The entire Waldo area on 301 south of Starke is a speed trap! The "Town of Waldo" is soley in business for the purpose of collecting fines from anyone travelling more than 3 mph over the "posted limit." I had the misfortune in 1991 of getting 2 speeding tickets on the same day. (COMING & GOING) Each was for 14 mph over the "posted limit" and cost me $135 each. The bummer was that the same angry, hyper-ventillating, sawed-off, r^+ ba$+^rd, female cop with a chip on her shoulder stopped me both times. Whatever you do, don't argue because they won't listen and you won't win. The truly bad part was they did not process payment of my fines properly. It screwed my insurance and driver license for 4 years before I finally got it straightened out with Florida DMV.

waldo has supported the city for many years by robbong the motorist passing thru there it really makes no difference how fast you go they will write you and the fines are stiff

going thru Waldo Christmas of 2009...we were stopped going into Waldo by an unmarked car...actually we were lost...while we were trying to figure out where we were.... we seen this white car and my husband had slowed down because we were trying to figure out what was going on ..the car was parked almost derectly accrossed from the sign He said he had clocked us doing 43 when we where at the curve in the road further down from that sign ...the speed limit at that point was 45 ...seeing that we weren't sure where we were at ....I did go back and check at a later date...I know this was not a legally reported ticket...I have to add this comment many many years ago I lived in a town where the cop got to big for his britches and gave to many tickets and the local hoodlums caught him out on a back road and beat the living tar out of him ...they never did find the perpetraiters.....we did have the syndicate in the area ...as I look back at it... he may have pulled the wrong person over ...(Waldo) by the way this little episode costs us $500....so watch it when you go thru Waldo

Another comment: Coming into Gainesville, Fl on 222..... before they did all the new road construction there was a speed sign that sat behind another sign witch was very hard to see ..my husband had said to me ocassionly the speed limit was 45 in that area..... and at that time I had said to him yes I know ...but I never see the the sign....Many people speed in this area ..as time went by, they had a speed trap set up there on a Sunday and I got caught almost immediately after I passed it and when he issued me the ticket he made sure I new it could cost me $500 if I fought it and lost...when I went to traffic school I talked to the teacher about it..... as I was about to leave he told me I should have fought It ...but I was afraid to because the ticket was $200 verses the $500 the officer warned me about....I do beleive he knew I probablly could have won this and that would have been less money for Gainesville