# 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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**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-traps-are-they-legal/203429/3 "2009-08-11T13:00:43Z")

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> [@FS/FT: \*SOLD 93 Civic Si/LS SOLD\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-ft-sold-93-civic-si-ls-sold/34548/118):
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> Are they legal? I know there was a big thread on DUI traps etc.
> 
> 1. are speed traps legal?
> 2. Is it legal for police to set up a speed trap in the parking lot of a business during normal business hours?
> 3. is there anywhere online that has a police manual in pdf format or something of tha tnature?

its technically not a trap…there is no bait to make you speed… they are just observing.

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