i waited until all the emotion and opportunity for resolution passed to write this and don't feel any of the anger or hurt i originally felt last year when AAMCO of Sanford Florida provided the worst service i ever experienced at any auto mechanic business... i am certain now that i was lied to and they tried to rip me off beyond the poor work they did on my car and could have made them pay if i had the time and wanted to invest the money in hiring a lawyer... i've let it go and am writing this entry just to record the bad experience i had at AAMCO Sanford Florida...
simply, the $1600 transmission repair was faulty, i inquired about a tune up and was talked into a head gasket replacement i probably didn't need, and the repairs caused permanent damage to unrelated parts of the engine... part of that additional damage was repaired at for an additional $500 to repair at a much more reputable mechanic, Tibbits on University...
after leaving my car at AAMCO, Sanford Florida for two full days, the fact that it was not ready the third morning for my scheduled pick up should have been a red flag... i had explained that i was inconveniencing a friend to give me a ride and that is why i agreed to leave the car two full days... they acted as though i was imposing when i showed up at our scheduled time for pick up... running late for a meeting i did not insist on checking the repair work as much as i should have... they apparently rushed to put the engine back together which probably caused the damage that left the care getting 6 miles to the gallon on the highway (it was getting 30mpg highway when i brought it into AAMCO)... the engine started without a hitch, idled smoothly at 900 rpms and was rock solid never sputtering, stalling, or having any problems at all before i left it in the hands of AAMCO, Sanford Florida...
it sputtered, jerked into gear, lost acceleration, and had other engine issues (besides the 6mpg highway) upon driving out of AAMCO... the engine has never been the same...
Tibbits on University was able to identify the parts AAMCO broke and the car is running ok now, a year later, except for the hiccups in the new transmission AAMCO installed and diminished engine performance...
the worst part of the experience was the general manager's rude, aggressive, insulting language and attitude when i returned to have the car checked... i dealt with the owner for the repair and this was the first meeting of the general manager... i explained the car performance issues... he had a mechanic check the car and told me it was the fuel pump and they would repair it for around $600... i asked about the transmission and engine and he told me he didn't have time to discuss anything else... his words were "take it or leave it" as he stood up and showed me to the door...
i suspected this was not true and asked to speak with the owner who was the person i contracted with for the transmission and he got in my face and physically backed me out the door... i walked to the bay and called out to the mechanics that i requested to speak with the owner and would appreciate one of them letting the owner know... the general manager threatened to call the police... i then called the owner and the owner came out from a back area of the shop...
the general manager would not allow the owner to discuss my concern, repeatedly interrupting, calling me a liar, and again threatening to call the police if i did not leave the premises... he told the owner that i deliberately damaged the car... he insisted he was polite and professional, even as he was yelling that i was a liar and my complaints about the car were meaningless...
after stating to the owner that it is obvious he did not want to resolve my complain as he was allowing his employee to prevent us from having a conversation, i left... within 30 minutes the owner called to apologize, explained the general manager was hired just two weeks ago and was out of line, and he offered to do the gas pump job at his cost, no labor, for around $350... he gave me his private number and asked i did not call the office again... i told him i would think about it after getting a second opinion...
the reputable mechanic, Tibbits, told me my fuel pump was just fine and showed me the damaged fuel sensor part that needed replacing... the part was cracked, not worn out, and Tibbits said it likely occurred when the transmission and engine put back together, but there is no way to prove that...
i was done trying to negotiate with AAMCO Sanford Florida because they tried to rip me off for work that was not needed (fuel pump) instead of addressing the actual damage, not to mention the rudeness and intimidation tactics... unfortunately, the evidence of the damage done by the AAMCO of Sanford Florida shop was not concrete enough for my credit card company to stop full payment mostly because it was an old car, though they did withhold payment for six months while investigating and acknowledged a lack of responsibility and professionalism on the part of AAMCO...
the fuel pump is still fine a year later... the transmission and engine has permanent damage costing me a bit more in gas every week and proving less acceleration in traffic and on highways...
all i can tell you is that if you want to go to AAMCO for work on your car, steer clear of AAMCO of Sanford Florida not only because of shoddy work, but for unprofessional attempts to intimidate you into work you do not need... trust is an essential aspect of auto repair decisions and you do not want to trust AAMCO of Sanford Florida...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
ford fiesta and other failures
car buying sucks in many ways when money is an object (and remembering a time when money was almost no object brings a whistful smile, but that's another story for another horse of a different rider, or something like that), but car buying is much worse when there are no cars to choose from... take about a sellers market, sheeesh...
