Entire section of Route 28 through Salem, NH (north and south bound) is heavy patrolled and has changing speed traps. Speed limit is 30mph on a 4-lane road (2NB and 2SB). Police will use the act of going just a couple of miles over the limit to initiate a field sobriety test. The police also wait in parking lots adjacent to bars and restaurants waiting for the patrons to leave so they can stop them for whatever reason they choose. Police have also marked vehicles (with chalk or grease pencil) in parking lots adjacent to restaurants and bars so they can easily identify how long a car was park there. Many bar and restaurant staff have been harassed in Salem while leaving work simply because their cars were parked at the restaurant to long. The reasons for being pulled over have included being over the limit (32 in a 30), being under the limit (25 in a 30), failure to use a directional, music was too loud (even if it wasn�t on), and we were looking for a car fitting this description, etc�

The towns people voted down a proposition to raise taxes to build a new police station so I think they (the police) are raising their own money by making unnecessary stops and the harassment of motorists.