Speed Traps, Lemonade Stands and - e-Commerce Issues

摘要

The local sheriff enforcing a hidden speed trap against out-of-towners is a staple of the television sitcom and of many Hollywood movies. You've seen it: Obnoxious (and some not so obnoxious) vacationers pulled over and forced to pay tickets and steep fines for passing through an unexpected 20 mile-per-hour zone at 50 miles per hour. The municipality receives consistent revenue from people who don't impose costs to provide legally required services (other than the police and judge, of course).