Originally Posted By mickey_ring From the Orlando Sentinel: There's a new thrill ride at Walt Disney World that visitors will want to avoid: one in which a police car pursues you. At Disney's request, Orange County deputy sheriffs have been hitting the streets there hard, sometimes writing dozens of traffic tickets a day for violations ranging from speeding to loud stereos, a Sentinel analysis has found.
Originally Posted By avromark Or you could borrow Kennesaw Tom's car and driving as fast as you can, blow all traffic lights, signal in the wrong direction, blow his horn so it goes arrrugah just like a model T. Cranking his 8-Track 1 speaker up all the way! But then again probably not.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire For a long time there i was wondering if police cracked down on speeders in WDW. Now I see a lot more cop cars. you wouldnt want to ruin your vacation by being pulled over right before getting in!
Originally Posted By avromark Or they could install a complex camera system that captures and reads licence plates to collect tolls and can calculate speeding fines automatically once you leave the highway... Not that when your transponder beeps at you it means your dinged or anything. Oh the wonders of the world's first electronically monitored highway. Sure for years I could go online and look at the highway conditions through COMPAS and see how bad the roads were. Yes the signs overhead tells me when it's backing up or if theirs an accident etc, but why can't they personalize it so it says Hey you white corvette stop cutting people off??? Well if you think about it, many places use speeding fines as revenue it "makes sense" that they'd ding a place with many unsuspecting tourists who have their guard down in vacation mode.
Originally Posted By Lake Nona Here's the link... <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-disneytickets0806apr08,0,5122573.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com /business/custom/tourism/orl-disneytickets0806apr08,0,5122573.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism</a> Over 100 miles of pubilc roads! Coming up in 2008...F1 WDW Grand Prix.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe LN--The OS is my home page at the office and I read it more thouroughly than our local cctimes. I'm with KT--not the get out of jail card but the Disney busses if possible.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney I remember when you'd never see a police or sheriff's car on WDW property. They basically told them to stay off. But considering how bad the driving habits of most guests and cast are, it's probably a good thing.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<This could all be avoided by using Disney Transportation>> I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the violators are CM's.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I'm all for an additional transportation network aka monorail link between resorts and parks. Try being on property while the Disney marathon is going on. Can you say NO ROADS OR TRANSPORTATION.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost It's my belief that most of the speeding is by CM's. Tourists are usually looking for the exit they need and, although they move along, it wouldn't really be considered reckless. I have seen numerous single occupancy vehicles weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds. I can't help but think that they must work there.
Originally Posted By Labuda "I'm not worried. I have a get out of jail card free." Heck, who needs that?> *I* have a Get out of Hell free card! <a href="http://www.goohf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.goohf.com/</a> Oh, and I'm one of the tourists who does speed on WDW property, BUT I at least don't do it around other cars - more when roads are empty, as I'm either out super early or super late.
Originally Posted By avromark <<Oh, and I'm one of the tourists who does speed on WDW property, BUT I at least don't do it around other cars - more when roads are empty, as I'm either out super early or super late.>> You're not speeding the other people are going slow... Montana HAD no speed limits on certain highways, We all know about the German Autobahn, Italy is seriously considering raising their speed limits from 130km/h to 160km/h (81m/h to 100m/h), Our highways here (Ontario, Ca) were designed to handle speeds in excess of 140km/h way back when (50's or something), when people were still bad drivers like they are now, and when cars were big and did not handle, take curves, or stop well. If it could handle those cars at those speeds why can't it handle today's cars at those speeds?, I guess because speeding fines are a source of revenue.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom There have been car accidents on Disney property. I'm sure Disney is more intrested in keeping the traffic moving and NO accidents on their property.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe KT--anent disney marathon-- I was there 15 months ago in Jan 05 during marathon week doing my usual 10 miles pre-dawn at 5-7 or so on W Buena Vista between the stars and PC and some 2 cm's tried to stop me on 2 separate occasions. One askes "What are you doing?" You don't want to know what my repartee was. The other one yelled and said "You're not allowed to run here!" You wouldn't want to know my response to that either. These 8 buck an hour cm's (sometimes) think they're stars and want to actually tell someone they can't run on public streets. Now remember, this is OFF property. W.Buena Vista, one of my favorite and safest running places in the world. I thought they thought I was running with a bomb or something. At least it makes you feel they're trying to do a good job with security.
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum I stayed at WDW from 3/27 to 4/1 and I can tell you that I have NEVER seen as much police presence as I did in those 6 days. Orange county sherrifs were everywhere it seemed and I drove by no less than 5 traffic stops. That was a first for me. I'm kinda suprised that Disney had'nt asked Orange County to patrol thier roads more aggresively before this. I guess they've had enough of people doing 85 on thier way to the MK and geeting loaded at DTD and driving back to the Polly. Good for them.
Originally Posted By danyoung Frankly I'm surprised that it's taken as long as it has for this to happen. I've been amazed at how fast or reckless anyone can drive, with virtually no police presence at all. This is a good thing!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^ Agreed, the last 2 times there have had to drive past an accident scene, the last one where it appears someone thought they could cut off a Disney bus on a turn....
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney "Frankly I'm surprised that it's taken as long as it has for this to happen. I've been amazed at how fast or reckless anyone can drive, with virtually no police presence at all. This is a good thing!" I don't think it's a good thing. But, sadly, it is a necessary one. You take your life in your hands when driving on WDW property nowawdays, and it isn't only CMs late for work ... it's the tourists who have little grasp that the rules of the road even apply in the land of pixie dust and giant hats.
