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I don't understand the second part. He pulled you over thinking you were going 113 when you proved you were going 60?
One of two things:
1. Bad radar read due to construction vehicles (bulldozers/dump trucks etc)
2. 2nd car really going that fast slows down, he sees my M3 in the distance and continues pursuit resulting in the stop. Judge saw different facts.
Reality is: have I gone 113+.....absolutely but I wasn't that day!
I've driven this stretch 100's of times, it's thick secluded forest, but trees are cut back aways on each side and no trees in the middle so you can see a ton. It's very easy to fly down the 20 miles it stretches as not many cars use it.
Not true at all - many cars DO use it, more so than the scenic section of Hwy 61. Many want the benefits of that expressway. Plus, this happened at 6:50 P.M. which is hardly a quiet time.
I used to live in Silver Bay for many years and also traveled that stretch of highway "100s of times". It is popular for people who travel daily between Duluth and the shore, as well as for visitors to the area.
Oh, and I think the speeding guy is a big a**hole!
If your doing 170 I would think that by the time he ever got going you would be long gone. Most cop cars only run 140-150ish. Of course it depends what they are driving. But even if they are driving a hemi charger it would take some time to get up to that speed to catch them.
Radios outrun cars.
f5 and I live in an area where the interstate isn't very crowded and the speed limit is 80.
I've watched more than one 100+ speed head zoom past a cop, only to be busted 15 miles up the road by a second patrolman.
Radios outrun cars.
f5 and I live in an area where the interstate isn't very crowded and the speed limit is 80.
I've watched more than one 100+ speed head zoom past a cop, only to be busted 15 miles up the road by a second patrolman.
Yes, radios do out run cars. But I have to wonder if depending on the time of day if one is able to tell what kind of car it is let alone read the tags. Your sitting still & someone flies past you at 170 plus I don't think it would be so easy to see what it was.
Yes, radios do out run cars. But I have to wonder if depending on the time of day if one is able to tell what kind of car it is let alone read the tags. Your sitting still & someone flies past you at 170 plus I don't think it would be so easy to see what it was.
That's very true, but a lot depends on the countryside. Out here, it's very easy to see far down the road almost all the time. A typical cruise on I-15 allows a vista westward that a person can easily see mountains almost 100 miles away.
In other areas, not so much.
I've driven this stretch 100's of times, it's thick secluded forest, but trees are cut back aways on each side and no trees in the middle so you can see a ton. It's very easy to fly down the 20 miles it stretches as not many cars use it.
So... not many cars use a stretch of freeway that is congested? You know, it's four lanes in the first place for that stretch because of the high usage.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation is considering a plan to relieve traffic congestion on state Highway 61 through Two Harbors.
The inane phrase 'nanny state' refers to laws that protect people from themselves (do you really need the 'nanny' part of the phrase explained to you?). Harsh penalties for going 106 mph over the speed limit are not there to protect the emotionally-stunted overgrown juveniles doing the speeding, but the rest of the people on the road.
Or is 'nanny state' now just short for 'Wah! I don't like that law!' ? (pretending for a moment that that isn't how it has always been used, really)
So... not many cars use a stretch of freeway that is congested? You know, it's four lanes in the first place for that stretch because of the high usage.
The inane phrase 'nanny state' refers to laws that protect people from themselves (do you really need the 'nanny' part of the phrase explained to you?). Harsh penalties for going 106 mph over the speed limit are not there to protect the emotionally-stunted overgrown juveniles doing the speeding, but the rest of the people on the road.
Or is 'nanny state' now just short for 'Wah! I don't like that law!' ? (pretending for a moment that that isn't how it has always been used, really)
Congestion and high use to you and I are very different. More cars drive past where I live in Roseville on 35W in an hour then drive the expressway stretch this guy was on all day, thus being able to achieve that speed.
Last edited by wamer27; 04-16-2016 at 05:26 PM..
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