A speeding ticket? In a pokey little Prius?!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p21usa @ May 28 2006, 02:34 PM) [snapback]262127[/snapback]</div>

Good for you but if he would have said "you in a heap 'O' trouble. You’ll was going 130" I would have said no way, but 85 yes you can do that on the flat and with a full battery on the up hill! Daxx you are in good company we got stopped in the same area on the way to spring break in 68. Some things never change!! So what did it cost, as I remember the 6 of us had to pony up about 7 bucks each. That was a long time ago in a land far far away. Gas was under .50.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p21usa @ May 28 2006, 05:34 PM) [snapback]262127[/snapback]</div>

I drove through a speed trap today in a residential area (30MPH) just down the street from my house.

People in front of me were braking for what appeared to be no reason and I was about to wail on the horn, when I realized about 50ft ahead of me were two cops - one with the radar gun pointing our way and the other writing tickets. Fortunate for me, I was following someone else who was driving the limit, or else I may have been caught as I usually drive about 40MPH through there.

The two vehicles behind me (a little ways back and closing in quicker) were both pulled over.

Whew! B)

- Kevin

 

Doesn't the on board computer record that sort of data black box style? Or does it only save in the event of an accident? If so its something I would have definately told the toyota tech guys to record and document that, easily fighting any 85 ticket, and since that's what the charge was you probably could have gotten off completely.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p21usa @ May 28 2006, 05:34 PM) [snapback]262127[/snapback]</div>

The other policefolk at his station MUST have gotten a pretty good laugh at his expanse when they found out that he gave an "electric car" a ticket for speeding. I can hear them now...It's not to say it can't happen, just that police really do get ribbed by their fellow officers when they do that sort of thing.

 

I went through radar this morning, on a stretch of road where the speed limit drops from 45 to 35. I was going 39 went the radar hit - no problem - the cops generally give you a little wiggle room, knowing that there will certainly be someone zooming along any minute.

The radar was set up in a great spot for me - I was reaching the end of a "glide" and so my speed was slowly bleeding off. If the radar had been set up near the end of the "pulse" phase, though ......

 

Same thing here just last week... going through a 25 zone where people often go 35-40, and I passed the camping radar officer when I was gliding... at a paltry 19 mph. Then I passed 6 cars that had been pulled over . Thank you for slowing me down, Prius!

 

I used to think the Prius was a pokey slow little car too, until we got ours. I can't tell you how many times I've looked ahead at the digital readout to see I was going 70-75 MPH, much to my amazement. It may take the girl a few extra seconds to get there, but once she does, she speeds on down the road with the best of them!

 

There's an electronic governor that limits the top speed to 104 or so mph. I've never went that fast, but others have.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p21usa @ May 28 2006, 05:34 PM) [snapback]262127[/snapback]</div>

Are you sure it will transfer to VA? Some states the points transfer, but some don't. I know that DC doesn't transfer to VA. You just might get lucky with the state...but the insurance...you're probably stuck.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sarge @ May 28 2006, 10:50 PM) [snapback]262214[/snapback]</div>

In this situation, you should ALWAYS assume it is a speed trap. C'mon, it really doesn't happen that often.

Using your horn in that manner is illegal in at least a number of states. The horn should be used ONLY to warn other drivers of a possible impending accident, not to express your frustration through noise pollution at the reality of occasional traffic.

 

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ May 29 2006, 08:21 PM) [snapback]262599[/snapback]</div>

Actually I heard that with that removed the top end was closer to 130. For what it's worth a 2004 Prius holds the Land Speed Record for hybrids at 130.794 mph.

 

Can we at least understand what a true speed trap is. It is NOT where police like to hang out and write tickets. It is a location where the speed limit either changes abruptly with no warning (or at least where reasonable people would not notice) or where there has been no sign for a long way and reasonable people could assume the speed limit had gone up.

If you KNOW what the speed limit is, there is no TRAP. If you see a sign saying new speed limit ahead...it is NOT a trap.

When you exit a 65 MPH freeway onto a side street...it is NOT a trap.

 

I've been driving for 40 years without ever getting a ticket. One of the reasons I got the Prius was to slow me down ... I drove lots of new BMWs for the past 13 years (I work for them and Lambo)... faster and faster, and I'm not the best driver.

So @ two months ago I get pulled over by the staties gliding downhill at 57 mph in a 30 zone.

$270.00 OUCH!

 

I got a ticket for 86 in a 65 zone in my 2004 HCH manual...coasting with the clutch depressed...

slow day for the CHP

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p21usa @ May 30 2006, 12:35 PM) [snapback]262829[/snapback]</div>

Oh, really?

Well, I guess that doesn't apply to the city police.