Hwy 79 at east city limit.

Oakwood, Texas•Nov 06, 2017•1 Comments

Speed limit drops from 70 to 55 at city limit. Officer sits about 500yards down under trees on what appears to be private property. I was stopped at 9:30pm. Was only car in sight at the time in either direction. As I approached the 55 mph speed sign I disengaged my cruise control and immediately saw his lights activate and he began moving toward the road. Being so far away and fact that I had just reached the sign, I assumed he was responding to something so I slowed to allow him to pull out. He instead waited for me to pass and pulled me over. Cited me for 67 in 55. I pointed out I had just reached sign but did not matter. They do not allow you time to slow before citing. You must know to slow before reaching sign I guess.

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Same thing here. I was doing the legal speed limit (70), came around the bend and BAM it's 50. I said out loud "oh $#!+" and started braking to slow down to 50. But it was too late, he was right there and I saw him start to pull out and I already knew the crook had gotten me. He asked where we were going and I told him that we were returning home from seeing family for Easter and that we lived north of Tyler and had been visited family in College Station. Then he asks of we (being me, my wife and 10 year old daughter) have any weapons or anything else "he should know about". Umm. No. Then where do you work? I dont, I'm a full time student. Where do you go to school? (How TF is this necessary when I'm trying to get home on Easter sunday?) So I tell him. And he finally lets me go with a $250 ticket in a town hours away from home on Easter all because he nailed me in an area where I had absolutely no idea the speed limit was about to drastically drop. And people wonder why police get a bad wrap... To be honest I recently got a ticket in my home town in the same type of situation, BUT, theres warnings that the speed drops and I already knew what the speed limit was in that area and it was 100% my fault. I had my fine paid before the end of the day and wasn't even mad because I knew better and was being an airhead. But this guy out in Oakwood can go.. you know.
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