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Originally posted by ktsnake
In many states you can get a laser jammer for around $149 at your local Radioshack...
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Just make sure you don't use it in Virginia, D.C. and Connecticut - radar detectors and jammers are illegal there. Reportedly the state police has detection units cruising the interstate looking for detectors.
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Yes, Oklahoma is VERY bad when it comes to speed traps. A local community here generates about 90% of their revenue from speeding tickets. There are MANY towns in this state that get 50+% from speeding tickets.[quote]
Tell me about it! One case in point... the little town of Coweta, about 15 miles SE of Tulsa where I used to work. The local gendarmes LOVE to cruise up and down SH 51 waiting for speeders to get caught in their traps. I got bagged one day by one of Coweta's finest who tried to nail me with 80 in a 55 (NFW!) as he was driving the opposite way on 51. Sumbitch turned around and intercepted me. So I hand him my license, registration and proof of insurance. Cursory check for wants and warrants and I got off with a caution to watch my speed. A few days later I visited Coweta Masonic Lodge and noticed a very familiar face on the Past Masters' wall of honor -- the very same guy who pulled me over was a PM of the lodge. He must have taken notice of my Masonic emblem on the back of my car.
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A bill just got shot down in the state legislature that would have limited small towns to the amount of money they could collect from speeding citations -- everything after that would have gone to the state. I thought that would have been a great idea.
But the legislature is rural controlled...
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Oklahoma... ain't it great? They finally voted to outlaw cockfighting and now they're gearing up for a fight on a proposed state lottery. (The 'Babtists' haven't forgotten the humiliating loss on the liqour by the drink referendun in '84 -- they're gonna fight that one tooth and nail.)