I get alot of speeding tickets

I think its bullshit it makes me so angry and no I'm not a bad driver or even someone that really speeds, yet I get 3 or 4 tickets a year.
I travel for work therefore I drive way more than most people. I travel about 1/6 of what a long haul trucker does.
And my speeding tickets are always baloney. Today I got one going 48 in a 30 on a highway. If you miss the tiny sign that changes the speed from 45 to 30 by one block a cop using radar is waiting behind a bush to snag you.
I think that the way tiny cities use speed traps to pad their pockets should be illegal. Speedlimit postings should be easily noticeable perhaps by flashing light or change in road design like I have seen in Europe when its such a drastic change of speed on a highway in the middle of no where.
A mile or so prior to where I got the tickets the flashing light sign said 55 and thats the last one that I saw.

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nedkelly · 61-69, M

In Australia you would be classified as a habitual offender and given a 5year ban from driving

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@nedkelly I don't know if its true but I have read that in other countries its much easier to know when the speed of the highway changes. I saw a Youtube video on this and I was amazed and how the signs were easier to notice.

There is a stretch of highway that I drive in which during the course of about 15 miles the speed goes from 70 to 55 to 30 to 70 to 45 to 60 to 70. Same straight highway. No changes in the road at all. If you look at your radio or just look closely at another driver and you miss the small black and white signs on the road you will easily be in violation. Cops wait in hidden places behind many of these sign changes.

chrisCA · M

@nedkelly In Canada, it would probably be impossible to get insurance with that record.