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Troopers issue 26K tickets in speeding crackdown


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State troopers issued 26,845 speeding tickets in the past two weeks as part of Operation Slow Down.

The crackdown targeted speeders on North Carolina's interstates. Troopers patrolling Interstate 40 in Johnston County, for example, nabbed drivers going up to 105 mph in a 65-mph zone and 118 mph in a 70-mph zone.

Speed is the leading cause of wrecks on interstates, according to the state Highway Patrol, and 359 people have died in such wrecks over the past four years.

Troopers normally issue about 5,000 speeding tickets a week statewide, officials said.

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So if nothing happened, then get over it.

LOL!!

That's the funny part leo-nc - I wasn't busted!!

I was driving 45 in a 55 (legal last time I checked) as was pulled because some half-brained trooper thought I was "DUI" (yes DUI not DWI) at 7:20 AM!!!

LOL!! Busted?! Kid you have a lot of learning to do. I can tell you aren't from around these parts!

Headly, dude, you need to get over that whole thing in your past, man. You got busted, and now you're on here whenever you can, trying to claim police state. Now THAT is funny ;)

Here's a thought "Speed Kills"

Well, that's just not true. Do some reading. Speed limits are put in place for and by insurance companies. If somebody is speeding, they don't pay for an accident. If somebody gets a speeding ticket, they raise their rates. It's a win/win for insurance companies when it comes to speed limits, yet every study shows no significant correlation between speed and accident frequency or severity.

It's amazing the people posting here who are denigrating law enforcement officers for doing their jobs. Americans are lucky and spoiled. Try speeding or tailgating or anything like this in a country like oh say Germany for example. Think speeding ticket fines are high here? In Germany they are based on your income leve which is how it should be here e.g. instead of paying a $250 fine you could pay a $2500 fine there or more depending on what you make. I actually like that system better and Germany has far safer drivers and roads than we do as a result. I am surprised at the lack of responsible adults posting here posting for safer driving. I don't care if they throw the money in a ditch as long as someone blowing by me at 100mph is getting fined for it. I think you all are confusing fiscal policy with law enforcement here or have seen too many bad movies. Law enforcement and the Highway Patrol do deserve criticism on some issues but this is not one of them. Grow up.

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