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Old 12-07-2017, 08:42 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Coldjensens View Post
In Michigan the speed limit is 70. When you hit Detroit city limits it drops to 55 just cuz. No one pays any attention to it. Regardless of posted limits if you drive below 70 you will hold up traffic and may get rear ended. Everyone drives between 70 and 85. Police never bother anyone unless they are over 80, usually over 85. If they wait long enough some kid will come along at 90 - 100 (usually riding a crotch rocket aka organ donor bike) and they can go get them. They will also pick off anyone driving stupid - changing lanes constantly, weaving, brake happy, etc. With the exception of a couple of cities where cops are tax collectors (Romulus, Troy) our police officers seem pretty inclined to apply common sense and just pick off the ones who are a danger to the rest of us. Unfortunately, they do nto seem to run out of options for that.
I think most cops patrolling the highways use common sense on how fast they’ll let traffic move along. I’ve driven through Atlanta at all hours of the day and night and at all speeds. The slowest was a 3 hour bumper to bumper nightmare and the shortest was an 85mph race all the way through the city, passing city cops along the way.
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