If they catch you in Virginia....

[Casperadub70]

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

Not perfect, I just try my best to minimize my misteaks.

99.7% of the time im middle to slowest car on the street.
Im getting a detector soon. Better to have one and not need it then to need one and not have it.

You may drive slow but i would bet both of my camaros you speed at some point. Just like you said no one is perfect.

[Neuf Cruz]

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

But your Camaro has a Speed warning setting that you can set at 5 over and will warn you if you go over. So you don't need one in your Camaro for that purpose.

This.

[jd10013]

Originally Posted by zissophiss

I guess it kind of depends on the mood of the cop that stops you.

depends a lot on what type of cop stops you too. city cops and state troopers are assholes plain and simple. most local cops are good. VA really isn't that bad, you just don't want to be flying down the interstates. especially at the NC/VA line, and beltway around Richmond, 295 I think. cops park every 2 miles there. NOVA isn't nearly so bad, so long as your not being stupid.

the nice thing about most cops in VA is the tend to let you do what everyone else is. if traffic is moving 15 miles over the limit they just let it go by. where your screwed is if you that car that weaving in and out of traffic passing everybody going 10 miles faster than every car on the road; or if you flying down the road with nobody else. easy target.

[jd10013]

Originally Posted by nester7929

The real kicker about Virginia is that going 80 is a reckless driving charge and carries about the same sentence as a first-time DUI. .

and going more than 20 mph over the speed limit is also reckless. though I've never known anybody to get charged that way.

[Ragnar]

Originally Posted by Neuf Cruz

This.

Never played with speed warning setting, does it automatically adjust for different speed limits? I doubt it and if a cop wanted to, he could pull you over for going anywhere above the speed limit. I tend to always do about 5 over and yes occasionally more. If I have to pass a dump truck, I am not going to ease up on it! If my detector goes off, I'll back down, wait for it, you can figure the rest out!

[jd10013]

Originally Posted by zissophiss

I definitely speed. I didn't buy a Camaro to drive like my grandmother. .

so there's noting between speeding and driving like your grandmother?

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by Ragnar

Never played with speed warning setting, does it automatically adjust for different speed limits? I doubt it and if a cop wanted to, he could pull you over for going anywhere above the speed limit. I tend to always do about 5 over and yes occasionally more. If I have to pass a dump truck, I am not going to ease up on it! If my detector goes off, I'll back down, wait for it, you can figure the rest out!

No, it does not self adjust. I have mine set on 80...... No problems with the 2 Camaros I have owned.

I have seen lots of people driving along about 10 over or more and pass me, their detector goes off they slow down to 5 under and I pass them, and then about a mile or two down the road they pass me again.... 9 times out of 10 by driving like I do and not being the fastest car on the road ( but still doing 5-10 over) when I see a cop he already has someone pulled over. Usually its someone that passed me a few minutes earlier. And when he doesn't have someone pulled over he's waiting on a bigger fish to fry.... Also be careful at the end of the month and stick closer to the limit....

[Ragnar]

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

No, it does not self adjust. I have mine set on 80...... No problems with the 2 Camaros I have owned.

I have seen lots of people driving along about 10 over or more and pass me, their detector goes off they slow down to 5 under and I pass them, and then about a mile or two down the road they pass me again.... 9 times out of 10 by driving like I do and not being the fastest car on the road ( but still doing 5-10 over) when I see a cop he already has someone pulled over. Usually its someone that passed me a few minutes earlier. And when he doesn't have someone pulled over he's waiting on a bigger fish to fry.... Also be careful at the end of the month and stick closer to the limit....

Thanks for the info, I was to lazy to look that up. Thing is, sometimes a LEO will shoot radar on this one road and the speed limit is 45. A lot of cars seem to exceed that, I pretty much don't, but sometimes I might! I generally do 5 over on the Interstate and I hate when someone catches me, blows on by and then 15 minutes latter I am passing them again. I didn't change my speed. Couple times of that and off I go!

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by Ragnar

Thanks for the info, I was to lazy to look that up. Thing is, sometimes a LEO will shoot radar on this one road and the speed limit is 45. A lot of cars seem to exceed that, I pretty much don't, but sometimes I might! I generally do 5 over on the Interstate and I hate when someone catches me, blows on by and then 15 minutes latter I am passing them again. I didn't change my speed. Couple times of that and off I go!

The road in front of my house has a speed limit of 30, but most people do more. The cops won't stop you though unless you are doing over 40. Many will do way over 40 though because its about a 1 mile straight, sometimes when backing out of my driveway I will see someone way down the road but by the time I get pulled out and start to pull off they are on top of me. Those are definitely going more than 40.

[Ragnar]

Maybe I'm paranoid because of my car and color

[Hetfield03]

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

No, it does not self adjust. I have mine set on 80...... No problems with the 2 Camaros I have owned.

I have seen lots of people driving along about 10 over or more and pass me, their detector goes off they slow down to 5 under and I pass them, and then about a mile or two down the road they pass me again.... 9 times out of 10 by driving like I do and not being the fastest car on the road ( but still doing 5-10 over) when I see a cop he already has someone pulled over. Usually its someone that passed me a few minutes earlier. And when he doesn't have someone pulled over he's waiting on a bigger fish to fry.... Also be careful at the end of the month and stick closer to the limit....

They don't automatically have monthly quotas. Its more like every quarter of the year. State Trooper told my boss this once.

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by Ragnar

Maybe I'm paranoid because of my car and color

I've always heard that red and yellow sporty cars we're the worst colors for being pulled over. I've been stopped twice for speeding. One was a 76 dark blue Malibu with a 305V8 and the other was in a 74 dark green Vega Estate Wagon. I have owned a red Camaro, Yellow Camaro, bright green Camaro, a silver 65 Corvette Sting Ray, a blue Saturn Sky and a red Saturn Sky, all I have gotten from cops in those were a few thumbs ups....

[1hevy_chevy]

Originally Posted by Zapote21

All I have to say is I love FL... Radar detectors, legal...Tint, legal... Front plate, not required... Driving around with colored halos (except red and blue), legal... Emissions testing, nope... Heaven? possibly...

South florida traffic? Doomed.

[STLRICK]

Yes, they will take it and give you a ticket. GEICO is based there in Virgina Beach so they buy the detector's for the police departments.