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Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:35 pm to OweO
Like the Autobahn in Germany, we have a road in Texas with no speed limit called the Schlitterbahn.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:46 pm to Harry Caray
I use the 10% rule, rounded up.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:14 pm to OweO
Back in the academy ('78), we were told to cite posted limit +11 on a freeway, posted limit +6 on surface streets. School zones and downtown business districts got 0 tolerance over the posted limit.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:21 pm to OweO
In Georgetown, it is fricking zero
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:31 pm to Cali-to-Death Valley
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School zones and downtown business districts got 0 tolerance over the posted limit.
This I can understand.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 3:34 pm to 337Tigah
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There was a law made to combat these rinky dink towns and their speed traps. Now it's like 9 mph over less and the funds from the ticket go to the state. 10 or more and the local PD collects. So it has helped a little with getting pulled over for going a few mph over. They will pretty much let you off if they do, but they use it as probable cause to pull you over just to look at you and run your info to make sure there isn't more going on.
Or they pull you over anyway and give you a ticket for higher than you were actually going (e.g. give you a ticket for 15 over if you're only doing 7 or 8 over). If you ever get caught in the Henderson speed trap on 10, they always write the ticket for 15 over. If it's more than 14 over, the DA won't drop it down, so they write them for 15 over so the town will be sure to keep the money.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 3:38 pm to OweO
I think they usually are fine with 5 or so in most 35+ zones. You're going 42 in a 35 they can get you, but 39 you are probably ok.
Usually I'll set my cruise between 4-6 over on the highway if i'm on an easy drive (like Houston to Dallas)
Usually I'll set my cruise between 4-6 over on the highway if i'm on an easy drive (like Houston to Dallas)
Posted on 8/8/19 at 3:54 pm to elposter
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About speed limit plus 10% except school zone (where it is strictly speed limit or below).
70 mph limit = 77
50 mph limit = 55
25 mpg limit = 27-28
I generally stick to the 10% rule. On the interstate I'll speed with the fastest car. Usually let them get out a good distance in front and set a cruise. Ill adjust speed that will keep them in my line of site.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 5:05 pm to MorbidTheClown
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Abita Springs or Golden Meadow , zero .
-2.
Thieves in badges that carry guns that haven't been fired since 1993
Posted on 8/8/19 at 5:37 pm to crispyUGA
In East Tn truckers are running 80 mph and sometimes faster.
There is sometimes a line of traffic all doing 80 or better. Often times I'm on 80-85 mph and someone will pass going 90 and sometimes 100 mph.
I was stopped once a few years back on a road just off the Interstate. Speed limit was 45 mph, about to jump up to 55 mph. I was clocked at 64. The officer and I had a cordial conversation. He told me if I had been going a few mph slower, he wouldn't have given me a ticket.
The interesting thing, I don't remember seeing an officer writing a ticket on the interstate in several years. Occasionally I see them parked checking speeds so they must have some limit.
There is sometimes a line of traffic all doing 80 or better. Often times I'm on 80-85 mph and someone will pass going 90 and sometimes 100 mph.
I was stopped once a few years back on a road just off the Interstate. Speed limit was 45 mph, about to jump up to 55 mph. I was clocked at 64. The officer and I had a cordial conversation. He told me if I had been going a few mph slower, he wouldn't have given me a ticket.
The interesting thing, I don't remember seeing an officer writing a ticket on the interstate in several years. Occasionally I see them parked checking speeds so they must have some limit.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 6:00 pm to OweO
In Addis, you better drive 5 UNDER the speed limit
Posted on 8/8/19 at 6:29 pm to OweO
Location of speeding matters but most will give 5-10% over.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 6:43 pm to OweO
on highway usually 10-12mph over
normal streets usually 5mph over
normal streets usually 5mph over
Posted on 8/8/19 at 6:51 pm to OweO
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Posted on 8/8/19 at 6:56 pm to Jim Rockford
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Zero tolerance in North Hodge. Blee dat
I go through there almost every day going to work, I set my cruise on the speed limit.
I set my cruise at 63 in a 55, drove past many cops set up with radar and never got pulled over. A state boy told my daughter to keep it under 70.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 6:59 pm to elposter
I drive at night from Kenner to Gonzales. I have two stoplights from Aberdeen drive to highway 44 exit in Gonzales.
If I drive 76-80 mph on the interstate portion, I make it to Hwy 44 in roughly 40 minutes.
If I drive a more conservative 65 mph, I make the Gonzales exit in about 46 minutes.
6 minutes of my time doesn’t equate to a $120 ticket for speeding.
If I drive 76-80 mph on the interstate portion, I make it to Hwy 44 in roughly 40 minutes.
If I drive a more conservative 65 mph, I make the Gonzales exit in about 46 minutes.
6 minutes of my time doesn’t equate to a $120 ticket for speeding.
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 8/8/19 at 7:10 pm to Klingler7
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I drive at night from Kenner to Gonzales. I have two stoplights from Aberdeen drive to highway 44 exit in Gonzales. If I drive 76-80 mph on the interstate portion, I make it to Hwy 44 in roughly 40 minutes.
If I drive a more conservative 65 mph, I make the Gonzales exit in about 46 minutes.
6 minutes of my time doesn’t equate to a $120 ticket for speeding.
Your calculations and conclusion are flawed. You assume you’d get a ticket every time you save 6 minutes. What if you only got a ticket once a year?
Using your numbers, let’s assume you make the round trip 5 days a week 50 weeks out of the year - so 250 round trips. You save 6 minutes each way, so 12 minutes round trip. In a year, you’re saving 3,000 minutes or 50 hours.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 7:15 pm to 777Tiger
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Washington?
You know it
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 7:19 pm
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