Fastest speed you got pulled for? [Archive] (2024)

Griff18kMX-5

29th December 2005, 08:43

This is a dumb topic but just wondering. What's the fastest speed you got pulled for? Where?

1) 80 in 55 construction zone. I-95 south in GA no equipment or workers around. (92 Ford Escort $2)
2) 85 in a 70 3 miles from GA line off I-95 leaving S.C. ($125, Miata)
3) 89 in a 70 I-16 going across GA to I-95. (not sure the cost, requested traffic court but couldn't make it due to going out to sea for the court dates., Miata, also the GSP told me after giving ticket that you can't miss this car. I dive a EVO Miata.)
Numbers 2 and 3 were between 3 months of each other.

Seeing buddy get pulled for 102 in 70 I-75 2 nights ago by GSP who put 95 in a 70. His first speeding ticket ever.
Was behind him around the same speed limit. Didn't get clocked by the GSP. So I got off luckey so to say. It was about 10pm at night only a few cars and truckers out in right 2 lanes. In far left about 3-5 car lenghts behind (i know that's close at that speed and dumb).
AND YES I DO HAVE A VERY BAD HABIT OF SPEEDING. :bang:

sclark

29th December 2005, 09:00

Garrett

29th December 2005, 09:56

Ragtop Girl

29th December 2005, 10:04

Tyler W

29th December 2005, 10:07

Justin06sport

29th December 2005, 10:33

133 in a 55 construction zone
4th engine in my highly modified 90 geo storm

LMFAO..
big ticket :(

(okay fur now)

coldwarrior

29th December 2005, 11:13

i was pulled over on rt 80 in northern PA for 90 in a 55. for those of you who know, PA rt80 is a boring drive in the middle of nowhere. i was pulled over somewhere west of state college by a PA state trooper. i had been back from the army in germany for 2 days and was going up to lycoming county to do some much needed fly fishing in and around the pine creek area. i was driving an 84 gti that i had for one whole day! it was 0300 and there wasn't a soul around. i slipped into autobahn mode, quite by accident and by habit.

i don't mind getting pulled over by the state troopers, they are top notch. he assumed i was dui, i was very sober. we had a chat and i told him my story. he let me off with a verbal warning...which in my oppinion was a good call, i hadn't seen another car in either direction for a good 15 minutes.

Ocelot

29th December 2005, 11:24

ross_t

29th December 2005, 11:25

NFexec

29th December 2005, 11:32

86 in a 55.... but that was years ago in a 1970 VW Beetle!!

:eek:

Doug

damen

29th December 2005, 11:36

fasthappy

29th December 2005, 11:52

2 days after I got my miata, I was pulled over for 115 in a 55. Road rage + slow drivers + new car + immature driver = stupidity. Luckily, somehow, I got off with just a warning.

Funkylicious - that's outstanding. Was this within the last few years or was this back in the day?

Im trying to understand how the heck you got off with a warning.

My biggest ticket was 90 in a 55, kindly knocked down to 84.

After that tik, I got hooked on the fuzzbusters, laser jammers, etc.

So far, Fasthappy is fast and happy!

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Tyler W

29th December 2005, 12:03

Hrogi

29th December 2005, 12:13

Well I was 17..

Driveing late at night on a nice 5 lane Highway...

I was 55 on the speedo when i got on the freeway. but the Local Sherrif saw 125 on his speedo when he was following me. Lucky for me he knows where i live and patrols my street. So he knew my car and that I did not race around town..
So I got a warnning and a hint that he would tell my parents about this if he every heard of my getting a ticket....

The funny part was I could not find my licence and had a few Baseball bats in the trunk. with a mits or base ballsin sight. He was not happy about.
I think there was a rash of mail boxes trashed the night before........

Then later on I got in a 1994 Toy Celica and had to deliver it to a dealer ship.
I found it hit 135 i think.. that was fun. but I was never pulled over and only drove that fast for a 2 minute........

fasthappy

29th December 2005, 12:16

This was the October before last. I had temp tags, and hadn't even gotten my insurance card yet. After he saw that I wasn't drunk, and that I was being cooperative, he just let me go. He did, however, follow me through the entire county.

You should have went and bought a lottery ticket! That was amazing luck you had.

Tjbell

29th December 2005, 12:29

desert red

29th December 2005, 12:30

1) August 1987 - 85 RX7: Pulled over for doing 68 in a 65 outside Pell City, AL. Alabama had just raised the I-20 speed limit to 65 after the national 55 limit was repealed. A person could usually drive up to 10 mph over the limit without much fear of being pulled over for speeding, however I think the State Patrol was trying to curb this tendancy after raising the limit. I was shocked that I was pulled over as I had noticed a Toyota behind me coming up fast in the outside lane. The Toyota pulled in front on me and slowed down after he saw the officer come across the median, and I was thinking "He got you!" The ASP officer pulled in between both of our cras, and to my surprise, signaled both of us to pull over. He only intended to give me a warning, but the other guy was going to be ticketed.

2) Feb 1988 - Same car: Pulled over on I-65 just south of Franklin, TN and ticketed for doing 72 in a 65. It was snowing (but the roads were clear of snow or ice). I found out later, that this was a known speed trap area.

Bob

29th December 2005, 12:33

320 or so indicated in an airport traffic area that had a 210 limit (Stuttgart Intl) but the pullup was something to dream about. :)

In a car, none that I recall.

Ike

29th December 2005, 12:50

I got a 95 in a 70 mph ticket on I-35 outside of Austin. I was drving my 98 Accord...it was a 4 cyl./5 spd and was very smooth at speed. Went to the JP and they knocked it down to 94 (so I could take defensive driving and have it taken off my record). Sometimes I really love TX...one speeding ticket + one Saturday afternoon = clean record :)

Ike

Tyler W

29th December 2005, 12:57

IFGD

29th December 2005, 13:05

Analogeezer

29th December 2005, 13:08

80+ mph something (40 mph zone) when I was 16 in a Fiat 850 sedan. Reallly stupid move in that tin box!

I would have taken that to court, 80+ in a Fiat 850? No way!

Analogeezer

Jee_Young

29th December 2005, 13:11

MX-5.0

29th December 2005, 13:28

100 in a 55 (Iwas going 93 however!)

Drove by a parked cop at 155 (hit speed governor). Never saw him again...young and dumb and lucky to be alive!

slothboypope

29th December 2005, 13:38

Get this one-

About 2 months ago on US 1 in St. Augustine, FL, I got pulled over for doing 43 in a 40

The officer let me off with a verbal warning and said "If I see you hotrodding again, You'll be spending the night in jail"

I almost laughed, but luckily I held it down. Apparently in Florida there is a limit to how fast you accelerate, I had no idea.

Billy

29th December 2005, 13:48

.......... Apparently in Florida there is a limit to how fast you accelerate, I had no idea.

Particularly if you have out of state plates and are in a rural town like St Augustine.

Tourist dollars of all types feed the economy. ;)

MrMiatagi

29th December 2005, 14:14

I myself would never drive 100+ on a public road, but I keep hearing how others regret speeding like that, being "young and dumb."

What is it that is preventing you from doing this again?

aruba

29th December 2005, 14:17

Tyler W

29th December 2005, 14:18

Ron Keil

29th December 2005, 15:25

I have been pulled over a number of times in my 50-year driving career, particularly when younger, but amazingly have never been stopped for speeding. Not that on occasion I didn't "deserve" one, of course. Knock on wood, now that I've mentioned it.

I've owned several cars very fast for their day but seldom tried to see "what she'll do". This is plain truth: I've never exceeded 150 mph on any public road. :D

Stealth97

29th December 2005, 15:26

Mojo_LA

29th December 2005, 15:30

I had a silver '91 for 7 years and got 3 tickets.

I've now had a 2000 Evo Orange for two and a half years and have accumulated the following:

- 50 in a 35
- 56 in a 40
- 45 in a 25
- 57 in a 40
- 75 in a 65
- 70 in a 65
- 54 in a 40
- 61 in a 45 (last month)

And one ticket for not wearing my seatbelt in slow moving traffic on a hot day.

They sure do love the orange car! And no one was kind enough to give me a warning.

In any case, after the first two I learned how to fight tickets and have fought the rest of them - and won. Ticket from last month is still in play...

bob_h

29th December 2005, 15:36

SkeeterOne2

29th December 2005, 15:37

Red95FMII

29th December 2005, 15:38

6 speeding tickets total.
73 in a 60, I-5 southbound somewhere south of San Clemente
53 in a 45, Brea CA
52 in a 45, just about the same spot, running late on the way to traffic school for the previous ticket.
69 in a 50, Colorado Springs, officer nice enough to make it one shy of the magic 20+ number.
85 in a 70, I-25 N between Santa Fe and the Colorado border.
58 in a 45, Colorado Springs. 4 AM, about 20 car lengths back from a Springs city officer doing the same speed, and pass a county sheriff on the median. That one was annoying.

