Speed traps on Hwy 130

[olin137]

Getting a ticket for going too fast is one thing. Getting one in an obvious "trap" is something else. My story is the first time on BI I was driving near Volcano. It was a straight-away of about a half mile, with lisght traffic. I had no intentions of passing anyone, but when I hit the straight-away I let the speed get up to about 10 mph over the limit. I got pulled over by two very arrogant acting officers. Yes, I was going 60 in a 50 zone, but there were no side roads to potentially endanger entering/exiting traffic, no other traffic, and the police car was hidden off the road. Now, I don't argue I wasn't over the limit, but was that REALLY the most pressing place on BI for limited police resources to be sitting all day? I would venture that you could observe any of the feeder roads into HPP any day and see a hundred vehicles going 15-30 mph over the limit - mainly older vehicles/pickups. Yet, I've never seen a single one pulled over and getting a ticket. I believe it likely I got the ticket mainly because I was obviously not "local" - rental car.