Purported "30-day Speed Enforcement 'Blitz" in PA

[4DR_DB7]

Text from an email my mom forwarded to me. I know the part about troopers in PENDOT trucks is true, so that got me leaning towards believing this:

Look out for Penn dot trucks parked along the road or
> appearing behind you pacing you, it could be a Trooper driving the truck, it
> is called "Operation Yellow Jacket" and will be off and on
> all summer.

Each district has a truck cleaned up and ready to go.

> Watch Your Speed In PA!

> USE CRUISE CONTROL AND IF YOU ARE IN THAT MUCH OF A HURRY AT
> NO MORE THAN 2 MILES ABOVE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
>
Starting today Pennsylvania will launch a 30 day
> speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that 9 million dollars will
> be generated in speeding tickets. There will be 50 state troopers on duty at all
> times patrolling 9 main intersections and highways.
They are following:

Rte.1 north and south
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> PA-220
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> I-95 north and south

> I-279 north and south
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> I-276 east and west
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> I-376 east and west
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> I-76 east and west
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> I-80 east and west
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> I-79 north and south
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> I-70 east and west
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> PA-60
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> PA-66
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> US-22 & 322
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> 5 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and every
> state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10
> to 20 minutes.
> They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Dodge Charger
> Police cruisers and are bringing in all of their part timers on full time.
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If you> work in western Pennsylvania , you will probably take one
> of these highways. It's up to you how fast you are going when they clock
> you.
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> KDKA and WDVE & CBS3 confirmed all of this. So be safe >
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> Driving Ticket fine increase in PA:
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> Starting on August 15th, the price of a ticket for violation
> of PA Law 39:3-29 (failure to show your driver's license,
> registration, or insurance card at the time you are stopped) is going from $44.00
> to $173.00.
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> make sure your vehicles have the proper documents
> the fine for not having all three documents> is $519!!!
>

[KrautFed20V]

WOW that seems a lot like the email hoax that went around

FW: Operation Yellow Jacket

Look out for MI-DOT trucks parked along the road or suddenly appearing behind you pacing you - it could be a Trooper driving the truck. Called 'Operation Yellow Jacket', each Michigan State Police District has a truck cleaned up and ready to go! These trucks have specially modified engines that can virtually catapult the truck from snow-plow speed to intercept speed in seconds. And when the engine boost kicks in, the warning lights automatically change from flashing yellow to the dreaded red and blue!

Starting March 1, 2009, Michigan will launch a 31 day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that $9 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets, with an additional $3.5 million in revenue for failure to wear a seatbelt. $1 million will go to pay state troopers overtime. There will be 47 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the main intersections and highways with the highest rates of speeding.

They are the following:

I-75, especially from the Ohio line north to Woodhaven, and again from Auburn Hills to Flint
I-96 east and west in its entirety
I-275 north and south
I-675 north and south
I-94 east and west from Battle Creek to Jackson
I-696 east and west in its entirety
I-196 east and west
US-131 north and south
I-69 east and west from Lansing to Flint and again from Flint eastward to Port Huron.
I-69 north and south from I-94 to Lansing
M-14 east and west from I-94 to I-275
M-39 from I-94 to I-96
M-59, especially from Pontiac to Utica, and from Utica east
US-10 from Midland to Bay City
US-23 from I-96 to Flint
US-27 from Lansing to Mt. Pleasant

Quotas:

5 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 to 20 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Dodge Charger Police cruisers and canceled all vacation time. In addition, they are bringing in all of their part timers on full time for the month. This nonsense will conclude on April 1.

Driving Ticket fine increase in MI:
Starting on January 15th, the price of a ticket for violation of MI Law 39:3-29 (failure to show your driver's license, registration, or proof of insurance card at the time you are stopped) went from $44.00 to $173.00. Please make sure your vehicles have the proper documents in them. If you jump in the car to run to the store and forget your wallet with your license in it and you are stopped.... Oh well... you just spent $173. And the fine for not having all three documents is $519!!!

[CarbonIS]

i love how this chain-email shows up like ever 3-4 months on tst. THIS IS NOT TRUE.

[doug]

This crap gets circulated every few months.. there's already a buncha old closed threads just like this one..