Anyone driving west out of Starkville...........

Smoke68 · Postby **Smoke68** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:17 pm

...........on your way to duck hunt, make sure you stop all the way at the Mathiston HWY 82 stop sign. Like stone cold stop. Even at 2:45 am on a Sunday morning. Even if there is no one awake within the city limits except a police officer parked 50 yards to the north with lights off.

It will cost you $181.

:roll:

merlebo05 · Postby **merlebo05** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:04 pm

Mathiston trying to get their Christmas bonus secured

sab316 · Postby **sab316** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:14 pm

Postby **teul2** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:24 pm

Did not think that they could run radar on a state highway when their population is only 681 people. Thought they had to have like 15,000 in population to do that?
Title 63, Chapter 3, Article 11 - Use of radar speed detection equipment; authorization and limitations
http://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi ... -63-3-519/

donia · Postby **donia** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:49 pm

mpd can't, but mhp can and does.

YazooValley · Postby **YazooValley** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 9:10 am

SB · Postby SB » Wed Dec 23, 2015 1:55 pm

YazooValley - When I read the statute Teul posted I thought about Louisville PD and HWY 25, as I gained experience on that stretch in the early 1990s by the Louisville PD. I had heard about this statute back then. It is interesting to read that COA lists it as a public street and not a highway of the state. I would have thought any reasonable person would call it a highway before a public street. I associate "streets" with the business area of towns and residential areas. Anyway, interesting, and thanks for sharing.

msudawg8087 · Postby **msudawg8087** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:01 pm

I've gotten that Louisville PD ticket on Hwy 25 :lol:

. In a hurry to get back in town late on a Sunday night one semester for my last final that Monday when I was in school at State.

dawg-n-duck · Postby **dawg-n-duck** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:13 pm

Better be careful in the metropolis of Tchula. The man loves to write a "reckless driving" ticket for going above the posted speed. Have encountered him multiple times in the last week. He is collecting his Christmas Bonus.

Postby **teul2** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:11 pm

Smoke68 · Postby **Smoke68** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:50 am

UPDATE:

I have seen the same patrol car camped out at that 4-way stop on 5 of my last 7 trips through Mathiston. All trips between 2-4 am. Exact location of car varies, but it's always watching the stop sign. I'm guessing he changes locations in that hole in order to hunt the wind correctly.