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Topic Started: Oct 23 2012, 10:51 PM (6,292 Views)
HelterSkelter
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Oct 24 2012, 04:59 PM
Robisaurus
Oct 24 2012, 04:41 PM
My buddy got a ticket for going 5 under the speed limit. 60 on the freeway, sounds much more like a geo to me. And, of course, it's here in Cali.
How does that work?


it doesn't, nationwide they can't ticket you unless you are going 10mph or more under the speed limit and then it is a judgment call as to whether or not you are disrupting traffic flow.
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if you don't want to get a ticket, then don't get caught. one of the most effective anti-cop measures is a good radar detector like the "valentine one" or "escort 9500" .
the state-run police are a crime syndicate. they are out to raise revenue for the state and bolster their egos by enforcing 'non crimes' . so doesn't matter if you follow their rules or not, they will find a way to get you, even if it's wasting your time.
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Robisaurus
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They're just doing their job.
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Oct 25 2012, 03:01 AM
They're just doing their job.
yeah, so were the Nazi's at the camps.
but that's different, carry on B-)
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nwgeo


Most of use know cops. They are people just like us. Some are grumpy. Some not so much. Some just great human beings. Some scary jerks.

In my area. I see a big difference between the City, County and then State cops. I like the state guys best. I think because they don't have all the domestic dispute type problems and robbery and violence type issues to deal with they are less stressed. But that being said I have had some very kind city/county guys pull me over for MY infractions.

Aheem... I got chased down by a county cop in my mazda truck for doing like 11 over 51 in a 40 bu the speed limit changed to 45 by the time he caught up with me. He seemed like a nervous kind of duffus but still gave me a ticket.

Another county cop on a country road doing 55 in a 45(going down hill) -- cut it back to 9 over to keep the cost down.

City cop gave me a failure to stop ticket at 5AM in the morning droping off my kids books at the library. Man I was grumpy about this one. No one else but the cop and me at that time in the morning and I came almost to a stop. Sheesh. $150.

Last one, was just recent, Going down hill on the hi-way 60 speed limit. State cop had me going 72 in Dog breath. He just gave me a warning. I told him I had it at like 65 to get a run at the next hill. He seemed like a nice guy. Whew.
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HelterSkelter
Oct 25 2012, 12:01 AM
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Oct 24 2012, 04:59 PM
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Oct 24 2012, 04:41 PM
My buddy got a ticket for going 5 under the speed limit. 60 on the freeway, sounds much more like a geo to me. And, of course, it's here in Cali.
How does that work?


it doesn't, nationwide they can't ticket you unless you are going 10mph or more under the speed limit and then it is a judgment call as to whether or not you are disrupting traffic flow.
HelterSkelter
 
nationwide they can't ticket you unless you are going 10mph or more under the speed limit

Where did you glean this (mis)information?
It is not in the Texas Transportation code.
I could not find it in a couple other states codes.

Texas:
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Sec. 545.363. MINIMUM SPEED REGULATIONS. (a) An operator may not drive so slowly as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

(b) When the Texas Transportation Commission, the Texas Turnpike Authority, the commissioners court of a county, or the governing body of a municipality, within the jurisdiction of each, as applicable, as specified in Sections 545.353 to 545.357, determines from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on a part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the commission, authority, county commissioners court, or governing body may determine and declare a minimum speed limit on the highway.

(c) If appropriate signs are erected giving notice of a minimum speed limit adopted under this section, an operator may not drive a vehicle more slowly than that limit except as necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
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A lot depends I think on your demeanor during the stop. Unless they're pressured by some quota, (which I'm not sure if they exist fully) they are usually easy to deal with. If we all had boobs, it would be easier to get out of them, but we don't. Only hope for us guys is to make them laugh. Best we can do is try to consciously keep the needle near where it's supposed to be and hope for the best. If we push the boundaries then we need to accept what plays out. I tend to go 5 over, and do keep an eye out ahead for the popo, waiting in the highway medians. I stick to the far right lane as much as possible on the freeway, as to not be as much of a target.

