jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

In yesterday's newspaper, the county executive called for "enhanced enforcement of traffic laws." Driving home this morning, there was a police car with radar. A few miles later, there was a state trooper. What I thought was interesting was that the trooper had his radar gun aimed at cars that had just passed him. If you think you are safe after you pass the radar, think again. The area where I've seen the most radar is on a four-lane, 45 mph stretch of Route 28. When it goes to two lanes, they don't bother very much. I like cruise control.

marine73 Loc: Modesto California

Here in CA the CHP can get you coming and going while they are cruising.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

It's the same here. The worst situation is having a police car tailgate you when you're driving the speed limit.

marine73 Loc: Modesto California

Another is tailgaiting without there headlights on

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Or tailgating so close that the headlights aren't visible.

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

45 MPH????? I think I'll stay in Texas.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Unless it has changed, the stats from the state were that CHP gives out more tickets for drivers who are so slow they are obstructing the flow of traffic than they do speeding tickets.

Apparently, CHP is more concerned with a safe, organized flow of traffic than the speed. If everyone is going over the speed limit, but the flow is smooth and safe, they let it go. But someone obstructing that flow, so cars are dodging around them, can get a ticket for obstruction instead of speed even if they are above the limit. Just not as far above as everyone else.

The same goes for motorcycles. Once I was out on a pleasure ride on my Kawasaki Spectre 750 and practicing "offensive riding" (my instructor when I first learned to ride called it that, going faster than the traffic. If they can't catch you, they can't hit you.) doing about 75 in a 65 limit area, a CHP bike officer came onto the freeway and pulled up beside me and waved me to a turn-off. OH! SHI*", a ticket. Nope, he looked at my bike and said he was thinking of buying a Spectre because of its reputation for acceleration and speed, so would I like to test my bike against his (it was an 1100 vs my 750). I said sure, (no ticket!!!, keep the man happy) so he took me to an off-ramp to a road that circled a hill and rejoined the freeway on the other side. We started in 1st gear, he would shift up, and I would shift up and catch him. Well, his bike was a 4 speed transmission. In 4th gear I caught him (going way too damn fast), he pointed down at his shift, held up 4 fingers, and yelled "I'm maxed out." I pointed at my shift, held up 4 fingers then put out my thumb for 5, grabbed my grip again, shifted into 5th gear and twisted my throttle to the max and pulled away from him. Just before the ramp to get back on the Freeway I pulled over and when he caught me he pulled over and was looking at my bike like a kid in a candy store. He yelled "Thanks, now to convince my wife I should get the 1100 ($$$ more than the 750 or 900). Goodbye and have a safe ride." And off he went. I decided I had enough of a ride and went home, keeping with the traffic until I could get off and go home via surface streets. That 5th gear pulling away from him frankly scared the hell out of me. It was the fastest I have gone in anything but an aircraft or my 1969 Chevelle V8-once out in the desert on a long 3-mile straight stretch of highway I opened it up, just to see what it would do. When I ran out of straight and let off on the gas, the speedometer needle was wavering from 115 to 120(the max on it) and back rapidly. Being a family man, by that time, I decided that SPEED stuff was now part of my history.

Morry Loc: Palm Springs, CA

I like cruise control too. On my 2021 Accord the cruise control is the best one I have had yet. It has removed much of the annoyance of driving in traffic and on the highway. It helps me stay within legal speed limits without needing to try. And it also helps a little in the MPG department. This same car also has a dashboard readout device (next to the speedometer) that tells me what the legal speed limit is almost everywhere in the city. The speed limit shows change automatically as I pass speed limit signs as located on the sidewalk. One foot driving is mostly possible with this cruise control.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

It's four lanes with lots of businesses and cars entering and exiting. Years ago, there were quite a few accidents. When the business section ends, the limit goes back to 55, too slow for you probably.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

My Garmin GPS has that - very convenient. One road I drive regularly has 45 mph going west and 35 mpg going east for a short stretch, and the GPS knows that.

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

Cruise control. I almost always drive with cruise control on as long as traffic is flowing smoothly.
I especially love my “Adaptive cruise control.”

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

My son's car has adaptive, but mine doesn't.

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

What to do if your speedometer breaks. I live 120 miles of open road away from Vegas. Bought a new Truck and during the first years the speedometer broke. No I was not driving too fast. I was tooling along and noticed I was passing every one and the speedlimit was 80mph. I wonder, how fast am I going. I slowed down to see if I could read the speedometer in the car next to me. I could not get a good enough view of it. So I check my speed against the mile markers on side of the road. Took me 40 seconds to drive one mile. I decided doing 110mph was too fast and pull in line with those that were driving the speedlimit. At 80mph I felt like I was crawling.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Defective equipment is no excuse. For that reason, car speedometers cannot read lower than the actual speed. You can't use your speedometer as an excuse. When your speedo indicates 65, you're probably going 63 or 64.

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

Never got pulled over for driving excessive. So no excuse was necessary just stating what happened. Oh, BTW during the 50's there were no speedlimits on any of the freeways in Nevada. It was not uncommon to drive 100mph.