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SPEED traps usually bring to mind a highway patrol car parked in an obscure place, waiting for unsuspecting motorists to exceed the posted limit. I drive 10 miles every day on an interstate highway. A team of patrol cars regularly stakes out one

By Edgar J. Higgins Jr. | Updated on November 30, 2005

SPEED traps usually bring to mind a highway patrol car parked in an obscure place, waiting for unsuspecting motorists to exceed the posted limit. I drive 10 miles every day on an interstate highway. A team of patrol cars regularly stakes out one section. Oncoming vehicles cannot see the patrol car that “clocks” them as they go under an overpass. The pursuit car then chases down the speeders. It is amazing how predictably they catch motorists from the same spot day in and day out.

Not all speed traps are found on highways. There are others that can have serious consequences for businesses. I have a relative who was a long-time employee of Kodak’s headquarters in Rochester, N.Y. Kodak was always a benevolent and paternalistic employer with a strong community spirit. It seemed as if the profits from their worldwide film sales would enable the good times to go on forever.

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