Don't Get Served!!!

[Redbullin]

Georgia is about to serve us: :stirpot:
Starting Aug 1, Georgia will launch a 30 day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that 9 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets. 1 million will go to pay state troopers' overtime. The rest to help with dwindling budgets. There will be 50 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the 7 main intersections and highways.
They are the following:
I-20 east and west
I-75 north and south
I-85 north and south
I-675 north and south
GA-985 north and south
GA-316 east and west
GA-400 north and south
:moon:

[dzone]

Remarkable

[ROCKER]

Ever heard of a crime fighting frenzy, NOPE...........ya know why?
Because they can't make any money fighting crime.
Gonna
Steal your
Paycheck

[Goinfasterthanu]

Funny part is they made super speeder fine...So a LOT of people slowed down..That cut their money from loss of fines. Now they have to ramp it up to get that money back... They say they do it to make roads safe but its all money!

[Jared]

http://www.georgiasportbike.com/showthread.php?3404-GA-Speeding-Ticket-Frenzy-Be-Aware-if-you-are-heavy-with-the-throttle...!

[wallypiper]

Is it worth the effort to combine all the multiple threads started about this totally bullshit rumor in to one megabullshit thread? Do you guys, all you OP's, always believe every piece of crap information that lands in your email inbox? Have you received the millions of dollars from the guy in Nigeria yet?

[Jector]

Not yet, but he promised that with a small fee to ge the check through customs, the money is surely mine.

[jkhonea]

Is it worth the effort to combine all the multiple threads started about this totally bullshit rumor in to one megabullshit thread? Do you guys, all you OP's, always believe every piece of crap information that lands in your email inbox? Have you received the millions of dollars from the guy in Nigeria yet?

:crackup:

[rr_double_rr]

It may be just a big scam, but the cops up here in Suwanee haven't gotten that one and they seem to think it's very real. Every morning there are several of them loitering at one intersection, STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, slowing us all down and then slapping us with tickets for random things like in my case an improper lane change with an angry face. I was in my cage at that point, thank god. I didn't know LOOKING angry in Gwinnett was a crime? Being in Afghanistan for three months, they have sure changed the laws while I was gone.

They like L'ville- Suwanee @ 85, and as always McGinnis Ferry just west of Satellite.

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

I just called today. My 84 in a 70 (Statie dropped it from 86, to avoid the superspeeder/points shenanigans) through Valdosta is gonna cost me $222.

[rr_double_rr]

Rediculous.

[Back Marker]

I just called today. My 84 in a 70 (Statie dropped it from 86, to avoid the superspeeder/points shenanigans) through Valdosta is gonna cost me $222.

law breaker...

-a|ex

[flygirl]

Is it worth the effort to combine all the multiple threads started about this totally bullshit rumor in to one megabullshit thread? Do you guys, all you OP's, always believe every piece of crap information that lands in your email inbox? Have you received the millions of dollars from the guy in Nigeria yet?

:lol:

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

law breaker...

-a|ex


Yup. That's why I'll pay the fine and move on. No whining from me. I got caught, I'll deal.

[TroyBoy30]

holly old threads batman!

[SlimDizzleATL]

I just called today. My 84 in a 70 (Statie dropped it from 86, to avoid the superspeeder/points shenanigans) through Valdosta is gonna cost me $222.

Gonna one up you. My ticket on 75 at the Capital Ave area for 80 in a 55 resulted in a 749 dollar ticket. This is before super speeder. Why on earth its 55 over there, I'll never know.

[Matt.S]

Gonna one up you. My ticket on 75 at the Capital Ave area for 80 in a 55 resulted in a 749 dollar ticket. This is before super speeder. Why on earth its 55 over there, I'll never know.

That just isn't right... $749 for traveling a speed safe for both cars/trucks/ and motorcycles? Wtf were you endangering to be taxed so much?

[Mongo]

He was doing 25 over - almost 50% greater than the posted limit, what's so hard to understand?