After that last one, they really raised the revenu... ahem, fines on speeding in the Springs, and I really haven't been doing that much speeding since, but that doesn't keep me from taking corners at speed, which I'm sure will result in getting pulled over one of these days.

cdub998

29th December 2005, 15:59

bailey bill

29th December 2005, 16:19

Back in 1968 ("muscle car era"), I bought a new '68 AMX. (4 spd, performance pak, handling pak, etc) I was 26 at the time. The next Saturday morning, I was on the (Columbus, OH) expressway. Traffic was light, so I decided to "try it out". I was well up in triple digits when I noticed a well-worn '63 Ford sedan coming on pretty hard. I decided to slow down until I could make a better evaluation of the situation, and he pulled up beside me, blew his horn, put on his visored police hat, and motioned me to the side of the road. When he got out of the car, he was in street clothes, except for the hat.

HIM: (angrily) "do you know how fast you were going?"

ME: (sheepishly) "Yessir. When I noticed you pulling up I glanced at the speedo, and realized I was going 85."

HIM: "85 my ass! You were doing 105 and slowing down when I got a clock on you. I'm sure you were doing at least 115 when I first saw you." (I was!)

He didn't even ask for my license, but he went to the back of the car and copied the license number on a scrap of paper and put it in his hat. He lectured my for 5 minutes and told me he had the right take me straight to jail and hold me for 3 days. He said he was just going in for his shift, that this area of town was his regular beat, and if he EVER saw me over the limit again, he would arrest me.

No ticket that day, but that AMX got me stopped more than all the other cars I have ever owned put together.

bill

gtgray

29th December 2005, 16:38

114 at 11 o'clock on a Sunday Night back in early 2001 in my LS while still naturally aspirated. The speed limit was 70 day, 65 at night. So call it 114 in a 65. It was on a completely empty 4 lane and I saw the Trooper as I crested the hill and I got on the brakes hard, I had been going about 120 a moment before the radar sweeped me.

I got deferred adjudication.. so I had to behave for 3 months and the ticket went off the record. I was good... somethings are pretty cool about Texas. Still cost me over $250.

Today deferered adjuducation, which is like probabation, is six months of no traffic CONVICTIONS of any kind, up from 3 months back then.. 6 months is a long time to be looking for the cops every moment behind the wheel.

Altogether probably a half dozen tickets since I bought my first NB in the summer of '98 and all were erased by defensive driving or deferred adjudication.

LoanShark

29th December 2005, 16:41

No ticket for me ever. However, was a passenger with my uncle in a MB S600 a few years back. 1:15AM LA to Vegas. Pulled over for doing 107MPH.

Showed them diplomat paperwork along with international license and the Police officer said, "I apologize for stopping you sir, as the car did not have the Consulate Tag. Enjoy your stay in Las Vegas and have a safe journey."

ross_t

29th December 2005, 16:46

[QUOTE=Analogeezer]I would have taken that to court, 80+ in a Fiat 850? No way!

Actually I believe it would exceed 90 mph if you had the time! In anycase, I was coming off a long downhill stretch.

Wowak

29th December 2005, 17:08

Analogeezer

29th December 2005, 17:18

No ticket for me ever. However, was a passenger with my uncle in a MB S600 a few years back. 1:15AM LA to Vegas. Pulled over for doing 107MPH.

Showed them diplomat paperwork along with international license and the Police officer said, "I apologize for stopping you sir, as the car did not have the Consulate Tag. Enjoy your stay in Las Vegas and have a safe journey."

Not really me, but a similiar story:

Back in the early 80's I lived in a town that had nothing better to do than shoot radar...they'd hide in the bushes and jump out on the sidewalk and fire a handheld at you.

I had a roomate from Nicaragua, but he had gone to college in Belgium, the French speaking part so he spoke fluent French....actually he spoke Spanish too but with a French accent!

For about the first year or two he lived with us he didn't speak much english, but rapidly got better, but he used this to his advantage (acting like he couldn't understand English).

We had 25 zones everywhere and he was always getting pulled for 40 in a 25 or so, he'd whip out his University of Belgium student ID (it did look sort of like a license) and start speaking in French....he looked very latin American so of course this really confused the cops...."why is this latin guy speaking French and I can't read this license because it's in French" they were probably thinking.

He must have gotten out of 10 tickets that way, until he got pulled by the same cop for about the third time...

I've had a lot of speeding tickets over the years but rarely for high speed, I tend to stay below 80 unless I know the road is totally open, and rarely go over 100.

Probably the fastest I have ever driven was an indicated 115, that might have been 110 or so actual and that was for all of 30 seconds.

Actually not really enjoying speeds that high on the street was a major part in my bypassing an S2000, just too much top end <g>

Fastest I have ever been was in my totally young and stooopid days, I had a friend with a Suzuki GS-750 with a Yoshimura big bore kit and smoothbores....I got it up to an indicated 135, but it was probably only about 120 actual...fast enough on a bike.

Analogeezer

Emerald Mica

29th December 2005, 17:22

white91base

29th December 2005, 17:23

LoanShark

29th December 2005, 17:27

Not really me, but a similiar story:

Back in the early 80's I lived in a town that had nothing better to do than shoot radar...they'd hide in the bushes and jump out on the sidewalk and fire a handheld at you.

I had a roomate from Nicaragua, but he had gone to college in Belgium, the French speaking part so he spoke fluent French....actually he spoke Spanish too but with a French accent!

For about the first year or two he lived with us he didn't speak much english, but rapidly got better, but he used this to his advantage (acting like he couldn't understand English).

We had 25 zones everywhere and he was always getting pulled for 40 in a 25 or so, he'd whip out his University of Belgium student ID (it did look sort of like a license) and start speaking in French....he looked very latin American so of course this really confused the cops...."why is this latin guy speaking French and I can't read this license because it's in French" they were probably thinking.

He must have gotten out of 10 tickets that way, until he got pulled by the same cop for about the third time...

I've had a lot of speeding tickets over the years but rarely for high speed, I tend to stay below 80 unless I know the road is totally open, and rarely go over 100.

Probably the fastest I have ever driven was an indicated 115, that might have been 110 or so actual and that was for all of 30 seconds.

Actually not really enjoying speeds that high on the street was a major part in my bypassing an S2000, just too much top end <g>

Fastest I have ever been was in my totally young and stooopid days, I had a friend with a Suzuki GS-750 with a Yoshimura big bore kit and smoothbores....I got it up to an indicated 135, but it was probably only about 120 actual...fast enough on a bike.

Analogeezer

Yup having diplomat family, I have been many a passenger on such priviledged runs. :)

Interestingly enough for me, no speeding tickets on my cars (never speed), and have not gotten any on 2 wheels (LUCKY). I have done 130-145 too many times to count (DUMB move), but have never gotten pulled over. Few years ago I got down from SF to LA exactly 350 miles door to door, in about 3.5 hours. That includes gas stops for the GSX-R. There was a HUUUGE group of Hogg riders coming down that weekend, at least 4-500 of them I passed. They always gave me the "I hope you get pulled over and die" look. I was surprised no CHP pulled me over :eek:

My arm was tired though. But crotch rockets still rule my life, whether Japanese or Italian. Though the last few years, after I came to my senses, I learned to thank my lucky stars, and like on 4 wheels, I don't speed on 2 wheels anymore either.

Bubbly

29th December 2005, 17:58

105 in a 55 construction zone in Valdosta, Georgia midnight, in 1963 on the way to Sebring. Driving a Jag 3.8 sedan with wire wheels and overdrive. I knew my goose was cooked and Georgia cops were famous for atrocities on "college kids." I was with two friends (parents owned the Jag) and we were seriously considering attacking the cop if he threatened us.

Instead, he asked where we were going and we answered truthfully, to The Race. He said he was driving down the next day and did not want to see us dead, complimented us on the Jag and let us go.

True story. Georgia cops are OK

RADOne

29th December 2005, 19:45

mikeeeeeee

29th December 2005, 20:06

Not really me, but a similiar story:

Back in the early 80's I lived in a town that had nothing better to do than shoot radar...they'd hide in the bushes and jump out on the sidewalk and fire a handheld at you.

Analogeezer

cops can be tricky, while a passenger a few years ago saw a blue camaro with dark tinted windows on the side of the highway with the hood up. standing behind the hood was a highway patrolman in full gear + mounty-looking hat with a radar gun.

the moral of the story: never let your gaurd down, i guess

Shermio

29th December 2005, 20:07

Been driving since I was 15 and now 22 never been pulled over... :D (I think I have a 6th sense on these things and seem to slow down just before I see a cop.... don't know why but I just do... better than any radar equiptment out there I think :D

But yes I have gone really fast but in a controlled situation... Even helped a mate's dad test out the new gen stalker radar... now that was fun...

Did get a photo for 112km/h in a 100km/h thou... :( $80 but that was just plain silly no cars double lane with a median barrier between on coming cars...

jlb1001

29th December 2005, 21:33

118 MPH in a 55 zone. In an almost unbelievable act of generosity, he only wrote me up for 95. I think that if it had been higher, he would've had to call a car (he was on a bike) to haul my butt off.

He said it took him 8 miles to catch me. I was accelerating through the 118, up to around 147.

Modified 300ZX TT, and younger, dumber driver.

