4 Responses to “fav. haunts of revenue enhancement squads – Orlando”

1. admin says:

   November 30, 2009 at 3:39 pm

   >Hi !
   >I will be visiting Orlando this weekend. I was wondering if some kind soul
   >could post the favorite haunts of speed cops out there ?
   >Thanks in advance
   >Srinivas

   Use your radar detector! They are everywhere. If traffic is light, you
   can expect to find them at a curve, hill, overpass, etc. If traffic is
   heavy, they’ll just be sitting at the side of the road, making it worse.
   Be VERY careful of changes from 65 down to 55. Be VERY careful of any
   road posted at 55. They love the toll roads as much, if not more, than
   the Monster (I-4).

   –
   FORZA!

   GWAL…@RTFM.MLB.FL.US      "Big brown river. . ." Tuli Kupferberg, 1963
2. admin says:

   November 30, 2009 at 3:39 pm

   gwal…@rtfm.mlb.fl.us (Grayson Walker) writes:
   > Use your radar detector! They are everywhere. If traffic is light, you
   > can expect to find them at a curve, hill, overpass, etc. If traffic is
   > heavy, they’ll just be sitting at the side of the road, making it worse.
   > Be VERY careful of changes from 65 down to 55. Be VERY careful of any
   > road posted at 55. They love the toll roads as much, if not more, than
   > the Monster (I-4).

   I had at one acquaintance of mine who got nailed by VASCAR on I-4 between
   Orlando and Lake Buena Vista, so I don’t know if a radar detector is
   any guarantee of escaping a ticket.

   Joel Upchurch @ Upchurch Computer Consulting uunet!aaahq01!upchrch!joel
   718 Galsworthy Ave. Orlando, FL 32809-6429  phone (407) 859-0982
3. admin says:

   November 30, 2009 at 3:39 pm

   Srinivas Chennupaty (chennu@pdx168) wrote:

   : Hi !
   : I will be visiting Orlando this weekend. I was wondering if some kind soul
   : could post the favorite haunts of speed cops out there ?
   : Thanks in advance
   : Srinivas
   

      There are two VASCAR traps on I-4 that are on their way to becoming
      historical landmarks:  The first is north of Orlando, at the
      Maitland Ave. overpass, almost always in the northeast bound lane.
      On rare occasions, they will set one up from an office building
      about a mile north, at I-4 and Rt. 436.

      The other legacy VASCAR trap on I-4 is at the Beeline Expressway
      overpass, a couple of miles north of Lake Buena Vista, just to
      say "I love you" to the tourists.  It is usually set up in the
      southwest bound direction.  Most of I-4 through Orlando proper is
      divided by concrete barrier and immune from VelociNazi’s.  

      There is also a real moneymaker on the Beeline Expressway, about
      five miles east of the airport exit at the Greenway overpasses
      (about 1 mile west of the $1.00 tollbooth).  They almost gave
      me a ticket for the four black stripes I left in the middle of
      their precious timing marks.

      They like radar on the Florida Turnpike and stretches of I-95, a
      Valentine One is the best defense (of course I would never use
      one in my company car…).

      Most of the dv/dt tickets are issued by the State Police on the
      superhighways.  Be VERY careful at the points where the speed limit
      changes from 65 to 55.  They’ll be there.  The Orlando Police are
      pretty easygoing, mostly only bothering to set up radar (quite
      justifiably) in school zones.  The Seminole County and Orange County
      SOs are also top notch organizations, but beware of Altamonte Springs.
      They write approximately ten times the number of tickets per resident
      as any other jurisdiction.  An AS policeman gave me one for turning
      left at a point where the "No Left Turn" sign was mown over — then
      admitted that the judge would probably throw it out if I went to
      court.  I did and he did.  The cop was a jerk.  Altamonte Springs
      also leads Florida for the number of alumni to be convicted of
      felonies, about five in the past three years.

      Hope you have a good time in Central Florida.

   —————————–
   Bill Chidester  
   b…@hpuorfl.ssr.hp.com
4. admin says:

   November 30, 2009 at 3:39 pm

   w…@upchrch.UUCP> j…@upchrch.UUCP (Joel Upchurch) writes:
   

   >I had at one acquaintance of mine who got nailed by VASCAR on I-4 between
   >Orlando and Lake Buena Vista, so I don’t know if a radar detector is
   >any guarantee of escaping a ticket.

   Right you are Joel. Vascar is also used. Don’t know if GEICO has given
   them any laser units . . . .yet. They also use airplanes. If you can
   seem them, they may be clocking you, even if your radar detector is
   silent.

   –
   FORZA!

   GWAL…@RTFM.MLB.FL.US      "Big brown river. . ." Tuli Kupferberg, 1963