So Sunday morning (5:30am) left the GA/SC border and headed east on I-20, to meet ex and drop kids off (near I-95 interchange), then return.
I set the cruise at 10mph over the 70mph limit. About 3/4 of the way there saw a duo of Troopers pulled people over.
On the westbound return trip, some black Camry went zooming by at least 10-15 more than me. Not even 3min later see the troopers with the Camry still slowing/pulling over and some other car getting pulled over as well.
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I assume it was just because of Thanksgiving weekend, but I had never seen the duo thing before.
I've seen multi-car traps locally when they are doing traffic enforcement initiatives, generally around major travel holidays or when trying to crack down on DWIs (which generally takes in far more tickets for non-DWI offenses than DWI offenses).
Cops elevating patrol over a holiday weekend??? What?!
Lol oh god you should've seen NYS rt.17. Looked like all the dunkin donuts in the country relocated along that road
Communism
Quote from: CALL_911 on November 30, 2015, 01:24:58 PM
Lol oh god you should've seen NYS rt.17. Looked like all the dunkin donuts in the country relocated along that road
Interesting. I think I saw one trooper on I-90 on Thanksgiving sitting at a spot where there's always a trooper on traffic duty.
Quote from: CALL_911 on November 30, 2015, 01:24:58 PM
Lol oh god you should've seen NYS rt.17. Looked like all the dunkin donuts in the country relocated along that road
Lol
Quote from: CALL_911 on November 30, 2015, 01:24:58 PM
Lol oh god you should've seen NYS rt.17. Looked like all the dunkin donuts in the country relocated along that road
Route 17 is a heavily patrolled road all.the time, it seems. So many people I have known have gotten tickets on that road.
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on November 30, 2015, 12:12:11 PM
So Sunday morning (5:30am) left the GA/SC border and headed east on I-20, to meet ex and drop kids off (near I-95 interchange), then return.
I set the cruise at 10mph over the 70mph limit. About 3/4 of the way there saw a duo of Troopers pulled people over.
On the westbound return trip, some black Camry went zooming by at least 10-15 more than me. Not even 3min later see the troopers with the Camry still slowing/pulling over and some other car getting pulled over as well.
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I assume it was just because of Thanksgiving weekend, but I had never seen the duo thing before.
I've seen Connecticut use the tag team strategy to nail people for speeding, with one cop identifying the speeder and signaling the driver to pull over from the shoulrer, and then radioing ahead to a different cop to pull up behind and write the ticket.
Quote from: dazzleman on November 30, 2015, 05:46:58 PM
Route 17 is a heavily patrolled road all.the time, it seems. So many people I have known have gotten tickets on that road.
I've gotten a few tickets on that road. Took it all of college, am gonna be using it for the next 4 years, and perhaps even after that.
NJ does it a lot on the Atlantic City Expressway.
Quote from: Raza on December 01, 2015, 03:44:35 PM
NJ does it a lot on the Atlantic City Expressway.
I have seen some major stings in New Jersey, with a big line of cars pulled over. Luckily, it was on the other side of the road, and I went flying by at high speed.... :devil:
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on November 30, 2015, 12:12:11 PM
I assume it was just because of Thanksgiving weekend, but I had never seen the duo thing before.
Coming back after Thanksgiving Missouri was crawling with State Highway Patrol cars. We saw at least 20 which averages to one every 16 or so miles.
I got clipped doing 92 in a 65 or 70 in the Z somewhere up in NJ over a holiday weekend. It was a similar setup. Funny story actually. Someone stole and replaced my plates, so when the tags didn't match they called for back up and swarmed. In any case I think that whole confusion pretty much guaranteed the ticket didn't go on my record.
I would not be surprised if cops had bait cars out getting people to speed. I was following an X5
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on December 09, 2015, 08:01:55 AM
I got clipped doing 92 in a 65 or 70 in the Z somewhere up in NJ over a holiday weekend. It was a similar setup. Funny story actually. Someone stole and replaced my plates, so when the tags didn't match they called for back up and swarmed. In any case I think that whole confusion pretty much guaranteed the ticket didn't go on my record.
