2 Speeding Tickets in 1 Day!!

StangDreamin' said:

...she had to stop and feed her '02 Silverado 4x4 "Son of Generic Chevy Truck" three times along the way.

Being "the Dad", I asked her just how the He(ck) fast she was driving.

"Well, Dad, it's been raining pretty hard, so I slowed down to 75-80 for the last bit."

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Take some comfort in knowing that truck will only do 98 or 99 MPH. It hits the governor like a ton of bricks but it is governed none the less.

jikelly said:

I did something stupid, scilenced one of the radar warning bands on the radar detector, and my fiance got busted for 78 in a 70. We were on our way back to Lubbock from Dallas on 114 when she got popped. We were talking about stuff, neither of us paying attention to the cars coming down the road, and then there was a DPS car coming right around this corner. I said somthing then she saw him and slowed down, but it was to late. I was hoping that he wasn't clocking since the detector wasn't going off, but nope it was. It was just scilenced on that band. Stupid me cost her 100 bucks.

Something interesting is that the list of fine was like...
1-10 mph over speed limit 135.00
11-25 mph over speed limit 185.00
26 up over speedlimit 210.00

That is pretty wild. So even doing my safe 73 mph when I suspect there might be a cop around would net me a fine which would be the same as doing 80. Interesting. Damn they need to make getting a ticket take like an hour and a massive hassle for the DPS officers so that they would be encouraged to give fewer of them. I know the county and state are trying to generate funds but gee wiz. I like to drive as fast as I feel like driving. What about my rights?!?

I'm kidding, okay mostly kidding.

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your 73 mph comfort zone is actually generally ok. USUALLY, (not all the time) the officer will give you 5 mph for speedomoter error. differences in tire size can can cause errors and the factory is not known for exact calibration of speedo's, that's whay police cars have to have certified speedo's. for instance my jeep is 4 mph faster straight from the factory and i have verified this by using the different radar trailers the city sets up all over town. for instance when i drive around town my speedo says i'm doing 45 mph when i am actually doing 41, i use this to my advantage and trick myself into thinking i'm going my 5 mph over when in reality i'm doing the actual posted limit.

if you do get pulled over and the officer asks if you know how fast you were going just say you had the cruise set at 70. sometimes there is even more of a margin for error if the cruise is set, they will sometimes be a little slower or a little faster depending on conditions, a slight downhill grade could allow it to go a little faster as will a slight uphill grade. the downhill because the cruise control does not brake the vehicle and the uphill because the cruise control will try to keep the car going if the engine is lugging it will kick into passing gear sometimes causing the car to go faster than the desired limit, albeit not by much and not for long.

so like i said the officer will generally give you the benefit of the doubt and let you have the 5 mph for speedo error, but if he does pull you over be cool and don't be an ass and he will generally let you go with a warning. he may actually be picking you at random, even though you are speeding, just to have proof that he's been working and not sitting on the side of the road sleeping or something. even a warning ticket will show he has been actually working. so just be cool and remember he is just doing his job and doesn't really want to write you a ticket he just needs to prove he was doing his job. you can usually tell as soon he comes to the window if he is going to write you a ticket or not so being even nicer will go along away.

this is my proven strategy for highway driving, i always take the back roads to make the quickest route and usually the cops out there are bored to tears since most traffic is on the interstate, and i also know that when i see one go by and wait about a minute i can kick it up a good bit for a while as well.