I was fully aware of the unscrupulous tactics and shitty reputation the “law enforcement” officers of Calvert (population of about 1,600 in the middle of nowhere) have for a long time. Highway 6 is heavily traveled by outsiders going from Fort Worth/Waco/College Station/Houston. Although I thought I was careful, I got a ticket anyway. It was not on the outskirts of the two-bit town but on Main Street. Coming in from the north, I had slowed down before each speed limit marker sign and as I approached the one right in town that said “35 mph”, I specifically looked at my speedometer on which the needle sat square on 40 and was gradually declining. A block or two later, I passed a police car cruising the opposite direction and I continued on for a few more blocks until I was nearly out of town. I watched him in my rear view mirror and he did a u-turn in the middle of Main Street and started coming in my direction. I figured there was no way I had done something wrong and wondered why he would have taken so long to turn around if I did. But he kept coming and about the time I was approaching the 55 mph sign on south side of town, he pulled me over. I was quite confused – surely he wasn’t going to write me up for 5 mph, as petty as they are in that town. He asked for my license and insurance without saying why I was pulled over, so I asked him what I had done. He said I was going forty eight miles an hour in a 35 mph zone. I nearly blasted through the roof of my car I was so pissed and he knew it. I told him I specifically looked at my speedometer and what it read. Of course, that mattered not. There is no way his radar and my speedometer were 8 mph out of sync. The short, donut-stuffed “law enforcement officer” gave me the ticket and I left. I highly question the honesty and ethics of that officer. It was over a year ago and I’m still pissed at what appears to be their total zealousness for giving tickets to non-locals and raising revenue to pay their own salaries. They are providing no public service by doing what they do. Not only is this a speed trap, I question the ethics and professionalism of the “police force” of Calvert, Texas. Barney Fife would not be proud.