# Speed Traps- are they legal?

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 11, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-traps-are-they-legal/203429 "2009-08-11T11:59:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-traps-are-they-legal/203429/29 "2009-08-12T12:44:39Z")

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> [@WTT/FS: 1989 BMW 325i (5sp 2dr) $GONE](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtt-fs-1989-bmw-325i-5sp-2dr-gone/40518/32):
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> Police generally obtain permission from the property owner when setting up a speed observation point. Very few business owners will deny permission. They want to stay on the good side of the local department. I have seen police sit in residential driveways to watch for people blowing through stop signs. I saw a Hampton cop ticket a couple dozen cars in a few hours in a housing plan doing that.

Hell I have offered my driveways to cops for the purpose of catching speeder along my road, more times than I can remeber.

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