It doesn't pay to fly the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

[Mr Quatro]

The last time I drove the Pennsylvania Turnpike they were using unmarked police cars to catch people. A red convertible passed me like I was standing still with a state trooper inside.

The Pike ain't to bad. Mostly slow.
Take 80 across it's much faster and in better shape.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by privateer

The Pike ain't to bad. Mostly slow.
Take 80 across it's much faster and in better shape.

Just don't let Jeff drive. Its even faster and your eyeballs will be fored to the back of your head when he takes off.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Just don't let Jeff drive. Its even faster and your eyeballs will be fored to the back of your head when he takes off.

That depends who is on the lead bike he's trying to keep up with

[Herr-Berbunch]

Sheesh, more idiots against common sense. What would his widow's bill have been if the worst had happened?

Originally Posted by TarJak

Just don't let Jeff drive. Its even faster and your eyeballs will be fored to the back of your head when he takes off.

You should be thankful you weren't on the trip I finished the other day!
Round trip from Ohio to Dalton, Georgia in 14 hours!
Had a brand new Dodge Ram to play with.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by privateer

You should be thankful you weren't on the trip I finished the other day!
Round trip from Ohio to Dalton, Georgia in 14 hours!
Had a brand new Dodge Ram to play with.

You turned into a sheep worrier?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

The last time I drove the Pennsylvania Turnpike they were using unmarked police cars to catch people. A red convertible passed me like I was standing still with a state trooper inside.

Every police force out there does that. I've nearly been hit on an interstate at night by a gung ho copper peeling out of the median in his black Mustang interceptor. He did turn on his lights... after he got on the roadway.
If we had connected, guess who would have been blamed for not yielding to an emergency vehicle? Hint: It wouldn't be the officer. It's a good thing I'm like Kid Rock.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Every police force out there does that. I've nearly been hit on an interstate at night by a gung ho copper peeling out of the median in his black Mustang interceptor. He did turn on his lights... after he got on the roadway.
If we had connected, guess who would have been blamed for not yielding to an emergency vehicle? Hint: It wouldn't be the officer. It's a good thing I'm like Kid Rock.

I dont think you understand the devious-ness of the PSP. I've seen a Geo Metro pull some one over on the Turnpike there. They go out in the impound lot, see which car they want for the day, and take that one.

New York SP were using well marked Z28 Camaros for a while. Those were impressive cars..... till I watched one sink in the mud in a Uturn.

[vanjast]

Driving down the highway and a cop ran out from the bushes.. waving his hands at me.. so I pulled over next to him.

Wound down the window and said to him.. I was only doing 110kph (speed limit is 120)...
Not you he said.. it's the guy coming up behind you.. he's doing 220+ kph..
They must have trapped him further back as usually they have a backup team equipped with cars that have 'jet engines'.
I uncounted the backup team !!

That guy was probably locked up and his license/car confiscated !!

With that Pennsylvaniathing .. shouldn't that be part of the service that you tax payers pay for .. therefore should be free ?

[Stealhead]

Things are about the same here in Florida on most interstates they will not bat an eye at anyone under 80MPH. With the exclusion of the area around Jacksonville around there they will bust for going 5MPH over all day long.

I drive throughout FL,southern GA,Southern AL,a little bit of MS,and parts of LA very regularly in my job and I find that Alabama,Mississippi and Georgia tend to much stricter with speed limits than most other states in those states I would not exceed 5 MPH over.

Me I like to save fuel so I rarely go over 60MPH and in my truck that is about top end anyway if I kept the accelerator down long enough after about an hour I might hit 90 it is a diesel what can I say? On some jobs we drive a leased flatbed truck(like a dump truck but a flat bed instead of a tipper) until recently when we bought a mid 90's Mack that truck tops out at about 55MPH.It is kind of fun to drive or ride in a work truck especially on a two lane road everyone behind you is in a big rush and you just sit chilling out making them suck dinosaur bones.

[Mr Quatro]

I was driving real slow one night with a new generator I had purchased from Home Depot on mountain roads and then I came to a long straight away with a car pool parking area alongside the road. What do I see, but a state trooper with his lights off cruising real slow alongside the highway ready to catch the next speeder coming down off the mountain. He was cruising slow so he would have a head start on the poor sucker and he wouldn't have to chase him as far.

[Stealhead]

Are they really a poor sucker if they are in fact exceeding the posted speed limit? It is the posted law agree with it or not if you break the law you break it.

I have earned three speeding tickets in my life time and can honestly say that each time I was speeding at the time and also well exceeding the limit.Sure they do have their speed traps but in most cases it can be pretty hard to argue that in court.Though there is a small town in FL where the entire town was more or less a speed trap and he made them stop.