so i very well would have bought a ford fiesta se with auto and the 203a option package (just in case any ford dealers are savvy enough to be googling out there) and the blue with black/blue interior would likely have iced it, but there were none to be found in the country, apparently, and in their infinite wisdom to make the extra buck, the very few that were available were packaged for optimal profit for the car seller and not for the buyer...
research showed me that reliability aside (and while that would be a large set of dice to roll, i was ready to take that gamble), the new 2011 fiesta was the best bang for the buck in sub-compacts offering the best gas mileage and best options packages...
while honda and toyota may still have the best reliability and longevity ratings and resale value (though gm has the longest warranty), they've come down in stature in recent years and their cars themselves are no longer ranked in the top few of subcompacts... add to that the fact that their prices have risen above most of the other brands, especially when you compare the option packages... ford is the first manufacturer to offer the good options in the subcompact model and still brings the car in at a price under the bare bones models of the perennially most reliable foreign makers...
the 100,000 mile warranty gm offers almost had me going for the chevy aveo but it ranked fairly low on the scales i reviewed (for instance, using multiple other reports and this methodology) as did many other small cars that were at the top of the rankings for most of the last twenty years...
i decided there was no good reason to compromise on what i felt was the best car package for me for under $20,000 so i am tossing the $2000 i would have put as a down payment on the fiesta into the old cavalier which means no new car (read my lips) for at least a year or two or maybe few since the cavalier has just 82,000 miles on it and that means it should have another few years of low cost after these big repairs are done... as long as aamco does them right, that is...
maybe i'll actually clean and even paint the old flippantly casual automobile now :)
so i very well would have bought a ford fiesta se with auto and the 203a option package (just in case any ford dealers are savvy enough to be googling out there) and the blue with black/blue interior would likely have iced it, but there were none to be found in the country, apparently, and in their infinite wisdom to make the extra buck, the very few that were available were packaged for optimal profit for the car seller and not for the buyer...
research showed me that reliability aside (and while that would be a large set of dice to roll, i was ready to take that gamble), the new 2011 fiesta was the best bang for the buck in sub-compacts offering the best gas mileage and best options packages...
while honda and toyota may still have the best reliability and longevity ratings and resale value (though gm has the longest warranty), they've come down in stature in recent years and their cars themselves are no longer ranked in the top few of subcompacts... add to that the fact that their prices have risen above most of the other brands, especially when you compare the option packages... ford is the first manufacturer to offer the good options in the subcompact model and still brings the car in at a price under the bare bones models of the perennially most reliable foreign makers...
the 100,000 mile warranty gm offers almost had me going for the chevy aveo but it ranked fairly low on the scales i reviewed (for instance, using multiple other reports and this methodology) as did many other small cars that were at the top of the rankings for most of the last twenty years...
i decided there was no good reason to compromise on what i felt was the best car package for me for under $20,000 so i am tossing the $2000 i would have put as a down payment on the fiesta into the old cavalier which means no new car (read my lips) for at least a year or two or maybe few since the cavalier has just 82,000 miles on it and that means it should have another few years of low cost after these big repairs are done... as long as aamco does them right, that is...
maybe i'll actually clean and even paint the old flippantly casual automobile now :)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
don't buy a car in orlando, fl
prices are way inflated when compared to other parts of the country... there is almost no selection, no selection if you are looking for a smaller economical car... and used cars are high mileage with prices that can get you a new car in other parts of the country...
that's just the way it is...
that's just the way it is...
Sunday, December 19, 2010
speed traps - big business vs safety
counting down the ten worst cities for speed traps in the u.s., the cnbc article points out that while speed limits used to be created for the safety of drivers and pedestrians based on traffic studies, nowadays speed limits are often changed primarily to trap more safe drivers and make money for local governments, especially during tough times (number of tickets written correlates with the general economy, which should be illegal as it is unethical, but there is little consumer-oriented ethics in government and business, really)... beware driving anywhere, but especially in these cities:
10. Los Angeles, CA
Speed traps: 151
Los Angeles is a great example of speed limits not matching at all what traffic patterns indicate is a safe speed — which is how they’re supposed to be determined.
