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Keith B wrote:

Dave2 wrote:

Keith B wrote:By the way, there are much more cost effective methods to slow people down in neighborhoods, including speed cushions or actual speed bumps.

The trouble with speed bumps is that by the time they're "bumpy" enough to make someone hit the brakes, there are entirely street-legal cars that don't have the ground clearance to get over them without scraping. A friend of mine (who, at least when I'm around, drives quite reasonably) can't go into certain areas because the speed bumps there are too high for his Mustang Bullit to clear. And he's not just saying that to complain about the bumps... I've been in the car with him when it's bottomed-out. I can only imagine how bad it must be for some of those super cars.

That's why the speed cushions are better. They are wide with sloping leading and trailing edges and can be cleared by any vehicle.

puma guy wrote: I'm saving up to get a gold grill for my upper front teeth, too! I was just kidding about the Escalade, but you probably knew that! I had the same thought when I read ticketed for speeding at a drag strip.

PUCKER wrote:... I would really like to know how that worked out in court.

puma guy wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:There is a drag strip in Ennis Texas. They have posted speed limit signs on the road leading to the pits from the end of the drag strip. They will and do write legally enforceable speeding tickets... ALL THE TIME! I was pulled over once and told to slow it down. I did not argue with the off duty cop. A buddy of mine did get a ticket and he did have to pay the thing. The off duty cops actually write the tickets... maybe this makes it different... AFAIK, that drag strip and the property it sits on is ALL private property. I could not tell you if it was a moving violation that went on his record or not. Until now, I never thought about it.

BTW... the cop was on a golf cart...LOL. I was in a high ten second truck. I was a bit confused when he lit me up with the police flashing lights and the thought of "speeding away" never crossed my mind. I heard a saying once... "You may outrun the vehicle but you won't outrun the radio".

I know the track you're talking about. All I can say is Ennis is in the infamous I45 speedtrap corridor, so the JP and Judges probably enforce any money making traffic stop enterprises they can Just Kidding JP's and Judges! BTW I drive a Black tricked out Cadillac Escalade with black tinted windows blacked out tail lights, license plate frame with smoke tinted cover and blue after market HID headlights!
I don't see how they'd be traffic violations would be enforceable if it is indeed private property.