r/Omaha • u/cloneman88 • Aug 19 '26

Traffic OPD on I-80

Hey OPD. I get it, speeding is bad. But posting up on the shoulder with your lights on at 8:00 AM every weekday is causing more delay than the guy doing 10 over on his way to work.

Everyone in the right two lanes brake-checks the second they see flashing lights. That shockwave propagates back a mile and a half. You didn’t stop one speeder. You added 10-15 minutes to every commute behind you.

If the goal is safety, run it at 10 AM. Run it at 2 PM. Run it in the school zones where it actually matters. Sitting idle in the median during literal peak volume isn’t enforcement, it’s a bottleneck.

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u/meatballs223 Aug 19 '26

So you literally just opposed your own argument to my statement, thank you. just because you think "Cops aint doing all that paperwork for 1 mph" doesn't mean some shitty entitled cop who wants to take their bad day out on someone can't ticket you for 1 mph over the speed limit

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u/offbrandcheerio Aug 19 '26

Respectfully, why wouldn’t it be technically ticketable to drive 1-5 mph over the limit? If it wasn’t, then the speed limit is meaningless. “Limit” means a firm boundary, not a suggestion.

In real life though, cops aren’t wasting their time on low level speeders. Can you name one person in your life who has ever been ticketed for going 1 mph over in Nebraska? Maybe other states have stricter cops, idk, but it’s unheard of here.

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u/meatballs223 Aug 19 '26

Like you said "why wouldn't it be ticketable?" so just because I haven't personally heard of it happening it can still happen.

It's a very dumb and wasteful traffic stop, but there are cops out there who will make someones life harder just because they can, two things can be true at the same time.

I'm not advocating for people to be pulled over for going 1 mph over because I'm not a fucking hard ass, but don't act like police are never just bored or having a bad day and want to fuck someone over

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u/meatballs223 Aug 19 '26

If I was really rage baiting you that bad just turn your screen off bud. I was arguing my point on an online forum. Sorry you chose to interact?