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[gnat]

Georgia cops are very flexible, but when you go 15 or over, you're in danger territory.

Unless you are out of higher population areas and have out of state tags. Hell, even on 95 the last time I was down there I had a Statie follow the P!g from just south of Savannah to almost Brunswick. Others passed us well over the limit, but he stayed glued to my ass...

What's it like in your area? Cops overly oppressive or reasonable?

Depends. There are so many jurisdictions in my area it's ridiculous.

VA State aren't bad, but they are the only ones that will give you a primary ticket for a radar ticket. Actually had one bastard stop chasing a speeder and pull me over instead to ticket me for my V1

Airport Authority and Park Police are all around dicks.

Loudon (sheriff), Fairfax (police), and Prince William (police) are pretty decent and you generally have to be egregious for them to pull you over.

Herndon Police are the assholes that will pull you over for 1 over even though such tickets are always thrown out if you go to court (they are just counting on your paying ahead of time and skipping court).

DC cops aren't bad for the most part, but there are some areas they are heavy handed about.

Capitol Police and Secret Service usually don't screw with you unless you are trying to drive into a restricted area, but every now and then you get one that wants to be an ass.

Maryland States aren't too bad (passed one yesterday about 15 over and he didn't budge).

And that doesn't cover a quarter of the jurisdictions you can end up going through in a day running errands...

p.s. listen to my daughter nag about the Redline noise and then the heat! lol Can't please the ladies in these cars.

Proper response to the later should have been "you got arms don't ya?"

[32wildbilly]

Went to pick up my daughter from school last night and noticed lots of cops on the roads. Escort to the rescue. Situation awareness my friends!

Shame the guy that flew by me didn't have a detector. I was traveling about 60 mph when the Honda Accord passed me. I would imagine he was going about 65-70. The speed limit is 55 on that road for reference. Georgia cops are very flexible, but when you go 15 or over, you're in danger territory.

What's it like in your area? Cops overly oppressive or reasonable?

p.s. listen to my daughter nag about the Redline noise and then the heat! lol Can't please the ladies in these cars.

From the title I thought you got busted and maybe starting a GoFundMe site to pay the bills! Your detector was turned up pretty loud so I don't blame her for complaining.

Until recently with the reconstructed engine I never did speed because I was afraid the engine would self destruct. So never worried about the man. I did share how a roller hot-footed it down a local blvd to catch up to me thinking I might be speeding(I wasn't. Besides I spotted him way back anyway), then turn off when he saw my grey hair. Moral to the story: grey hair is good for something!

[32wildbilly]

Georgia cops are very flexible, but when you go 15 or over, you're in danger territory.

Unless you are out of higher population areas and have out of state tags. Hell, even on 95 the last time I was down there I had a Statie follow the P!g from just south of Savannah to almost Brunswick. Others passed us well over the limit, but he stayed glued to my ass...

What's it like in your area? Cops overly oppressive or reasonable?

Depends. There are so many jurisdictions in my area it's ridiculous.

VA State aren't bad, but they are the only ones that will give you a primary ticket for a radar ticket. Actually had one bastard stop chasing a speeder and pull me over instead to ticket me for my V1

Airport Authority and Park Police are all around dicks.

Loudon (sheriff), Fairfax (police), and Prince William (police) are pretty decent and you generally have to be egregious for them to pull you over.

Herndon Police are the assholes that will pull you over for 1 over even though such tickets are always thrown out if you go to court (they are just counting on your paying ahead of time and skipping court).

DC cops aren't bad for the most part, but there are some areas they are heavy handed about.

Capitol Police and Secret Service usually don't screw with you unless you are trying to drive into a restricted area, but every now and then you get one that wants to be an ass.

Maryland States aren't too bad (passed one yesterday about 15 over and he didn't budge).

And that doesn't cover a quarter of the jurisdictions you can end up going through in a day running errands...

p.s. listen to my daughter nag about the Redline noise and then the heat! lol Can't please the ladies in these cars.

Proper response to the later should have been "you got arms don't ya?"

HHHMMM the above recap seems to reveal that you have had significant personal experience with many of these jurisdictions...

[B3DAWG]

From the title I thought you got busted and maybe starting a GoFundMe site to pay the bills! Your detector was turned up pretty loud so I don't blame her for complaining.

Hahaha... FUD alert! Yea, the title does lead one to believe it was me that got the shaft. Actually, the Redline volumn is set to medium, but it's mounted alongside the Escort M1 dash camera/microphone. Therefore, it's sounds like a train horn on video doesn't it? Did it scare ya?

[B3DAWG]

Depends. There are so many jurisdictions in my area it's ridiculous.

VA State aren't bad, but they are the only ones that will give you a primary ticket for a radar ticket. Actually had one bastard stop chasing a speeder and pull me over instead to ticket me for my V1

Airport Authority and Park Police are all around dicks.

Loudon (sheriff), Fairfax (police), and Prince William (police) are pretty decent and you generally have to be egregious for them to pull you over.

Herndon Police are the assholes that will pull you over for 1 over even though such tickets are always thrown out if you go to court (they are just counting on your paying ahead of time and skipping court).

DC cops aren't bad for the most part, but there are some areas they are heavy handed about.

