Too quick for your own good? When did you last get a ticket?

[cre]

So here I am, driving with my wife who's having a friggin' anxiety attack because we're running late to the closing for our new house... Thanks to the eternal state of road construction that has over taken Colorado. So we finally get to the highway. I fall back in the acceleration lane for a woman in a minivan in the right lane who's doing a whopping 40MPH and on the phone. I signal and merge in behind her. Pause for a woman in a SUV from Ohio (instead of getting in front of her at a distance which could be considered cutting her off, although most people would have done it anyway... so I'm on the highway doing 40 now (posted minimum of 45MPH, BTW). I finally signal and get behind Ohio (Who is now ALSO ON THE PHONE). I signal again and move into the far right lane and step on it to get ahead of the dumbasses.... BAM! 'Chips' in the median pointing at me...

I'm like WTF?!?! I only just stepped on it. Well, I probably did get get past the 65MPH speed limit... Nope... WELL past the speed limit which they just happen to recently have changed to 55MPH. :stickpok eI'm not going to fess up to how fast I was going... I'll just say if I was a decade younger they could have probably just taken my license on the spot (Hey, I was excited, agitated, nervous, distracted, etc.). I can admit I blew it, but I'm still not sure if I believe his radar gun.... I'm sure I was only at part throttle and only a few psi of boost....

I think I really need to trade my car for something completely gutless... A DSM? FR-S/BRZ? WRX? Turbo Del Sol ?

Well, anyway, I haven't had a ticket in a long time so I can get away with saying... fuck it! lol. I'm done with all the dancing around with contractors and inspections and got a good amount of packing done and can begin renovating and moving!

[CanadianBak'inSupra]

dealing with traffic when you need to be somewhere sucks, i know the feeling.

[FoxCruiser]

Was that in Denver? I went up to Longmont a few days ago to look at a MK3 that fell through, and the construction through the I25 corridor was just plain insane.

There was a time last year I got nailed twice within about a month due to speed traps around my work; both times I was passing people who got their licenses out of Cracker Jack boxes. I've since learned to slow down a little bit, take less-traveled routes to avoid the morons, and keep an eye out for cops.

[pandrade]

iv never been caught speeding in my supra but i was cought doing 79 in a 50 on my cbr1000, most days i would do about 85 to 90 since its a backwoods road and not a soul in sight but the day i actualy slowed down for weather. I dident look for cops ( like usual) and got caught. lucky for me i was 1mph under the speed zone of " i have to take your license and take you downtown" and since florida has a once a year five times in your life time ruel to get rid of one ticket compleatly a year i was able to avoid points( but not the heafty 450$ fine). so my take from this is slow down and keep the speeds up on the track where i cant get tickets, iv slid past the street raceing phase and now am more resonable( most of the time)

[cre]

I was in Lakewood. Just got on 6th at Wadsworth and at the next exit it (Sheridan) becomes/enters Denver. The speed limit had been 65 on 6th Ave up until 6th entered Denver, but not anymore I see. :P I got on at Sheridan and in less than one short exit (about one mile...total distance between the two = 2 miles) got nailed.

The amount of street construction is sickening. They're working so hard to soak up all the Fed's monetary offerings that they're screwing up traffic and even the roads they're "fixing". There were a few roads in my area which they decided to work on between snows this winter and now they're redoing them... Everyone saw it coming but they HAD to spend it all before January or something.

[cre]

Well, down from 10 to 3... Can't complain, I was in the wrong and going way over. It's bothersome to me as I try to be a VERY aware driver and the instant I slip up I really get nailed.