Speeding ticket while 'just riding along'
06-09-20, 09:33 AM
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06-09-20, 11:06 PM
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If another cyclist and I decided to get into a speed contest, the average motorist wouldn't be able to tell that the other cyclist and I were even in a race.
06-10-20, 04:45 AM
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More nonsense from the OP.
You are an experienced cyclist so you can speed?
Does that go for driving a car? You can’t just claim that you don’t speed in a car after making your silly cycling argument.
Can someone speed and then whine about getting a ticket because they are an experienced driver?
You are an experienced cyclist so you can speed?
Does that go for driving a car? You can’t just claim that you don’t speed in a car after making your silly cycling argument.
Can someone speed and then whine about getting a ticket because they are an experienced driver?
Don't agree with your usual nasty tone, but you're sort of right and miss the point at the same time. A speeding bike is a lot less dangerous to other people than a car because of the huge difference in weight between the vehicles. If I'm dr and for some reason I have to choose, I'd much rather be rear ended by a bike going 45 mph than a car. But the speed limit doesn't discriminate on that basis, and doing so would probably make enforcement impossible.
But let's be real here. Drivers speed with impunity all the time, and whine like hell when they get speed trapped.
As far as OP goes, can no one else spot a good humblebrag when they see it?
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06-10-20, 05:59 AM
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I'm going with the "frame it" crowd. BTW, there have been books written on how radar tickets can be fought and won. Radar is only a tool, and can be wildly inaccurate under some circumstances.
06-10-20, 08:25 AM
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I'm mostly curious if there was other traffic. It is well known that radar will pick up large trucks further away than a car and people have gotten speeding tickets overruled because of that. A moving police car will probably be using radar.
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06-10-20, 08:46 AM
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Style points should be awarded for the subtlety.
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06-10-20, 01:35 PM
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too much anklebiting in here, I'm closing.