Most of the speed traps are on the boulevards in the valley, my L.A.-based colleague Jane Wells, who writes the Funny Business blog, says. “The speed limit is 35 but if you actually drove that, you’d get mowed down!” Wells says.
Fines and surcharges for speeding or failing to have proof of insurance can approach $1,400, the NMA reports. And good luck fighting a ticket in L.A. It’s always been tough, but with the city teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, motorists don’t have a chance.
“If you walk into a courtroom, because of the massive deficits at every level, they can’t let a breathing person walk out without taking their money!” Dornsife said.
9. Chicago, IL
Speed traps: 153
Chicago now uses red-light cameras to nab motorists for running lights and speeding, which increases the city’s ticketing power. And, while, speed limits are supposed to be determined by engineering studies, Dornsife notes that the last study on one red light speed trap here was done in 1994 and the Department of Transportation deemed the safest speed was 43 miles per hour. The posted limit? 30.
Dorsnife notes two problems here: First, some of the traffic-control devices are 20 and 30 years old. And second, on the interstates, local politicians control the speed limits — and the enforcement in the courts. So, good luck fighting a ticket.
Barnet Fagel, aka “The Ticket Doctor,” noted one particularly tricky speed trap: Motorists have to drive at a snail’s pace leading up to the entrance to Lake Shore Drive, which then opens up into a six-lane highway. A half-mile in is the speed trap, where the speed limit is 40 and police nab drivers just as they’re starting to pick up speed. “Comparable divided highways carry higher speed limits by as much as 10 to 20 mph more,” he said.
8. Dallas, TX
Speed traps: 156
Dallas is one of three Texas cities that made the top 10 for speed traps.
“Here’s what happens in Texas: We have these safety standards that you have to apply to make sure the speed limit is safe,” Dornsife said. “They follow none of them! They have what’s called ‘home rule,’ which means they don’t have to follow federal law.”
Dornsife said it’s not uncommon here for tickets to be issued for drivers going just a few miles over the speed limit, and they’ll do things like set a “school zone” two miles away from the school.
Also, good luck keeping up with fluctuations in the speed limit on a given road. Dornsife recalls being at a DOT speed-limit conference and a presenter from Dallas said there are sections of the freeway where the speed limit can change three to four times within a few miles.
And speed limits can be changed arbitrarily: “Somebody stands up in a city council meeting … say, a police officer with no training in traffic engineering … and proposes a speed-limit change and they vote on it,” Dornsife said. “Traffic engineers are supposed to decide what speed is safe – and law enforcement is supposed to enforce it,” he said. “Half of these cities don’t have traffic engineers.”
7. Orlando, FL
Speed traps: 165
You’re less likely to break the speed limit on your daily commute than you are on vacation, where you’re in a strange place and don’t know the laws or the speed traps, Dornsife says. So, Orlando, home of Disney World and Universal Studios and Sea World, benefits from a steady stream of tourists – and revenue from speeding tickets.
“Orlando definitely has speed traps,” said Amy Mariani, a former traffic reporter for Clear Channel Radio. Some of the worst ones, she said, are Colonial Drive (State Route 50), where the speed limit constantly changes, the Beachline (State Route 528) as motorists drive west from the airport (That’s right, they get you straight from the airport!) and I-4, especially downtown near the Millenia Mall.
Plus, Dornsife says, Orlando was one of the early adopters for red-light cameras – they were using them even before state laws allowed them to. In the first three months, he says, the cameras here generated 700 tickets.
And, they’re tough: One motorist noted on Speedtrap.org that officers on motorcycles often snag motorists in a short school zone for doing three to four miles over the speed limit.
6. Denver, CO
Speed traps: 165
Colorado, like Texas, has “home rule,” where cities don’t have to comply with state laws. As a result, traffic on some roadways indicate 35 to 40 miles per hour is safe and yet the speed limit has been set at 25, or 55 is safe and yet the legal limit has been set at 40.
One Denver driver said that many roadways have been designed far bigger than they need to be, which facilitates higher rates of speed. Then they post low speed limits and BAM! They can snag you for a speeding ticket.
And they’re tough: They have speed cameras everywhere, that resident said, and they’ll even nail you for going an inch over the line at a light.
