You are browsing camaro5 
 |
|
02-05-2017, 11:47 AM
|
#1 |
 
Drives: 2012 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: May 2016
Location: Brantford, Ontario
Posts: 101
|
Can you get a speeding ticket in 1st gear?
Answer: Yes you can. Because I just got one.
It is above freezing so I decided to go for a little drive in my toy. I know, it's wet and salty but I couldn't resist. So within five minutes I got a speeding ticket. In first gear. I was doing about 40 in a 30 zone. (That's miles per hour; the ticket was of course in km/h: 64 in a 50 zone.) in first gear. Yeah, I know. I was getting to know my car. Thing is, I wasn't going fast. It didn't feel like I was, anyway. With these "no traction" summer tires I drive like an old lady. I was checking out gear ratios, etc, true, but nothing excessive. Or so I thought. Damn... second one in a month.
__________________
Photographer/Engineer/Radio Amateur
http://www.michaelwillems.ca |
|
|
|
02-05-2017, 11:57 AM
|
#2 |
|
KaBoom1701
Drives: 13' ZL1 Red M6 Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: I.E. SoCal (Yucaipa)
Posts: 8,631
|
Welcome to ZL1 land.....
LEO's love to pull us over. I save my sprinted driving for the track.....
__________________
Mods:
Roto-Fab Intake, WW Res. kit & Big Gulp Air Scoop, Elite Catch Can, ATI Super Damper & 18% OD Pulley, LF Idler pulley bracket, Metco CC breather, ID850 Injectors, Stainless Power Headers w/ ceramic coating, TR71X Spark Plugs, JMS Fuel Pump Booster, Bo White TB, Tuned by Ted @ Jannetty Racing, Ron Davis HX, D3 Reservoir, Pfadt 1" Springs, Moreno Camber Plates, ZL1 Addons Splitter guard washers, Tow Hook kit & rock guards, Hurst Shifter Billet Plus 6 Speed Short Shifter, ZL1 DRL lighting harness, ZL1 Recaro Seats. |
|
|
|
|
02-05-2017, 07:06 PM
|
#3 |
|
Sarcasm loading --------
|
A stick car will go 52 in 1st gear.
__________________
"The salesman actually told me to stop getting it sideways during the test drive"
2018 MBM ZL1 1LE - 652 rwhp, 588 rwtq SAE 2014 CRT ZL1 574 rwhp, 537 rwtq - SOLD 2010 IBM SS Camaro VVT L99 w/ TR6060 swap, 489 rwhp, 444 rwtq - SOLD |
|
|
|
|
02-05-2017, 07:27 PM
|
#4 | |
|
Resident nomad
Drives: 2014 Summit White 1SS/1LE Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posts: 1,765
|
Quote:
Like another said, save it for the track. Join a race or autocross group, and get it out of your system. Don't complain about getting tickets if you drive like that on the street.
__________________
Sold:
2007 Z06 2002 Viper GTS/ACR 2003 Z06 1965 FFR Cobra 2012 Nissan 370Z ADM LSA Stage II, Roto-Fab CAI, Kooks LTH/HFC's, Phastek CC, ported TB, Mishimoto radiator and oil cooler, BC Racing ER Series CO's, JPSS 32mm Black Magic rear bar, JPSS front inserts, R1 Concepts Premier slotted rotors/Goodrich SS lines, Schroth ASM harness, MGW flatstick, Brey-Krause HB, Tuned by NicD, at Cordes Performance Racing. |
|
|
|
|
|
02-05-2017, 07:48 PM
|
#5 |
 Drives: Altima (for now) Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Wooster, OH
Posts: 86
|
I hate it when that happens!
|
|
|
|
|
02-05-2017, 08:47 PM
|
#6 |
   
|
I would speculate to say that everyone on here, and I mean everyone, including myself doesn't save their spirited driving for the track, for heavens sake we all drive ZL1's. If anyone is saying they have only driven their ZL1 "spirited" on the track and no where else they are not being honest. Sorry if I offended anyone. Lol
|
|
|
|
|
02-05-2017, 11:35 PM
|
#7 |
 Drives: 2013 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 325
|
I haven't been pulled over for anything under 90...even then, one ticket I was told to cut it out and was just for a missing license plate...
