My boss got popped for speeding yesterday and the officer told him all departments are way, way stepping up their efforts this weekend, moreso even than the normal increase on a holiday weekend.  He saw 4 more units clocking or with people stopped before he got to his destination and this was driving through several cities.  So FYI be careful out there.

Do you guys remember the Stephan King thriller, I think it was called "Sleepwalkers"? You know, the one where the son and mom are cats and they sleep with each other? Well, I bring that up because I always think about that scene when he makes himself(and car) camouflaged and disappear when the cop goes by, whenever I see cops with people pulled over or if I get pulled over.

Not speeding = Not getting a ticket.

.....TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

ok smart a@@es, I'm trying to post to help some people out.  The officer actually suggested to spread the word to friends as an FYI.  I didn't post to get a bunch of smart a**sed comments.  If it doesn't pertain to you or you don't care, STFU.

While I understand why you posted this (and yes, it's probably helpful to remind people to be safer drivers), I can't recommend telling the proprietor of the site (richNcincy) who also happens to be in law enforcement to "STFU".

I too am just trying to spread the word.  It is very common for police to increase stops/tickets during the beginning of the holiday travel season.

While I understand why you posted this (and yes, it's probably helpful to remind people to be safer drivers), I can't recommend telling the proprietor of the site (richNcincy) who also happens to be in law enforcement to "STFU".

 

Thanks Mayday, now it's time to get ready for work  :)

apologies to richNcincy but I maintain the feeling of my response, which is that I don't understand why people feel the need to be contrary for no good reason, particularly when the OP is trying to offer a helpful suggestion or tip to the other UO folks.  What is the point of antagonizing someone like this?  Yes, we ALL KNOW nobody should ever speed and we should all take public transportation everywhere or just not go at all.  I mean, come on.

How about everyone drive safely this summer.  There are alot of non-drivers out there!

Haha, I read your warning a lil too late. I got a ticket on Friday. Yes I was speeding so I did deserve it.

Not speeding = Not getting a ticket.

 

If police officers stopped people for literally going over the speed limit with a 3-5 mph margin of error or whatever it is, people wouldn't speed. Every officer is different and as many times as I've driven from Columbus to Cincinnati, I've gone right past cruisers while I was going over 75 and didn't get stopped on several occasions. Yet on a holiday I got ticketed for going 70. I know there's a lot of advantages to police officers using their own discretion but I really think there should be more consistency in enforcing speed limits if you expect people to follow the rules of the road. It's just too tempting and the rules are too blurry.

I think 4 miles over is what the OSP use, or so Im told by a former co-woker who was a deputy trooper.

 

And there was a heavy police presence this weekend.  I first noticed it on Friday morning, very very early, with local police out in force on surface streets, set up as little speed traps at various places.

 

For some reason I was going slower that day than I usually do so didnt get gigged.

i got two tickets this weekend.

 

 

 

two tickets for the metro-north commuter train to connecticut  :laugh:

 

.....just chiming in to encourage use of public transportation!

^The EXACT same thing happened to me driving to OU back in like 2000.  I was going 5 over, the speedlimit changed and I didn't notice and I got nabbed going 10 over.  That was a bad year...the only 3 speeding tickets of my life, all in about 9 months.

Over the 20 years I lived here I recieved probably 5 tickets.  So one every four years on average.  Fewer in recent years. 

 

I recall in California (in the 1980s) speed enforecment was pretty lax.  Since I did most of my early driving in California and a bit in Kentucky I was aclimatized to going fast (moreso in Cali).  You couldnt go fast in KY due to the curvy and hilly roads, and I didn't have a car most of my driving years there.

 

 

^ weakling! :D

 

I learned to drive on narrow backroads in a huge Chevy Silverado. Not 12' travel lanes -- blacktoped or gravel roads in the middle of bum@#%^ nowhere. As such, I have no fear of driving the backroads at a moderate speed -- what many would find simply scary -- and when I had my Civic, I took advantage of every curve and bend to my whim :) I can't do that all that much anymore in my RAV4.

 

I also have no issue driving in snow or inclement weather -- I actually find it fun. Some of my best roadtripping experiences was driving on US 50 east of Clarksburg, climbing the Allegheny Mountains in a blizzard in a SUV. Or on Interstate 68 in western Maryland, going down 7% grades with 1/4-mile visibility in a whiteout. Hell, it was fun going on Interstate 275 in a snowstorm in Kentucky and watching all of the idiots trying to speed past me and nailing the guardrail on a steep descent.

 

Of course, I go to NJ and travel the Turnpike in rush hour. I have a little issue with that, given the mass traffic and the consequence of being in a backup. I barely keep up with my relatives who travel the Turnpike at 85-90 MPH. We took them to Kentucky once, and they were white knucked driving a wide two-lane road :P

I found it interesting that the small town my parents live in had their police actually pulling people over.

 

"Hi officer Garcia, how's the kids?"

"Oh they're good, just got done with their baseball game"

"Oh that's nice"

"I'm sorry John, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to give you a ticket, you were going just a wee bit too fast.  65 mph in a 25 mph zone near a playground"

"Oh was I?  Just trying to pick up some orange juice for tomorrow"

"Do you like pulp or no pulp"

"Definitely no pulp.  You know, drive a bit slower.  I need to meet the rest of the crew at 7-Eleven."