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Do the vast majority of cops give you 10-15 MPH over the speed limit before ticketing you? I've found this to be the case personally, but I've had "on line cops" argue with me and say I've just been very lucky, and their limit is 4MPH. I'm excluding from this the big speed trap deal, where there is a bunch of ya in the same spot, and maybe even someone with a cherry picker. (Ya gotta be by the book when the boss is looking.)
Well let's see. We realize that this answer probably isn't going to really be the answer you are looking for but, there really is no set speed. Many cops do give people ten to fifteen miles per hour while others do not. However if you see a cop behind you probably a good idea that you don't speed thinking you have a leeway. It honestly depends on the individual cop.
10 mph has always been the magic number for me. But if I'm doing 55 in a posted 55 like on rt. 50 or 13 and you pass me, you're gonna get a ticket.
to 6:24- thought so- but how does that make you better than me? You can speed, but I can't. Then you wonder why john q public has a bad pr problem every now and then. ARen't police officers accountable to the same set of mv laws that civilians are held to? or are there 2 sets- one for police officers to speed, and the others for civilians. Don't get me wrong- I have the utmost respect for law enforcement-but often wondered why they can blow down the highway at 80 (the bypass!) and I can't. That leaves neither one of us (or anybody else, for that matter) safe on the roadways. Just wondering.
Me, I usually(almost always) obey the speed limit but being human I may stray occasionally.
My favorit thing is to be doing the speed limit and have a cop pass me at 20+ with no Emergency Equipment on.
It is either and emergency or it is not.
Not always that cut and dry. We work for politians in a service job. Many of us work in a huge area with very few cops. At WCSO, many times we have 5 cops to handle 300 square miles. We may have a routine call 30 miles away. If you call police, do you think that you should wait 45 minutes for a response? If we drove the speed limit, it would happen, and then some. Because of the extended response time, the next call would be put on hold, and keep on going... Also we have calls that could turn bad, but are not at the point for the boses to allow lights and sirens. BTW, 80 on the bypass is 15 over
I live out on the east side of salisbury kilbirnie actually , and i always thought this area of town was the safest place in salisbury to live . however with crime on the rise in and around salisbury makes me wonder if there is any place SAFE to live around here anymore. I know for a fact there are law enforcement in high places that live in the area yet that doesnt seem to make a difference. your thoughts
Well Kilbirnie is one of the "safer" areas outside of Salisbury to live. The crime rate inside of the city limits is outrageous of course. The crime rate outside of the city is not much better but, it's dispersed over a wider area and therefore, crime may seem more peppered than within the city limits. However, unfortunately, nowhere is safe in general. By statistical data, you probably live within one of the safest areas of the county, given the economic make up of the residents of that area.
To the speeder issues: Cops must speed routinely in order to reach calls for service within time to make a difference. Most of the time supervisors do not authorize a "code" response (lights and sirens) even for fights in progress or other, what would appear to be, emergency situations because the risk of the officer getting into an accident responding code out weighs that of the rapid response to the scene. Therefore, officers routinely respond without lights or sirens to calls because they are attempting to help you sooner rather than later. If they took forty five minutes to respond then residents would complain about the response time.
In general, unless a cop is responding somewhere, there is no real need to speed and most cops don't. It's not that cops "get to" speed because most cops don't care about driving fast, just getting home safe and getting to you in a timely manner in order to address issues.
I certainly understand the "need for speed" and yes, I want them there as fast as humanly possible. My point is, alot of times, it doesn't look like there is a call for service when he's blowing down the bypass at 80+ with his hands on the passengers seats headrest and steering with the left hand. That makes us all unsafe- and as far as covering 300 hundred square miles with only 5 officers- well, did they ever think that they could actually be speeding away from the scene? before having an opportunity to turn around and "speed" back to cover lost ground, to get to wherever they're needed, thus, actually losing time? I honestly back law enforcement 120%, but occasionally, when I'm left "in the dust" by a cop on the bypass, when imo, its obvious, he's not responding to a call, its just makes everybody in the vicinity unsafe for various reasons. Tire blow outs, tossed stones, cracked windshields, deer strikes, etc. Thanks for hearing me out on this.
btw- thanks for the math lesson that 80 is 15 over on the bypass. my abacus was broken that day.
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