Speeding in campgrounds
Does anyone else get frustrated by the fact that some people (more than you would think) completely ignore the speed limits set within campground areas? Some are 5mph, some are up to 15mph. I try to ...
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gbopp wrote:
How exactly DO you enforce speed limits in Campgrounds if they're private property?
Radar? Other approved speed timing devices? Is that legal?
Or does management just evict them for not following the rules?
I'm just curious, not starting an argument.
Public or private, doesn't matter. I recently studied up on the subject of trespassing on public (government owned) property.
No need for any kind of timing device. If an authority for the park says I'm speeding, I'm breaking a park rule. That gives them grounds to ask me to leave. Once asked, I am now trespassing. Trespassing is a crime and I run the risk of being arrested if I don't leave right away.
So, a speeding ticket on a public street is a civil infraction and other than affecting my insurance, poses little risk. Being arrested for trespassing is at least a misdemeanor crime, which means I would get a ride to the nearby police station / booking office for finger printing, a search and detention until arraignment.
"Come on vacation, leave on probation."
