Police Stops (Raleigh, Durham, Cary: insurance, high crime, school)

[CalandraShane]

Hello All,

I hear that the police in the triangle area love to give tickets. How true is this statement? where I live now the police are more occupied with real problems. Will I actually have to drive the speed limit, and come to complete stops? I would just like to be prepared for how to drive in the area. Is the triangle a police state?.

Thanks for any information.

[shaylahc]

In Cary, they are EVERYWHERE. I got my first and online speeding ticket there. I've seen cops in Apex pull people over for not making complete stops at stop signs. But Cary seems to be the worst for that. DH and I joke that you cannot drive in to Cary without seeing at least 1 cop (it's true!).

[mm34b]

Traffic enforcement seems to be paying off well in Wake, Orange & Durham counties compared to other NC counties on a per capita basis.

[VickiR]

Interesting...silly me...I've lived in North Raleigh and Cary for the last 25 years and I've not gotten a single ticket. Oh wait. Could it be that I follow the LAW??? Sorry...couldn't resist being a smartie pants!

Vicki

[DebbieF]

Vicki,

You are too funny. Thanks for making me laugh,before I venture out to meet a client. Have a great day. Hey lets have lunch someday and compare note
;-)

Debbie

[shaylahc]

Originally Posted by VickiR

Interesting...silly me...I've lived in North Raleigh and Cary for the last 25 years and I've not gotten a single ticket. Oh wait. Could it be that I follow the LAW??? Sorry...couldn't resist being a smartie pants!

Vicki

I didn't think I was breaking the law, either. What happened to me is I was going 38 in a school zone during what I THOUGHT were-non school zone hours. It turns out they had changed the school zone hours to run all day and I didn't know it. I had to pay a $125 ticket and my insurance shot up $20 a month (apparently you can't get pardoned for speeding in a school zone ticket...so even though I pled down the ticket, I got nailed anyway with my insurance).

My problem with the Cary police is that it feels like harassment. You can't go anywhere without seeing cops swarming everywhere. Considering how little crime there is in Cary, this seems excessive. They seem to love setting up speed traps as a way to generate revenue. Sure, we should all follow the law (and I bet most of us do most of the time) but ALL people sooner or later might accidentally go faster than the posted speed because they were distracted or didn't realize it had changed, etc. It just seems like in Cary there is a cop on every corner waiting for someone to ***** up so they can pull them over and give them a ticket (and don't even get me started on all the red light cameras ).

[TornadoAlley]

Originally Posted by CalandraShane

Hello All,

I hear that the police in the triangle area love to give tickets. How true is this statement? where I live now the police are more occupied with real problems. Will I actually have to drive the speed limit, and come to complete stops? I would just like to be prepared for how to drive in the area. Is the triangle a police state?.

Thanks for any information.

That is actually a good thing IMHO. Here is why. Where I live they are also occupied with DV calls or high crime calls and you rarely see a traffic stop. Result? The area has high crime.

In an area where there is traffic stops, that means there is less crime and more time to do traffic stops. Remember its the traffic stops that get the drug dealers, no DL, DUI, etc. If you were a shady person, would you want to go through a city where the odds were you going to get stopped? Result? Better area.

Also Cary has a 3&4 on crime. No bad, not great. Things to keep in mind.

My $.02

[a1m1700]

Originally Posted by TornadoAlley

That is actually a good thing IMHO. Here is why. Where I live they are also occupied with DV calls or high crime calls and you rarely see a traffic stop. Result? The area is high crime.

In an area where there is traffic stops, that means there is less crime and mroe time to do traffic stops. Remember its the traffic stops that get the drug dealers, no DL, DUI, etc. Result? Better area.

Also Cary has a 3&4 on crime. No bad, not great. Things to keep in mind.

My $.02

Yeah, I noticed police all over when we traveled from Wilmington to Raleigh. We even commented on this girl driving irractically and said we hope she gets pulled over and we saw her up the road getting a ticket.

[T.S.]

Originally Posted by shaylahc

My problem with the Cary police is that it feels like harassment. You can't go anywhere without seeing cops swarming everywhere. Considering how little crime there is in Cary, this seems excessive.

This is the REASON that there is little crime in Cary. If there was not such a high police presence, crime would go up. It is not a difficult concept to grasp.

[TornadoAlley]

Originally Posted by T.S.

This is the REASON that there is little crime in Cary. If there was not such a high police presence, crime would go up. It is not a difficult concept to grasp.

I agree. I just said that. I had a meeting with the Chief and LT here at local PD and said same thing. Lets see the guys giving out more tickets. This will show presence of police. In 4 years here I have seen a traffic stop probably 4x!

Again, I agree with you.