I was pulled over at 1:50am on the dark back road that leads to where I live. Sheriff let me go with just a warning for 70 in a 55. He thanked me for going a few extra yards down the road, to an area where I could pull far enough off of the road to ensure both of our safety and warned me of possible cows on the roadway at times (open range area) Maybe cause he was prior military... not sure.

A few weeks later, I got popped for 70 in a 65 by a state trooper, at a spot where the limit drops from 70 to 65. He was waiting on the right shoulder, and started to drive and pace beside me on my right. Didn't help that I needed to make an exit ramp at that moment, and chose to speed up and cross in front of his car instead of slowing down and crossing behind him. (I thought that standing on the brake and whipping across his back bumper would seem more suspect... but he said I should have done just that) Got a warning, but was logged into their system too... so next time, no warning luck.

Both times, I was in my wife's Jetta, which tends to get me in trouble with it's smoothness and go power.

Location, I'm sure also plays a factor. Being a cop in southern California may tend to twist some nerves and make them slightly harder to deal with. Again, not sure.
In the Geo, I don't see me ever having an issue. Right now with 12" tires, an automatic screaming at highway speeds, hot radiator and no go power, I'm content with 10 under, and right lane crusing... being passed by everyone.


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nwgeo
Oct 25 2012, 09:07 AM
Aheem... I got chased down by a county cop in my mazda truck for doing like 11 over 51 in a 40 bu the speed limit changed to 45 by the time he caught up with me. He seemed like a nervous kind of duffus but still gave me a ticket.

Are you implying that because he stopped you in the 45mph zone you should not have gotten a ticket for doing 51 in a 40?
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Oct 25 2012, 07:44 AM
Robisaurus
Oct 25 2012, 03:01 AM
They're just doing their job.
yeah, so were the Nazi's at the camps.
but that's different, carry on B-)
You're a butt. :shit
But also, :cheers
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iamgeo
Oct 25 2012, 09:26 AM
HelterSkelter
Oct 25 2012, 12:01 AM
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Oct 24 2012, 04:59 PM
Robisaurus
Oct 24 2012, 04:41 PM
My buddy got a ticket for going 5 under the speed limit. 60 on the freeway, sounds much more like a geo to me. And, of course, it's here in Cali.
How does that work?


it doesn't, nationwide they can't ticket you unless you are going 10mph or more under the speed limit and then it is a judgment call as to whether or not you are disrupting traffic flow.
HelterSkelter
 
nationwide they can't ticket you unless you are going 10mph or more under the speed limit

Where did you glean this (mis)information?
It is not in the Texas Transportation code.
I could not find it in a couple other states codes.

Texas:
Quote:
 
Sec. 545.363. MINIMUM SPEED REGULATIONS. (a) An operator may not drive so slowly as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

(b) When the Texas Transportation Commission, the Texas Turnpike Authority, the commissioners court of a county, or the governing body of a municipality, within the jurisdiction of each, as applicable, as specified in Sections 545.353 to 545.357, determines from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on a part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the commission, authority, county commissioners court, or governing body may determine and declare a minimum speed limit on the highway.

(c) If appropriate signs are erected giving notice of a minimum speed limit adopted under this section, an operator may not drive a vehicle more slowly than that limit except as necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.



sure, i got it from a cop when i got pulled over for going 20 mph in a 35 while trying to pick up a water bottle from beneath my feet. also it was in driver's ed. you can go 5 over or 10 below the speed limit. outside of that you can get ticketed.
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I've never heard of a minimum speed except on interstates. It's a speed Limit, as in max you can do. Only on interstates does it say a minimum speed(40mph in my area.)

If that's the case, do all tractors get tickets? Maybe it's simply a geographic difference. i don't like in a huge city, every now and then a tractor will be on the road doing his max speed of 20, and while no one is happy there isn't a ticket.


I've been pulled over maybe 5 times, ticketed once.

Me and friends driving downtown as a teenager, shooting bottlerockets out of the car. Get pulled over, told I have a headlight out, written warning and he leaves.
Speeding 56 in a 45, Warning.
Peeled out, fishtailed, ran a stop sign, and his 35mph in a parking lot. Couldn't find my registration and took a minute to find my license. Cop gave me a warning and let me go.
Delivering pizza, drifting onto the shoulder a bit, pulled over and given a warning. Cop wanted to see if I was drunk.

