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I'm talking specifically about obeying the speed limit, doing a full stop at stop signs, etc. After receiving a speeding ticket for doing 53 in a 50, As an experiment I went a full day obeying all traffic laws 100% and it caused so much road rage. For example, there is a 2 lane road near me with a speed limit of 50 (where I got the ticket), traffic usually moves at about 60/65. There was a huge line of cars behind me and nowhere to pull over. As soon as an opening came up on the shoulder I was about to pull over and one of the cars behind me blew past me on the on the right blaring their horn. Then another truck passed me at the next opportunity and brake checked me. Both of these cars proceeded to run a red light about 1/4 mile ahead of me endangering others. By far the worst part of driving on this 2 lane road was the 25 mph work zone which is completely ignored by everyone else. It effectively resulted in me doing 25 mph in a "60" which is very dangerous.

Having needed to spend the entire day pulling over at every opportunity to let people pass I inevitably picked up a drill bit and got a flat tire.

Even matters as simple as stopping completely at a stop sign for 1 second cause immediate anger and dangerous behavior from other drivers.

What on earth are we expected to do? All I want is to avoid speeding tickets and drive safely.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think you can take that 53 mph to court. Thats way too close to be legit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

In most jurisdictions police can do you for even 1mph over. There are a number of things in their favour, as they'll have multiple pieces of evidence (device readout + police statement minimum) against only you and your word. Some places will also give you a far worse outcome if you lose in court than if you just accept the ticket. At the very least you should talk to a lawyer first about how best to take it to court and the likelihood of winning.

End of the day, with the way car speedo's over-read, for you to be doing 53 mph your needle would've been reading ~56, which is well over.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

reddit post about possibly uncalibrated speed meters

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah wtf, cops in socal don't typically even bother unless you're doing 15 over. Must have been desperate to hit their ticket quota