Mods can you delete this please this guy is exposing a massive conspiracy to bilk tourists out of $20

Staties? Town cops? Sheriff's Dept,?

This sounds fake. Do we even give tickets without stopping the driver? I know some states use radar and cameras, but do we?

Only a few parking lots in Burlington use cameras for tickets that I know of.

Rockingham just across river from New Hampshire.

So I guess we only can post about securing rights to murder babies, pics of mushrooms and the chickens we own on farms? We mustn’t allow anyone to actually ask a question because it’s a conspiracy.

I was stopped and dressed down because I didn't pull over immediately. I'm from Ohio where we have real shoulders on the roads. That fact was lost on the cop.

I think you missed their sarcasm

I don’t understand what you mean when you say “but when I got the ticket I’m not so sure”.

I wasn't driving differently than anyone else in the line of cars. I figure it is safest to blend in with the locals, apparently not. And the random speed limit changes are confusing ( probably due to your twisting roadways). When I crossed the Ohio border just about the first sign I saw was "speed limit changes next five miles".

It still doesn’t make sense. You know you were speeding, and you know where and when you were stopped. Or did you mean to type “why”? Either way, if you are really concerned about your 20 bucks, give the court a call about the different ticket numbers.

Is there a phone number on the ticket or the rescinded notice?

There's a state police barracks there but were the state police the ones that pulled you over?

No phone numbers on any documentation. I will call a number I found on the website tomorrow.

I don't think the barracks is there anymore

No speeding no blue lights (free pro tip)

Municipal ticket from Rockingham

Everybody here speeds (unfortunately), but everyone takes the chance at getting pulled over.

Though I will say, at least anecdotally, when I used to commute regularly an hour up and down I89 I typically saw mass/conn/nh plates pulled over. Not so much VT plates. This was state police, but I think they like to play favorites.

You seem to be extremely inconvenienced by your experience here. Maybe you should stick to your cornfields.

Oh that reminds me. The next baby murder meeting has been moved to Tuesday folks. Bring a casserole.

I was there last year and it was still existing. It's the same building as the fire dept .

State Police barracks are now in Westminster, no longer in Rockingham.

This makes no sense, there is no Rockingham police force. There is Bellows Falls police. Town of Rockingham contracts with the Sheriffs Dept for police coverage.

Let me help you here. You say:

"I'm from Ohio where we have real shoulders on the roads."

That's because Vermont has a thing called mountains. You say you didn't pull over right away, so already the cop is pissed. If you had Ohio plates and a local-yokel cop saw that, and had the opportunity to pull you over for speeding, he might have wanted to check you out and see if you 'looked' like you might have drugs. Big bust for a guy like that.

We do not give camera tickets for traffic violations.

Less likely to show up in court if you are from out of state.

I always figured it was something like not targeting the people that live and work here so much, but you make a good point.

It can get weird. My father once got a notice by mail that he was being fined for illegal parking in Rutland, a city he'd never been to. He ignored it, assuming it was a scam letter. Two weeks later, he got a second letter informing him that his fine had doubled for non-payment. Then he got a letter stating he'd missed his court date. He kept trying to call the traffic court to straighten the mystery out, but couldn't get hold of anyone.

Finally, after MONTHS of mounting fines, he managed to get a person on the phone. He tried to explain that he'd never even been to Rutland. They rattled off his license plate number.

"Yes, that's my plate." "Well sir, our records indicate that your Volkswagen Passat was parked in - " "I don't have a Volkswagen Passat." "Yes, sir. Your black Passat, license number da-da-da." "... You mean my blue Dodge pickup, truck plate # da-da-da?" "Uhhhhh....."

Turns out there was a truck plate and a car plate with the same digits, and they stopped at the first one they found without making sure the vehicle details matched. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Make sure there are gluten-free options this time, please. Members of the Conspiracy to Eradicate Lives In Agricultural Channels (CELIAC) were very disappointed in last week's offerings. We can't afford to have the baby murder conspiracy splinter into competing groups over the snack table!

Yeah, the truck plate distinction causes headaches like that. Throws up issues on the border too.

Cry more about our state constitution adding a right to bodily autonomy.

That's what happens when you give some lonely old retired lady the power of being a metermaid.

Doesn't look like a historical problem area

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