My first ticket, driving very angry, doing 85 in a 45, on a curve. Cop pulls me over, gives me a court date, a ticket for having a crack in my windshield, and says I wasn't wearing a seatbelt when I really was. Go to court, get the seat belt dropped. Get hit with the equipment violation for the windshield $75, and a reckless driving charge for $300. Not too bad, I was expecting a lot worse.

All of this in either my 93 Mustang, or my 96 F-150. Never been pulled over in the geo in my three years of ownership.
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Oct 24 2012, 10:15 PM
If you don't like CA politics throw the bums out - same goes for the US. I'm not moving - they can all leave.
Amen brutha! If you keep moving out of State, you will very soon run out of places to move to.
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iamgeo
Oct 25 2012, 09:33 AM
nwgeo
Oct 25 2012, 09:07 AM
Aheem... I got chased down by a county cop in my mazda truck for doing like 11 over 51 in a 40 bu the speed limit changed to 45 by the time he caught up with me. He seemed like a nervous kind of duffus but still gave me a ticket.

Are you implying that because he stopped you in the 45mph zone you should not have gotten a ticket for doing 51 in a 40?
No not necessarily-- rest of the story. I was on a return trip from harbor freight tools to pick up a couple of cheap tools(NOT after the ticket) On the way to harbor the speed limit is 45 at the same part of the road but traveling the other way the speed limit is 40--- kind of strange.

Somewhat of my beef is, supposedly I was going 51 in a 40 but there was traffic all around me going the same speed as me and I am in an old little Mazda pick-up. He is on the other side of the road and can't get out due to traffic, that's what made it take so long to catch up with me as he had to wait for a clearing in the traffic to get across the south bound traffic to get to me in the north bound traffic. He also said I was going 45 in the 45 when he caught up to me. Also as soon as I see his lights I pull into a parking lot. He blocks the back of me like I am going to back out and leave-- seems strange. He had another officer or person in the car with him. He seemed really nervous and told me it took for ever to catch up with me and wanted to know where I was going-- very intrusive.

Is very likely was not me or someone around me were also over the limit. But he seemed nervous and goofy when he gives me the ticket.

Most cops are not going to go after you for a 1/2 mile, especially when they finally get to you are doing the speed limit. But because he seemed nervous and goofy-- he seemed like a defuse to me, he also seemed awkward and not comfortable when asking me questions.

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In Kentucky, troopers charge you for their fuel costs. An automatic $20. My wife fought it, saying she pulled over immediately, there wan't a high-speed chase and wasn't going to fill up his entire tank. Just a 1/4 mile's worth. Different states have different ways of doing things.
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it doesn't, nationwide they can't ticket you unless you are going 10mph or more under the speed limit and then it is a judgment call as to whether or not you are disrupting traffic flow.
HelterSkelter
 
nationwide they can't ticket you unless you are going 10mph or more under the speed limit

Where did you glean this (mis)information?
It is not in the Texas Transportation code.
I could not find it in a couple other states codes.

Texas:
Quote:
 
Sec. 545.363. MINIMUM SPEED REGULATIONS. (a) An operator may not drive so slowly as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

(b) When the Texas Transportation Commission, the Texas Turnpike Authority, the commissioners court of a county, or the governing body of a municipality, within the jurisdiction of each, as applicable, as specified in Sections 545.353 to 545.357, determines from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on a part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the commission, authority, county commissioners court, or governing body may determine and declare a minimum speed limit on the highway.

(c) If appropriate signs are erected giving notice of a minimum speed limit adopted under this section, an operator may not drive a vehicle more slowly than that limit except as necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.



sure, i got it from a cop when i got pulled over for going 20 mph in a 35 while trying to pick up a water bottle from beneath my feet. also it was in driver's ed. you can go 5 over or 10 below the speed limit. outside of that you can get ticketed.
And you believed him?
It is not true that you are allowed to go 5mph over the limit without fear of getting a ticket. That is total bunk.
Same goes with driving slower than the posted limit.
These are the kind of myths that should not be spread. Too many people will believe them.



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