Jayson Luber, the traffic reporter for 7News at ABC affiliate KMGH, said officers will even wait for drivers riding in the exit lane who dart back into other lanes at the last minute, and nab them for crossing a white line. He said holiday weekends are the worst but police are out in full force year round.
5. Jacksonville, FL
Speed traps: 175
Florida takes the prize for the state where motorists are most likely to get a speeding ticket, according to a survey last year by the NMA.
One man told News4Jax.com that he wasn’t surprised. “I probably passed 30 cops on the way down here, so they were sitting there waiting to get everybody that's for sure," he said.
Jacksonville, in particular, is known for speed traps where multiple drivers are pulled over at once, often by unmarked police cars, and motorists can be charged for going 5 mph over the limit. And, they get low marks on informing motorists of the speed limits.
“Many of their streets are horribly underposted,” Dornsife said of Jacksonville. “Some of the signs they use there aren’t even legal devices – they’re supposed to be a particular size, format and shape,” he said.
4. Colorado Springs, CO
Speed traps: 186
Remember, Colorado has “home rule,” where municipalities don’t have to follow state laws, and Colorado Springs takes full advantage of it.
To their credit, they fully disclose how tough they are: They state publicly that drivers will be penalized if they drive 1-4 miles over the speed limit, 5 to 9 miles over, 10 to 19 miles over, 20 to 39 miles over and 40 or more miles over (Literally, they break it down that far). They also state that “one’s intent is irrelevant,” which means they don’t care if you didn’t mean to speed, had a broken speedometer or have oversized tires. These situations are “Not a defense to speeding.”
Colorado Springs drivers write on Speedtrap.org that often police use unmarked vehicles. And, like Denver, wide roads are often slapped with a 25 mph limit and entering the city from the southeast, one motorist notes, the speed limit drops quickly from 55 to 25.
3. Las Vegas, NV
Speed traps: 187
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and tourists find out all too soon that applies to speeding tickets as well!
Speed traps are common on the highways heading into and out of Las Vegas, Dornsife said. Department of Transportation records indicate traffic could handle 80 mph but a 70 mph zone is strictly enforced. Even side streets have traffic stops, one motorist noted on Speedtrap.org.
Another motorist said he passed by an officer when he was driving north on US-49 and the officer was going south. Three minutes later, the officer turned around and pulled him over, clocking him doing 59 in a 55 when the driver thought the speed limit was 60. The officer actually wrote him a ticket for 67, saying he’d seen the driver speed up to 67 after passing him by!
Dornsife added that anytime there’s a budget crisis, the number of tickets written out seems to go up. And, good luck trying to fight them in court, especially when the city is still struggling financially.
2. Austin, TX
Speed traps: 189
The second entry from Texas in the top 10 is Austin, which one motorist described as practically a police state. Remember that here, they have “home rule,” so municipalities don’t have to follow state laws — and it seems they’ve taken that invitation to go quite seriously off the script.
That motorist said he was ticketed for going three to four miles per hour over the speed limit in a school zone, and when he was going 83 in an 80 mph zone.
There are serious speed traps at the northern and southern city limits, motorists note on Speedtrap.org, with many noting that everyone they know seems to have a couple of tickets. One woman wrote that she received a ticket and took a driver’s education course to eliminate it. A clerk called her a year later and said the ticket was now a warrant and the fine had been increased. Luckily, she had her paperwork to prove it had been eliminated. She also noted that she’d seen three cars pulled over at once.
Houston, TX
Speed traps: 373
And the winning city is from … Texas!
Seriously, the speed traps in Texas are so bad, Dornsife said, “any place in Texas could be No. 1.”
Drivers note on Speedtrap.org that there are traps set at the Houston city limits and near attractions like the Astrodome. And, the speed limit can change rapidly and dramatically. One motorist wrote that entering the city on Highway 59 North, the speed limit dropped suddenly to 55 from 70. Just as the motorist noticed the speed-limit change on his GPS, BAM! There was a speed trap.
The number of tickets was even more staggering when the economy was bad: In March of last year, KTRK Channel 13 found that Houston police officers wrote about 3,000 tickets per day, or 147 an hour!
TrafficTicketSecrets.com says the average speeding ticket in the U.S. is about $150. Multiply that out and that’s $450,000 a day — and $14 million for the month.
