Speed trap towns run their scams on unsuspecting people not from the area. Here in PA we had one that ran a 25mph speed limit on a 4 lane road. The state even ran a disclaimer that that town was not their jurisdiction. Eventually it got put out of business when the traffic court judge was found to be making out like a bandit.
The winners, the people.
We have one here that I drive thru all the time. Don’t know if they have cameras but don’t think I’ve driven through once when I didn’t see a car pulled over by local police. Speed limit goes from 60 to 55 to 45 to 35 within about a half a mile. You really have to watch it and sometimes break to hit the speed limit.
It’s a major 4 lane highway with a podunk town set right in the middle of it.
When the state opened a new 70 MPH interstate through the corner of a speed trap town near here, (JOHNSON, ARKANSAS)the local cops came out in force and were ticketing everyone they could for violating the city’s 40 mph limit.
The governor had to issue a cease and desist order to get them to stop.
I got my first speeding ticket in another state on I-40 when the government suddenly dropped the speed limits from 70 mph to 55 back around 1974. Tucumcari NM had more traffic cops on I-40 than you will realize! I still won’t stop in that town. I go on to Santa Rosa, or Amarillo.