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Yep. I mean sure someone going 100mph down Sunset in LA will get pulled over but the cops just have more to do than deal with petty traffic crap.
Here in Knox they just hide in all the tony parts of town waiting for fancy cars speeding to nab.
BTW though that stuff happens in smaller cities too. We were bad during the pain pill epidemic bc we have 40 and 75 that runs through town, both MAJOR interstates east and west and north and south. I75 was known as Oxycontin express.
I can imagine how bad that was. It's a problem in many places.
I was doing 70 on I-5 the other day and some hot rod BMW went zooming by me in the blink of an eye. Saw a cop on the left side in a turn out, but did he go after him? No.
Are the cops bad about getting speeders there or do they not really care just because they have more important stuff to do? In LA they didn't care. 3-4 cars would turn left on a red light, that's just how it is out there and you'd never get stopped for it. The lights there mostly don't have arrows so that's how it runs. Minimum 3 cars turn left out there after light changes to red.
It depends on where you are. Montgomery County cops? They don't care as long as you are being reasonable vs the flow of traffic. Maryland State Troopers are a little more likely to pull you over. DC cops are a little more likely to pull you over, but thats all surface streets. Cops in VA are way meaner. MTA cops that only patrol toll roads are way more likely to pull you over. Airport cops on the dulles acces/toll road, way more likely to pull you over.
Originally Posted by xjokerz
I'm sure with drugs, shootings, armed robberies, etc the cops don't care a whole lot about most speeders in the big cities.
Not a lot of that stuff in Montgomery County, MD lol
Today coming down 270, I was doing 82 in a 55 and had to move right for a Mini Cooper that wanted to go faster. 27 over not quite enough lol
Right across the river in Virginia, 82 in a 55 zone (if you got caught) would get you a Reckless Driving charge......a Class One Misdemeanor, up to a year in jail and $2500 fine, although I don't think the judge would usually lock someone up or charge the entire fine on the first offense. Anyhow, the State Code says 20+ MPH over the posted limit, or more than 85 MPH, is Reckless Driving. (it used to be in excess of 80 MPH)
Right across the river in Virginia, 82 in a 55 zone (if you got caught) would get you a Reckless Driving charge......a Class One Misdemeanor, up to a year in jail and $2500 fine, although I don't think the judge would usually lock someone up or charge the entire fine on the first offense. Anyhow, the State Code says 20+ MPH over the posted limit, or more than 85 MPH, is Reckless Driving. (it used to be in excess of 80 MPH)
They'll throw you in jail for 90MPH plus in VA, at least they have been known to do that. An auto editor from a half legit place had a Camaro and got zapped going over 90 and had to spend the weekend in jail, this was years back.
Yesterday, on a main road (80km/hr speed limit), oncoming traffic was backed up a little bit at a light (I was waiting to make a left turn). When traffic started to move again, a new Chevy Suburban remained stopped for what must have been 15-20 seconds, before finally moving again. The driver and her passenger were both on their phones, and laughing when they realized they had been holding up traffic.
Two-three seconds here gets you a honk. If you don't start moving after that, you get a LOT of honking + perhaps verbal threats - which might become a reality if you show the slightest hint of a "what do you want" attitude. Eastern Europe
Two-three seconds here gets you a honk. If you don't start moving after that, you get a LOT of honking + perhaps verbal threats - which might become a reality if you show the slightest hint of a "what do you want" attitude. Eastern Europe
I'm a little more forgiving, I think I wait four or five seconds before I give two short beeps.
Two-three seconds here gets you a honk. If you don't start moving after that, you get a LOT of honking + perhaps verbal threats - which might become a reality if you show the slightest hint of a "what do you want" attitude. Eastern Europe
A guy honked at me in Pilsen for not driving into a truck that had right of way in a traffic circle. Fun!
Oh, you get those too, albeit very rarely - I don't think I've been honked at (yet) for not blocking an intersection when I obviously can't cross despite the green light. People generally wait for the second in line to honk, but when they do (or somebody thinks that he's done that) and there's no movement... you'd better have your ear protection on.
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