Rosedale, Mississippi Speed Traps

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State Highway 1

Rosedale, MississippiJun 19, 20051 Comments

The City police of this small delta town will sit just inside of the city limits and aim the radar up the highway and clock you before you get to the city limits. They will then follow you into the middle of town and write you ticket for speding.
They police clock you with radar before you get to the sign telling you about a lower speed limit.
SLOW DOWN way before you get to to the sign about reduced speed limits.

State Hwy 8 at eastern edge of city limits

Rosedale, MississippiJan 24, 20030 Comments

Police position themselves to side of road at city limits. Speed drops from 55 mph to 45 mph, then to 35 mph, all in a distance of about 300 yards. They ticket you for excessive speed in the 35 mph zone, even before you are actually within it.

North of Greenville

Rosedale, MississippiJul 25, 20020 Comments

Big presence of patrolmen and cars in this small town. Like many of these small towns, they depend heavily on your getting caught. In my case I was targeted and my radar detector responded entering town but I was right on the 35 mph limit. What I didn’t notice and was my fault was he apparently spotted my radar detector though my GPS is often mistaken for it, and he turned around and followed me out. That’s when I got it as I was admittedly not paying enough attention.

Highway 1 north of Greenville

Rosedale, MississippiJul 23, 20020 Comments

This small town has at least four patrol cars and I’ve seen no white operators so far. I came into town full aware of their presence and was right on the money when I met the patrol and got zapped according to my Escort radar detector. However, I did not notice that he turned and followed having probably noticed my radar detector, my fault. However, I also have a GPS on the dash that is most often mistaken by them. My detector never went off again but he claims I sped to 58 in a 35 departing town on the south side. That was a claim I could and would not deny for I was not paying proper attention, but my detector never went off again. The guy was civil, but very curt, no conversation. He kept my license requiring a 300 mile trip on my part to reclaim it. That was more irksome than the rest. He said he was "required" to hold it but the back of his ticket said he was "permitted" to retain it. The fine was $111 for his reported 50 (not the original voiced 58) in their 35 mph limit. However, the 45 was very near and I may have been in it. The trap at this place is nothing new and all those small towns are dying and depending more and more on such as this for money. They say they want you to slow, but many can’t survive if you do. A small town in north Louisiana recently closed City Hall because the patrolman wouldn’t write traffic tickets. (Baskin, LA)

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