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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
So going on what WDE has posted, putting stop signs in weird locations is nothing more than a money making exercise???
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There are plenty of towns in rural areas like that here that are known as speed traps. The speed limit outside the town is 55. The speed limit inside the town limits is 35. The sign announcing it is deliberately obscure, and likely placed where you couldn't slow down fast enough if you
did see and read it. And the local cop has his radar gun out, waiting to pounce.
It's a fairly major source of revenue.
Along similar lines, I grew up in the city of Philadelphia. The city decided many years ago that something needed to be done to cut down on double parking, and considered raising the fine for a double parking ticket from $6 to $25.
Problem 1: double parking was a way of life in largely Italian-American South Philadelphia, which was also the political power base of the then Italian-American mayor.
Problem 2: the city department responsible for collecting the fines said "If you do
that, people won't double park as much, and we'll lose half our revenue!"
So they compromised, and raised the fine to $12. The city collected more money, the Mayor's constituents weren't unduly upset, and if you couldn't drive in South Philly because the double parking made half the streets impassable, hey, that was their problem...
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Dennis