Curly J wrote: Trueblue, it was probably Trooperden.

Strapping Young Lad wrote: um yeah, do you have anything to support that idea or that's just what you think????

sjmvsfscs08 wrote:

Trueblue23 wrote: As I pull away, I can't help but laugh at this douche. I have all of the respect in the world for the police, but this guy was trying to be a hard ass, and that's just not cool. Anyone else have run ins with retarded officers?

I have absolutely no respect for small town cops. I bunch of overpaid and overweight pricks there simply to give the locals tickets so they can pay the bills. I have a great amount of respect for city police, as they don't normally deal with traffic bullshit because they have real crime, but the douchebags wearing the uniform in small towns are typically a bunch of hacks.

There should almost be two separate categories, the police that operate in the dangerous cities putting their lives on the line, and the fuckers behind the radar guns enjoying their sinecures.

Glory Days wrote: having lived in a small town, i believe it. and after almost having my little sister hit by a car speeding through a 25mph area when we were younger, i am glad cops are more strict when people speed through neighborhoods and school zones.

sjmvsfscs08 wrote:

I have absolutely no respect for small town cops. I bunch of overpaid and overweight pricks there simply to give the locals tickets so they can pay the bills.

Al Capone wrote:

Strapping Young Lad wrote: um yeah, do you have anything to support that idea or that's just what you think????

Typical response from a thug from the crime-ridden city of Steubenville.

Mr. 300 wrote:

Al Capone wrote:

Strapping Young Lad wrote: um yeah, do you have anything to support that idea or that's just what you think????

Typical response from a thug from the crime-ridden city of Steubenville.

Better known as the armpit of Ohio.

sjmvsfscs08 wrote:

Glory Days wrote: having lived in a small town, i believe it. and after almost having my little sister hit by a car speeding through a 25mph area when we were younger, i am glad cops are more strict when people speed through neighborhoods and school zones.

I have lived in a small town my entire life. The vast majority of speed traps are in the areas where the main route through towns drops from a 55 to a 45. It's bullshit that I drive into town at 3:00am all of the time and see 2+ pigs sitting there waiting for some guy to go 55 through there. Fuck them all.

At the end of the day there is simply no way to measure if someone is driving in an unsafe manner. Speed is one of many variables that determine how dangerously someone is driving. What about the weather? Psychological factors (such as the drivers mood--of he/she is angry they will be more reckless)? Distractions in the car (other people being noisy/bothersome/sucking their dick )? What about the road construction and management (if the lanes are 30ft wide or dilapidated country roads with 10-foot ditches a foot off the shoulder?)?

Al Capone wrote: Dont break the law and you dont have anything to worry about.

Glory Days wrote: i dont get what you are trying to say. all of those things are considered when writing someone a ticket, but all somewhat related to speed. that is why the speed limit changes on certain roads. there are more distractions on busy inner city roads, so the speed is lowered. same with construction zones, generally there are either people working or the roads/lanes may be narrow, so the speed is lowered. if it is storming out, you shouldnt be driving like you would on a clear, dry day. plus the cop also takes into account how the stop goes. if there are "psychological factors" or "distractions, he/she will more than likely get a ticket.

and its not bullshit that the cops sit where they do to catch you, its just them paying attention to the way people drive in their town and knowing that A.) drivers dont care to slow down or B.) dont pay attention.

sjmvsfscs08 wrote: I'm simply saying you can speed safely. Control the distance between you and the car in front of you and your safety is fine.

sjmvsfscs08 wrote: That's the best you can do? Small towns all across the country have unusually low speed limits simply to write tickets.

And what I was saying is that excessive speed alone is not often the case in accidents. 75% of accidents happen below 30mph, and 6% of accidents are a direct result of speeding. There is no correlation between someone's speed alone and their risk to get into an accident. Obviously, don't speed through a storm, or in a construction/school zone, or down some narrow inner city road. That would be dumb. I'm not against giving some idiot that cruises through a school zone at 35 in a 20. I'm simply saying you can speed safely. Control the distance between you and the car in front of you and your safety is fine.

sjmvsfscs08 wrote: A guy driving 55 in a 55 and having fifteen feet between the car in front of him is far more dangerous than the guy going 70 in a 55 that has fifty feet in front of him. Besides, when you're going 70 in a 55 there wouldn't be anyone in front of you anyway.

Glory Days wrote:

sjmvsfscs08 wrote: That's the best you can do? Small towns all across the country have unusually low speed limits simply to write tickets.

define unusually slow speed. i dont think 55 dropping to a 45 as it enters a more populated area is unusual. it makes sense atleast i think.

And what I was saying is that excessive speed alone is not often the case in accidents. 75% of accidents happen below 30mph, and 6% of accidents are a direct result of speeding. There is no correlation between someone's speed alone and their risk to get into an accident. Obviously, don't speed through a storm, or in a construction/school zone, or down some narrow inner city road. That would be dumb. I'm not against giving some idiot that cruises through a school zone at 35 in a 20. I'm simply saying you can speed safely. Control the distance between you and the car in front of you and your safety is fine.

haha now thats funny. if you leave any more than 3 car lengths of space between you and the car infront of you on the highway you will be cutoff. sure you can speed safely, that is why highways outside the city are 65/70 and country roads are 55.

also, just because you may feel safe driving at 80mph, doesnt mean the person next to you on the road does. the point is to get everyone driving together at a relative safe speed.

The primary conclusion of this research is that the majority of motorist on the nonlimited access rural and urban highways examined in this study did not decrease or increase their speed as a result of either lowering or raising the posted speed limit by 4, 10, or 15 mi/h (8, 16, or 24 km/h). In other words, this nationwide study confirms the results of numerous other observational studies which found that the majority or motorist do not alter their speed to conform to speed limits they perceive as unreasonable for prevailing conditions.

The data clearly show that lowering posted speed limits did not reduce vehicle speeds or accidents. Also, lowering speed limits well below the 86th percentile speed did not increase speeds and accidents. Conversely, raising the posted speed limits did not increase speeds and accidents. The majority of motorist did not drive 5 to 10 mi/h (8 to 16 km/h) above the posted speed limit when speed limits were raised, nor did they reduce their speed by 5 or 10 mi/h (8 to 16 km/h) when speed limits were lowered.

Because there were few changes in the speed distribution, it is not surprising that the overall effects of speed limit changes on accidents were minor. It is interesting to note that compliance decreased when speed limits were lowered and accidents tended to increase. Conversely, when compliance improved after speed limits are raised, accidents tended to decrease.

Glory Days wrote: and i agree with you about the guy going 55 in a 55 only leaving a 15ft gap isnt very safe. but that has nothing to do with speeding, that is just bad driving. but going 70 in a 55 isnt exactly safe either depending on the type of road. 70 on a country road isnt always safe because of hills, curves, side roads, and driveways.