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Never Speed In Virginia: Lessons From My Three Days In Jail
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:05 pm
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You never really get a good night's sleep in jail. In the middle of my second night inside, I woke up on the uncomfortable plastic mat in my cell, my neck and back aching. I looked down at my orange jail scrubs and up at the buzzing fluorescent light and thought, "I am here because I drove too fast in a Camaro ZL1."
At that moment, the whole thing seemed pretty funny. As funny as it could have been considering I was in jail for three days, at least.
per Jalopnik
man, if there was ever an article down on the Commenwealth of Virginia and it's nazi speed enforcement this is it.
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I knew I would be in trouble a month earlier, when I blasted the ZL1 down a rural straightaway in Virginia and then saw the state trooper's blue-and-silver Ford Taurus peeking out from the side of the road. I slowed down when I saw him, but his lights came on right away.
The trooper pulled me over and said he had me on radar doing 93 mph in a 55 mph zone. I figured it would be a nasty ticket. It wasn't, because I got nailed in Virginia, a state where the police and the courts take speeding more seriously than possibly anywhere else in America. A fun day in a very powerful car just got a lot less fun.
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I should probably explain why going into Virginia to have fun in a car is a bad idea in the first place. See, they're crazy about speeding there. Really, really crazy. Speed limits are set absurdly low, 45 mph on some highways. Radar detectors are illegal, and cops have devices to detect them. And if you get caught going over 80 mph at all, that's automatically a reckless driving charge.
Reckless driving is not a traffic citation, it's a criminal charge, and a Class One misdemeanor at that. That means it's the highest level of misdemeanor you can be charged with in Virginia, right below a felony. The maximum penalty for a reckless driving conviction is a $2,500 fine, a six month driver's license suspension, and up to a year in jail.
See what I mean when I told you it's serious? They hand it out like it's Halloween candy, too. You drive 20 mph over the limit, it's reckless driving. They even charge you with it for failing to properly signal, or when you're found to be at fault in a car wreck. I've heard of some cases where people get 30 days in jail if they speed over 100 mph.
Other Class One misdemeanors in Virginia include animal cruelty, sexual battery, and aiming a firearm at someone. This is how the state regards people who drive over 80 mph.
yup, shite is crazy
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I'm also writing to apologize to you all. I made the website I love look bad, and I made my profession look bad. I try to hold myself to a high standard and I fell short of those aspirations. I made a mistake, but I feel like I more than paid for it.
And I'm also writing this, perhaps more than anything else, as a warning to everyone who reads it: Do not speed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Do not go 20 mph over the speed limit, and do not exceed 80 mph when you're there. Ever. Virginia's cops and courts aren't fricking around when it comes to speed. The state has some of the most beautiful roads and rural scenery in America, but if you're going to hoon there, do it in a Miata or an Austin-Healey or a Fiat 500 Abarth or something, not a car with any actual power. Or better yet, take it to the track. Take your fast car to Summit Point or VIR. I wish I had done that instead.
I'm moving back to Texas soon. My radar detector will be a permanent fixture on my dash where it belongs, but I've lowered my speeds considerably. Once it's over I look forward to not going back to Virginia or D.C. — why I don't like that city is a story for another day — for a long time. But I'll never forget my time there, especially because the extra points on my license, the increased cost of my car insurance, and the fact that I now have a criminal record, won't ever let me.
Just do not speed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Louisiana is up next, i saw the transition in Va and I saw it happen/happening in La, i'm not talking krotz springs bullshite, i'm talking about shooting radar all over the state all the damn time..
it is a shame my two favorite states/homes are now police states
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:07 pm to TeamWillow
Don't be a dumbass and drive 40 over. Problem solved.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:09 pm to TeamWillow
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Speed limits are set absurdly low, 45 mph on some highways
wtf
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:09 pm to Pelican fan99
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Don't be a dumbass and drive 40 over.
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Radar detectors are illegal, and cops have devices to detect them. And if you get caught going over 80 mph at all, that's automatically a reckless driving charge.
Insane, the speed limit is 75 on Texas interstates
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:10 pm to Pelican fan99
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Don't be a dumbass and drive 40 over. Problem solved.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:10 pm to TeamWillow
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:11 pm to TeamWillow
There should be no speed limit
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:14 pm to tylercsbn9
If by "highway" you mean shitty 2 lane road going through a podunk town, then yes, it's 45.
Ban on radar detectors is pretty nazi though.
Ban on radar detectors is pretty nazi though.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:15 pm to TigerBait1127
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Insane, the speed limit is 75 on Texas interstates
Yup just drove back from Austin. Took just over 6 hours. 75mph on the highway.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:16 pm to TigerBait1127
Look to the state legislatures in states that are police states and you'll see why they are why they are. Louisiana is very much becoming the same thing.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:20 pm to TeamWillow
Virginia is notorious for its over the top strict laws. frick that state.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:20 pm to bosoxjo13
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75mph on the highway.
If you were actually doing 75 on a TX highway, you were getting dog cussed and passed frequently.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:22 pm to HamzooReb
Yeah, the police are serious about speeding here. I drive from Richmond over to WV multiple times a year, and I never have seen less than 3 VA State policemen (or in some places, city police) sitting "hidden" between the lanes. Radar detectors are illegal, so the Waze app is useful sometimes. I usually set the cruise to 4 mph above the speed limit and go until I hit WV. When I cross over, I can usually go about 80 about the whole way, and may not see one WV State police car. I hate driving in Va.
ETA- However, I have gotten pulled over twice in VA, once by a state cop the other by a county cop for speeding and both times I have gotten a warning and no ticket.
ETA- However, I have gotten pulled over twice in VA, once by a state cop the other by a county cop for speeding and both times I have gotten a warning and no ticket.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 11:24 pm
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:23 pm to TeamWillow
I did five days in jail for a class 2 misdemeanor and didn't get a bunk until the third night. Using your shoe as a pillow on a concrete floor listening to migos chatting away all night makes me never want to go back.
Though I didn't really go to jail for the charge, I went because I skipped court. Then five years later went to jail from Thursday morning until late Monday night back in 2010, original charge was pre storm.
Jail sucks. It's the little things like the food, the smells, no toothbrush no spot. Didn't see any fighting or anything.
I couldn't imagine going to jail for speeding without skipping court.
Though I didn't really go to jail for the charge, I went because I skipped court. Then five years later went to jail from Thursday morning until late Monday night back in 2010, original charge was pre storm.
Jail sucks. It's the little things like the food, the smells, no toothbrush no spot. Didn't see any fighting or anything.
I couldn't imagine going to jail for speeding without skipping court.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:24 pm to TeamWillow
I couldn't stand driving through Virginia before they upped the speed limit on the interstate.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:25 pm to LSUGrrrl
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If you were actually doing 75 on a TX highway, you were getting dog cussed and passed frequently.
I was saying how great that it was 75 on the highway not just interstate. Set cruise control on 83ish. Saw maybe 1 cop the whole ride back
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:25 pm to TeamWillow
It's 70 on the interstates until you hit cities. I got popped for 79 in a 70 on I-81 a few years ago, that was obnoxious.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:26 pm to Asgard Device
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Look to the state legislatures in states that are police states and you'll see why they are why they are. Louisiana is very much becoming the same thing.
Well at least we have our movie studios
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:28 pm to TeamWillow
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Speed limits are set absurdly low
Oregon says, "hello."
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:30 pm to Yat27
Tollway 130 has an 80 mph speed limit in certain parts.
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