ATTENTION ALL PENNSYLVANIA DRIVERS

01silverado2500 · February 3, 2006

Got this in an email at work....

Pennsylvania State Police will launch a 30-day speeding ticket frenzy throughout the state starting February 1, 2006. The State estimates that 22 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets. 3 million will go to pay Trooper overtime costs and benefits. There will be 150 State Troopers on duty during all shifts patrolling the highways. Significant radar enforcement will occur along the I-70, I-76, I-79, I-80, I-81, I-83, I-84, and I-90 corridors.

Motorists traveling 6 mph or more above the limit will receive a ticket and every State Trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 minutes.

Pennsylvania has activated 50 new unmarked cruisers of various makes and models for this pilot program to raise extra funds and meet mandated quotas. The Pennsylvania State Legislators dreamed up this program to help offset

the additional funding required to hire 60 new Troopers. I was told KDKA TV and Radio stations confirmed this. So be safe and don't forget speeding tickets are on you.

You've been warned.

Gotta Love being in PA.

blue2kzr2 · February 3, 2006

Not true.

Snopes.com article about this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/speeding.asp

This went around last year also, the e-mail was false then as well.

Z71GUY · February 3, 2006

I dont know, but I live in PA and do alot of driving for my job. I can honestly say that I've seen quite a few people pulled over in the past day or two. I also saw a new white Chevy Tahoe, completely unmarked except for hidden windshield lights pulling people over. I've NEVER seen a police vehicle like this in our area.

We'll see if it lasts all month... Hopefully its just a coincidence.

Wingnut · February 3, 2006

Never believe anything you get in email without independently verifying it yourself.

And for the love of FSM...

STOP FORWARDING THAT CRAP.

MS3DALE · February 3, 2006

I heard about it at work also and wondered if it was true or not.

gave20 · February 3, 2006

Never believe anything you get in email without independently verifying it yourself.

And for the love of FSM...

STOP FORWARDING THAT CRAP.

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but I got an email the other day about a very sick baby and if I forward the email to 100 of my firends and they forward it to another 100 people microsoft and AOL will pay for the operation. I feel so violated.

asilverblazer · February 3, 2006

Almost as good as when the monitor photography went around.

Wingnut · February 4, 2006

Almost as good as when the monitor photography went around.

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My mom still believes that's possible.

February 4, 2006

Do you mean to tell me that Bill Gates won't really pay me to forward those emails?

If you forward this post to 10 people, your phone will ring and your wish will come true. This is so weird! If you don't, you'll have bad luck the rest of your life.