I think we're expected to speed in fast cars...I think they pulled you over for going too slow and thought you were either drunk or running drugs... ..next time go faster...
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
02-05-2017, 11:48 PM
|
#8 |
|
"BEASTM*DE"
|
Of course it's possible to get a ticket in 1st gear...A number of reasons that come to mind would be speeding, negligent driving, disobeying a traffic control device, etc...Your in Canada, so I don't know how your driving record points system may affect your driving habits...In TN traffic tickets accumulate in points than can lead to a loss of one's driving privileges, as well as, have an affect on the insurance premium...So it may appear to be humorous to you now, but the long term affect could result in a hefty fine to regain your driving privilege and increase your insurance premiums...At that point it's not funny as it can cost thousands of dollars of unnecessary expense...And can even lead to incarceration for continued traffic violations if your license are revoked, suspended, or cancelled...
__________________
Vengeance Racing Stage 1 Kit 575rwhp, 569 rwtq...
Rims powder coated gloss black...BFG'S Comp 2 A/S... Dual 10" Kicker Comp S Subs 1200w...  |
|
|
|
|
02-10-2017, 05:25 PM
|
#9 |
Drives: 2015commemorative vert 2SS Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: northern Indiana
Posts: 949
|
I can tell you I have had more interest from the police, with this camaro...than I ever did with my C6 vette. And honestly the corvette was faster.
__________________
2018 ZL1 Bright Yellow, A10, PDR, sunroof, carbon hood, and dash- sold
2020 2SS A10 sunroof..shock and steel special-traded 2015 commemorative vert 2ss |
|
|
|
|
02-12-2017, 07:31 AM
|
#10 |
|
It's called karma.. stop getting your z covered in salt. Lol
|
|
|
|
|
02-12-2017, 01:51 PM
|
#11 |
Drives: Fast Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,696
|
^^^^^^^^ LOL
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2017, 11:17 AM
|
#12 |
|
Gearhead
Drives: 2012 ZL1 Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 252
|
I had a long conversation with an LEO last year concerning an instance in which I never left 1st gear... and for that matter, never exceeded the speed limit. The phrase "appropriate time and place" came up a few times. Eventually, we agreed that the law wasn't broken, but that it would be best in the future if I behaved differently in the local traffic circle at 10AM on Saturday.
__________________
 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 M6 - JRE 650 RWHP kit, AFCO heat exchanger, JPSS V4 aero, Z28 wheels for the twisties and Weld big-n-littles for the dragstrip. 11.193@128.13 in 515' DA |
|
|
|
|
02-16-2017, 03:36 PM
|
#13 | ||
|
Drives: 2012 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: May 2016
Location: Brantford, Ontario
Posts: 101
|
Quote:
Quote:
As for speeding: Everyone speeds. The thing is to go with the flow. I.e. not super fast, and not dangerous. Well, I don't go super fast, and I never do anything dangerous. I do have the idea, though, that with a ZL1 I am a cop-attractor. I got one ticket a month a go for "Careless Driving" - again, I was far from careless. Unlucky, yes; fast, also; but careless, no. Over 41 years of accident free driving, many miles per year, may perhaps be some indication of that. As for Karma, as someone else pointed out: don't worry, I only take her out when it's way above freezing and the roads are dry. This car is pristine, and I want to keep it that way!
__________________
Photographer/Engineer/Radio Amateur
http://www.michaelwillems.ca |
||
|
|
|
|
02-16-2017, 03:49 PM
|
#14 | |
|
W8NN4U
|
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
