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kleinbl00  ·  3768 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?

The article is more about what's safe on the roads and what prevailing traffic patterns bear out. It doesn't particularly encapsulate those with an uncomfortable past with law enforcement or those with a strategy.

I don't go over 6mph over in areas I don't know unless I can find someone breaking the law. I will then give that guy 100 yards for every mph over the speed limit +6. Being the 2nd-fastest car on the road is just as fun as being the fastest and when the other guy is a half-mile ahead of you you're essentially speedtrap proof. Not only that, but most hot-heads can be goaded into breaking the speed limit even more than they would otherwise - especially if they're in a 2-door Japanese coupe or Volkswagen.

Places I do know? Much more complicated codex of practices. Posted limits do figure into the equation, but are not necessarily observed.





b_b  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My speed practices shift with the car I'm driving (as I'm sure your bike has a different set of rules for you). In my 3-Series sport coupe I would regularly crack 100 and love every minute of it (usually at night, because of traffic and all). In my Silverado I'm regularly the dude going 65 in the right lane. Not that the truck wouldn't do 100 easily (has a 315hp V8), it's just not fun in a car like that.

kleinbl00  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've noticed that driving a red sports car with a dude in the passenger seat is a more peril-frought endeavor than driving with my wife in the seat.

blackfox026  ·  3768 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I don't go over 6mph over in areas I don't know unless I can find someone breaking the law. I will then give that guy 100 yards for every mph over the speed limit +6. Being the 2nd-fastest car on the road is just as fun as being the fastest and when the other guy is a half-mile ahead of you you're essentially speedtrap proof.

I call them "radar bait"

kleinbl00  ·  3768 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We call the process "bird doggin'" and the victims "bird dogs."

_refugee_  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Cop blockers" around here.

am_Unition  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I always say "I got a guy runnin' point", like I'm military.

Love all the regional slangs here.