How Do You Avoid Getting Speeding Tickets?
03-11-2011, 06:54 AM
#48
East coast when I lived there the norm for after passing a speed trap during the day was to turn the headlights on and leave them on. Flash the lights at night. Best thing to do I think. Of course with the newer cars and their lame lights on during the day....... If worried about a cop behind you seeing just flash the headlights with the colum lever. They do flash with out the headlights turned on so no tell tale tail lights giving you away to the speed trap.
03-11-2011, 06:51 PM
#50
Three Wheelin'
Yup, radar detectors are illegal in most of this country. Here in Ontario, the provincial cops use the Australian Spectre technology to detect radar detectors. Some detachments have trophy walls of seized units. The fine is $1,000, IIRC. I had one for a while, but the stress was just too much. I figured I'd rather hire a court agent to fight the ticket in the end than have my car torn apart by a pissed off cop.
Here's how I think I've stayed out of trouble: Keep the speed delta between you and traffic moderate, 10 or 20 kph. Do everything smoothly (cops often react to the 'body language' of a car), don't hog the left lane, don't tailgate, signal lane changes and generally don't act like a badass. If you run into a radar trap, you're done. But if the LEO is operating on discretion, he's going to profile you. If you act like some kid drunk on horsepower, he's going to want to talk. If you act like a nice middle aged guy with both hands on the wheel and good situational awareness, he very well might not bother. On the highways around Toronto, they won't even look sideways at you for 20 over... as long as nothing else catches their attention.
Here's how I think I've stayed out of trouble: Keep the speed delta between you and traffic moderate, 10 or 20 kph. Do everything smoothly (cops often react to the 'body language' of a car), don't hog the left lane, don't tailgate, signal lane changes and generally don't act like a badass. If you run into a radar trap, you're done. But if the LEO is operating on discretion, he's going to profile you. If you act like some kid drunk on horsepower, he's going to want to talk. If you act like a nice middle aged guy with both hands on the wheel and good situational awareness, he very well might not bother. On the highways around Toronto, they won't even look sideways at you for 20 over... as long as nothing else catches their attention.
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