What gives?

Seriously, what gives?

Okay so about two weeks ago on a Tuesday morning at around 8:52 I get pulled over for speeding in a school zone. It really was so messed up! I started out driving on 11th street and got to the lights where 11th and Gore meet. When the lights turned green I proceed on to my destination, once I crossed over about a few feet or so I was coming up to a school zone, not only do you see the sign you see it's lights flashing. So I obey the sign by decreasing my speed to 20 mph. Once I got to the last sign that has "school zone ends" you come up to some more lights located at Ferris and Fort Sill Blvd. The lights were red when I got to that point so of course I stopped, the lights turned green so I went on but when I came to the other side after the lights which started Ft. Sill Blvd.

Again I was in another school zone, unfortunately I didn't catch the sign until I had passed it and realized I was going 35 mph so I quickly tried to slow down but it was too late! the motorcycle cop that caught my eye because he had nearly blinded me in the process with his head light located just off of the sidewalk of Lawton High School just seconds after I realized what I did he pulls me over!

What really bites is I tried telling this to the cop and he practically agrees with me and says "yeah it's messed up over here but if you had been a little bit more patient the school zone would not have been enforced once it turned 9:00 AM." What the heck? how come he couldn't have just given me a warning?

In my opinion I really think Fort Sill Blvd. is jacked from both sides or just a curse for me cause that is not the first ticket I got from that area! I got one going the opposite direction four months ago coming off of Cache Road. Who ever is in charge of these signs should definitely make sure that they all have flashing lights on them, especially in that area. I mean how are you going to go from one set of flashing lights then come to a next set of signs that don't. I figure a school zone is a school zone, don't matter if it is an elementary school or a high school. The signs should all be flashing!

So this is my conclusion at least for myself anyway, either totally avoid that area on school days, write a letter to the city telling them to re-evaluate these signs and make them all flashing or go really slow like 20 mph all the way through the first lights where 11th and Gore intersect all the way to the end of the last set of school zones. However if I drive slower, then I risk the chance of getting a ticket for impeding traffic.

Perhaps this is another way for these cops to meet there quotas so maybe that is why it is set up that way over there. It's an easy ticket and they know this, that's why they use those motorcycle cops because they can fit in just about any little crack they find.

Is it me or should something be done about this? Now that's what I'm talking about! the picture of the school sign shown at the top is what we should have or at least something similar to that.