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Believe it or not, speed limits are designed for some people going over the posted limit. It's an international cultural standard. Look it up. It's actually quite interesting. The concept realizes the fact that true speed limits vary by person and their abilities, traffic, and weather and accounts for the general rule of thumb. It's boringly called the "basic rule". "Limits" are based on the 85th percentile of safe speed, with consideration that people may have to drive slower to be safe or may have the skills and ability to drive faster.
Straight from a retired county sheriff, generally, it's over 10, but never a minimum unless there is a state rule saying "speeding" must be over a certain level. In reality, the police aren't necessarily looking for speeders (unless in a <45 zone for safety reasons). They are usually looking for harsher crimes (drugs, DUI, etc.) and just use speeding as an excuse to pull you over. The retired sheriff asked us what the #1 reason for pulling over DUIs was, as well. We guessed swerving, stop signs, speeding, etc. But interestingly enough, the #1 reason was people leaving their high beams on. He also said quotas are a farce. Oftentimes quotas are illegal in many places, but you also don't want to be the patrol man who comes back to the station at the end of a shift with nothing.
Generally, I drive 5-7 over comfortably past a patrol car. If you're going 65 in a 65, move to the right lane otherwise you're going to cause an accident. It's not necessarily because of a teenage driver that wants to go 90, but it's because most drivers are just plain consistent in their own driving rules and need to drive the same speed all of the time (which is actually safe and efficient). They pass in the right lanes to get by you, which may interfere with merging and exiting traffic. Drive whatever speed you want, but don't assume that you're right and everyone else is wrong, because that's the complete opposite of what the concept of speed limit is even based upon.
Last edited by rorytmeadows; 08-19-2013 at 10:40 PM..
sorry for "stupid" question, I'm foreigner....
what happens if you drive 80+ in the interstate and an officer stops you ?
just a fine or you will loose your driver licence ?
Here in italy if u go faster 40+ km/h (it means 25 miles/hour) you loose the dl for 3 months
and must pay a fine about 400 euros.
thanks!
I believe the law is 25 mph over the limit gives you a trip to jail. Not sure on the drivers license. There's the ticket price and the increase in insurance premiums for around 3 years too.
On 26 right before it empties into the Crosstown, when the speed limit changes from 50 to 35, the police could easily sit there and arrest a hundred people in one morning. Most people enter that 35mph zone going at least 60. It always amazes me how little regard people have for the limit.
On 26 right before it empties into the Crosstown, when the speed limit changes from 50 to 35, the police could easily sit there and arrest a hundred people in one morning. Most people enter that 35mph zone going at least 60. It always amazes me how little regard people have for the limit.
Same for the other side too, People going 35-40 seeing the expressway grade, speed up immediately, not realizing how slow they need to go to make that left turn so quickly.
Not to mention the 55-->40 change coming into MTP over the Ravenel to Coleman.
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Because putting traffic stops in those locations would cause so much traffic issues that they would be overwhelmed by the number of complaints from the public. They know people speed through there and every once in a while put some people out there as a presence. It's a balancing act of on paper legal speed for liability issues vs the reality of needing to keep traffic moving at a reasonable rate.
Based on metrics, as the number of accidents increase the police presence increases. Because you don't see them when you come through doesn't mean they weren't there at some point during the day.
Highway Patrol around here is nearly non-existent.
I recently saw more HP officers driving through 1/2 of another state than I have seen here in SC all year long...not just more, but 3 times more. So, in 3 hours of driving in another state (in one direction only) I saw 3 times more patrols than I have seen here all year long. I saw about the same number on the return trip a few days later.
During that same trip I saw zero (0) Highway Patrol cruisers in SC.
Highway Patrol around here is nearly non-existent.
I recently saw more HP officers driving through 1/2 of another state than I have seen here in SC all year long...not just more, but 3 times more. So, in 3 hours of driving in another state (in one direction only) I saw 3 times more patrols than I have seen here all year long. I saw about the same number on the return trip a few days later.
During that same trip I saw zero (0) Highway Patrol cruisers in SC.
I would see the highway patrol all the time in the Upstate. Down here? Hardly at all. They were pretty plentiful on I-85 up that way.
I don't normally see highway patrol enforcement inside and close to city limits.
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