The CHP claims it's a fake. Of course, what better way to lull drivers into a false sense of security so they can increase the fleece?
Phony e-mail warns of freeway speed trap CHP denies "speeding-ticket frenzy" in south O.C.
By JIM RADCLIFFE The Orange County Register
A bogus e-mail is making the rounds claiming the California Highway Patrol will deploy a mbuttive speed trap on south Orange County freeways, a CHP spokesman says.
The e-mail, which appears to be getting wide circulation, says the CHP will start a 30-day "speeding-ticket frenzy" this coming Wednesday to "raise the extra funds for the state." The number of officers and patrol cars would be heavily beefed up, the e-mail contends, with officers writing a citation every 10 minutes.
Chris Goodwin, a CHP officer and spokesman based in Orange County, says the agency has received several calls about the false Internet missive.
"That e-mail is ... completely false," said Goodwin, adding that the CHP does not have ticket quotas. "Somebody made it up."
Even Goodwin got the e-mail. A relative sent it to him, asking if it were true.
"No, it's 100 percent false," the officer wrote back. -- What the heck, I'll play too. - Dave
