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The National Motorists Association (NMA) today released a list of 25 cities with the highest number of reported speed traps during the past two years. The speed trap sites were posted by the public on the NMA’s National Speed Trap Exchange (www.speedtrap.org).
A speed trap exists in NMA’s view wherever traffic enforcement is “focused on extracting revenue from drivers instead of improving safety.” NMA opposes the use of enforcement tactics that are intended to generate revenue from technical violations of “under-posted” speed limits.
In a release, NMA said with the Labor Day holiday approaching, and the school year about to begin, the drivers’ rights organization hopes that motorists safely anticipate, rather than suddenly react to, ticketing operations known as speed traps.
The so called Speed Trap Exchange identifies the specific locations of thousands of chronic speed traps in the United States and Canada. Information about each listing is supplemented by commentary from motorists who have encountered the police operations.
Enlarge chart at the beginning for cities had the most reported speed traps since September 1, 2009. They are ranked by speed traps per 100,000 residents, according to the 2010 census.
During the same two-year period, Vermont, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wyoming, and Colorado “led” all states with 11.4, 11.3, 9.4, 9.2, and 9.1 new speed trap listings per 100,000 residents respectively.
Nova Scotia and Ontario topped the provinces, each with a rate of 8.7.
