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07-21-2017, 01:26 PM
#21
Senior Member
Who cares about "getting your doors blown off", that's kind of a dumb statement anyways. There's so much photo enforcement here that I do a couple over the limit, that's it. If people want to pass, they can pass, I don't care.
Dirty looks just get a middle finger in return lol
There's plenty of lanes for people to play Fast and Furious in.
Dirty looks just get a middle finger in return lol
There's plenty of lanes for people to play Fast and Furious in.I agree with you 100% I set the cruise a few over, and I don't give a rats *** who gives me the finger or the high beams. I am in a rush all day
@ work, and for me driving is relaxing and and if it takes me a little longer to get where I'm headed, than so be it.
07-21-2017, 01:42 PM
#22
Ford Enthusiast
Who cares about "getting your doors blown off", that's kind of a dumb statement anyways. There's so much photo enforcement here that I do a couple over the limit, that's it. If people want to pass, they can pass, I don't care.
Dirty looks just get a middle finger in return lol There's plenty of lanes for people to play Fast and Furious in.
Dirty looks just get a middle finger in return lol
There's plenty of lanes for people to play Fast and Furious in.It's not as much about caring if cars fly by as it is just wanting to go with the flow of the traffic. I don't speed in residential areas, surface streets, or city highways simply because there are more people, congestion, and increased enforcement.
Out in the country, I have no problem flying by at about 5-8 over. It's a comfortable speed. Knock on wood of course, but I haven't had a traffic ticket in almost a decade. As long as you're not the shark on the road (exceeding the flow of traffic), you're usually good out here in the Midwest from what I've experienced.
I just cruise at a speed that's comfortable for me. Gas is so cheap that I could care less about fuel consumption. I do check it from time to time out of curiosity, but that's pretty rare. I was just mentioning the gas mileage piece at that speed to stay relevant with the thread as it does negatively impact it, whether one cares if it does or not.
Last edited by FLBlue4x4; 07-21-2017 at 01:45 PM.
07-21-2017, 02:41 PM
#23
It's not as much about caring if cars fly by as it is just wanting to go with the flow of the traffic. I don't speed in residential areas, surface streets, or city highways simply because there are more people, congestion, and increased enforcement.
Out in the country, I have no problem flying by at about 5-8 over. It's a comfortable speed. Knock on wood of course, but I haven't had a traffic ticket in almost a decade. As long as you're not the shark on the road (exceeding the flow of traffic), you're usually good out here in the Midwest from what I've experienced.
Out in the country, I have no problem flying by at about 5-8 over. It's a comfortable speed. Knock on wood of course, but I haven't had a traffic ticket in almost a decade. As long as you're not the shark on the road (exceeding the flow of traffic), you're usually good out here in the Midwest from what I've experienced.
That said, I tend to do <10mph over the limit wherever I am, no matter the flow of traffic. Cruise control helps there, when I can use it. Otherwise, I'll look down at my speedometer and realize I'm doing well over the limit - oops.
-John
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07-21-2017, 03:55 PM
#24
We don't have photo enforcement for speed unless you go through Iowa, and that's being tossed back and forth in legal battles between their DOT and cities debating if it's constitutional. Photo enforcement for speed is far less common in the US than Canada.
It's not as much about caring if cars fly by as it is just wanting to go with the flow of the traffic. I don't speed in residential areas, surface streets, or city highways simply because there are more people, congestion, and increased enforcement.
Out in the country, I have no problem flying by at about 5-8 over. It's a comfortable speed. Knock on wood of course, but I haven't had a traffic ticket in almost a decade. As long as you're not the shark on the road (exceeding the flow of traffic), you're usually good out here in the Midwest from what I've experienced.
I just cruise at a speed that's comfortable for me. Gas is so cheap that I could care less about fuel consumption. I do check it from time to time out of curiosity, but that's pretty rare. I was just mentioning the gas mileage piece at that speed to stay relevant with the thread as it does negatively impact it, whether one cares if it does or not.
It's not as much about caring if cars fly by as it is just wanting to go with the flow of the traffic. I don't speed in residential areas, surface streets, or city highways simply because there are more people, congestion, and increased enforcement.
Out in the country, I have no problem flying by at about 5-8 over. It's a comfortable speed. Knock on wood of course, but I haven't had a traffic ticket in almost a decade. As long as you're not the shark on the road (exceeding the flow of traffic), you're usually good out here in the Midwest from what I've experienced.
I just cruise at a speed that's comfortable for me. Gas is so cheap that I could care less about fuel consumption. I do check it from time to time out of curiosity, but that's pretty rare. I was just mentioning the gas mileage piece at that speed to stay relevant with the thread as it does negatively impact it, whether one cares if it does or not.
07-21-2017, 04:36 PM
#25
Man, you guys in the midwest got it easy if 5-8 is "flying by"! Out here near Washington, D.C., the flow of traffic is generally 10-15mph over (with the occasional driver doing 20-30mph over), AND we have a ton of speed cameras and enforcement! I think people just budget for higher insurance and tickets.
07-22-2017, 11:33 PM
#26
Best was a woman doing 75 in the 3rd lane from the left, in a Lexus SUV, while video calling a friend, and SIGNING TO HER. Went on for a half hour. I still don't know how she didn't wreck.
-John
07-24-2017, 12:51 PM
#28
It was some college-age kid, and I explained to him that the mark on the ball in my hitch matched the ding in his front license plate, and that he should be more careful in the future. We started walking away, and he says, "I was just trying to get over." Then I lost my s**t. I started yelling at him about how that was a bald-faced lie and that I watched the whole thing happen in my mirrors, and he shouldn't f-ing tailgate.
-John