Sitting on the side of the road waiting to catch speeding drivers, a state trooper sees a car puttering along at 22 mph. He thinks to himself, 'This driver is as dangerous as a speeder!' So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five elderly ladies - two in the front seat and three in the back, wide-eyed and white as ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused, says to him, 'Officer, I don't understand, I was going the exact speed limit. What seems to be the problem?'

The trooper, trying to contain a chuckle, explains to her that 22 was the route number, not the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.

'But before you go, Ma'am, I have to ask, is everyone in this car OK?  These women seem awfully shaken.'

'Oh, they'll be all right in a minute, officer. We just got off Route 127.'

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Now the "real" life.

I live in the northwest corner of Phoenix - actually Peoria.  The city/county is now expanding the roads out here, and pretty close to where I live, they are adding a bridge to allow traffic over Happy Valley/Vistancia to go north.  This highway will eventually turn east and connected with IH-17.

Afterwards, this will slow down traffic going thru neighborhoods to get to loop 101, and then to IH-10 and IH-17.

They are also connecting Happy Valley to uh, Happy Valley, by FINALLY digging a path through a part of a mountain between 91st ave and 83rd ave.

Of course, since this is a construction zone, it's being patrolled by police.  So, for about 2 miles there is a funnel of traffic that has NO CHOICE but to run this gauntlet once your are there.  The speed limit is 25 mph - reasonable speed in construction zone.

However - the other day, when I went thru, I saw 8 motorcycle cops - SITTING and waiting - obviously a speed trap and revenue enhancer.  They were waiting in 2 rows of 4 cops - almost like a parade.  All were riding the latest BMW 1400cc bike - very tricked out.

Kinda like hunting fish in a barrow.  This is not a safety issue.  If it was, they could just put some speed bumps there which would slow down everyone.  It's only 2 miles (if that much).

We, Arizona, are now noted in the AAA manuals and documents as #1 in speed enforcement.  We have over 100 speed cameras all over the state.  We surpassed Washington DC.  Amazing.