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-Joe

N/A for now

29th December 2005, 23:00

OK, lets start with the worst one....

following too closely, 3 illegeal lane changes, reckless something or other, and evading a state trooper.

the story goes.... i was driving down I-95 in sunny south florida. when a trooper saw me weaving through the light traffic well over 100. he was using radar. and as he explained it. you have to hit someone with radar twice. once to get a preliminary reading and a second time to get a solid speed reading. well he couldent even hit me once with the gun. i was weaving so much and speading so fast. so he came after me. when is saw him in the rear view, i dropped the pedeal and took off. i made it off 95 and almost 5 miles away before he cought me... he ended up cutting through peoples lawns...he was a nice guy, and i fought the ticked with my trust attorney. got it lowered to probation. thank jesus they dident take my liscense.

but in all fairness. it wasent the first time i ran from a police officer, i only ran 3 times and got away twice. once was on an R6, and the other time was on the turnpike...by the time he got anywhere close to me, i was already parked at the first K-mart i could find, and walking inside

as far as speeding tickets go...108 in a 35....no ticket....the police officer was my supervisor...at the time i was working with the police in a youth program...and she kicked me out of the program and told me if i ever got cought speeding agian, she would take my liscense

i have tons of little infractions (i.e.) donuts in a parking lot, e braking around turns....stupid kid stuff. but just because its kid stuff. dosent mean its not fun......

Flighttester

29th December 2005, 23:23

Once, some time back, say 1965-66, I was in high school and, at the end of the day I left the school parking lot and drove my '63 Chevrolet Impala SS past school and then proceeded out of our small town, down the laser straight two-lane hi-way toward the next small town five or six miles away.

In those days, (I guess I was about 17 then), when outside of the city limits, I usually drove the rural highways at or near the maximum cruising speed of the vehicle I was in. In that 327/300 horse Chevy that was somewhere near 120-125 mph with the low, drag-racing-biased gearing the car was configured with.

I happened to look back in my mirror and was surprised to discover our police chief (the only cop in town, much like Mayberry) behind me in his all white '64 1/2 Ford Galaxy police interceptor perhaps a mile or so behind me but coming up fast. Since I was already at near-redline, and had no where to hide, there was nothing to do but slow down and face the music.

The intercept only took a few moments and as he came up on me the gumball on the top began to rotate. I pulled over.

I sat patiently, wondering what my fate was to be as he walked up to the side window.

He knew me, I knew him and, most important, he knew my dad.

I thought he'd be furious but his first comment was, "Dammit, (my last name), just how fast were you going back in that school zone?"

That took me by surprise.

I never knowingly went over the speed limit in town. Especially in a school zone.

Surely I hadn't done so back there.

"I don't know, Sir, maybe 15 miles-per-hour?" I offered.

I knew the speed limit past school was 15 mph and my normal procedure was always to creep along in first or second till I was well clear of the dreaded school zone. It was hard for a 17 year-old to do that in a car who's only purpose in life was to accelerate.

"Well, you know they're on me to jump on you kids and, although I don't care how fast you drive out here, if you don't keep it down around town and especially around the school, I'm going to have to cite you." He said, not smiling or winking or anything.

"I'm sorry sir." I said with complete truthfulness. "I didn't intend to speed and I don't really think I was."

"Well, be careful." The town cop said.

I'm pretty sure he could hear my heart pounding, trying to escape my chest cavity.

It looked like he was going to let me go but, just as important, was he going to talk to my dad? That could be just as bad,or worse.

But, he turned and walked back to his car and I sat there as he started up and did a U-turn right there on the highway to head back to town.

I slowly started my engine and carefully kept the velocity to 65 mph (the posted limit) all the rest of the way to the next town.

I thanked God, my lucky stars and just about every thing else as I slowed to the next town's speed limit.

I will never forget the break that man gave me and, although he is long deceased, I want everyone to know that his fair treatment probably went further to help me grow up than if he had actually given me a speeding ticket.

So, although I didn't ever get a really high-speed citation it isn't that I wasn't stopped and that I couldn't have.

I guess I was just born at the right time.

Today, that small Southern Illinois town I grew up in has perhaps 10 full-time police officers. I think if they caught a young kid doing what I did, almost every day, he'd still be sitting in county jail.

rudyr

29th December 2005, 23:32

Loki047

30th December 2005, 00:29

96 in a 65....surprisingly didnt get anything but a speeding ticket.

EDIT: Im in aventura for one more day please keep your stupid sh*t to a minimum till im outta here.

georose

30th December 2005, 00:41

Ike

30th December 2005, 01:42

Ike, you are always trying to sway people to move to Texas. Can it really be that great?

Yes it can!!!! :D

JASON999

30th December 2005, 02:28

155 + (don't know exactly, but know I was maxed out) on a 93' CBR 900RR sportbike in Indiana somewhere heading to IU. 2 lane country road, probably 45 mph limit. Cop said he was doing 120 and I was still pulling away. Road block few miles down the road brought me to a hault.

Believe it or not I was polite and they didn't arrest me. Was living in Nashville at the time and had to drive up couple months later for court date. Reckless driving and $750 fine. Stupid for sure but I still miss that bike.

Fast_Laine

30th December 2005, 06:26

My negligent ticket is still pending my court date...

"Do you know how fast you were going back there?"
"I couldn't have been going more than 60 or 65, officer"
"135mph. You were going 135mph."

Analogeezer

30th December 2005, 07:59

Wow I can't believe all these people on this thread that have routinely driven over 100....yeah I've done it, but I could count the times I've done it on two hands.

Geezz, I must be a driving wussie! <g>

Analogeezer

jpre

30th December 2005, 10:06

Geezz, I must be a driving wussie! <g>

I think some vehicles lend themselves more to 100mph+ driving than others. Has anyone here ever decided to get rid of a vehicle after dealing with some of the events found in this thread to intentionally get a slower one? Is life too short to make a choice in that direction?

Griff18kMX-5

30th December 2005, 10:25

105 in a 55 construction zone in Valdosta, Georgia midnight, in 1963 on the way to Sebring.

This is true to a certian point. Georgia cops are ok. I know there are some ok ones out there but where are they? I have yet to meet the ok ones. I always get the die hard officers. Except in SC. Where the officer (local) busted me and my buddy in his Ram 1500 for speeding. I got off on following too close.
But the funny thing is in Valdosta they are still doing road work. I know of 24 miles at a posted 65mph, yet I don't do that too much. I know I've been clocked going at least around 90 by the ones who sit on top of overpasses and radio ahead. But to my "luck" no officer was there waiting for they had others pulled.
I know in Cobb county on 285 the cops usually don't look at pulling people unless they go over 90 in the 55. You have to go fast or you'll be stuck on the front end of a semi.
I had a very close call on base in Mayport Fl. Going behind the airfield where it's a posted 25mph that is a high patrol route. Well a co-worker was telling me that his del-sol (w/a few mods) was faster than my stock miata. Needless to say I scared him for going up to around 115 in a 25 within a short distance. He never told me my car was slow aain. But after that I had 3 base police come up and surround my car at the gun range. I was not in it but my buddy can up and told me that my car was being looked at by the police. They couldn't find the "owner" of the miata so they left. Never doing that one again. Could have cost me my driving on base for the rest of my time in service and more trouble. It was fun though.
I've only gone around 130 one time. It was in Ocala National Forest in central FL. And yes the top was down. Talking about having your hair messed up by the wind.
Also how many think that officers, cops, SP, whatever you want to call them pick you out for the color of your car?

Griff18kMX-5

30th December 2005, 10:33

MoTim

30th December 2005, 10:57

Wow I can't believe all these people on this thread that have routinely driven over 100....yeah I've done it, but I could count the times I've done it on two hands.

Geezz, I must be a driving wussie! <g>

Analogeezer

Maybe you're just smarter than the average bear.

I'm hoping that a lot of these stories are some sort of Internet bravado more than anything.

just me

30th December 2005, 10:58

Griff18kMX-5

30th December 2005, 11:02

Maybe you're just smarter than the average bear.

I'm hoping that a lot of these stories are some sort of Internet bravado more than anything.

All of my stories are true and are from my own stupid decisions. I will admit it is dumb for me to go well beyond the posted speed limit.

Chris_F

30th December 2005, 11:19

N/A for now

30th December 2005, 11:20

One more thing.. This has been bugging me but can laser be shot while you and the officer are moving? I think radar can but not sure about laser.

to the best of my knoledge

they cant use and speed detection equipment while moving. it has to be used from a fixed point. because it uses the time it takes to bounce off your car to get an accurate speed reading. the only way they can pull you over for speeding is doing a "speed clock" usualy they drive the same speed as you for a 1/4 or more... and use that as a refrence.

Analogeezer

30th December 2005, 11:41

Maybe you're just smarter than the average bear.

I'm hoping that a lot of these stories are some sort of Internet bravado more than anything.

Hey don't get me wrong, I love driving fast and I don't exactly dog it, but at the far side of 80 mph stuff gets serious really fast, even with a lot of safety stuff (27 airbags, good belts) most 80+ mph crashes are not surviveable in a street car.