Capitol Police and Secret Service usually don't screw with you unless you are trying to drive into a restricted area, but every now and then you get one that wants to be an ass.

Maryland States aren't too bad (passed one yesterday about 15 over and he didn't budge).

And that doesn't cover a quarter of the jurisdictions you can end up going through in a day running errands...

Wow, Gnat... you got this down to a science! I think that's the most thorough analysis I've seen when asked that question. Was this your dissertation topic?

[gnat]

HHHMMM the above recap seems to reveal that you have had significant personal experience with many of these jurisdictions...

To say the least

When I started driving I was a magnet. So much so that I racked up 22 points on my license by the time I was 19 (didn't get my license until almost 18).

Stupid VA put me in a pilot program that worked like so:

1) Start in 18 month "control" period.
2) Any ticket in the control period moved you to a 6 month phase (forget the name).
3) If you don't get any moving violations, you go back to the 18 month period.
4) If you get a moving violation, you lose your license for a number of months equal to double the points of the ticket.
5) If you do not get any tickets in the 18 month period, you are removed from the program.

Normally if you picked up 16 points total or something like 12 in 6 months they would automatically suspend your license, but the idiots wrote it into this program that the only ways you could lose your license was to get a moving violation in the 6 month period or have a judge suspend your license in court.

Even though the program was fairly quickly killed, they grandfathered current entrants until they graduate out of the program "naturally".

I remained in the program until I was 27 or 28 as no sooner would I pop out of the 6 month period than I'd get another ticket to send me back to the 6 month period again

[gnat]

Wow, Gnat... you got this down to a science! I think that's the most thorough analysis I've seen when asked that question. Was this your dissertation topic?

No. It just pays (or saves) to know who you might encounter where around the DC area


Forgot to add, in regards to other people getting popped. Just after the turn of the century while I still had the XK8 I was coming home one evening and as soon as I hopped off the highway my V1 beeped. I knew exactly where he was going to be sitting (about 3mi up at the bottom of a hill) so I was drove like I normally do (fast) and ended up picking up a Mustang that thought he'd use me as bait. I'd speed up, he'd speed up. I'd slow down, he'd slow down. So I get us up to over 100 (55 limit) just before the hill, he's right on my tail, then I jump lanes and lay on the brakes (it was just me and him alone on a 4 lane road (god I miss those days of no traffic...)). He hadn't even touched his brakes as he crested the hill and must of hit that K band doing about 105 or so. He gave me the finger as I waved while passing him pulled over on the side of the road

[32wildbilly]

From the title I thought you got busted and maybe starting a GoFundMe site to pay the bills! Your detector was turned up pretty loud so I don't blame her for complaining.

Hahaha... FUD alert! Yea, the title does lead one to believe it was me that got the shaft. Actually, the Redline volumn is set to medium, but it's mounted alongside the Escort M1 dash camera/microphone. Therefore, it's sounds like a train horn on video doesn't it? Did it scare ya?

I must admit I did do a "duck and cover" maneuver!

[32wildbilly]

Wow, Gnat... you got this down to a science! I think that's the most thorough analysis I've seen when asked that question. Was this your dissertation topic?

No. It just pays (or saves) to know who you might encounter where around the DC area

Forgot to add, in regards to other people getting popped. Just after the turn of the century while I still had the XK8 I was coming home one evening and as soon as I hopped off the highway my V1 beeped. I knew exactly where he was going to be sitting (about 3mi up at the bottom of a hill) so I was drove like I normally do (fast) and ended up picking up a Mustang that thought he'd use me as bait. I'd speed up, he'd speed up. I'd slow down, he'd slow down. So I get us up to over 100 (55 limit) just before the hill, he's right on my tail, then I jump lanes and lay on the brakes (it was just me and him alone on a 4 lane road (god I miss those days of no traffic...)). He hadn't even touched his brakes as he crested the hill and must of hit that K band doing about 105 or so. He gave me the finger as I waved while passing him pulled over on the side of the road

What a nice guy you were.

[B3DAWG]

HHHMMM the above recap seems to reveal that you have had significant personal experience with many of these jurisdictions...

To say the least

When I started driving I was a magnet. So much so that I racked up 22 points on my license by the time I was 19 (didn't get my license until almost 18).

Stupid VA put me in a pilot program that worked like so:

1) Start in 18 month "control" period.
2) Any ticket in the control period moved you to a 6 month phase (forget the name).
3) If you don't get any moving violations, you go back to the 18 month period.
4) If you get a moving violation, you lose your license for a number of months equal to double the points of the ticket.
5) If you do not get any tickets in the 18 month period, you are removed from the program.

Normally if you picked up 16 points total or something like 12 in 6 months they would automatically suspend your license, but the idiots wrote it into this program that the only ways you could lose your license was to get a moving violation in the 6 month period or have a judge suspend your license in court.

Even though the program was fairly quickly killed, they grandfathered current entrants until they graduate out of the program "naturally".

I remained in the program until I was 27 or 28 as no sooner would I pop out of the 6 month period than I'd get another ticket to send me back to the 6 month period again

Sounds like all the cops knew about you, Gnat! Think about it. They'd wait when got off work or whatever and then watch for you to be flying down the road, radio up to the next patrol and boooooom... nailed ya!

Have you ever thought about driving slower cars with speed limiters? lol