Did you know they were swapped? How badly did the cops beat you?
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I would not be surprised if cops had bait cars out getting people to speed. I was following an X5
Oh that would be dirty.
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on December 09, 2015, 08:01:55 AM
I got clipped doing 92 in a 65 or 70 in the Z somewhere up in NJ over a holiday weekend. It was a similar setup. Funny story actually. Someone stole and replaced my plates, so when the tags didn't match they called for back up and swarmed. In any case I think that whole confusion pretty much guaranteed the ticket didn't go on my record.
I would not be surprised if cops had bait cars out getting people to speed. I was following an X5
You just can't stay out of trouble.
One tactic the police use in FL is to have a man in a helicopter running radar and the police on the ground pulling people over.
Quote from: sparkplug on November 19, 2016, 09:19:44 PM
One tactic the police use in FL is to have a man in a helicopter running radar and the police on the ground pulling people over.
New York State Police have been doing this for a long time on certain roads, like I-84. The Connecticut State Police were doing this over Thanksgiving weekend on I-84 through the state. I drove that road on Thursday with no issue, however, and I didn't see anybody pulled over.
Quote from: dazzleman on November 27, 2016, 10:27:00 AM
New York State Police have been doing this for a long time on certain roads, like I-84. The Connecticut State Police were doing this over Thanksgiving weekend on I-84 through the state. I drove that road on Thursday with no issue, however, and I didn't see anybody pulled over.
They supposedly use aircraft enforcement on I-81 as well. One giveaway, besides signs saying they use aircraft, is there will be obvious mile-marker lines painted across the road. Aerial spotters then time vehicles between the lines to estimate the speed.
Quote from: MX793 on November 27, 2016, 10:48:01 AM
They supposedly use aircraft enforcement on I-81 as well. One giveaway, besides signs saying they use aircraft, is there will be obvious mile-marker lines painted across the road. Aerial spotters then time vehicles between the lines to estimate the speed.
That makes sense. I don't have much concern about it either way. There are so many other cars on the road speeding that my odds of getting popped are not that great, whatever the enforcement method. I drove from Fairfield, CT to Boston on Thursday and while the traffic was moving along nicely, it was pretty heavy, and I never was in any danger of getting nailed.
Driving home this morning was a bit different. I ran into a speed trap on I-90 outside of Boston at 90 mph (speed limit 65) but there were two staties simultaneously busy with two other customers when I came through, so I skated past it. A bit earlier, maybe they'd have gotten me. If so, more power to them. I'll take my occasional penalty and continue speeding. It's not worth worrying about too much.
I got clipped at 92 in the Z somewhere in Jersey. VA and NJ are about those traffic dollars. Thank god for Waze.
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on November 29, 2016, 06:56:01 AM
I got clipped at 92 in the Z somewhere in Jersey. VA and NJ are about those traffic dollars. Thank god for Waze.
92 is badass though. That's a ticket worth framing.
I haven't had a ticket in probably 7 or 8 years. Waze is the best.
Quote from: MrH on December 02, 2016, 09:31:10 AM
I haven't had a ticket in probably 7 or 8 years. Waze is the best.
I didn't know what Waze was 'til this summer. A friend was visiting from Chicago and he talked about "using Waze" and I was like wtf is that and he was hilariously distraught when he realized "YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE WAZE HERE?!" :lol:
Nope. No Waze. Just a sharp eye and good sense of direction. :lol:
Quote from: MrH on December 02, 2016, 09:31:10 AM
I haven't had a ticket in probably 7 or 8 years. Waze is the best.
I guess Waze is making radar detectors obsolete. And it also helps with laser, which is more difficult to detect until you are right upon it.
I used to use a radar detector a long time ago, but found it to be more trouble than it was worth. Never had a laser detector. I have not yet used Waze. I need to give it a try.
