There's such a speed trap not too far from my home, in a school zone. The officers are parked well back from the street/sidewalk, so it is DEFINITELY not an easement where they are parked. The house in question is the last one on the street, at the intersection of a small side street and a major thoroughfare. There is a brick wall alongside the driveway in question, so that drivers headed down the main thoroughfare on the side that the wall is on cannot see the police at all until they are well past them. Fortunately, my radar detector can see them long before they can see (or even hear) me. I don't speed through there anyway, but still.....dhoobler wrote:The end of the driveway is easement, not private property. Was he far enough back from the road to be on private property?
I always wondered if (A) the homeowners knew their private property was being used this way, or (B) if the one of the officers actually owned that home. I would imagine that any strict adherence to the law would require the local PD to notify the property owner that they would like to use their driveway that way, and to seek permission. OTH, knowing where the school was placed, what the potential for speeding through that school zone is, and particularly if the owner has kids going to that school, I would imagine that permission was not an issue.