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PUNISHED: Missouri State Auditor Defunds Speed Trap City. ?A notorious Missouri speed trap town wa?

By Glenn Reynolds

PUNISHED: Missouri State Auditor Defunds Speed Trap City. “A notorious Missouri speed trap town was busted Wednesday by the state auditor for violating the law. Randolph, Missouri has a population of just 47 people, but the police department last year dished out 3132 fines — nearly all speeding tickets issued to motorists passing through on Highway 210. A formal examination of the city’s book uncovered the fact that Randolph made more than thirty-five percent of its revenue from freeway traffic ticket, in violation of the Macks Creek law, an anti-speed trap statute named for a town that went bankrupt after its ability to issue speeding tickets was revoked.” All you need is a law providing that ticket revenue goes to the state’s general fund. . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 18, 2010 (boomark / email).