This car is gonna get me a ticket
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Then I bought a black XJS V12, and no-one ever bothered us again. The power of Jag…
#25
The only police/traffic people that will learn anything from this forum are those who own or are interested in Jags. It's not like anyone is posting invitations to street races. There is occasional discussion on radar/laser detectors, but no secrets there either.
patrooper, what's your ride?
patrooper, what's your ride?
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#27
The only police/traffic people that will learn anything from this forum are those who own or are interested in Jags. It's not like anyone is posting invitations to street races. There is occasional discussion on radar/laser detectors, but no secrets there either.
patrooper, what's your ride?
patrooper, what's your ride?
Waiting for the F coupe to appear.I also like the XK.
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#28
Thanks for your work patrooper. I work in a highway construction zone and I get flipping mad at people driving aggressively through the project at 75 mph or more (55 zone). The state police tells us the average speed is 71. People just don't care. People assume that speed limits are completely arbitrary (maybe in some places they are).
There have been accidents on our project where cars have crashed into temporary barriers, or even flipped over barrier walls and crashed into our construction vehicles (including a crane). Thank God no worker was injured in those crashes, but it's only a matter of time.
Driving on an empty deserted road as fast as you care to is fine with me. But people who can't control themselves on the open road also seem to be the same people who can't control themselves in other environments (urban streets/highways with traffic, work zones, school zones, etc.). Just my opinion.
There have been accidents on our project where cars have crashed into temporary barriers, or even flipped over barrier walls and crashed into our construction vehicles (including a crane). Thank God no worker was injured in those crashes, but it's only a matter of time.
Driving on an empty deserted road as fast as you care to is fine with me. But people who can't control themselves on the open road also seem to be the same people who can't control themselves in other environments (urban streets/highways with traffic, work zones, school zones, etc.). Just my opinion.
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#29
Had three >$300 tickets in my '95 XJ6, and a couple of little ones to bring the total over $1100 in three years. That car was so smooth and quiet, to feel engaged with the car I went too fast. I don't think I was reckless or endangering anyone but that's no excuse. I haven't had a ticket since selling the XJ6 six years ago. My XJS is much more fun at legal speeds cuz of the manual trans.
#30
You guys need to bring in what we have here in the UK - time-over-distance speed cameras based on automatic plate recognition. They are used mostly in motorway roadworks, with camera gantries at regular intervals along the whole length of the site. People really do tend to stick to the limit with those things around; unlike a normal speed camera, you can't just brake when you see it. You have to keep at the correct average, and my TomTom shows me the average I'm achieving which makes it really simple. I have really noticed the difference in driver behaviour since the average-speed cameras were brought in.
#31
haha, must be physic
Interesting end to Christmas dinner.
Wife, kid and I all snug in our car on the way back from a nice family dinner in Copenhagen.
We are running a bit late, so the speed limit is exceeded by just a bit, not so much traffic so no problems.
All of a sudden I notice a semi unmarked police car is driving in the center lane and he is just under the speed limit.
I am long side the car, slow down and pull in. They are now behind us, probably screaming and yelling at each other mainly due the loud v8 sound that just woke them up causing them to spill their coffee and doughnuts.
I then proceed let the misses know what is about to happen... BIG mistake, should just have let her continue to sleep or whatever it is that she does to keep looking great.. Anyway, she freaks out, fearing the worse, making it sound like the Colombian/Russian traffic police are about to pull us over..
I now try to slowly put so distance between me and the cops... This does not go unnoticed, blue lights comes on and they catch up quick smart, impressive just how fast and fugal a Ford Mondeo 1,4 TDi (who cares) is.
I veer off to the side of the road, roll down the window, and get my papers ready.
Out of the police car comes a very young and somewhat irritated trooper.
He then proceeded to speak to me with a Danish farmer accent that under normal circumstance would require an interpreter.
Police man "Do you know how fast you were going?"
