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Bill proposed in LA legislature to have signs designating Robeline as a "speed trap"
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:42 pm
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Wife sent me this. This is fricking hilarious.
Wife sent me this. This is fricking hilarious.
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What does it say when a retired sheriff, now legislator, brings a bill to get official state highway signs branding a village in his district as a “Speed Trap”?
That’s what HB 457, authored by Rep. Frank Howard (R-Many) would do for the Natchitoches Parish community of Robeline.
“Robeline is a speed trap,” Rep. Howard told the House Transportation Committee Monday. “Now, I don’t judge whether the tickets they give out are valid or not. I just know they’re really aggressive at giving them out. I constantly get complaints about it from the tourism people in Natchitoches, Sabine, and Vernon parishes.”
“I hear about it, too,” said Rep.Terry Brown (I-Colfax). “We invite people to come and spend money in our state, and this is an embarassment! I was in the airport in Chicago, and a couple, hearing I was from Louisiana, asked me if it was ‘safe’ to travel through Robeline, because they had read about it on the internet.”
Nodding in agreement, Howard responded, “They’ve got a population of 170-some people, yet they collected more than half-a-million dollars last year from traffic fines!”
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Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:44 pm to Parmen
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This post was edited on 4/11/23 at 4:05 am
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:45 pm to Parmen
They will stop you for going 2 miles over. I always go 5 mph lower than the marked limit.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:46 pm to Parmen
I support this. I wonder if he is open to adding other towns to the bill.
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:46 pm to Parmen
There actually used to be a law in Louisiana restricting the % of budget that a town could derive from speeding tickets. Unfortunately, that law was reversed and shite like Robeline, Forest Hill, and Waterproof are the result.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:47 pm to msutiger
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Literal Highway Robbery
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:47 pm to p0845330
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I wonder if he is ooen to adding other towns to the bill.
If he adds Dodson, Dry Prong and Creola and gets this bill passed, I'll personally donate to his re-election campaign
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:50 pm to Parmen
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Robeline Police Chief Gordon O’Con testified. “Those weren’t all speeding violations, in fact, very few were. We don’t issue tickets for less than 12 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. We give more tickets for expired stickers, expired license plates, not wearing a seatbelt.”
bullshite
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:52 pm to Parmen
Robeline. Robeline.
Ahhhhhh the prettiest town I've ever seen.
Police there don't treat you mean
In Robeline
My Robeline.
Ahhhhhh the prettiest town I've ever seen.
Police there don't treat you mean
In Robeline
My Robeline.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 4:52 pm to Parmen
It used to be known as "Robbers Lane" at one time in its history. They are just keeping it real.
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