[SlimDizzleATL]

He was doing 25 over - almost 50% greater than the posted limit, what's so hard to understand?

1. I wasnt in my car
2. I was coming down a hill
3. You do 55 over there your @$$ is getting run over
4. I wasnt endangering anyone. I was doing maybe 70 before I hit that hill. That Charger gains speed a little faster than my truck.

In my defense, Its not like I was weaving in and out of cars and what not. If they give one person a ticket, they have to give em all. Why do you think cops knock down tickets so often? Because they know NOBODY goes those speed limits.

[Matt.S]

He was doing 25 over - almost 50% greater than the posted limit, what's so hard to understand?

Um... Possibly the fact that it isn't really dangerous for any vehicle to be traveling at that speed on that road. That's what's hard to understand. I know curvey two lane roads in semi residential areas with 55mph speed limits. But I also understand that we just hand licenses out so maybe 55mph is a little hard for the average driver.

[wallypiper]

Um... Possibly the fact that it isn't really dangerous for any vehicle to be traveling at that speed on that road. That's what's hard to understand. I know curvey two lane roads in semi residential areas with 55mph speed limits. But I also understand that we just hand licenses out so maybe 55mph is a little hard for the average driver.

Bingo. It's the American way. You don't really need to know squat about driving to get a license so they make traffic laws to make even the least capable safe. And I don't really thing 55 on the downtown connector is that dumb. People already freak out at the Grady curve. I don't think people that clamor for higher speed limits really get it. Just because YOU are capable of driving YOUR car or bike on a particular piece of road at 80 doesn't mean that the general public and all vehicles can do it. Part of making big multilane roads safe if keeping the differences in speed down.

[SlimDizzleATL]

Bingo. It's the American way. You don't really need to know squat about driving to get a license so they make traffic laws to make even the least capable safe. And I don't really thing 55 on the downtown connector is that dumb. People already freak out at the Grady curve. I don't think people that clamor for higher speed limits really get it. Just because YOU are capable of driving YOUR car or bike on a particular piece of road at 80 doesn't mean that the general public and all vehicles can do it. Part of making big multilane roads safe if keeping the differences in speed down.

Not the point I was making. Maybe 2 of 10 people go 55 on the connector. No, Im not a speed demon or am I "clamboring" for a higher speed. I actually feel safer keeping up with traffic..God forbid it be going over 55. The scariest thing is having an 18 wheeler barreling past you going 70 and you're doing 55. Call it what you want.

P.s.- Not saying I wasnt in the wrong. I was speeding (although accidental), I got busted, I faced the consequence. Was it fair? Well, thats up for debate.

[wallypiper]

dizzle, it's a long way from 55 to 80. We all know, including the GSP and local LEOs, that everybody exceeds the posted limit and that it's not safe at some times in some places to go that slow. You won't find many tractor trailers barreling past you on the downtown connector, since they're banned from it unless they have a stop inside the perimeter. I would say anything under 70 on the downtown connector will get a pass unless you're slaloming through traffic in order to do it. 80? Probably not.

[Mongo]

It's easy to not do 80 coming down that hill, I do it all the time, in vehicles that unlike your car gain speed when you let off the accelerator going down hill... Never had an issue keeping with the vast majority of traffic which is never doing more than 70. Speed on the connector averages about 60, not 70, not 80. To many people freak around the curves.

It's easy to not stand out and avoid tickets, just have to actually pay attention to what you're doing instead of making excuses. :D

[SlimDizzleATL]

Yep. You guys are absolutely right. :handclap: Wally nice contradictory sentence. And we're not talking about the Grady curve. Check out right before where 85 merges into 75 from the south...There are trucks. Because some DO stop in the perimeter.

Anywho, like I said...I got caught, paid my fine, went to court, whatever whatever. It is what it is. We'll chalk it up to me not paying attention.