10. Los Angeles, CA
Speed traps: 151
Los Angeles is a great example of speed limits not matching at all what traffic patterns indicate is a safe speed — which is how they’re supposed to be determined.
Most of the speed traps are on the boulevards in the valley, my L.A.-based colleague Jane Wells, who writes the Funny Business blog, says. “The speed limit is 35 but if you actually drove that, you’d get mowed down!” Wells says.
Fines and surcharges for speeding or failing to have proof of insurance can approach $1,400, the NMA reports. And good luck fighting a ticket in L.A. It’s always been tough, but with the city teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, motorists don’t have a chance.
“If you walk into a courtroom, because of the massive deficits at every level, they can’t let a breathing person walk out without taking their money!” Dornsife said.
9. Chicago, IL
Speed traps: 153
Chicago now uses red-light cameras to nab motorists for running lights and speeding, which increases the city’s ticketing power. And, while, speed limits are supposed to be determined by engineering studies, Dornsife notes that the last study on one red light speed trap here was done in 1994 and the Department of Transportation deemed the safest speed was 43 miles per hour. The posted limit? 30.
Dorsnife notes two problems here: First, some of the traffic-control devices are 20 and 30 years old. And second, on the interstates, local politicians control the speed limits — and the enforcement in the courts. So, good luck fighting a ticket.
Barnet Fagel, aka “The Ticket Doctor,” noted one particularly tricky speed trap: Motorists have to drive at a snail’s pace leading up to the entrance to Lake Shore Drive, which then opens up into a six-lane highway. A half-mile in is the speed trap, where the speed limit is 40 and police nab drivers just as they’re starting to pick up speed. “Comparable divided highways carry higher speed limits by as much as 10 to 20 mph more,” he said.
8. Dallas, TX
Speed traps: 156
Dallas is one of three Texas cities that made the top 10 for speed traps.
“Here’s what happens in Texas: We have these safety standards that you have to apply to make sure the speed limit is safe,” Dornsife said. “They follow none of them! They have what’s called ‘home rule,’ which means they don’t have to follow federal law.”
Dornsife said it’s not uncommon here for tickets to be issued for drivers going just a few miles over the speed limit, and they’ll do things like set a “school zone” two miles away from the school.
Also, good luck keeping up with fluctuations in the speed limit on a given road. Dornsife recalls being at a DOT speed-limit conference and a presenter from Dallas said there are sections of the freeway where the speed limit can change three to four times within a few miles.
And speed limits can be changed arbitrarily: “Somebody stands up in a city council meeting … say, a police officer with no training in traffic engineering … and proposes a speed-limit change and they vote on it,” Dornsife said. “Traffic engineers are supposed to decide what speed is safe – and law enforcement is supposed to enforce it,” he said. “Half of these cities don’t have traffic engineers.”
7. Orlando, FL
Speed traps: 165
You’re less likely to break the speed limit on your daily commute than you are on vacation, where you’re in a strange place and don’t know the laws or the speed traps, Dornsife says. So, Orlando, home of Disney World and Universal Studios and Sea World, benefits from a steady stream of tourists – and revenue from speeding tickets.
“Orlando definitely has speed traps,” said Amy Mariani, a former traffic reporter for Clear Channel Radio. Some of the worst ones, she said, are Colonial Drive (State Route 50), where the speed limit constantly changes, the Beachline (State Route 528) as motorists drive west from the airport (That’s right, they get you straight from the airport!) and I-4, especially downtown near the Millenia Mall.
Plus, Dornsife says, Orlando was one of the early adopters for red-light cameras – they were using them even before state laws allowed them to. In the first three months, he says, the cameras here generated 700 tickets.
And, they’re tough: One motorist noted on Speedtrap.org that officers on motorcycles often snag motorists in a short school zone for doing three to four miles over the speed limit.
6. Denver, CO
Speed traps: 165
Colorado, like Texas, has “home rule,” where cities don’t have to comply with state laws. As a result, traffic on some roadways indicate 35 to 40 miles per hour is safe and yet the speed limit has been set at 25, or 55 is safe and yet the legal limit has been set at 40.
One Denver driver said that many roadways have been designed far bigger than they need to be, which facilitates higher rates of speed. Then they post low speed limits and BAM! They can snag you for a speeding ticket.
And they’re tough: They have speed cameras everywhere, that resident said, and they’ll even nail you for going an inch over the line at a light.