Me. “No”
P. "Have you been drinking??"
M. “No”
P "I do not believe you; you are acting strange, and seem under the influence of something"
M “Well it could be the adrenalin; I am not use to being pulled over”
P “You saw us, pulled in and then after a while speed up again”
M “Well, I saw you, slowed down, and after the 110km/h sign reappeared I then proceed to accelerate again”
P “You must have been driving faster than 110 km/h”
M “Nooo, must have been an optical illusion, caused by the full moon, and the fact that you guys were driving under the limit"
P "Stop acting like a smart *** and come out and do a sobriety test".
Which I do and pass, with flying honors...
He then proceeds to lecture me about farm animals and heavy machinery
I am listening politely, occasionally repeating that do not think that I was driving fast.
Now farmer boy thought that full background check was in place, I am asked to step back in to my car. This I do after taking the obligatory selfi with the cop car in the background.
Now a much worse fate waited for me there, would much rather have been with the coppers than facing my wife, who by now is sure that I will be beaten to a pulp and that Alex will be father less.
After 10 min of being lectured by the misses, the adolescent police man comes over and is all of a sudden very courteous wishes me merry Christmas and happy new year. Gives me my papers and says that all is in order...Thx M8... to you too.
Interesting end to Christmas dinner.
Wife, kid and I all snug in our car on the way back from a nice family dinner in Copenhagen.
We are running a bit late, so the speed limit is exceeded by just a bit, not so much traffic so no problems.
All of a sudden I notice a semi unmarked police car is driving in the center lane and he is just under the speed limit.
I am long side the car, slow down and pull in. They are now behind us, probably screaming and yelling at each other mainly due the loud v8 sound that just woke them up causing them to spill their coffee and doughnuts.
I then proceed let the misses know what is about to happen... BIG mistake, should just have let her continue to sleep or whatever it is that she does to keep looking great.. Anyway, she freaks out, fearing the worse, making it sound like the Colombian/Russian traffic police are about to pull us over..
I now try to slowly put so distance between me and the cops... This does not go unnoticed, blue lights comes on and they catch up quick smart, impressive just how fast and fugal a Ford Mondeo 1,4 TDi (who cares) is.
I veer off to the side of the road, roll down the window, and get my papers ready.
Out of the police car comes a very young and somewhat irritated trooper.
He then proceeded to speak to me with a Danish farmer accent that under normal circumstance would require an interpreter.
Police man "Do you know how fast you were going?"
Me. “No”
P. "Have you been drinking??"
M. “No”
P "I do not believe you; you are acting strange, and seem under the influence of something"
M “Well it could be the adrenalin; I am not use to being pulled over”
P “You saw us, pulled in and then after a while speed up again”
M “Well, I saw you, slowed down, and after the 110km/h sign reappeared I then proceed to accelerate again”
P “You must have been driving faster than 110 km/h”
M “Nooo, must have been an optical illusion, caused by the full moon, and the fact that you guys were driving under the limit"
P "Stop acting like a smart *** and come out and do a sobriety test".
Which I do and pass, with flying honors...
He then proceeds to lecture me about farm animals and heavy machinery
I am listening politely, occasionally repeating that do not think that I was driving fast.
Now farmer boy thought that full background check was in place, I am asked to step back in to my car. This I do after taking the obligatory selfi with the cop car in the background.
Now a much worse fate waited for me there, would much rather have been with the coppers than facing my wife, who by now is sure that I will be beaten to a pulp and that Alex will be father less.
After 10 min of being lectured by the misses, the adolescent police man comes over and is all of a sudden very courteous wishes me merry Christmas and happy new year. Gives me my papers and says that all is in order...Thx M8... to you too.
Last edited by Stormdk; 12-22-2013 at 08:24 AM. Reason: spelling
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#33
Cruise is your friend - take the car up to whatever speed you feel comfortable with (or what you think will go unnoticed), lock the cruise on & stop worrying. You can use the ASL instead, but then you still have to think about maintaining speed, and you can't boot it if you need to accelerate to get out of a tricky situation.
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#35
Cruise is your friend - take the car up to whatever speed you feel comfortable with (or what you think will go unnoticed), lock the cruise on & stop worrying. You can use the ASL instead, but then you still have to think about maintaining speed, and you can't boot it if you need to accelerate to get out of a tricky situation.
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