I find my biggest fun between 40 - 80.

As I have said many times, one of the reasons I didn't opt for a used S2000 is the speed envelope of that car is much, much higher than a Miata....it seems like 100+ would be nothing in that car and that's not a place I want to spend a lot of time.

I actually had a simliar experience with bikes, the largest bikes I owned were all below 500cc's.....plenty fast really, I'd get crap for not owning a 900 - 1000 from my big bike friends, but frankly 100 mph+ on a bike is getting into the crazy zone.

Analogeezer

Bob

30th December 2005, 11:42

MoTim

30th December 2005, 12:24

Hey don't get me wrong, I love driving fast and I don't exactly dog it, but at the far side of 80 mph stuff gets serious really fast, even with a lot of safety stuff (27 airbags, good belts) most 80+ mph crashes are not surviveable in a street car.

I find my biggest fun between 40 - 80.

As I have said many times, one of the reasons I didn't opt for a used S2000 is the speed envelope of that car is much, much higher than a Miata....it seems like 100+ would be nothing in that car and that's not a place I want to spend a lot of time.

I actually had a simliar experience with bikes, the largest bikes I owned were all below 500cc's.....plenty fast really, I'd get crap for not owning a 900 - 1000 from my big bike friends, but frankly 100 mph+ on a bike is getting into the crazy zone.

Analogeezer

I think we're on the same page here.

Gord96BRG

30th December 2005, 12:27

to the best of my knoledge

they cant use and speed detection equipment while moving. it has to be used from a fixed point. because it uses the time it takes to bounce off your car to get an accurate speed reading. the only way they can pull you over for speeding is doing a "speed clock" usualy they drive the same speed as you for a 1/4 or more... and use that as a refrence.

Assuming you meant "they cant use any speed detection equipment while moving" - that's not true at all. laser still has to be a standstill measurement, but radar has been able to be used from a moving patrol vehicle for a long time. Recent improvements with DSP technology have made moving radar even more effective, and they can target and read your speed moving in the same direction or opposite direction while the patrol car is driving.

bc1

30th December 2005, 13:55

Flighttester

30th December 2005, 13:57

Assuming you meant "they cant use any speed detection equipment while moving" - that's not true at all. laser still has to be a standstill measurement, but radar has been able to be used from a moving patrol vehicle for a long time. Recent improvements with DSP technology have made moving radar even more effective, and they can target and read your speed moving in the same direction or opposite direction while the patrol car is driving.

Yup. Many, if not most speed sensing radar devices currently in use can compute a targets speed from the moving vehicle. Even the 'old' technology radar units were quite capable of giving a pretty accurate reading when taken from a moving target, but the computations had to be done by the operator and I don't believe that was always permissible proof of exceedance.

We have a hand-held 'radar gun' (one of the older types) in our flight test lab and it is often (or was often) used to calibrate other speed sensors. Now days, it's usually put into service to check or calibrate personal stuff like boat speedometers or even home-built aircraft pitot-static systems.

As to prefering cars that 'feel fast' instead of 'being fast'... Not yet. One of the few things I don't like about my little Miata is that it lacks that long-legged feeling that often puts big numbers on the clock without seeming to be going fast.

To me, that's the sign of a good road car.

I used to drive fast all the time. As I've matured, I still love speed, but I usually keep my velocity a little closer to the posted limit.

But, I still love any machine that can cover distance quickly, regardless of whether it's on the ground or in the air.

Speed is addictive.

Anthony

30th December 2005, 15:54

Got nailed for a 57 in a 40.

I was polite and respectful and he let me off with a seatbelt ticket instead. Still cost me $150 for that little hole-in-the-ground city in NY I was visiting at the time, but no points on the license.

N/A for now

30th December 2005, 18:23

huh....like i said "to the best of my knoledge"

thanks for the info.

Ron Keil

30th December 2005, 18:25

mx5rush

30th December 2005, 18:53

got radar'd at 105 in a 1976 fiat 128 in a 55. On flat ground no less! No downhill cheating, but the windows were up for aerodynamics!!! She was wound tight.

The cop let me slide with 74 in a 55... 19 over, which was 1 mph under getting a wreckless driving ticket as well. In Va. back then if you were under 18 and got a wreckless ticket, the common deal was to loose your license for 3 months. The same night I got tagged on Seashore statepark drive in Va Beach, a class mate got nailed by a different cop for 82 in a 55... lost his license for 3 months! He was at least cool enough to write me up for the lower amount after ripping on me a little.

MiataAndy

30th December 2005, 19:45

Worst was when i got nailed street racing my old Eclipse GSX. She said she got a radar hit of 107 but couldn't get a lock, so she gave me a basic speed and illegal pass (i won!). I was lucky because even though it was a dead end industrial road with no posted speed limit, she said it was treated as a residential, which means 30 mph. So i guess you could say my worst was 107 in a 30.

Waiting for someone to mention the biker a number of months back down in southern MN who got hit going 205 in a 65 or whatever it was!!

Effervescent

30th December 2005, 19:56

205 in a 65...on my motorcycle. :P

-Eff

JCMKAM1990

30th December 2005, 21:16

VRTSid

31st December 2005, 08:44

Loki047

31st December 2005, 15:39

FadiTara

31st December 2005, 16:04

FadiTara

31st December 2005, 16:11

Roger Ramjet

31st December 2005, 18:10

OK, lets start with the worst one....

following too closely, 3 illegeal lane changes, reckless something or other, and evading a state trooper.

the story goes.... i was driving down I-95 in sunny south florida. when a trooper saw me weaving through the light traffic well over 100. he was using radar. and as he explained it. you have to hit someone with radar twice. once to get a preliminary reading and a second time to get a solid speed reading. well he couldent even hit me once with the gun. i was weaving so much and speading so fast. so he came after me. when is saw him in the rear view, i dropped the pedeal and took off. i made it off 95 and almost 5 miles away before he cought me... he ended up cutting through peoples lawns...he was a nice guy, and i fought the ticked with my trust attorney. got it lowered to probation. thank jesus they dident take my liscense.

but in all fairness. it wasent the first time i ran from a police officer, i only ran 3 times and got away twice. once was on an R6, and the other time was on the turnpike...by the time he got anywhere close to me, i was already parked at the first K-mart i could find, and walking inside

as far as speeding tickets go...108 in a 35....no ticket....the police officer was my supervisor...at the time i was working with the police in a youth program...and she kicked me out of the program and told me if i ever got cought speeding agian, she would take my liscense

i have tons of little infractions (i.e.) donuts in a parking lot, e braking around turns....stupid kid stuff. but just because its kid stuff. dosent mean its not fun......
I am SO glad I don't live in Florida...

Roger Ramjet

31st December 2005, 18:24

But, I still love any machine that can cover distance quickly, regardless of whether it's on the ground or in the air.
Speed is addictive.
Can you say SR71? :D

Roger :wave:

Roger Ramjet

31st December 2005, 18:43

Well, since I've been giving folks a bit of a hard time lately, I'll chip in on this one and you can return the favor.

A few years back, deserted southbound I-15 in southern Idaho, WELL North of 100mph in my 87 RX7 Sport, bag of empty beer cans behind the drivers seat. Came to my senses after about five minutes, pulled over, littered for the first time in my life, and then continued on at the speed limit 'till I got home. Never done it again. Never forget it...

Happy New Year

Roger :wave:

zoomtictac

31st December 2005, 19:57

I have not owned a car yet to this day that I have not gotten a ticket in.

1986 Mercury Topaz: When I was 15 (that's right, I still had my permit), I was driving with my dad and my grandpa up north to a model and radio control convention. We left at about 4am, since we had a long drive ahead of us, and we wanted to get there before the good stuff was gone. There had been an ice storm the night before, so I was only going about 35 on the highway - scared as hell. It was a lot warmer by then, however, so ice on the roads was only patchy. I didn't know that. Around 7am, we were getting close and as we approached an bridge (overpass), my dad said "now, be careful, bridges can be VERY--" he didn't even get it all out, and the back end started coming around. I had maybe 20hrs behind the wheel, and had no idea how to recover. I overcorrected, and we slowly started rotating the other way, gently coming to rest in the median facing the other way. There were hardly any cars around, and none within a quarter mile that might end up colliding with us. As I was pulling back out onto the highway, a state trooper going the other direction crossed the median and pulled us over. I gave him my permit, and my dad and grandpa did most of the explaining of what happened, while I quietly wet myself. The unsufferable prick GAVE ME A TICKET! I couldn't believe it. Of all circ*mstances, why then? I was learning to drive, and I was under the supervision of 2 guardians! That's the long one, but I will never let that one go.

1996 Ford Ranger V6: I made a fairly regular 2 hour trip to Kalamazoo to visit a friend at college, and cruised at around 90-100 to pass the time faster. On the way home in the fast lane, I went under an overpass, seeing a Suburban state trooper hiding on the other side. I immediately let off the gas, knowing I was caught. I pulled over into the slow lane, getting ready to stop. I looked in my mirror, and he was coming up on me so fast, it was as if I was standing still. Gave me a ticket for 80 in a 70 after a nice chat. Thank god he didn't see the empty fifth of Bacardi on the passenger floor from the night before!

