldn’t misspell anything, right? Hahaha.
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> Anyway, it’s all good.
or firefox that has spell check
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/43 "2008-05-23T08:58:29Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#):
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> or firefox that has spell check
my laptop (mac) has spell check when I type in safari. but i’m on my parents computer upstairs which does not, and i’m so used to typing w/o proof reading, hence my mistakes.
but anyways, how bout them speed traps?
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### Author:  [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/44 "2008-05-23T09:01:13Z")
I dunno if it’s just in anticipation of the weekend or this is here for good but it seems a lot more cops out on the 90 these days.
All of last year the 400 was always littered between Union and Seneca street but now I have yet to see any of them out that way.
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/45 "2008-05-23T09:10:54Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#):
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> I dunno if it’s just in anticipation of the weekend or this is here for good but it seems a lot more cops out on the 90 these days.
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> All of last year the 400 was always littered between Union and Seneca street but now I have yet to see any of them out that way.
I never see troopers fighting real crime, it’s always the townies that deal with the domestics and robberies ect… the troopers just sit and pray on motorists.
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### Author:  [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/46 "2008-05-23T09:17:28Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#):
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> I never see troopers fighting real crime, it’s always the townies that deal with the domestics and robberies ect… the troopers just sit and pray on motorists.
I was speaking in the strict sense of speed enforcement but I agree, you rarely see the state bacon busting up a robbery.
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### Author:  [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/47 "2008-05-23T09:18:32Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#):
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> I dunno if it’s just in anticipation of the weekend or this is here for good but it seems a lot more cops out on the 90 these days.
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> All of last year the 400 was always littered between Union and Seneca street but now I have yet to see any of them out that way.
i think its alot to do with this weekend. Alot of schools have prom this weekend i think
but there has been an influx of cops the past few weeks
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### Author:  [@nappy1380](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nappy1380)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/48 "2008-05-23T09:48:12Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#):
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> I never see troopers fighting real crime, it’s always the townies that deal with the domestics and robberies ect… the troopers just sit and pray on motorists.
> [@RuBiCaNT](#):
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> I was speaking in the strict sense of speed enforcement but I agree, you rarely see the state bacon busting up a robbery.
Ya um about that. State Police are not a “civil service” like local or county. State police rarely get involved in the everyday or mundane when it comes to crime. They are more concerned with the larger developing crimes and big busts.
Why would you want state police to get involved when you have a local or county PD? If the backup is required, or the local PD is very small, a state trooper in the area always shows up from what I’ve seen.
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### Author:  [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/49 "2008-05-23T09:56:04Z")
> [@nappy1380](#):
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> Why would you want state police to get involved when you have a local or county PD? If the backup is required, or the local PD is very small, a state trooper in the area always shows up from what I’ve seen.
Oh I dunno, if I was being assaulted by a rival gang of thugs I would want the State Police to get involved so I would end up dead rather than waiting for the local PD.
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### Author:  [@nappy1380](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nappy1380)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/50 "2008-05-23T10:08:13Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#):
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> Oh I dunno, if I was being assaulted by a rival gang of thugs I would want the State Police to get involved so I would end up dead rather than waiting for the local PD.
Because a state police car that could be withing a 25 mile radius is most likely going to show up faster than a local PD car. Gotcha.
If a call like that came in and a state car was right there of course he’s going to haul ass to the scene, odds are he won’t be though.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/51 "2008-05-23T10:10:45Z")
As someone who grew up in a town without a town police force I saw plenty of state cops doing every day crime duty. You don’t see it here because there is no need for it with all the town cops and county cops.
State Police are not going to be first responders in WNY because they’re not stationed that way. If we didn’t have 15 municipal police forces and 2 county police forces you’d see a lot more State Police, and they’d be the ones responding to your 911 calls.
\<---- has been taken home in a State Police cruiser for throwing eggs on Halloween when younger. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/52 "2008-05-23T10:12:53Z")
thanks for the warning… ill be heading out there later… 🙂
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/53 "2008-05-23T10:14:21Z")
Anyway, back on topic, the State Police have been out in record force on the highways lately. A couple weeks ago I went to Rochester and back and saw 8 people pulled over and 2 more radar traps just waiting for a victim. That’s going beyond “protect and serve” and moving into “armed tax collector” status.
Slow down out there boys and girls.
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### Author:  [@Griff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Griff)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/54 "2008-05-23T10:18:33Z")
^^ Word, i’m driving out to Roch tomorrow morning, it would be interesting to get a count for cops on memorial day weekend
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### Author:  [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/55 "2008-05-23T10:18:53Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> \<---- has been taken home in a State Police cruiser for throwing eggs on Halloween when younger. 🙂
at houses or little trick-or-treat’ers?? Hahaha.
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/56 "2008-05-23T12:30:21Z")
> [@Griff](#):
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> ^^ Word, i’m driving out to Roch tomorrow morning, it would be interesting to get a count for cops on memorial day weekend
on a nicer day this spring, I counted ~18 police traps from the mass pike to buffalo.
I’m not even going to comment on that at all.
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### Author:  [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/57 "2008-05-23T13:39:00Z")
I’m driving to Vermont tomorrow for a few days there. I will be doing an exact 65mph the whole way, and I will surely count the number of staties I see tagging minor, harmless speeders for a quick buck.
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/58 "2008-05-23T22:39:31Z")
> [@Bigairskier1580](#):
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> I’m driving to Vermont tomorrow for a few days there. I will be doing an exact 65mph the whole way, and I will surely count the number of staties I see tagging minor, harmless speeders for a quick buck.
the 90 from buffalo to albany is the WORST road to travel, talking to plenty of truck drivers, they say between the amount of speed enforcement and the high tolls, they HATE driving it.
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### Author:  [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/59 "2008-05-23T23:01:34Z")
I’m sure they are hungry for money… Gas is over $4!!!
Be prepared to see some stupid tickets this summer, and a lot of good threads started because of it. 🙂
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap/45712/60 "2008-05-23T23:17:39Z")
> [@Gus](#):
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> I’m sure they are hungry for money… Gas is over $4!!!
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> Be prepared to see some stupid tickets this summer, and a lot of good threads started because of it. 🙂
YEAH fucking right, as far as NYSPEED knows, i’ll have zero tickets.
I promise I won’t start another thread about a violation, unless, it’s comical
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