Virginia Street

Charleston, West VirginiaMar 27, 20031 Comments

The Charleston city police use at least 2 vehicles, and sometimes a motorcycle, to run a speed trap on Virginia Street, just off the I-64 exit. After coming off the interstate exit ramp, they park on the side of the road near the Wendy’s, and ticket cars going over 30mph on a three-lane street. One cop usually uses Ka-band, and the other uses a laser gun, and they seem to be able to write at least 2-tickets every five minutes. And they’ve learned a trick from the Summersville P.D – when you go to pay your ticket, they offer you the opportunity to pay 92-dollars to go to a one-hour "traffic school, after which your ticket will cease to exist. Of course, they get the entire 92-dollars that way, and don’t have to give the state a cut.

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While leaving Wendy's one day I saw the CPD with their speed trap at this location and they were having a blast ,pealing out across the sidewalk and racing like idiots down the street to catch people coming across the bridge. They were creating more of a traffic hazard than the speeders. They thought it was funny ,we could hear them laughing when they caught someone. They sure looked real professional, ha ha. The CPD didn't used to be this way,Cops used to be someone that the citizens could look up to. This new breed of Keystone Cops makes the real Cops look bad .
#1Apr 15, 2010Report Abuse

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