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Remember when they used to have those signs saying speed monitored by airplane?

Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:06 pm
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35721 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:06 pm
And there would be stripes every so often across the road. Was that fake? Did anyone ever get a ticket from that?
Posted by LSShoe1030
Kenner
Member since Aug 2014
761 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:09 pm to
I had a buddy that did…. But it never seemed like it would be very profitable
Posted by TxWadingFool
Middle Coast
Member since Sep 2014
4424 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:09 pm to
Not fake, they got me on I49 in the late 90s, still doesn't pass the smell test but what can you do.
Posted by DMagic
#ChowderPosse
Member since Aug 2010
46503 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:09 pm to
Yes my buddy got pulled over in Alabama by a trooper who said he was clocked by plane. Don’t know how it’s legal really but I know nothing about how it works.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 10:11 pm
Posted by chalupa
Member since Jan 2011
6764 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:12 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/13/24 at 1:23 pm
Posted by adamau
Member since Oct 2020
3583 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:12 pm to
That kinda crap is just plane wrong
Posted by BeachDude022
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Member since Dec 2006
34977 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:13 pm to
I did once about 20 years ago on Hwy 90 near Patterson.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
30516 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:13 pm to
I got pulled over in college on I-95 by FHP near Daytona using a plane to clock me.
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
5824 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:27 pm to
A friend that I worked with got a ticket like that years ago. They just timed you hitting the stripes. He said it was pretty darn accurate as to how fast he was going. It was on the basin headed to Lafayette.
Posted by WestSideTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
3668 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:27 pm to
The signs are still out there.

Posted by edgebr
Member since Oct 2018
178 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:29 pm to
Yea I got pulled over by a Cessna on I10 in Pensacola
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7027 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 11:19 pm to
I got a ticket on I-12 in the 90s
Posted by FutureCorridor49
US 90
Member since May 2023
264 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 11:22 pm to
They catch me all the time but the planes never bother to land when I pull over
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
5220 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 11:42 pm to
They were real. Plane or chopper would be out there spotting speeders, do the math on line crossing, then call down to a cruiser for the ticket. I think with the slashing of police budgets over the years that was probably high on the chopping block. Seemed wildly expensive just to catch a few speeders.
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
14715 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 11:52 pm to
I can remember seeing those signs, crossing from Baldwin County into Pensacola. I always wondered if it was bullshite.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 11:55 pm
Posted by FLTech
the A
Member since Sep 2017
13334 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 12:12 am to
Soon, when you speed over the speed limit, your car will just print out a speeding ticket from the dashboard.
Posted by Earthquake 88
Mobile
Member since Jan 2010
3025 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 1:34 am to
I got one on I-20 from eyes in the skies back in the 80’s. That’s cheating. Thinking back to that era it made me remember when the majority of the people I knew had radar detectors. Guess those things are obsolete now IDK.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38704 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 5:51 am to
Last time I saw one was around 2010 patrolling over I70 in western Colorado.
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
577 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 5:54 am to
They still have those signs in western part of Virginia.
Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
Lake Charles
Member since Apr 2010
17901 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 6:00 am to
It’s only a matter of time before drone fleets serve this purpose.
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