Comments on: Mailbag: Flooding on Highway 101, certifying radar use

By: wangofango

wangofango — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:36:10 +0000

“I recently got a ticket on the back roads near Stafford Lake in Novato by CHP radar. Was cited for going 62 in a 50-mph speed limit area ” LOL. Are you a fool? What is “back roads” supposed to imply—that the road is a tiny deserted roadway in the middle of nowhere? People have been killed along this stretch. Are you saying that speed limits shouldn’t apply to “back roads?” How about “front roads?”
By the way, you can continue taking the “backroads” out past the Cheese Factory to Olema, Pt. Reyes Station and Bolinas and you’ll generally come across CHP somewhere along the way. Is it a “speedtrap?” Not really—just enforcement that catches people who don’t realize that a long straightaway or a windy ‘back road’ do NOT negate posted speed limits. You sound like a driver who thinks “stop” signs mean “slow down a bit.”, too. The “speed trap” is in YOUR thinking.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:53:19 +0000

To the second writer: You probably were speeding, so quit looking for a loophole and pay your ticket.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:41:32 +0000

CalTrans is playing CYA over the hydroplaning issue. It occurs EVERYWHERE that they have paved over the center divider for additional traffic lanes. If you remember your high school physics, you’ll know that flowing water follows the path of least resistance and you can’t put enough slope on a highway traffic lane to make any significant difference.

The area around the Sonoma-Mendocino County line on 101 is treacherous to drive during heavy rains. I don’t want to think how bad it is going over the hills between Cotati and Petaluma now. Marin with their sound walls and no open center dividers makes Highway 101 a river during big storms since the water has nowhere to go. Poor planning = man-made dangerous driving conditions.

By: ian

ian — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:38:32 +0000

To the guy going 62 in a 50, unless you weren’t speeding, pay the ticket. The fact that you are used to getting away with something doesn’t make it right.

By: James Todd

James Todd — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:07:22 +0000

To Phillip,

Where and how you got a ticket is NOT a “speed trap”, as you put it.
People upset with sgetting a speeding ticket often use the term “speed trap” falsely without knowing the definition.
It’s disgusting that you throw that term around as a way to try to make it seem like you didn’t deserve the ticket. Suck it up, drive the posted speed limit, and keep that in mind next time you get a ticket for driving at an unsafe speed.