interstate 81

Marion, VirginiaMay 19, 20104 Comments

a speed trap along the interstate 81…would just about bet they have a lady out on the interstate driving slow so you go around her and there they are picking up helpless motorists , its a field day …. go slow …….thanks virginia….hope you all come to our state …and get the same hospitality …..

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This is very true. This hick town is notorious for catching a lot of motorist as this is a big route for people in Virginia to go west such as to Tennessee. You don't even have to be really speeding for them to catch you. I've been through here about 6 or 7 times... 2 of the times I was driving. 2 times I wasn't driving we got stopped for allegly going the same speed, 83/65. My friend who used to live near Pigeon Forge, Tennesse has been through here dozens of times. Anytime he drives through here he puts on cruise control to make sure he doesn't unnoticably exceed the speed limit. One particular time when drove through going to Tenn. we got pulled over for 83/65 which is Reckless Driving in VA. We cruised down the interstate at the same speed for about 3 hours which he paced his cruise control @ 70 mph. Funny thing was my friend said this part right here is deathly speed trap. Soon as he says that we saw a cop pull out pace along with us for a good 3 mins then throws on his lights. I've never seen my friend get so pissed in my life. When the cop approached the car my friend instantly pulls out his license, reg, and POI and drops it out the window on the ground. Cop picks it up and asked do he know why stopped him. He said, "yeah because you're a dishonest cop just trying to make the god foresaken hick town some money. So, just strut back to your car and write this BS ticket so we can get the hell out of this little piss bucket town." I was like wow. I know for a fact he wasn't speeding because he was telling me he won't speed down I-81 because of cops. I peeked over and it was set on cruise flucuating between 68 - 70mph. Cops here are always up to no good. So dishonest and uncivil.
#1Apr 14, 2011Report Abuse
Another thing to mention is don't go through here as a single car with no traffic around. They will most certainly pull you over even if you aren't speeding. They know not a lot of people from Marion will be driving down 81 so they know it's a lot of people from eastern side of VA and they wont come back to contest the ticket. I hope one day they pull over the wrong motorist that will expose this little hick towns inside operation.
#2Apr 14, 2011Report Abuse
I have driven through that area on I-81 since 1969 and have never been stopped! I keep my cruise on 70, and I live in Eastern Va.
#3May 08, 2011Report Abuse
Profiling out of state vehicles and giving bogus tickets to generate easy revenue because most will not contest. Take a look at the history of this trooper's speeding ticket issuance history: http://fightghs.com/RDCollins-ProfilingTickets.pdf Nearly 70% are out of state drivers. Approximately 35% of all ticketed received a ticket going 80/70. Out of those who received a ticket for 80/70, more than 75% were from out of state. Clear cut case of profiling out of state vehicles and giving them the same exact bogus tickets.
#4Apr 13, 2012Report Abuse

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