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Originally Posted by paulie
Id like to see a response to this thread containing all those who were stopped by the MPs and EXACTLY what was so bad about the experience other than paying the fine.
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As the original post was to tell of an experience of being stopped by the MPs, I'll relate an experience that my son's friend had on the lake this past summer. Exiting the harbor at Little One Mile, my Son's friend, on a Sea Doo, 80 hp. was pulled over by the MP who's skiff was "parked" in the channel. There is Little more than 200 ft. between the makers do he was pulled over for the 150' rule, having exited the channel at more than headway speed.
My son's friend was wrong and violated the law, but I have a problem with the way in which he was entrapped. It was a deliberate "speed trap" and was done with the intent to trap people. The MP was not in trouble nor was he signaling that he had engine trouble, he was there to entrap. BTW my son's friend is a town cop in CT and the MP wasn't dissuaded by his badge. I say OK to the ticket that was written, but MPs should be a little more aggressive to find more egregious violators.