[Matt.S]

Bingo. It's the American way. You don't really need to know squat about driving to get a license so they make traffic laws to make even the least capable safe. And I don't really thing 55 on the downtown connector is that dumb. People already freak out at the Grady curve. I don't think people that clamor for higher speed limits really get it. Just because YOU are capable of driving YOUR car or bike on a particular piece of road at 80 doesn't mean that the general public and all vehicles can do it. Part of making big multilane roads safe if keeping the differences in speed down.

So why penalize the whole for a minority? I'm assuming that's also the American way. TBH something needs to be done with the DMV of the USA. From what I'm told speeding tickets are handed out due it not being "safe", well who says you aren't capable of being "safe" at that speed? So I may be speaking out of ignorance here but if that's the case why not allow someone to obtain a higher class license? Ah that's all stupid and skeptical anyway... O well. We're doomed to being dumbed down by majority of stupidity that is our country.

[jkhonea]

It's not stupid, but how are you going to find an effective way to enforce a graduated license like that? Different license plate on cars? Stickers you have to show? And just because you might be cleared as being capable of higher speeds doesn't mean a slower driver can't come over on your at the last minute leaving you with nothing to do and a huge difference in closure speeds.

I'm not saying licensing here is good. I would prefer to see something with more stringent standards at the testing stage. But graduated license is going to increase expenses across the board and make fishing trips much more common. There's no way it wouldn't.

[Matt.S]

I mean enforcing would be the problem yes, but strict usage of left lanes on major highways. Maybe use the HOV lane for speeders, not allowing slow vehicles to merge. I mean it works on the autobahn, less wrecks than most US interstates.

Not sure what you mean by the last part. But I am sure it would cost some money to get running but wouldn't it be better for the citizens? Maybe it's just a wishful thought for the minority that actually appreciates cars and bikes for more than an A-B purpose and those same people strive to become better riders/drivers.

[jkhonea]

Second part was just saying I wish it was harder to get a driver's license here. Needs to be more involved to make sure the driver's are mored educated and make it a little more difficult to get one. To actually have to work at getting it.

[wallypiper]

Wally nice contradictory sentence. And we're not talking about the Grady curve. Check out right before where 85 merges into 75 from the south...There are trucks. Because some DO stop in the perimeter.

What's contradictory?

You said Capitol Avenue area. The only Capitol Avenue I know of is near the stadium and there are a couple of pretty nasty curves and merging madness as you pass through there. (It's not Capitol Avenue any more, but that's where it is.) But even the area you mentioned is a spot with a lot of hairy merging going on and wide variation in speeds. Besides, it doesn't matter. The speed limit is 55 for the entire length of 285 and for all of 75 and 85 inside 285 and it's even lower on parts of 20. You can do almost 70 on any of those roads all day and probably won't get stopped unless traffic is generally going a lot slower so you stand out.

I don't really think it's a good system but the current situation is that there are posted speed limits and there are real, unspoken speed limits and they're not the same. The cops could write tickets all day long on any metro area interstate. Maybe they should do that for a while. I've just spent three consecutive weeks driving from here to Lexington, Cincinnati and Evansville, IN. That takes me through Chattanooga, Louisville a couple of times and Nashville a few times. Some of those places are like Atlanta, with almost everybody exceeding the posted limit all the time and some are not with most people staying at or even under the limit.

The autobahn works because they enforce lane discipline. And they do have some horrific accidents on it. I've driven it at about 135 on a bike for a while. It's much harder to get a license there. That just won't fly here in the land of the free.

[SlimDizzleATL]

Contradictory in the fact that you said there are no trucks...but then say there are.

Moving on, case in point this morning. Driving down 85 from Norcross cruising between 65 and 70. Still getting passed like im standing still. A guy even swerved into the HOV lane to pass me as I was trying to get around a truck. Thats right, a truck inside the perimeter. And when I get to the o so dangerous "Grady Curve" I saw no brake lights...still going 65. So I maintain my position NOBODY does 55.

And I'm done with this thread.

[Mongo]

No one said everyone does 55. What was said is 80 isn't necessary to keep up with traffic and it's easy to keep from doing 80.