*sigh* I know that speed limits are ridiculous here in maryland. Nothing like having roads with nothing around you but trees and grass, with only a 30 mph speed limit.

The cops not only let us speed, but speed right along with us. There are many roads (or sections of them) where we as the public pretty much set our own speed limit, and the cops don't mind. If they see most of the population going over the speed limit, they won't pay attention to it. For example, there's a stretch of road near city limit that has a 25mph speed limit, but because the road isn't really crowded and it's 3 lanes wide, most of us go 40 on the road, and the cops do not do anything about it.

It's only when you give them a good reason to pull you over that they will, i.e. racing or going faster than the rest of a group of speeding drivers.

If speed cameras were ever made legal here in maryland, I'd go nuts. Red light cameras are already bad enough. I can understand the purpose for having red light cameras, but there are many times when they do not help at all. For instance, let's take a rainy day with wet roads. If the light you're coming up turns yellow and only lasts a couple seconds, you're either going to have to go through the light or slam on your brakes and stop in the middle of the intersection if you're within a certain distance of that light. Either way, thanks to the red light cameras, you lose.

I think all speed and red light cameras need to be done away with, they're not really fair and violates due process IMO