B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for May 17, 2012

More like a speed net.

In Oz we have immature clowns that throw rocks off overhead bridges targeting cars. It has caused serious injury but when these people are caught it just a slap on the wrist because of their age.

and as if netting him isn’t enough…“oh, what a web we weave”on the road we’ve chosenwhen we’ve lost count of our beverages

“Fatoing!” Now THAT’S a sound effect!

The Speed Trap is one of today’s emerging issues. Many small communities depend on these places for operating revenue. They are properly called “Speed Entrapments” because they are engineered in a way to make drivers speed.

Thanks, Mastroianni and Hart, for putting a serious problem in the spotlight. You are far better than mere funny pictures.

@capnbutch“Make drivers speed.” Poor helpless driver, unable to control the mad twitchings of their accelerator foot due to the evil “engineering” of the speed trap.

Speeding tickets bring out the absolute maximum possible level of blatant hypocrisy. The closest we seem to be able to come to honesty is, “Well, yeah, I was speeding, but …..”

“Fatoing”?!? That isn’t onomatopoeia … “spoing” “sploing” “boink” would be … but “Fatoing”? C’mon

With that kind of trap, I was expecting the police officer to have 8 legs!

Quincy, Illinois used to have the untimate speed trap – on 12th street (used to be US 24) where the street, coming down a hill, went under a railway overpass. Naturally, a car picks up speed going downhill – and the bridge blocked the view of the radar car!

And let’s not forget Mt. Sterling, Illinois. Their specialty used to be ticketing “rolling stops” at the 4-way stop on the main street (US 24) This was the county’s chief industry until DOT foods (and the prison) came in.

Speeding is very dangerous. I’m grateful for speedtraps.

Ah, those were the days. Mad Magazine: the king of pizzazz.

Question: If, in a school zone, my horizontal speed is near zero but my vertical speed is 500 km/h am I going to get a ticket?