Posted on 04/07/2016 9:27:31 PM PDT by cba123
Great I like the better efficiency. Maybe they could just deduct the fine from my bank account automatically.
They are allowed to drive recklessly (20+), you aren’t.
If so, my 79 Blazer, 82 CJ7, and 65 CJ5 will be on the list too. I won’t give them up easily.
I usually look at the tires and suspension. Police vehicles usually sit just a bit higher with meatier tires.
I’m sick of the ghost cars though. Normal cars, muscle cars and pickup trucks.
I’ve told my daughters to never pull over for a completely unmarked car. Wait till a real car arrives.
My son has his permit. He was driving to church the other day and had a cruiser behind him for several miles. He didn’t say anything to me but was pretty intimidated until he made a turn and got a good look at the driver. It was a friend of ours also going to the church and off duty. My kid floored it.
Top speed is affected too. I read somewhere that the single bubble light on Audi police cars on the Autobahn reduced top speed by 20 mph or so.
Traveling through southern VA on I-85. People get in the fast lane and do about 85mph but hit their brakes every mile as they approach the service breaks in the median just in case there’s a highway patrolman hiding behind the trees. Seems kinda silly and is probably hell on the gas mileage.
But one of the best traps I have seen along that stretch is when a patrol car is on the side of the highway (at night) with his lights flashing. Some idiots figure since he has somebody pulled over, they’ll just continue thru at their law-breaking pace. And then, SURPRISE! Doh, he didn’t have anybody pulled and was just sitting there with a radar gun. I believe they were also pulling this stunt/trap to nab drivers who don’t pull into the left lane while passing emergency vehicles on the shoulder.
Actually that tactic is for catching dui drivers because the non-drinking driver is going to slow down when they see flashing blue lights, while an intoxicated driver will continue to drive above the speed limit.
Police should not ambush people.
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