2002 Saturn SC2: Caught "speeding" around Ann Arbor - was actually racing an Eclipse. I smoked him, by the way. :cool: Clocked me at 59 in a 35, but I had gotten up to almost 80 when I saw him and hit the brakes.

2002 Saturn SC2: Screwing around in a school parking lot, not sure why I did this. I was dropping the clutch over each speed bump (not speeding, just screaming tires over the bumps), and the school's undercover cop was sitting just down the lane. He got out of his car and stopped me, looking pissed as hell. Gave me a ticket for careless/reckless driving (whichever is less severe).

1990 Miata: giving my gf's friend a first ride in the roadster, roads still wet from a rain. From a stop sign, I lightly goosed the throttle around the corner, sending the back end out gently, not more than 30 degrees past straight. Hardly could be called a drift. Apparently a cop was a couple cars behind me at the sign, and saw my trick. Gave me another ticket for careless/reckless (again, the less severe of the two).

There were plently of times I didn't get caught, of course, but those are just for me. :D

Pat Dolan

1st January 2006, 01:34

Although I have done some really silly speeds over the last 40 years, I have never been ticketed at more than 30 or so above the posted (in mph - and that was last year in the WRONG county in WI - cost me a $1,000 lawyer and a $400++ ticket). I DID pass a cop one night (he was burried in a string of cars, and I blew by at better than a ton in my '78 Scirocco demo, wife, SIL and dogs on board at night. For some unknown reason, they guy let me go with a warning!!

However, one of my employees - a sales mgr., big Welshman who just got separated - was commuting back to his farm on weekends - about 250 miles, and he was doing it nearly flat out (in a Rabbit). A VERY irate cop pulled him over on the way down, and read him the riot act and gave him a ticket for a reduced amount. On the way back, he got dinged by the same cop, at the same speed, in the same place. He wrote him up for an even 100 (still less than the actual speed) and went ballistic on him. My guy ended up in court one morning and sweet talked the (elder female) judge into a not-so-bad fine for the first offense, and then appeared in the afternoon session, ready to be busted right out of his license (and his job). The judge really worked him over, and he just hung his head and took the tongue lashing.....until she said "but there isn't any law against going 100kph in a 100kph zone" (we had JUST changed to metric, and the cop in his blind rage ticked off the kms box instead of mph), "so you are free to go".

Then, there was exceeding the 250 knot limit below 10,000 feet (caught on mode S), but that doesn't count.

JASON999

9th January 2006, 21:58

I actually had a simliar experience with bikes, the largest bikes I owned were all below 500cc's.....plenty fast really, I'd get crap for not owning a 900 - 1000 from my big bike friends, but frankly 100 mph+ on a bike is getting into the crazy zone.

Analogeezer

Actually, as any sportbike owner will atest to, 100 mph is a walk in the park, your really just getting started. They are capable of such violent acceleration and are SO stable at speed that 140 on a modern sportbike feels like 80 in a car, seriously.

While I was probably close to maxed out on my 93' Honda CBR900 at 155, I had a 2000 R1 and couple times saw an "indicated" 181 mph on it. Newer bikes are up 30 HP on my 2000 R1 now.

I'm not condoning this kind of behavior, but everything I've said is 100% true and accurate. And a rush. :)

Nizidramanii'yt'

10th January 2006, 10:51

133 in a 55 construction zone
4th engine in my highly modified 90 geo storm

LMFAO..
big ticket :(

(okay fur now)

Your Geo Storm could do 133?!

I got caught speeding once...side by side with another car...down a narrow country road...doing 100+...well okay, we got caught drag racing. I got away with a warning and a case of the shivers, as did my friend. We won't do that again...

thagr81 us

10th January 2006, 10:52

hobie237

10th January 2006, 11:14

76 in a 35. But I didnt get a ticket. Or a written warning. It was an open highway with 2 lanes each way, and no traffic, so the cop just told me to slow down and be on my way.

Another time I got pulled over, but it was a cop that I new that just wanted to say hi.

JasonC SBB

10th January 2006, 11:56

- 50 in a 35
- 56 in a 40
- 45 in a 25
- 57 in a 40
- 75 in a 65
- 70 in a 65
- 54 in a 40
- 61 in a 45 (last month)

In any case, after the first two I learned how to fight tickets and have fought the rest of them - and won. Ticket from last month is still in play...

Mojo, those speeds sound like my typical cruising speeds :) (j/k) Seriously, given how low speed limits are, I sometimes find +15 and +20 reasonable speeds, including in some 25 mph areas (4 lanes, no parked cars, no traffic, good vis).

How many miles a year do you drive? I've only gotten 4 speeding tickets in 5 years (and only learned to fight the last 2), but I drive maybe 10k miles/yr.

You gotta email me the TBD's that you've submitted. :)

Justin06sport

10th January 2006, 12:14

Your Geo Storm could do 133?!

I got caught speeding once...side by side with another car...down a narrow country road...doing 100+...well okay, we got caught drag racing. I got away with a warning and a case of the shivers, as did my friend. We won't do that again...

i couldn't so much argue as the speedo stopped at 110

but she was burried.

Timed trip from Daytona beach back to Altamonte Springs in florida was 3 songs on my fav cd.

roughly 15-17 minutes

Caught when we passed the exit before ours ..

LeoDLion

10th January 2006, 14:35

... eh going 30 mph...got a speeding ticket...yeh
... was a school zone.

Houston cop pulled me over (this was more than 10 years ago). I was kind of irritated and said, "You pulled me over for speeding at 30 mph???".

The cop looked me in the eye and said, "Do you like living in Houston?". (Cops back then were notorious for putting the law on their hands).

I shut up immediately.

Ruger 44

10th January 2006, 16:06

I'm with Analogeezer, I admit I have hit 100 a time or two in my life. But I mean hit it,and them right back down...too scared for anything more. Figured they would haul me to jail if caught at that speed in any situation. Two speeding ticket in my life. One with I was 16 - 50 in a 30. One I thing for 30 in what turned out to be a school zone.

Never got a warning for speeding always a ticket.

passing you up

10th January 2006, 16:40

nope_not_here

10th January 2006, 16:46

I must've been really lucky.

I've only gotten 80@65, 65@55, and the last......48@45 :rolleyes: But I've done 135 for a solid 5 mins in the middle of chicago highway...back down....back up to 135 for another 5 mins or so...repeat. And that's was with 4 cars traveling together :D repeat 120 @ 65 in Iowa, I got lucky and never get caugh with any of those :D Looking back...I was such an idiot :P

VRTSid

13th January 2006, 13:57

I actually had a simliar experience with bikes, the largest bikes I owned were all below 500cc's.....plenty fast really, I'd get crap for not owning a 900 - 1000 from my big bike friends, but frankly 100 mph+ on a bike is getting into the crazy zone.

Analogeezer

I had a zx7r and a zrx1200, I did 155 on the zx7r and 150 on the zrx1200 that was the fastest Ive ever been short of an airplane, Im with you I barely touch 100mph ever and I really dont care if the Lamburgosi Fasterosa can do 200+ because its pretty much useless. I have the most fun at about 50mph, on freeway on ramps :) I love passing on the outside.

rhooper

13th January 2006, 15:21

No tickets since moving to Georgia. Sure, you can dismiss your tickets with defensive driving classes in Texas as long as you get no more than one per year, but the traffic cops there sure do like giving tickets to guys driving hot looking Miatas.

Worst: 72 or so in a 55 (I-35 downtown overpass in Austin late at night...a little fast, but going 55 in a Miata there is asking for it.)

Others:
35 in a 30
36 in a 30 (both slower than the flow of traffic...Williamson County, TX, of course)

Every female I know in Texas that speeds a lot never gets tickets, only "warnings."

-Ryan
'90 Silverstone Metallic A Pkg., polished Voodoo, KYB/FM suspension, JR catback/header, K&N intake, HDHCDD, ACT clutch, lightened flywheel, R.I.P.
'99 Twilight Blue LS

Rumor

13th January 2006, 17:16

Rumor

13th January 2006, 17:17

Daan

13th January 2006, 19:33

Savington

13th January 2006, 20:40

Never been pulled over for speeding, but two of my buddies have:

69 in a 40, reduced on-site to 64 in a 40.

and..

49 in a 25. He was on a sidestreet near my school, taking a shortcut, and he wrung the first 2 gears out on his modified E30 M3. The cop nabbed him on the brakes in 2nd.

Worst I've been pulled over for was stopping past the white line at a stop sign. Yes, I was very polite, and I had all my papers in order, and yes, he still gave me a ticket. :/

Roadfrog

14th January 2006, 02:36

Before I sold my 2003 ZO6 last May, I was going 154 on an empty four lane when an Alabama State Trooper did a U turn through the median in his Crown Vic and, I guess he thought he could catch up with me.

Long story short, I actually slowed down so I could turn off the 4 lane and take a small country road at the bottom of a hill coming up about a couple of miles ahead. I took the road, hammered it, and he never saw me turn. I just took the back way home.

Go ahead and lecture me now.....