Jayson Luber, the traffic reporter for 7News at ABC affiliate KMGH, said officers will even wait for drivers riding in the exit lane who dart back into other lanes at the last minute, and nab them for crossing a white line. He said holiday weekends are the worst but police are out in full force year round.
5. Jacksonville, FL
Speed traps: 175
Florida takes the prize for the state where motorists are most likely to get a speeding ticket, according to a survey last year by the NMA.
One man told News4Jax.com that he wasn’t surprised. “I probably passed 30 cops on the way down here, so they were sitting there waiting to get everybody that's for sure," he said.
Jacksonville, in particular, is known for speed traps where multiple drivers are pulled over at once, often by unmarked police cars, and motorists can be charged for going 5 mph over the limit. And, they get low marks on informing motorists of the speed limits.
“Many of their streets are horribly underposted,” Dornsife said of Jacksonville. “Some of the signs they use there aren’t even legal devices – they’re supposed to be a particular size, format and shape,” he said.
4. Colorado Springs, CO
Speed traps: 186
Remember, Colorado has “home rule,” where municipalities don’t have to follow state laws, and Colorado Springs takes full advantage of it.
To their credit, they fully disclose how tough they are: They state publicly that drivers will be penalized if they drive 1-4 miles over the speed limit, 5 to 9 miles over, 10 to 19 miles over, 20 to 39 miles over and 40 or more miles over (Literally, they break it down that far). They also state that “one’s intent is irrelevant,” which means they don’t care if you didn’t mean to speed, had a broken speedometer or have oversized tires. These situations are “Not a defense to speeding.”
Colorado Springs drivers write on Speedtrap.org that often police use unmarked vehicles. And, like Denver, wide roads are often slapped with a 25 mph limit and entering the city from the southeast, one motorist notes, the speed limit drops quickly from 55 to 25.
3. Las Vegas, NV
Speed traps: 187
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and tourists find out all too soon that applies to speeding tickets as well!
Speed traps are common on the highways heading into and out of Las Vegas, Dornsife said. Department of Transportation records indicate traffic could handle 80 mph but a 70 mph zone is strictly enforced. Even side streets have traffic stops, one motorist noted on Speedtrap.org.
Another motorist said he passed by an officer when he was driving north on US-49 and the officer was going south. Three minutes later, the officer turned around and pulled him over, clocking him doing 59 in a 55 when the driver thought the speed limit was 60. The officer actually wrote him a ticket for 67, saying he’d seen the driver speed up to 67 after passing him by!
Dornsife added that anytime there’s a budget crisis, the number of tickets written out seems to go up. And, good luck trying to fight them in court, especially when the city is still struggling financially.
2. Austin, TX
Speed traps: 189
The second entry from Texas in the top 10 is Austin, which one motorist described as practically a police state. Remember that here, they have “home rule,” so municipalities don’t have to follow state laws — and it seems they’ve taken that invitation to go quite seriously off the script.
That motorist said he was ticketed for going three to four miles per hour over the speed limit in a school zone, and when he was going 83 in an 80 mph zone.
There are serious speed traps at the northern and southern city limits, motorists note on Speedtrap.org, with many noting that everyone they know seems to have a couple of tickets. One woman wrote that she received a ticket and took a driver’s education course to eliminate it. A clerk called her a year later and said the ticket was now a warrant and the fine had been increased. Luckily, she had her paperwork to prove it had been eliminated. She also noted that she’d seen three cars pulled over at once.
Houston, TX
Speed traps: 373
And the winning city is from … Texas!
Seriously, the speed traps in Texas are so bad, Dornsife said, “any place in Texas could be No. 1.”
Drivers note on Speedtrap.org that there are traps set at the Houston city limits and near attractions like the Astrodome. And, the speed limit can change rapidly and dramatically. One motorist wrote that entering the city on Highway 59 North, the speed limit dropped suddenly to 55 from 70. Just as the motorist noticed the speed-limit change on his GPS, BAM! There was a speed trap.
The number of tickets was even more staggering when the economy was bad: In March of last year, KTRK Channel 13 found that Houston police officers wrote about 3,000 tickets per day, or 147 an hour!
TrafficTicketSecrets.com says the average speeding ticket in the U.S. is about $150. Multiply that out and that’s $450,000 a day — and $14 million for the month.
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