Waze hasn't caught on much in Spain. Only good for the permanent speed cams. Anything that's time sensitive is not being caught.
But it'll work great with more users
Quote from: Rich on December 04, 2016, 11:24:58 AM
Waze hasn't caught on much in Spain. Only good for the permanent speed cams. Anything that's time sensitive is not being caught.
But it'll work great with more users
Aren't the speed cameras their primary enforcement mechanism?
Yep. Occasionally I'll see cops on the side of the road waiting. I think 2-3 times so far in one year
Quote from: Rich on December 04, 2016, 03:49:50 PM
Yep. Occasionally I'll see cops on the side of the road waiting. I think 2-3 times so far in one year
Do you speed up when you see them? :evildude:
I took a car service from Heathrow Airport to my mother's place last month. The driver knew every inch of the road and where every speed camera was located. It was amazing, even the stealth ones, no radar detector, no Waze; it was all in his head. I was half out of it but awake enough to realize he was periodically dropping from 85-90 to 70 for no obvious reason.
"Why are you doing that?"
"Speed camera here sir. Don't worry."
"Oh OK"
Quote from: Morris Minor on December 18, 2016, 02:21:03 PM
I took a car service from Heathrow Airport to my mother's place last month. The driver knew every inch of the road and where every speed camera was located. It was amazing, even the stealth ones, no radar detector, no Waze; it was all in his head. I was half out of it but awake enough to realize he was periodically dropping from 85-90 to 70 for no obvious reason.
"Why are you doing that?"
"Speed camera here sir. Don't worry."
"Oh OK"
Experience is the best teacher.
Quote from: Morris Minor on December 18, 2016, 02:21:03 PM
I took a car service from Heathrow Airport to my mother's place last month. The driver knew every inch of the road and where every speed camera was located. It was amazing, even the stealth ones, no radar detector, no Waze; it was all in his head. I was half out of it but awake enough to realize he was periodically dropping from 85-90 to 70 for no obvious reason.
"Why are you doing that?"
"Speed camera here sir. Don't worry."
"Oh OK"
I used to pride myself on doing stuff like that for the morning airport runs.
Just saw this. We got nailed coming south from Charleston right around the same time. Fuckers. Luckily I was in the passenger seat.
Quote from: Lebowski on December 20, 2016, 08:05:33 PM
Just saw this. We got nailed coming south from Charleston right around the same time. Fuckers. Luckily I was in the passenger seat.
You're a fucking ticket magnet. You only need to be in the car to attract the fuzz, even if you're not driving... :lol: :pullover:
Quote from: dazzleman on December 20, 2016, 08:48:25 PM
You're a fucking ticket magnet. You only need to be in the car to attract the fuzz, even if you're not driving... :lol: :pullover:
I haven't had a ticket since I think 2014 :evildude:
Quote from: Lebowski on December 21, 2016, 07:23:59 AM
I haven't had a ticket since I think 2014 :evildude:
You're overdue. Plus you have a similar "transactional" view that I do and don't get your panties in a bunch when you get one. Go for it.... :evildude:
I haven't had one in years, with the last one being when I was headed to yours Dave. Been flying (and I mean flying on my bike :lol:) under the radar...
Quote from: SVT_Power on December 27, 2016, 09:00:24 PM
I haven't had one in years, with the last one being when I was headed to yours Dave. Been flying (and I mean flying on my bike :lol:) under the radar...
It's been around the same amount of time for me. I got my last ticket about a month after you got yours, IIRC. With all the times I've driven to Boston, I'm very surprised I've never gotten tagged on that run. I seem to fly below the radar most of the time.
I think I've also developed that part of my brain that says "don't speed, your insurance is gonna get wrecked and then bye bye motorcycle" :lol:
Quote from: SVT_Power on December 28, 2016, 01:23:38 PM
I think I've also developed that part of my brain that says "don't speed, your insurance is gonna get wrecked and then bye bye motorcycle" :lol:
Logic should never be part of the decision of whether or.not.to.speed.... :evildude: