radar detector?

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Ya know, I have several law enforcement buds here in Florida. They always told me a general rule of thumb is "8 ya skate, 9 yer mine." I have always stayed true to this and it has served me well thus far!
 
Hang10Mike said:
Ya know, I have several law enforcement buds here in Florida. They always told me a general rule of thumb is "8 ya skate, 9 yer mine." I have always stayed true to this and it has served me well thus far!
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Apparently different states mean different rules. I have never even had a second look running 9-10 over in MO but here in IL 8 over will generally get you every time.
 
Not only different states but different police depts.

The local sheriffs here are pretty cool but the city cops forget a freeway isn't a side street.

The state cops always seem sharper and harder to spot and they park their cars safer--farther away from the road

Different courts matter as well.

Its not so much what you do but where and when you do it........and who spots you doing it, lol
 
Here in Michigan, speeding is a Revenue Generator. My mother was pulled over once for doing 26 in a 25.
 
bkbond12 said:
Here in Michigan, speeding is a Revenue Generator. My mother was pulled over once for doing 26 in a 25.
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And yet cops wonder why they are despised.

I tend to agree with most of the posters, don't drive like an idiot and you won't get tickets. Here in Southern California the general rule I use is 8 over. 5 over your generally safe, 10 over your pushing it, 12 and your getting a ticket.

Also know your city, most of us drive the same roads everyday, after a while you should know where the cops hang out. For example, there is a road that SHOULD be posted at 45 MPH but is posted at 35 MPH as a result many people will do 50-55 down that road. As a result it is a favorite spot for the traffic cops. Since I KNOW cops hang out there, I won't even do 5 over the speed limit on the off chance it's a slow day.

Curiously, there is a road less than a mile away that I've done 130 MPH on, why? It's a 1 1/2 mile stretch between two industrial complexes with absolutely no cross streets or turns, there is NO WHERE for a cop to hide, and since there is no cross traffic it is a very safe high speed road.

Finally, regardless of all of the above I will NEVER pass a cop unless he's doing 10 UNDER the speed limit.

Regards,

Joe Dokes
 
Hang10Mike said:
Ya know, I have several law enforcement buds here in Florida. They always told me a general rule of thumb is "8 ya skate, 9 yer mine." I have always stayed true to this and it has served me well thus far!
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I had an Ohio trooper once pull a u-turn through the median to pull me over at 5 over the limit.
 
bkbond12 said:
Here in Michigan, speeding is a Revenue Generator. My mother was pulled over once for doing 26 in a 25.
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Wow! Sounds like a head hunter. Yrs. ago a friend's dad who almost never sped anywhere got a ticket for doing 38 in a 35. That's the worst I'd even saw.
 
I never use a radar detector when driving locally because the cops will get you for just a couple of m.p.h. over the limit. I just keep to the speed limit. However, when driving on the Interstates, I use an Escort Passport. I mostly drive on I-10 these days, mostly from Texas to Florida, but sometimes on the Interstates from Texas to N.Y. I usually drive at around 80 m.p.h. on the Interstates to make time. I try to stay with the speed of surrounding vehicles. If tractor-trailer rigs are doing 80 m.p.h., I find it to be somewhat safe. The Passport has revealed hidden radar more times than I can count, especially around bends in the road. You gotta watch out for the cops sitting in a draw between humps in the road, which you see a lot of in the Florida panhandle. You don't get much in the way of scatter in those situations. In most cases, the brain is the best defense. If there are no speeding vehicles way out in front of me in the hills, I slow down to about 75 m.p.h., just to be safe. I always keep a sharp eye in the rear-view mirrors because cops, especially unmarked cars, like to come up from behind, like in the old days...no radar on. It is less safe at night because there aren't as many vehicles on the road "running interference," so I generally slow down to about 75 m.p.h. if I'm with no other vehicles.
 
Its harder to see far ahead in the dark, it really a good idea never to speed at night. Again, who cares about tickets when you could run down some drunk walking on the side or middle of the road who just ran out of gas or got kicked out of his GF's car. I've had a few bad car wrecks but luckily the worst I did was break some gals ankle.

I would hate myself for killing somebody, regardless who the police said was at fault.
 
Here you go, fresh off the press

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/nw_mich/vehicle-hits-and-kills-boy-tricycle

CENTERVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) - A van hit and killed a 4-year-old boy who was riding a tractor tricycle along the shoulder of a road.

The victim has been identified as Gavin Punter from Allendale, who died at the scene.

His grandmother was walking with him around 8:30 a.m. Sunday near County Road 643 and E. Amore Road in Centerville, upnorthlive.com reports.

A 62-year-old woman was driving the van, according to the Leelanau County Sheriff's Department.

The investigation continues.
 
dodge freak said:
Here you go, fresh off the press

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/nw_mich/vehicle-hits-and-kills-boy-tricycle

CENTERVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) - A van hit and killed a 4-year-old boy who was riding a tractor tricycle along the shoulder of a road.

The victim has been identified as Gavin Punter from Allendale, who died at the scene.

His grandmother was walking with him around 8:30 a.m. Sunday near County Road 643 and E. Amore Road in Centerville, upnorthlive.com reports.

A 62-year-old woman was driving the van, according to the Leelanau County Sheriff's Department.

The investigation continues.
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That's sad to hear. It's even sadder that the grandma has to live with that for the rest of her life too.
 
Another question is where were the parents when the 4 year old was riding a tricycle that close to a road??

Who allows that?
 
The kid might have been on the pavement since it was easier to pedal the bike vs on the dirt shoulder. The little boy my heart goes out to. He had no idea what could have happen to him.

The sun coming up might have glared the driver of the van--then again the driver might have been doing everything but not watching the road.
 
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