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SPEEDER'S INFO: I95, DE to SC
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Subject: SPEEDER'S INFO: I95, DE to SC
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From: Kayvon A Pirestani <kp2y+@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 12:35:01 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <3mphc2$b69@nnrp.ucs.ubc.ca>
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
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Organization: Freshman, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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References: <3mo49m$2ng@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <3mphc2$b69@nnrp.ucs.ubc.ca>
I just took a car trip from Delaware to South Carolina and back (95 all
the way) in a long wheelbase Benz. A friend of mine was with me to help
look out for the 5-0s. I had a radar-only detector that saved my ass a
couple of times. Here is what I saw along the way:
DE: from Wilmington to the MD border, I've never seen a speed trap; also
my radar stayed very quiet. I feel it's safe to speed along this strip.
MD: Careful! -- MD was the worst of them all. My detector didn't go
off once, but I saw plenty of speed traps; must use laser or
something; they're SNEAKY bastards. I couldn't believe some of the
places they would hide! WATCH OUT FOR THE MEDIANS, concrete dividers or
grassy.
VA: lots of K band (detectors illegal of course); cops like to hide in
the wooded medians (Official Use Only gravel turn-around strips); my
dector picked up the bastards' K band every time
NC: same as VA, not as much K band; not nearly as many speed traps as MD/VA
SC: the only cops I saw were busy pulling a liquor cabinet's worth of
alcohol out of this guy's car; the secondary roads are also very
awesome for speeding. I averaged 90 on a two lane from 95 to Myrtle
Beach (it was 1 in the morning, though).
I'm very happy to say I made the round trip without one ticket (which
is saying a lot for me). However, there were a number of very close
calls, so I was lucky, too. On the way back, we recorded our
distance/time progress and calculted an average of 72mph for the whole
trip, including time stuck in traffic on the DC beltway...
One thing that became very apparent as I drove south was that driving
courtesy increased. I'm accustomed to asses not moving to the right as
I come up in the left lane, but to my amazement, NC and SC drivers moved
right over 90% of the time.
One exception, though: one bastard in a minivan was hogging the left
lane on one twolane portion of 95 in VA. I flashed him to move over,
but to my amazement, he SLOWED DOWN enough so that he ran right
alongside a school bus! and continued to stay along side the bus so I
could not pass him on the right! I could not believe my eyes! After
20 min of this shit, I finally found an opening. As I passed, I
opened up the sunroof and gave him a nice big FUCK YOU as I brought
the Benz back up to 90 (please, no flames from safety/courtesy nazis,
you would be pissed, too).
55 sucks... so does 65
Kayvon Pirestani
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