Originally Posted by ZAHANMA
I got two in two days back in last October, neither of them were for speeding and both were stupid...now I date one of the local officers, and she gets them to leave me alone for anything other than speeding.
Yeah, they have five of them in Illinois, romaing the state....Mostly in high traffice populated areas like Chicago. They just instituted them as of July 1st. They also just instituted that if, in Illinois, you are going 1mph over the speed limit in a construction zone it is a $300USD ticket...the second infraction in a construction zone... $1000USD and 90day suspension.
OUCH.
Grand......
So the next time I head to the Chicago area I'll have to keep my eyes open for suspicious vans alongside the highway.
Itsky, sure does sound exactly like you mentioned - a pure cash grab. Here in this state the majority of any speeding ticket monies get dumped directly back into the local or county coffers. I'm sure it's not much different anywhere else you go in the states.
Construction sites, as long as there are workers present, I can perfectly understand.