Bossier City Debuts New Speed Trap Disguised as Carriageway

Don't get too excited Bossier City, because your new "time saver" may actually just be a "fund raiser". The new Carriageway that opened off Benton Road has had an interesting first 24 hours, including the debut of a diabolical speed trap on the first morning commute.

That's right, the first morning commute Bossier drivers can use this new carriageway, they're greeted with a partial toll road. An unhealthy number of drivers are being pulled over and ticketed for driving on a road they're just learning. A road that features a heavy incline, and a rollercoaster decline. Creating the perfect point to tag drivers to serve and protect their wallets.

As you accelerate to reach the peak of the carriageway, you must slam on your brakes right away, or the speed trap at the bottom will be able to tag you instantly as you start to head downhill, and will be able to write you up for a ticket for whatever number they choose. This isn't a hypothetical either, because the first day the carriageway was open, the fundraising event was already in place.

During the morning commute, Bossier City had deployed a speed trap, not to pull over and warn drivers (who again, are using this road for the first time ever and are learning it), but to issue tickets. That's right, first morning, new road, odd decline, and tickets being issued.

The National Motorists Association defines a speed trap as:

"A speed trap exists wherever traffic enforcement is focused on extracting revenue from drivers instead of improving safety, made possible by speed limits posted below the prevailing flow of traffic."

The "prevailing flow of traffic" on the decline of the carriageway exceeds the posted speed. Therefore, a textbook speed trap has been created in Bossier City. Depending on how often Bossier City uses it to fundraise, it could easily rival Krotz Springs for the worst in the state of Louisiana.