speed traps
Roadside radar stations
Speed traps are stretches of road where police monitor vehicle speeds, often in locations chosen more for revenue generation than safety—a sudden drop in the speed limit, a hidden patrol car, a town whose budget depends on traffic fines.
The term carries connotations of entrapment: That whole county is one big speed trap.
Drivers warn each other about known speed traps.
- lead footHabitual fast driver
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- fineAcceptable in quality
- gotchaExclamation upon catching someone
- highwayMajor road for travel
quota · small town · patrol · ticket · sneaky · revenue generation · cash grab · Waze · school zones · violation · enforcement · roadside · road signage · slow down · unmarked car · brake · limit · detector
- Traffic Policetraffic cop, traffic stop, patrol car, traffic stops, highway patrol
- drag stripChristmas tree, starting lights, stage lights, finish line, starting line
- Doppler effectDoppler effect, Doppler shift, blueshift, redshift, Doppler radar
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- traffic rulesstop signs, traffic lights, traffic signals, road signs, yield signs
- transportation issuestraffic congestion, traffic jams, congestion, gridlock, road safety
speed trapsspeed bumps
Raised road sections
traffic calming · rumble strips · chicanes · speed limit signs · roundabouts
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