Forgive the slight threadjack, but it's my thread so whatever...
I don't know if it's just the internet, or if reading comprehension really is getting worse, but it's kind of annoying to get responses telling me to take care of the tickets, or that I shouldn't try to avoid the consequences of my actions, when I've made no such indications. I didn't ask how to get out of the tickets; I didn't even complain that I got them, because even 1mph over is still speeding. I simply asked whether or not the IA ticket would count in IL, because I want to be fully informed about my status under the law. Generally, knowing such information is a good thing. How a simple question like that can be seen as trying to avoid the tickets, I have absolutely no idea.
This is the second time this has happened in the past month too. When I wasn't feeling well and asked for input, I still got a handful of posts telling me nothing more than to go to the doctor, despite the fact that the
very first sentence of the thread indicated that I had an appointment for the next day.
Anyway, most of the posts here have been helpful and interesting, but that needed to be said. If I wanted to know how to get out of paying the tickets, I would have asked how to get out of paying the tickets. I didn't.
/rant
Back to the actual discussion...
No, I can't say I learned my lesson the first time, but that's pretty obvious isn't it? I will say that the IL ticket was more deserved though: I was genuinely going too fast for that road. In IA, 80 was a perfectly reasonable speed for the road I was on. Yes, it's still speeding and I, of course, deserve the ticket because I knew I was breaking the law, but unlike in IL my actual driving was downright safe. In other states, the road I was on would have had a speed limit of 75 rather than 65.
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Originally Posted by Lasereth
On the highway I do 7-10 over, usually 7 over average. Sometimes if there's a median and I can see a mile ahead of me and a mile behind me, I'll do 20, 30 over, sometimes more.
BTW SM70, how did they get you? Radar? Did they come up behind you without you seeing them?
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It's interesting, unless there's traffic to slow things down (which is, unfortunately, pretty common), 7 over on the expressway is
slow in Chicago. The average is 10 over on the low end, 15 over on the upper end. If you're going 62 in a 55, you're holding up traffic.
The type of road you described is what I was on in IA. Perfectly straight, perfectly paved, and a giant median in between the two directions. I don't even think of it as a median: there's so much space in between the two directions, they may as well be considered two separate roads. Anyway, I've taken that drive numerous times and it's normally possible to go 90 (25 over) for much of the way without any problems. I found out afterward that they were cracking down that weekend though, so when the squad car passed me up on the other side and I was going 80, he swung around at the next opportunity and came after me. He was a really nice guy though, we made small talk and everything. That's another difference between speeding in IA and IL ;P
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Originally Posted by Xerxys
You have to keep the to the speed limit because you're a HAZARD to other drivers. Street-ways have a maximum limit of 45mp/h because, well, try cornering with a household sedan vehicle at 45mp/h and see what happens.
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If someone is taking a corner in a sedan at 45mp/h then no question they're an idiot. That said, it's certainly possible to go faster than the speed limit and be entirely safe. Speed limits are designed with the lowest common denominator of driving quality in mind. That's the way it should be, and I'm not complaining, but it's silly to think going faster than the speed limit is
always unsafe.
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Rural area highways have speed limits maximum of 70mp/h because thats really all you need. Plus the 5 extra mp/h compensates for the lack of traffic. Going any faster will reduce the time you get to your destination by 10 minutes and this is because you have to include other variable factors such as traffic flow and lights.
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I wouldn't even want to go 70 on a road that involves traffic flow and lights. When I'm driving 70 or 75, it's on a straight road with no lights and almost no traffic. Throw intersections in the mix and that's an entirely different story. I'm all for reasonably bending the rules, but even when you're speeding you need to be thinking of the other people on the road first.