I’ve heard the saying 9 is fine 10 you’re mine, but is there a difference between the speed limits? I feel like the difference between 9 over in a 25mph zone is a lot different than 9 over in a 65
I’ve heard the saying 9 is fine 10 you’re mine, but is there a difference between the speed limits? I feel like the difference between 9 over in a 25mph zone is a lot different than 9 over in a 65
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There’s a difference.
25mph is usually given to suburban areas with dense populations. The purpose of this speed is that someone with a much smarter mind than me determined 25mph was a maximum safe speed a person could operate at to stop successfully before turning a child that ran into the street into pass tense. Going well past that puts many in considerable risk of severe injury if a mistake happens
Likewise, going 74 on a 65 means you’re probably operating on a very open, desolate (of pedestrians) roadway that is made specifically for cars. Therefore, the risk is significantly lower, but for some reason there’s always someone walking along the highway so it’ll never be zero.
Personally in a residential 25mph ill start stopping around 35mph+.
Everywhere else ill really look around 15-20mph over.
The main highways 20-25mph over.
If theres more violations to the car or people in it ill drop my discretion limit lower. If i have pretext ill stop 1mph over.
Absent getting arrested or being a raging asshole im not issuing tickets unless 20mph+over.
There is a difference.
I always think of a percentage of the speed limit. If you are 15 over in a 30 then you are driving 150 of the speed limit. I’ll ticket that. If you are 15 over in a 55 then it’s not so bad. Warning probably.
I usually pull over for anything 15 over because Im not radar certified so it’s all about pacing for me. Residential you’re getting pulled over for 10 over. But you can get pulled over for doing 1mph over the limit
Probably 12 minimum to stop.
My most over the speed limit warning was 85 in a 35 on a motorcycle. It was about 3:00am on a divided boulevard with no one else around. He was about a 22 year old college kid coming home after cleaning up a bar where he worked while trying to get his degree. I was impressed that he stopped because there was no way I could catch him. Warning….
So if I’m 10% over on surface streets (38 in a 35, 44/40, 55/50) I should be good. 10 over on divided highways.
Depends on the officer and the department. On the NJ turnpike go 30 over
in Emporia, Virginia…not one mile above
Depends on the roads, not the speed limits, for me.
We have 2 highways in my town, both at 55pmh, with red lights and businesses. Lots of deer. I make stops for 15+.
Tight residential roads, or any residential roads with speeding complaints – 10+.
Wide and long residential roads 15+
This will change officer to officer, area to area, etc.
Freeway speed limits should be raised, neighborhoods should be slow
Depends where you are. I used to not stop anything less than 15 over in a busy city.
In Georgia at least only GSP can do speed enforcement less than 10mph, so basically it’s illegal for most officers to write tickets under that speed. In addition, less than around 15 over is fairly uncommon since speeding tickets under a certain amount over the limit (I can’t remember the exact amount) cannot reach a certain level or a city can be sanctioned by the state.