Driving NC this weekend - troopers to ticket for ONE mile over the limit...

[DeepseekerADS]

Drive a bit over the limit? North Carolina says that's too fast | WSOC-TV

 

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[Carolina Tom]

They are just saying that to scare people. Don't be a chicken. Y'all feel free to drive as fast as you like through NC.

(Shhh...We need the additional revenue.)

 

[DeepseekerADS]

(Shhh...We need the additional revenue.)

Yep! Normally I peg my cruise control at 3 over. Most say they use 5 over, and I used to, but had a patrol car beside me one time waving for me to slow down. No ticket, but got "put on notice".

 

[jeff of pa]

saw an update this morning from officials saying Nothing has Changed.
Officers still Have the Right to choose who they wish to Fine.

Article is gone now.
So I can't link to it

probably one of these https://www.google.com/search?q=speed+enforcement+campaign+misconstrued&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

[Carolina Tom]

Virginia is one of the worst states in the union for speeding tickets! Those cops hide along the side of the road... sneaky, sneaky. I don't blame you for only taking 3 MPH.

The police around here used to adhere to: "... nine you're fine, ten your mine...", however if you have a "yankee" license plate, all bets are off.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Virginia is one of the worst states in the union for speeding tickets!

For anyone's info and warning:

Route 58 from South Hill to Emporium is easy money for the cops. Drove back and forth regularly for a bit over a year - about 4 years ago. That's the road I got "put on notice" at. On one of my trips, one leg, I saw 12 separate vehicles with blue lights behind them. Got to be such a game, on a long boring drive, I started counting the stops.

 

[jeff of pa]

perhaps I'll jinx things by saying this but I've been lucky for that last few decades here.
no speeding tickets and even the last time I looked up and saw a state cop behind me and then at my speed, he didn't pull me over at 55 in a 40.
and last 2 times I did get pulled over, once it was a written warning for exceeding the limit.
no speed listed. and the other the state cop walked away shaking his head,
when Told him just because everyone else slows when they see him Doesn't mean I'm gonna !
I passed a long line of cars & he was in the front.
Everyone but I was afraid to hammer down.
But as I sayd it's been decades . these days I naturally obey the speed without thinking.
I have No sense of urgency anymore

 

[DeepseekerADS]

I was riding the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia a couple years ago with a lady friend in a very pleasant conversation and was pulled over by a Federal Officer (federal lands don't use state or local cops for patrol). I wasn't paying attention, and I was doing 59 in a 45. Got cussed long, serious, and brutally - and then he said he had to go and for me to SLOW MY A$$ DOWN! No ticket....

I didn't know then, but then found out that FEDERAL speeding tickets are way over $1000 (haven't verified that, just take it as a precaution).

 

[jeff of pa]

I was riding the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia a couple years ago with a lady friend in a very pleasant conversation and was pulled over by a Federal Officer (federal lands don't use state or local cops for patrol). I wasn't paying attention, and I was doing 59 in a 45. Got cussed long, serious, and brutally - and then he said he had to go and for me to SLOW MY A$$ DOWN! No ticket....

I didn't know then, but then found out that FEDERAL speeding tickets are way over $1000 (haven't verified that, just take it as a precaution).

sounds odd one branch of Government can over charge. But like you I don't know.

Fines do get doubled in Construction areas here in PA.
Not sure in School Zones

 

[TheRingFinder]

I'm teaching my 15 year old son to drive at the present - people need to slow down.
I tell him to drive the speed limit and he gets pushed by other drivers all the time, riding our butt and making him nervous.
I drive a bit over, but if someone else is doing the speed limit, I don't push them.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

They can ticket for one mile over but 99.9% of judges will throw it out of court.....

 

[jeff of pa]

They can ticket for one mile over but 99.9% of judges will throw it out of court.....

yes not only accuracy would come into play by any lawyer worth his title.

But possible Harassment could also be brought up

 

[jeff of pa]

but people have been arrested for going 50 in a 55
if traveling to fast for present conditions.

and for doing 25 on a 65mPH interstate

 

[Kemosabe]

Drive a bit over the limit? North Carolina says that's too fast | WSOC-TV

No worry. Overstated........

NCDOT: Speed limit campaign was misinterpreted

 

[DeepseekerADS]

NCDOT: Speed limit campaign was misinterpreted

Yes! Cool. However they did close out the article with this statement:

Bandy said while you still might not get a ticket for driving just one or two miles an hour over the speed limit, it is breaking the law. The campaign runs through Sunday, April 3.

 

[JrMack]

Got pulled over for doing 1 mph over on interstate near high point about20 yrs ago, I was let go- guessed he wanted to check out my car, had ny tags..I see they have the same agenda today

 

[SirWalterRaleigh]

I worked in Herndon VA for 3 years commuting from Raleigh. got pulled 5 times with 2 tickets. Those cops don't play, but I just like to drive faster than most people