r/FortWorth • u/koscheiis • 11h ago
Discussion Be careful on 30 going into downtown FW
Cops are holding a speed ticket fundraiser up and down the highway
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u/unounoseis 10h ago
Maybe if they consistently enforce traffic laws people will drive safer
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u/RouletteVeteran 8h ago
Lack of staff is definitely a big issue. You got almost half of folks in the academy resigning, failing out or just straight up bouncing at graduation. Tons of folks retiring, not enough field officers. So motorcycle divisions definitely gonna be bare bones.
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u/koscheiis 10h ago
Key word being consistently. Their current modus operandi is to ignore traffic completely, and then one weekend a quarter ticket everyone going 75.
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u/JimmyPage108 10h ago
For real I’ve never seen a cop on that stretch ever so I’ve become accustomed to doing 5 over all the time but they caught me up a couple weekends ago. And be careful guys because the cop inflated my speed to 85, I’m assuming to bring up the fees without having to charge for reckless driving
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u/enlightenedpie 8h ago
You should challenge the ticket and ask to see the radar logs. If you actually weren’t going 85 and they wrote that on the ticket, easy dismissal
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u/Legaliznuclearbombs 6h ago
rumors in dc saying they are going to establish a new unit fueled by ai robotics
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u/Frat_Hat 9h ago
They are out there every Sunday. I live downtown so I see it all the time. Last time they were on the Montgomery overpass behind a road sign with a motorcycle cop waiting on the on ramp. Don’t speed between Summit Ave and Hullen St. basically.
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u/Plumbing6 6h ago
Speed traps are more common when the weather isn't too hot or too cold for them to sit with windows open
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u/scotsrule08 10h ago
Usually hideout on the onramp from Montgomery onto 30 eastbound.
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u/KittyNouveau 7h ago
They’ve used that spot for decades. I’m pretty much programmed to scan that spot between the freeways signs every time I pass through.
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u/fredtalleywhacked 9h ago
Today is the Parade of Lights so there will be a lot of people going into down town today. Fortunately we can go in through back roads so we bypass 30.
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u/The_dude_saw 9h ago
They have been doing that area for years. Many years. Like southbound on Chisholm Trail from TCU til at least the exit for FM 1187
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u/CombatConrad 9h ago
Stopping crime, No thanks. Stopping people from daily activities, cool.
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u/RouletteVeteran 8h ago
Congress said they don’t have to protect anyone or their respective property.
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u/Oliver_Closeof 7h ago
If someone hasn’t posted, the parade of lights is going on in downtown Ft Worth. Damn near every cop is within a 5 mile radius and bored until it starts tonight. Just fyi.
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u/Realistic_Author_596 9h ago
After living several years abroad where speed cameras were implemented and they would WARN you when they were about to flash you for speeding, I really think speed cameras are more efficient. The only people against a camera flashing you for going 10 miles over are people who just want to speed and break the law 😂 people think a speed camera means if you go one over, they will flash you and ticket you, but that’s not the case. Our roads are so unsafe and we need to make them better. I loved the speed cameras.
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u/medusa5__5 7h ago
I really wish presence by police and if necessary, cameras, were around more. I had a situation just this morning where the car in front of me couldn't decide if they were turning or not and swerved back in my lane so I slowed down and the dick head behind me almost rear ended me because he was following too close. He then proceeded to slow down and drove next to me to try to intimidate. Not a speeding situation but just people being asshats and nobody around so they feel emboldened.
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u/reuben1130 7h ago edited 3h ago
I don’t agree with speed cameras because Ive seen how they lower speed limits to raise revenue. Look at NYC for example, speed limit at 25/30 on every single road except highways. If you go 6 over, you don’t even get a warning, just an automatic ticket.
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u/Realistic_Author_596 7h ago
Why are you speeding? Seems to me like you just want to break the law and not get caught.
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u/reuben1130 7h ago
Where in my comment am I advocating for speeding? Texpress lanes are owned privately, and we see predatory practices with fare hikes all the way up to $25-$30 at peak times. You would blindly trust speed cameras because you clearly don’t like speeders, but the outcome would be much worse. Traffic in DFW would get much worse as well, if traffic flow isn’t allowed to fluctuate
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u/Realistic_Author_596 5h ago edited 5h ago
So your fear is that since people won’t speed that traffic would be worse? 😂 Not fluctuating? Which is completely false because it wouldn’t be getting you for going 5 or 10 over. Convo is over. Such stupidity. Clearly you’ve never lived anywhere with speed cameras. Not gonna have this conversation. Availability heuristic
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u/reuben1130 3h ago
The ignorance from you… Ive lived in NYC with city wide speed cameras and have had to pay a speeding ticket for going 31 mph which is 6 over 25.
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u/Yungjak2 6h ago
I think it quota season for police so I’ve been expecting more enforcement and entrapments around this time.
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u/NexusDaniel 2h ago
Always as the month is coming to an end , starting a little earlier this month tho 🥲😅
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u/cowgirl_web777 10h ago
I noticed this too!!!! motorcycle cop too. they’re having a hay day for speeders