10-02-2014, 07:34 AM
quote:Tom, I am very sorry if my comments have confused you. I had to go back over the topic to see how we got to any suggestion of federal police on Hwy 130, because I would never suggest that.
Originally posted by TomK
Kathy wrote:
"One of my sons was commuting from Hilo to HOVE for a while for a construction project, and he noted the federal police were always in place in stealth mode at points where drivers were prone to exceed that 45 mph stretch that was downhill all the way going Ka'u. He saw people pulled over regularly."
I'm still really confused by many of the comments in this thread.
Federal police? I've never seen federal police here and am not even sure what they look like or who they are. Please enlighten me.
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Hate to say it, but I think one or two people on this thread are exaggerating things (not you, Oink).
What happened is that the discussion turned to possibly over-zealous policing, at which point JohnDW commented that IF CofC becomes the route in and out INSTEAD of 130, that it will be Federal police who may be even stricter, passing through VNP.
My comment directly after his was merely to say that we already do have federal traffic enforcement on an area of Hwy 11, so we have something to go by as to how they handle it already.
Then you said you didn't know of any federal police here and wished to be enlightened (I assume that meant on island rather than on 130). That's the only reason I explained further about it.
No feds on 130. Feds will be monitoring drivers if CoC Road is opened, only within VNP boundaries.
I have nothing to add about 130 stops by police, no personal experience with being stopped in Puna, and hope to keep it that way.
You are one of my favorite posters Tom, so as I said I am sorry that the comment puzzled you and hope it is clear now where the topic of federal police came in (from JohnDW).
Kathy