Bird, I was refering to the original push to end the practice of communities running 'speed traps'. It seems that it was originally mandated by the feds, and some arm twisting done at state levels via the "You don't play by OUR rules, and you don't get federal hiway funds" etc. Same method used in forcing states to adopt standard speed limits on the freeways.
LEEP funds etc were also tied into it....but I am working with a faulty memory here, so could be way off base.