Cheers,

Frog

mazspeed

14th January 2006, 15:48

MXphive

14th January 2006, 19:35

In Kansas City I was driving on the major loop around the city. I was southbound in a rental Subaru, and as I crested a hill, there was a cop in the median. I was doing 100+ when I sailed by him without lifting. I pulled over right away, and as he approached the car, I noticed he was grinning. His first words were "I bet you were surprised to see me...". If memory serves, I think that he wrote me for 84. I thanked him and left promptly!

I've noticed that as I get older (42), I get a lot fewer tickets. I drive just as many miles as I did in my younger days, and I certainly am not slower... Anyone else experience this?

ColoradoSpringsMiata

14th January 2006, 19:51

firedog25

14th January 2006, 20:33

In my younger, dumber days. I was street racing (pre-crush-your-car days as well!) and I got pegged for 62 in a 55.

I didn't argue because I knew he clocked my friend who was behind me.

toofarfromjune

14th January 2006, 22:31

faeflora

16th January 2006, 15:20

6 months ago

pulled over doing 105mph on the dulles toll road in northern virginia in a hyundai sonata 6 cylinder (DUH). I spent 5 days in jail for that one, $1000 in lawyer fees, and $1000 in fines. And I can't drive in VA until this June.

4 years ago

pulled over in little rock, arkansas doing 108mph in a POS Toyota corolla rental on the way to the airport. missed the plane flight, paid $600 in lawyer fees.

7 years ago

pulled over doing 93mph in a 1981 mercedes 300SD (SLOW DIESEL) on I-97 from baltimore to annapolis. Was arrested and put on provisional work-commute only license.

Fastest Ever:

I drove from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 4 hours in a 1998 Nissan Altima GXE in the middle of the night. I set the cruise control at 140mph. Everything was cool until I saw a coyote in the middle of the road. I love animals and I hope I'd die before hitting one so I locked down the ABS and thankfully didn't hit it. I was so shaken after that though (literally crying and trembling) that I couldn't drive and my girlfriend had to drive the rest of the way. I topped that car out at 150-155mph. 4 cylinder!

Last year I got my miata and drove 110-120mph every day to and from work on I95 maryland to the BWI parkway into DC (I left for work at 5:00AM so there weren't many people on the road and no cops either). Thankfully, I was never pulled over doing that speed. I've slowed down since then.

Several times I've escaped from cops (in my slow diesel mercedes) by flooring it, then taking exits. Once I was tagged going into a neighborhood. The cop was outside the car and I saw him getting in to come after me. I sped through the neighborhood and hastily parked. I then ran about 30 feet away, then started to walk towards the car. The cop drove past me looking REALLLY pissed off and saw me getting into the car instead of out of it. I guess he didn't get a good look at the car :) because he kept going. :)

If you drive fast, you gotta have a really really fast car that can easily trounce cruisers. It's totally not worth stopping, financially. If you're a good driver and don't get carried away, it's very easy to drive over 100mph. If you consider that the average cost of a 100mph+ ticket is about $2000 after your increased insurance costs, a well tuned high end forced induction system will easily pay for itself in a few years. I made the mistake of trying to get a slower car (diesel mercedes), but all cars reach 100mph given enough road. I either need a governer or FI.

zigzagn

16th January 2006, 15:25

Worst ever for me was a 117 in a 50. I was 19 years old.

The basics, I had a 79 TA with a built 400SB. Was on the way home from college, speedo didn't work but tach did so I knew I was moving pretty well.

Officer gave me a nice 30 minute speech on reckless driving, attempting to flee, racing on the highway, impounding the car, take me to jail, revoking my license, etc, etc. He knocked it down to a 75! I am convienced that there really is a God!

Anthony

16th January 2006, 15:33

6 months ago

pulled over doing 105mph on the dulles toll road in northern virginia in a hyundai sonata 6 cylinder (DUH). I spent 5 days in jail for that one, $1000 in lawyer fees, and $1000 in fines. And I can't drive in VA until this June.

4 years ago

pulled over in little rock, arkansas doing 108mph in a POS Toyota corolla rental on the way to the airport. missed the plane flight, paid $600 in lawyer fees.

7 years ago

pulled over doing 93mph in a 1981 mercedes 300SD (SLOW DIESEL) on I-97 from baltimore to annapolis. Was arrested and put on provisional work-commute only license.

Fastest Ever:

I drove from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 4 hours in a 1998 Nissan Altima GXE in the middle of the night. I set the cruise control at 140mph. Everything was cool until I saw a coyote in the middle of the road. I love animals and I hope I'd die before hitting one so I locked down the ABS and thankfully didn't hit it. I was so shaken after that though (literally crying and trembling) that I couldn't drive and my girlfriend had to drive the rest of the way. I topped that car out at 150-155mph. 4 cylinder!

Last year I got my miata and drove 110-120mph every day to and from work on I95 maryland to the BWI parkway into DC (I left for work at 5:00AM so there weren't many people on the road and no cops either). Thankfully, I was never pulled over doing that speed. I've slowed down since then.

Several times I've escaped from cops (in my slow diesel mercedes) by flooring it, then taking exits. Once I was tagged going into a neighborhood. The cop was outside the car and I saw him getting in to come after me. I sped through the neighborhood and hastily parked. I then ran about 30 feet away, then started to walk towards the car. The cop drove past me looking REALLLY pissed off and saw me getting into the car instead of out of it. I guess he didn't get a good look at the car :) because he kept going. :)

If you drive fast, you gotta have a really really fast car that can easily trounce cruisers. It's totally not worth stopping, financially. If you're a good driver and don't get carried away, it's very easy to drive over 100mph. If you consider that the average cost of a 100mph+ ticket is about $2000 after your increased insurance costs, a well tuned high end forced induction system will easily pay for itself in a few years. I made the mistake of trying to get a slower car (diesel mercedes), but all cars reach 100mph given enough road. I either need a governer or FI.

....wow. Good luck with that philosophy.

iamcountersteer

5th February 2009, 01:47

carlh

5th February 2009, 02:15

I drove from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 4 hours in a 1998 Nissan Altima GXE in the middle of the night. I set the cruise control at 140mph. Everything was cool until I saw a coyote in the middle of the road. I love animals and I hope I'd die before hitting one so I locked down the ABS and thankfully didn't hit it. I was so shaken after that though (literally crying and trembling) that I couldn't drive and my girlfriend had to drive the rest of the way. I topped that car out at 150-155mph. 4 cylinder!

150 mph in a four cylinder Altima? I call BS.

I got pulled over after doing 120+ mph in my CRX (going down a very steep hill). Miles later, the cop caught up and pulled me over - he told me that he had been after me for 18 miles! He wrote the ticket for 80+ in a 65, so I was very relieved.

Rouphis

5th February 2009, 03:21

A few weeks back, I got a warning for a 102 in a 55.

-Rouphis

Mobius

5th February 2009, 04:00

106 in a 55. That's the one that was clocked. Over 20 years ago. General college-age dumbassery on the freeway.

The other one, the Trooper didn't have a chance to clock me. It took him 10 miles (according to him) to catch up to me after he U-turned across the median. I pulled over as soon as I saw his lights, didn't see him in the other lane. Same vehicle (84 Thunderbird, 5.0L). Speedometer stopped at 85; probably 115. There was actually a reason for that one, but that's another story. Written for 95, judge then made it 75.

ThirdLap

5th February 2009, 05:30

Wow, a three year old thread. Has to be a record.

Anyhow... several years ago in Germany I was casually passed by an elderly woman while doing an indicated 110mph in my rented Volkswagen. Speeding lost some of its appeal that day.

I later ended up with a C-class due to a wiper problem with the VW, and by the time I turned the car in, driving 140+ mph no longer even raised my heart rate.

So yeah, I don't really speed anymore, at least not for recreation.

noelestrada

5th February 2009, 05:30

Wowak

5th February 2009, 05:47

Silver MX-5

5th February 2009, 06:25

Jerry & Cootie

5th February 2009, 06:47

iti_uk

5th February 2009, 07:42

My first and only was 63 in a 50...
....100 yards after the sign change from national (70)..... going downhill... on a dual carriageway.... miles away from any town/residence.... with very light traffic.... keeping pace with said traffic.... :(

6 points and £60 fine...

Chris

mimini1

5th February 2009, 08:27

Pat Dolan

5th February 2009, 09:30

The highest I have ever been popped for was in WI near Sheboygan about 5 years ago. It cost me a full year of legal wrangling, lawyers, travel, etc. not to mention a fair bag of cash. That was in a rental vehicle. If I had been just a few miles back in another county, it would have just been a big fine and no foul.

Had one of my employees get dinged right on the magic ton - but it was in the days of our changeover from English to Metric, and the cop ticked the kms box instead of mph - and he got off scott free!

dbruce

5th February 2009, 09:56

I wasn't young, but I was dumb. Passed someone on the NJ Turnpike last year, since they wouldn't move out of the fast lane. Got hit with a 98 in a 65 and reckless driving. Didn't realize the speed I was going.

