Excuse me officer, you're having another power trip!

:P

 

I decided in 1984 that I wasn't gonna give the state of Texas any more free money for speeding. Cruise control is good.

I did get nailed in 1992 or so for running a red light... barely... at 3:00am in a driving rainstorm in a '67 Mustang. I knew the brakes would lock up if I tried to stop and there wasn't anybody else even awake in town... except the popo around the corner.

 

No tickets yet.

My Valentine One > *

 

I've never driven in Ohio but I sure have read a lot of stories about it. It sounds like the whole **** state is one big speed trap.

 

Yea in Ohio most of the time the police have nothing better to do . . . I've been followed and pulled over more times than I can count. Only two tickets though, both for stop signs, and neither in my Mustang.

 

In the 40 years of driving in Ohio the state troopers have always been keen and eager to enforce the speeding laws. Ohio troopers seem to be OK with no more than 5 over, unless it is in a work zone. Back when the limit dropped to 55 a friends father was stopped for doing 57, just to remind him the speed limit was 55, no ticket. I remember one post xmas drive from Cleveland to Tenn there was an Ohio trooper in a crossover nearly every 10 miles on I -71 until Cincinnati. I have seen them on overpasses with pull over cars waiting a few miles ahead.

Michigan drivers say Ohio targets them. Nope. Michigan is 70 and seem soft on the limit as they wait for the 10 and over crowd to pull over for tickets. So you are use to running 75 to 77 in Michigan. Drop into Ohio where it is 65, now your 10 or more over. You will get pulled over.

 

You bunch of hooligans. lol slow down...unless it's 4:00 in the morning heading back from Vegas. I drive 5 mph under posted. Thank you very much

 

Georgia State Patrol... they think they are God.... Seriously...

 

Wasn't in a mustang, but I got pulled over in Florida at 330 in the morning because my registration was going to expire the next month....

 

no ticket yet, lol

 

Besides Ohio, there's one other state I intend to avoid driving through, if possible: Virginia. I passed through a corner of the state last summer and as soon as you cross the border you are greeted with one sign after another warning you about all the ways they intend to give you a ticket. And they are the one state where radar detectors are illegal. Furthermore, I'm guessing that whoever makes all of Virginia's road signs must be related to the governor or something. What a waste of taxpayer's money! I was only in the state for about thirty minutes but saw multiple signs warning that you can't make a left turn where you are merging onto a highway from the right. Maybe they should also put up some signs on the highway saying "Don't Back Up!" and "Don't jump from a moving car".

 

AGREED! Do not speed in VA! I was coasting behind an Expedition on the interstate, slightly slower than him, he was doing 85. I got clocked at 79. I got pulled over and got an "appear" ticket. Since I did not live there, my license got suspended in that state. Had to get it cleared up before I could go through CDL school. Lesson learned.

 

I got pulled over here in NOLA going to work. I was running late and was speeding, swearving in between traffic and the cops pulled up right behind me. I knew I was gonna get pulled over so got off. 2 cops got out. My 07 was freshly washed from the day before and 1 cop came and talked to me. I used the yes sir, and was polite. The other cop was walking around the car starring at it. lol They went back and ran my license, came back clean. The one cop looking at my car was standing in front and I gave him a little nod saying thanks. He returned the favor. They let me off with a warning. No tickets yet. Thankfully.

 

Intersesting story I will share. I bought my Mustang 1000 miles from home. On the way home I put the hammer down at times. I was used to a 90 hp S10 that was sick. I was in heaven with the new Mach 1

I got behind a county mounty from nowwheresville and followed him. We got to triple digits and I kept a very safe following distance. I was rolling on big time.

He hit the blue lights and it scared me to death. I backed off. He was increasing his speed in increments to test me anyway. The blue lights were in front of me for a change. I had my foot in the firewall big time. I broke in the Mach1 quick. LOL

 

lulz

 

Any Michigan native will tell you NEVER to speed in Ohio. They look for cars that don't have front plates. The irritating part is that a lot of the highways are 60 mph.

 

No tickets for me either! But then again it's quite normal to cruise down the highway doin 100+ around here In fact heading to the airport yesterday I had a Porsche tease me up to 120 before he shifted and took off.

 

I got pulled over two weeks ago at 5 am as I was rushing into work to deal with a problem. He clocked me going 68 in a 40 construction zone OUCH! He asked me why I was speeding and I told him about my work situation and then he asked me if the address on my license was up to date and I told him it wasn't. He came back and said he had to ticket me for something but he sympathized with my situation so he gave me a ticket for outdated address and gave me a warning for e speed. Needless to say I was more than willing to pay the $40 fine instead of the close to $500 for speeding.

 

on long island you would not be popular among the cars behind you lol
interesting to hear how strict the enforcement is in other states. we have a ton of red light cameras now too

 

got pulled for 99 in a 65 about 10 days into ownership and the ticket was "bump" down to 90 and no i didnt lose my DL but i dont have any other tickets soo....