Popo got me

[My01yuk]

So I'm driving home Saturday from east texas and doing 76 in a 65. Had the cruise set at 70. I see him on the side of the hwy, i'm in the passing lane. Then I see him jump in his car and I said ok, didn't think 5 miles over wld get me a ticket. Never has in the past. Then he said, radar said 76, and then i remembered i have 22's now and that is something i was going to have justin calibrate for me next month. First ticket in over 10 yrs. Hello defensive driving.

 

[soulsea]

Shoot that sucks Earl.

6 mph variance at 70 mph sounds like a lot though. My truck came with 18s stock and with the 24s on I'm only reading a couple of extra mph at that general speed range.

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[My01yuk]

how did you get your reading? I was going off what my speedo read and what the radar gun tagged me at.

 

[soulsea]

I've gotten it a couple of ways. Around here we have those radar machines on the side of the road where it tells you what speed you are going and flashes if you're speeding, so I just look at that as I drive by and look at my speedometer. The other way is I have an old Garmin GPS which tells me what speed I am going, so when I switched wheels I plugged it in and observed the difference between what it was reading and my speedometer.

Granted, neither of these two ways is very scientific, but it's as much effort as my curiosity enabled.

 

[07Burb]

That sucks! I know all too well what it's like to get a speeding ticket. I've had more than my fair share in my time....

 

[My01yuk]

I've gotten it a couple of ways. Around here we have those radar machines on the side of the road where it tells you what speed you are going and flashes if you're speeding, so I just look at that as I drive by and look at my speedometer. The other way is I have an old Garmin GPS which tells me what speed I am going, so when I switched wheels I plugged it in and observed the difference between what it was reading and my speedometer.

Granted, neither of these two ways is very scientific, but it's as much effort as my curiosity enabled.

Thanks bro, we have those radar machines too, think I will locate one and see what it says.

 

[Sweet_N_Low]

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Aw SNAP

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No pun intended

 

[Young28]

Thanks bro, we have those radar machines too, think I will locate one and see what it says.

lmao i did just that for my motorcycle to see how far it was off.

Sucks about the ticket though. Thats why i always drive the speed limit

 

[07Burb]

When I see those radar machines on the side of the road that flashes your speed I always gun it and see how fast I can get it to read Ours around here never have cameras to give tickets so it must be to warn people to slow down I played that "game" much more when I was younger, though

 

[blueflamed03]

wow...even 6 MPH over is stupid....