Lawyer killed the reckless and got me in and out of the mandatory court appearance quickly. Did have my license suspended for 30 days in NJ due to the experience.

Was an expensive ticket etc, but since it was out of state, no issues with insurance. Lets just say I'm much more careful these days.

Strebav8or

5th February 2009, 10:16

1) Car--105 in a 50, 16 years old, 74 Camaro with a 350 and late for school, the Florida Highway Patrol officer wa only a black dot with colored lights when turned them on. Ticket, then was only $100.

2) Motorcycle--187 in a 45, 19 years old, on my friend's Hurricane 1000, slightly modified. We actualy had a State Trooper clocking us on a deserted road

Mr.Woolery

5th February 2009, 10:58

76 in a 55 back in 1990. The CHP pulled over a whole segment of the highway (in the middle of nowhere) and ticketed about 20 people all at once, and I was part of the group. Notice that the ticket was for 76mph, not 75mph. Once your citation goes over 20mph (my citation was for 21 over), your options are more limited, and the fine goes up considerably. The ticket occured in a sparsely populated area, where this sort of thing was most likely done to maximize revenue generation...

...btw, I was cruising between 70-74mph.

Buildy

5th February 2009, 11:03

sclark

5th February 2009, 13:23

A lot slower than the fastest I`ve ever gone-luckily.....

Well worded and very fortunate.

synchromesh

5th February 2009, 13:25

sloopercat

5th February 2009, 14:34

Claff

5th February 2009, 15:57

Mine are boring - 45 in a 30 (twice I think), 58 in a 45, 50-something in a 35. Those were all tickets I had to pay for. Fastest I've been pulled over for was 70 in a 55 on I-91 in White River Junction VT when I just naturally assumed the speed limit was 65. Found out I was wrong the hard way, but wasn't ticketed.

I'm pretty sure I've never broken 100 MPH on a public road. I remember getting my CRX up to 90 or so escaping a dicey heavy traffic merge on the Mass Pike but that's probably as fast as I've ever gone. Well, there was that one time I got to take a Viper around Lime Rock, but I wasn't watching the speedo very carefully at the time.

The Driver

5th February 2009, 16:04

Caught: 115 on the Miata on a 70/60 on I-10, about 115 miles west of San Antonio. Was given a warning by the Constable who stopped me.

Not caught: The car (944S2) was reading 160, it was probably doing about 150 on I-75 north of Ocala and south of Gainsville. When I saw the blue lights, I turned my lights off, and left on the SECOND available exit. Have never done or will ever do anything like that ever again.

chickdr

5th February 2009, 22:10

76 in a 55 back in 1990. The CHP pulled over a whole segment of the highway (in the middle of nowhere) and ticketed about 20 people all at once, and I was part of the group. Notice that the ticket was for 76mph, not 75mph. Once your citation goes over 20mph (my citation was for 21 over), your options are more limited, and the fine goes up considerably. The ticket occured in a sparsely populated area, where this sort of thing was most likely done to maximize revenue generation...

...btw, I was cruising between 70-74mph.

Curious- did you pay the ticket or go to court. I recently saw an episode of "Speeders Fight Back" which featured a case where two cars were pulled over by a cop at the same time. The guy hired a traffic ticket specialist and he easily had the ticket dropped by suggesting the cop couldn't pull over multiple cars at the same time without separate readings on each. The Judge agreed. I can't see how the cop in your case could possibly convince the judge ALL 20 cars were going exactly the same speed. Since there is such a big jump in the fine over 75mph, I bet you could have at least had the ticket dropped to below 75mph if not dropped altogether. For all the cop knows you could have been travelling the speed limit and the rest of the cars were passing you at the time. How could he prove beyond doubt you were speeding at all?

Jake@JMU

5th February 2009, 22:51

I was stopped about 5 months after getting my license. Was driving a 91 Mariner Blue that belonged to some family friends (with their permission) and clocked at 53 in a 35. I told the very nice officer that yes, I was aware that 2 more over would have been reckless, I was very sorry, and that I was new to stick shift and trying to figure things out. That last part was kind of true, kind of not - I had learned stick about six months prior but had not driven it in a while.

She let me go with a verbal warning to "pay more attention to my gauges."

Also got pulled on I-81 heading to JMU to visit some friends (I was still in high school) in my Escape. I had the cruise set at oh, 75 in a 65. We started going down a hill and the cruise did not keep the set speed. I looked down and the "cruise on" light was blinking. Saw the cop at the bottom of the hill, in the median, and pulled over. He clocked me at 87 in a 65.

We took the Escape to Ford and they determined the CC had malfunctioned and wrote a letter saying just that. Ended up hiring a lawyer which helped a bit. The ticket was dropped but I still had to go to driving school for the day.

I've since slowed down on the street aside from three instances. Decided to max out the Escape one night and bounced it off the speed limiter (108). Had a Z3 2.8 up to 110. Had the Miata up to about 115. All of these have been on deserted back roads with nobody else around. I have no issues going fast as long as it's safely done... but I'm done with street-fast. I'll save it for the track :)

BAHKACK

6th February 2009, 00:04

Theodore

6th February 2009, 00:52

redrumracer

6th February 2009, 00:59

lotus5

16th May 2009, 17:03

84im

16th May 2009, 20:25

surftile

16th May 2009, 20:31

Wow I can't believe all these people on this thread that have routinely driven over 100....yeah I've done it, but I could count the times I've done it on two hands.

Geezz, I must be a driving wussie! <g>

Analogeezer

Me too,but then again I know what a bug on my windshield looks like at 50 mph.

CrvLvrs

16th May 2009, 20:35

4 summers ago. clocked at 128 on the 7mile bridge into Key West at 3am.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Thumper 13

16th May 2009, 20:41

Keith Green

16th May 2009, 21:47

A few years ago my son had the dubious distinction to have received the fastest speeding ticket ever issued in Houston, TX. On a custom built turboed crotch rocket, I don't remember the exact speed but it was well north of 170. Worse, he blew a .07 on the breathalyzer! :eek:

I have the greatest respect for the judge who heard his case. He threw the book at him, and then offered to drop the charges down to no jail time and a $500 fine IF he sold his motorcycle within 30 days.

It probably saved his life!

Dumb things I've gotten tickets for (or yelled at a lot) include:

Towing a water skier through a no-wake zone. (I didn't see the signs, honest!)

Laying 10 feet of rubber in a parking garage. (We were all young once)

Putting a B-52 into 60 degrees of bank, at 200 feet, at 390 knots, to stay out of "Dreamland." (Civilians probably know it better as Area 51).

Mecon90

16th May 2009, 22:09

Putting a B-52 into 60 degrees of bank, at 200 feet, at 390 knots, to stay out of "Dreamland." (Civilians probably know it better as Area 51).

I would love to hear more about this!

Batou

16th May 2009, 22:24

05/04/09 - ticket for going 55mph in a 20mph zone. (onramp...)
05/14/09 - ticket for going 85mph in a 65mph zone. (if you know anything about california... 65mph = 90mph pretty much)

Those are the reasons that they gave for the ticket... but of course I also fit the profile - 21, Asian, Male, also driving a modified japanese cars... :bang:

6 years of driving, only two tickets i've ever gotten... seems like cops are feeling the belts tighten with this economy going down.

I haven't resolved them yet, and don't intend to go anywhere near the courts until next year...

eastZ14miata

16th May 2009, 23:19

15mph............"so call drifting" in the school parking lot. Last week. My explanation is I don't know how to drive a stick, that my left foot slided off the clutch a few times when look for parking spot (the parking lot was empty) and the car slided on all the turns. The cop believed. And give me a warning.

JK

True store, I got a 15mins talk with the cop. and got off with a warning

zanzan

17th May 2009, 08:18

*knocks on wood*
never been stopped for speeding, although i could have ;)

not so long ago i was co-driver in an rx8. my mate was thrashing it along a straight on an empty highway at night.
5 km later, we're doing 40kmh on the right lane, chatting, while we notice a cop car behind us. they stopped us and said they have been trying to follow us from that straight.. we wouldn't have been caught if we continued speeding ;)
oh... they also gave us a bit of advice. they said go to the national road (the main intercity highway round here) and speed as much as you want. just don't do it in the city !!!! (?)

Ed - MiataMeister

17th May 2009, 15:45

Of the times I can remember?

70 in a 45.... young and stupid...

92 in a 70.... South Ga heading back to Orlando in a white 92B Miata with the top down... 2 more mph and the cost of the ticket would have jumped to more than double! :eek: This was in 2001...

70 in a 35 - it was on a bridge coming out of Pensacola Beach just as I was entering Gulf Breeze. Spent nearly an hour on the side of the road but only got a warning!

But over the last 20+ years of driving I've gotten dozens of tickets... Best experience getting a ticket was when I fought it in Alabama. I put on a GREAT defense, but 2 things happened - the judge dropped the fine and only had me pay court costs, and told me I should consider becoming a lawyer. FYI - the officer who cited me said the traffic was 'light'. I was cited on the Wednesday before thanksgiving on I-10 between Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama at 5pm in the afternoon. The judge agreed the traffic was anything but 'light'. ;)

But I haven't had any tickets since 2003 in Alaska. Drove 5000 miles in 5 days - no tickets. Get to Alaska, drop the trailer, head back to a restaurant... and BAM! I get a ticket... was only doing about 15 over...

