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How a fed up carpenter found his stolen power tools — and 15,000 others
(www.washingtonpost.com)
this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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I highly doubt that. This was in a relatively low crime part of town, in a city with very low crime (about half the national average), and this particular road would only be used by local residents. It's somewhat popular because it's the only thru road for a mile or so in either direction with a school and a park, but there's also just houses for a mile or so in either direction.
Traffic is relatively low, the street is wide (one lane in either direction, but there's room for two), pedestrians are rare (everyone drives), etc. So most people seem to go 35 despite it being a 25 zone (there's a speed check sign at one end).
If they're looking for drugs or warrants, they'd have better luck elsewhere. We're a constitutional carry state (no permit needed to conceal carry), so guns are fairly common and totally legal unless you're a felon or a minor.
This was on the last day of the month, so I think they're just filling quotas.
Cops don't care that it's all locals. They don't see you as safe unless you're a cop too. And the very fact that they're working a road they can just keep pulling people on tells me they aren't looking for actual safety violations. They already use every stop to search as much as they can get away with. So when they're conducting stops back to back like that it's not a trap. They aren't waiting for a reckless driver. They're actually running a rolling check point, searching as many cars as they can.
Stop assuming good faith from cops, they are trained to lie to you and extract information. The only time a speeding stop is actually a speeding stop is when someone is going faster than the flow of traffic by a lot.
A speed trap is a revenue source. If the cops wanted to find drugs or something, they'd go to the poorer part of town. This was in a suburban part of town near a wealthy part of town, so they're not likely looking for drugs and whatnot, they're just trying to get some easy speeding fines.
Regardless, it's unhelpful. I've seen multiple people get pulled over there, and they are not driving recklessly at all. I know where the cops tend to hide, so fortunately I haven't gotten pulled over.
And no, I'm not assuming good faith, I'm just assuming they're trying to make some quota for the month, or maybe the officer is trying for a promotion or something. Regardless, it's stupid and I'd much rather they spend their time tracking down stolen bikes or something.