All within the village limits.

Tremont City, OhioDec 27, 20101 Comments

I drive through this village almost every day. The village cops are always out there picking the pockets of anyone going 2+ mph over the 25 mph limit. They hide behind the bushes at the cemetery entrance, down driveways, behind buildings and anywhere else they can. I see them stopping people all the time. They are preditors.
There are more traps there than speed. Another thing they will do is turn their only traffic light on "blink" then sit up the street and watch for someone not to bring their wheels to a FULL stop when approaching from the blinking red lights. You have to roll out partially into the intersection to see around the buildings on the corner. When you do, you better STOP before proceding.
Entering the village driving south the speed limit is 35 mph from the vilage limits to a slight curve in the street, about 2 blocks, then it drops to 25 mph. But if you are travelling north on the same street, the speed limit is 25 mph clear out to the vilage limits. (Two different speed limits on the same streach of the road.)
The ~350 residents of this village are protected by no less than 4 police departments, Tremont City Police, German Township Police, Clark County Sheriff and Ohio State Patrol. The Tremont City Police and German Township Police are WAY over-aggressive. $$$$$$$$$$$

Comments:
This was pretty comical to read. First of all, there is no blinking red light. There is one traffic light with a "No turn on red" sign, and yes, you will get pulled over for turning right on red for the exact reasons that you mentioned. The law is there because of extremely low visibility. The reason for the differences in speed is because one side of the street is still within Village limits with houses, people and pets, but the other side of the street is a rural area and is officially outside of Village limits. The laws aren't there to prevent you from being able to rush through town to get to work because you left too late. They are there to control the speed through an area of condensed housing with a lot of local activity and low visibility. I've seen accidents happen on the main drag when both people were going under the speed limit because of the narrow roads and visibility issues. So please, please, please, drive respectfully through the Village to keep the roads safe or feel free to go a mile up the road and drive 55 as you go around!
#1May 16, 2011Report Abuse

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