Nothing since...

RolandG

17th May 2009, 15:56

99stocker

18th May 2009, 10:00

Mr.Woolery

18th May 2009, 10:12

jay dub

19th May 2009, 13:44

Short version
Last I looked down I was at 90mph and just shifted into 4th with foot to the floor in a '70 240Z at 2am down a long blacktop road that lead to my street. I was 23 and it was 1976 or 77. My street was gravel so I was moving very slow when I saw the officer sliding sidways in my rearview mirror with his lights on. And I was driving on a ticket (69 in a 55 I got clocked by air on the way to Elkhart Lake (Road America) - funny how 4 of the people in the club all got 69 in a 55 that day)! I was one house from home. Was dating my wife and had not been drinking.

We were having a discussion about if I had bail money at home when a second officer pulled up - of course with his lights on! They had a discussion or two and the second officer said he was leaving and going to have coffee over at someplace.

I took my best shot and hoped maybe my officer would want to join the second officer. I admitted I didn't know how fast I was going (He said he was giving me a ticket for 90 in a 65 but knew that was short since I was still pulling away from him). I told him I had just bought the car a few months ago (used) from a dealer and had had it back two times with a miss that they couldn't fix (kinda true) and I only had a 90 day warranty and I was going to give it a "push" and see if anything happened.

He proceeded to tell me how stupid I was (true) and about 5 more minutes of lecture and finally tossed my liscense back at me and told me to get home and he better never see me again.

Two weeks later my future wife and I were at the local lover's lane and guess who chases everyone one out? He asks for my liscense and then asks me were was my "Z"? And I of course say "I thought you looked familiar". I was driving her V6 Capri. I told him it was at the dealer "hopefully finally getting fixed". He rolled his eyes and said "Let's not see each other for a while OK?"

TMetzinger

19th May 2009, 13:49

137 in a 55.

Yes, I was 16 (1982) and I didn't lose my license. Yes, it cost a fortune. The trooper who pulled me over testified that the road was deserted, but that the car was capable of that speed and that I had the car under control. So the judge dismissed the reckless driving count which was automatic over 90 mph, and just gave me a whopping fine.

Apexer

19th May 2009, 13:54

Qckslvr

19th May 2009, 15:17

WVBrady

19th May 2009, 23:16

krodista

20th May 2009, 00:10

Colinod

20th May 2009, 00:58

Man you guys have stringent cops around

It was the morning after my prom at 3am and I was driving home on 45 north from galveston about 90-95 mph in the middle lane. A cop then blows by me in the fast lane maybe ten to fifteen faster than me. No lights, just completely ignoring me.

I expected to be pulled over going under the speed limit given the expected antics of, er, high schoolers around prom parties., let alone not be pulled over while speeding.

crenwelge

20th May 2009, 03:12

I got a 95 in a 70 mph ticket on I-35 outside of Austin. I was drving my 98 Accord...it was a 4 cyl./5 spd and was very smooth at speed. Went to the JP and they knocked it down to 94 (so I could take defensive driving and have it taken off my record). Sometimes I really love TX...one speeding ticket + one Saturday afternoon = clean record :)

Ike

Ike, you are always trying to sway people to move to Texas. Can it really be that great?

Yes it is that great!
I got stopped for doing 83 in a 45 on the Devil's Backbone in mom's jeep. Pulled over before he even turned around. He told me didn't even want to see my license or insurance. He just told me if I had been going any faster he would have had to take me to jail, and that I should slow down because he didn't want to have too come back and scrape me off the road.
So yeah Texas is that great. No ticket, not even a warning.

Not caught was 125 in a 70 in my old supra. Was racing a different girlfriend who was driving a tercel. I won because her limiter worked and mine didn't.

borg5

20th May 2009, 06:37

BeerBurner

20th May 2009, 06:42

I've only ever been given two tickets. <knock on wood>

One was for doing 74 in a 55 zone. He cut me some slack because I was actually going much, much faster. The other was for doing 80 in a 55 (which I wasn't) and it got thrown out in court.

BB.

MikeMi

20th May 2009, 19:54

120 in a 35 (IIRC). In the mid seventies, about 20 of us "damn hot rodders" were caught by 2 County Mounties who had managed to block off both ends of a desolate road leading to a water works plant that we had used many times to drag race. All of the drivers were given speeding and C&I tickets. The cops took all of our licenses and had all of the cars that looked like they might have been racing, towed. I guess I was about 17 then because I had to go to Juvenile Court with my mom to get my license back. It took another decade or so before I finally wised up about street racing.

I now have the 1st of 4 kids starting to drive. I sure hope that payback won't be too much of a b*tch.

Scuba_Steve

20th May 2009, 19:59

I've only had one speeding ticket - 40 in a 35, but I've escaped plenty.

Back in the days of the 55 MPH limit I was in my 69 340 barracuda showing off to friends. I hit triple digits and backed off only to see a HWY patrol pulling up to my right. He turned on his PA and announced "Cool your jets" and kept going. That was definately one of my lucky days.

BillH

20th May 2009, 22:24

m97edition

16th June 2009, 22:48

Clocked at 126 in a 55 on I-94 outside Benton Harbor MI in 1986.

Had read the test drives on the then new SHO with the Yahama motor, soooo I went for a test drive. Got in the car with the salesman and as we started onto the on ramp he said, "go ahead, get on it," and I did. Got to the top of the on ramp, quickly passed two cars then looked down at the speedo and it was just north of 135, got off the gas and told the salesman that was a rush.

Three miles down the road just cruising along at 55 and chatting with the guy when three highway patrol cars came flying up boxed me in and forced me into the center median, patrolman in the lead car jumps out unholsters his gun and puts it into his coat pocket, I'm thinking oh s**t this can't be good. He runs up to me and chest butts me, the other two guys intervene. The cool part was after I explained what had happened, even told him they had clocked me after I started to slow down, the arresting officer told me to fight the ticket so he would have to come to court and testify. I did and he recommended to the judge leniency, because of the circ*mstances and my response to the officer who kind of lost himself. They wrote it down to 74 saving my butt with the insurance company.

BTW after I got the ticket the salesman didn't say a word when I got back behind the wheel to drive back to the dealer. But after he got his composure back he asked me what I thought of the car still hoping for a sale, I told him I couldn't afford it.

MX-5.0

16th June 2009, 23:00

Great story, m97edition. Thanks for the share!

I just got a 97 in an 80 on I-10 in Texas. My Valentine One saved my butt numerous times, but this one deputy hit me with an instant on. The judge was nice, according to my new Texas attorney. As long as I don't get a ticket in her county in 90 days, it will be dropped - and I have to pay a fine. I may be going through there again in August, and I'll be doing 79!

Enthusiast

17th June 2009, 01:59

15 over in a construction zone with no workers around, $250 ticket -_-

But that was my only speeding ticket since I've been driving legaly since the age of 15.

Enthusiast

17th June 2009, 02:01

Great story, m97edition. Thanks for the share!

I just got a 97 in an 80 on I-10 in Texas. My Valentine One saved my butt numerous times, but this one deputy hit me with an instant on. The judge was nice, according to my new Texas attorney. As long as I don't get a ticket in her county in 90 days, it will be dropped - and I have to pay a fine. I may be going through there again in August, and I'll be doing 79!

I have NEVER seen a sign that had a lower speed limit during the night.

Arizona is nuts 0_o

WashDad

17th June 2009, 13:15

Only ever had two speeding tickets. The first was for 60 in a 55 on an Interstate back in the Bad Old Days of gas panic 1 (at 1am on an empty road no less, driving a Ford station wagon).

The second was written for 70 in a 60 on the Newport Freeway in California. I was really doing more than 90, but in passing a very slow car I accelerated and then slowed down so quickly the CHiP couldn't clock me accurately. I was driving a '90 Taurus SHO (love, love, love that engine) at the time. I went to traffic school, though, so the ticket never showed up on my record as a violation. My favorite thing about the stop was how the cop kept staring at the harmless Taurus like it was a BMW with the wrong name plates. I don't think he knew what a SHO was.

I've actually done more speeding in a gray Honda Odyssey than any other vehicle. My theory is that minivans are invisible to cops.

CalypsoBean

17th June 2009, 13:49

I have NEVER seen a sign that had a lower speed limit during the night.

Arizona is nuts 0_o

Texas does in some places, Montana used to.

MX-5.0

17th June 2009, 16:19

I have NEVER seen a sign that had a lower speed limit during the night.

Arizona is nuts 0_o
That was in Texas, if you read my post. I've seen lower night speeds in Florida on the Tamiami Trail (41) as well. I don't think it's too uncommon. What's neat is that the night time sign is the one reflective so at night it's pretty much all you see. according to this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States Texas has it on all roads... That's how I read it anyhow.

In the picture, did you see the lower speed for trucks, in the background? Limited to 70. All sorts of rules!

Matt

Coolcatracing

17th June 2009, 19:50