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Top 10 Worst Cities for Speeding

omarrana submitted on 5/28/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:01:21 PM

16 user comments | Category: Misc News | Source: | SOURCE: www.egmcartech.com

Based on user postings, the website for Speed Trap Exchange listed the Top 10 US cities with the most speed traps.

Detroit rolls in at number as the worst place to speed in the country. Speed Trap Exchange was launched in 2000, a website where users can post the whereabouts of speed traps all over the country.


1. Detroit, Mich. suburbs
2. Colorado Springs, Colo.
3. Houston, Texas
4. Orlando, Fla.
5. Nashville, Tenn.
6. Ann Arbor, Mich.
7. Albuquerque, N.M.
8. Washington, D.C.
9. Denver, Colo.
10. Virginia Beach, Va.

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Top 10 Worst Cities for Speeding

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Threepoint1415926

Here in Denver, I just have them all memorized on my commute. But it's pretty clear where speed traps would be if people just took time to be observant. Watch out under bridges, blind corners, over hills ect. Go fast when you can, slow down when you should. These ideas have helped me survive the streets with nary a radar detector or speeding ticket my whole life.

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Posted on 5/28/2007 7:47:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

richardp996

I can believe those. I lived in Colorado Springs and Denver for a long time. As for Virginia Beach, Albuquerque, and Ann Arbor I did not notice any speed traps while I was visiting.

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Posted on 5/28/2007 7:48:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

GLover

I live in orlando and I agree this is one of worst places to speed. If you are going to drive in Orlando and the surrounding areas please invest in a radar detector.

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Posted on 5/28/2007 9:30:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Bmw8ter

There's no getting away from speed traps in South Florida at all. If you're on the interstate or a highway, you might as well pull over. If you're in a city, you might make it with a fast enough car, but more than likely, you're going to have 10 cars on your ass within 5-10 minutes.

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Posted on 5/28/2007 11:51:42 PM | | Votes: 2   

mp2dtw

We don't have speed traps. Ann Arbor and some suburbs do stringently enforce, but there aren't any speed traps--as in places where the limit dramatically decreases without warning where the police are always sitting. There are a couple of places where it's illegal to smoke and drive. It isn't posted, which I think is a bit unfair.

It really doesn't matter anyhow. If you drive quickly enough or make a quick turn into an apartment complex or something, they can't catch up. They're in Chevrolets and Fords after all.

Nice photo of my city in any case.

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Posted on 5/28/2007 9:42:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

neutral

Ann Arbor is a HUGE pain in the ass. The police in AA are useless human beings. We should take them out and toss them in a meat grinder. They are worthless.

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Posted on 5/29/2007 12:58:28 AM | | Votes: 1   

mp2dtw

They're idiots because they believe in enforcing the law to the letter without regard to given circumstances. Yes, one can drive 40 mph safely in a 35 and one can drive 32 dangerously in the same 35. They don't seem to understand either. If they pull you over, you must be ticketed--they don't have the option of not ticketing you under most circumstances. I don't think their police are as big a pain as their traffic signals--untimed. It can seem to take 30 minutes to get 5 miles.

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Posted on 5/29/2007 1:54:23 AM | | Votes: 1   

S4cabriofoxone

I can get away with it when I have my radard detector, easy...

Chicago is a fast city. On the highway, where the limit is still 55, everyone is going 70-100mph. Nobody EVER gets pulled over, unless they're pushing 110 and a cop is lurking on the shoulder...

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Posted on 5/28/2007 11:59:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

mp2dtw

Chicago drivers are the worst. Have they ever heard of slow traffic staying to the right or pass left? I've driven through the UP to avoid Chicago.

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Posted on 5/29/2007 1:57:13 AM | | Votes: 1   

Rupert

There's a road in the UK out of London, the M1 I think (a motorway/highway with 70 limit), with no camera, wide, well surfaced lanes and everyone does 90. It's great!
I just remember the time we raced a TGV (the really fast train) in France. And won. Doing 130 mph (!).

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Posted on 5/29/2007 7:13:48 PM | | Votes: 1   

bigTYME

Detroit. I'm not surprised. If anyone's from Detroit, all I can say is SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY. There are days that we drive the speed limit, but most of the time we are doing 10+ over, even in all lanes. Lately people are driving the speed limit, just because of gas prices though. Me, I don't need a radar detector, I know where the cops are. I am a radar detector.

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Posted on 5/29/2007 12:14:28 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

MunichRob

Well I just moved from West Palm Florida to Vancouver Canada, & compared to Florida Vancouver speed traps are a breeze...In fact I haven’t even seen one in the 2 months I've been here. I hated having to watch for all the undercover police cars in Florida, Camaros, Expeditions, Mini-vans etc.

No wonder this is the only place in Canada radar detectors are legal.

Hey 001 now that I'm here, I'd like to see the top 10 worst Canadian cities to speed.

— MunichRob (View Profile)

Posted on 5/29/2007 5:10:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Designer1

ah, no California, so I can drive faster, yeeha!

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Posted on 5/29/2007 12:20:08 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

WeFlyHighNoLie

Garden State Pkwy should def be on that list!

— WeFlyHighNoLie (View Profile)

Posted on 5/30/2007 4:30:32 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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