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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Beware of Curryville Missouri- Speedtrap Usa Highway 54
I'm having trouble downloading pics right now, so no photo. I got my 1st speeding ticket since I started driving my truck. Curryville, MO population 233, brought in $133,000 last year in ticket revenue (and they keep ALL of it) This town is such a crock of shit. They bring you down to 35 then no signs for quite a few blocks(to make you wonder if you missed a sign that the speed went back up) then they have a 45 speed limit sign,(not speed limit 45 begins) where the "Chief" hides behind a building, if you speed up before reaching it he nails you. They get to keep ALL of the money they collect from tickets, which in the past has made up more than 50% of their General Fund!! . If you think, I'm just whinning cause I'm mad, google Curryville Missouri Speedtrap. By the way I was clocked at 46, about 20 yards before the sign and The smiling Chief of Police Jerry Sutton (he is Chief of himself, as he is the only cop on their Police Force of 1) wrote me for 46 in a 35 no break at all. If they really wanted people to slow down (as they claim) they could add a couple of more 35 signs, or add 45 begins, or move the 45 sign farther out of town. This is big business there and it is a total farce, USA Today has done a story on them and another town where Chief Jerry used to work. I called and found out that if I pay the $142.50 plus a $50.00 EXTORTION FEE, (ok thats not what they call it, out loud anyways) They will kindly change my ticket to defective equipment, with no points. I GUESS MISSOURI REALLY DOES LOVE COMPANY especially at $192.50 a crack.
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I got a ticket December 29th for 34 in a 25 going through that little crap hole town. $82.50 Since then they changed the signs to be 45 to 35 and then back to 45. When I went through it was 45 to 35 to 25 and then back to 35 to 45. They will likely change back to the slower speeds once everybody traveling through thinks 35 to 45 is the limits. Crooked little piss ant cop!
I so totally agree, I really hope he writes some lunatic with less self control than us,, a ticket one of these days.
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