The Driving Life
speeding
Speedtrap.com is a directory of U.S.
and foreign speedtraps. Traps are categorized by state and country.
Illinois Speedtraps at
Speedtrap.com (128 printed pages for Illinois) lists known speed traps by
location, provides the average ticket fine, type of cars used (marked/unmarked),
frequency of operation, and other stats.
Most ticket fines range from $75 to $95, but fines of up to $125 are
not uncommon.
Roselle, Naperville, Route 59 and Golf Road host several traps each, according
to the frequent postings. Trap submissions are made by site visitors so there
is no guarantee of accuracy. The number of postings does not reflect
the vigilance of the local PD. There are fewer than five Chicago
traps posted - northbound Lake Shore Drive is one - but this doesn't
mean that the city is a free speeding zone.
The Illinois page is long, but many of the traps are from 1997. For some
reason the 1997 traps are listed twice on the page, which makes the page
unbelievably long. Don't kid yourself into thinking that an old trap
is still located in the same spot as it was in 1997, or that any place
not listed is safe.
This site's existence was controversial among local law enforcement.
Some want to keep the traps' locations secret, or deny existence of
the traps. I'm not advocating speeding. I'm advocating awareness of the penalties
for breaking the law.
The Illinois Tollway posts the Wolf Pack's locations on its
Web site. The Wolf
Pack is a group of Illinois State troopers who patrol the tollways.
How
to beat a speeding ticket, an AltaVista message board hosted by Remarq..
Read it for information, entertainment, or out of curiosity. Try the
contributors' methods at your own risk. Of course, after visiting speedtrap.com,
you won't be speeding at all, right? ;-)
Of course, the best way to avoid a speeding ticket is to obey the speed limit.
How about an Obeying the Speed Limit Day in Chicago? We citizens would petition
for such a day, even suggesting a date for the event: September 31.
But in the meantime, be careful!
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