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I’m not sure it’s ‘leveling the playing field’, Au₂O₃; more a form of progressive taxation in which you can elect to participate.

In Australia there is very limited tolerance for speeding. 10 kph over and you’d cop a fine. The further you are over the speed limit, the bigger the fine, although not related to your income!

(06-19-2023, 06:13 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I’m not sure it’s ‘leveling the playing field’, Au₂O₃; more a form of progressive taxation in which you can elect to participate.

In Australia there is very limited tolerance for speeding. 10 kph over and you’d cop a fine. The further you are over the speed limit, the bigger the fine, although not related to your income!

Punishing a driver with a $150 fine who is racing a 2023 Lamborghini versus another hot roddin' down the road on a 2013 CB1100 deliver different perspective messages to each. Not saying it is right, but delivering a so called $15000 fine to the Lamb has the desired impact that is possibly similar to the CB example.

Ah … OK … I see what you mean.

(06-19-2023, 11:37 AM)tommymck_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-19-2023, 10:08 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-19-2023, 04:27 AM)offroadfx4_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Funny picture now lol

3 of us coming off the Foothills Parkway entered the Tail of the Dragon last week about 8:30 AM.

We were maybe 10 over in places but not bad. We had a single headlight coming up behind us. Thinking it was a sport bike that was going to pass us anyway, we pull over to let it pass.

As he went by, one mention that looked like a police officer (half helmet) but didn't think much more about it.

After a few minutes we began to catch the same motorcycle.

To our surprise he pulled over to let us pass....at first we thought that was nice of him. As we went by we saw the official patch and a microphone on his shoulder.

We thought we were setup....but continues on our way. With a speed limit of 45mph in those tight curves we didn't really speed much the rest of the way.

After arriving at deals gap, he entered the parking lot, rode up near us...we thought to give a ticket. Then he did a tight turn and parked (in the picture).

If I calculated and understood correctly;

10 mil/16 kms over 45 mil/72 km speed limit gives about 55 mil/88 km... and you were shaking your pants about being pulled over...hmm...it looks to me like our Canadian cops are friendlier.

Here, on a freeway where speed limit is 100 km/60 mil, some motorist would still pass a cop if he was doing 120km/h/75 mil....

In OH, Ferret says: over nine you are mine

Typically most places, you wouldn't get pulled over for 10 over unless you were weaving around or doing something else dangerous looking. Tail of the dragon is different. It has a pretty bad safety record and they have really stepped up enforcement efforts to try to put a lid on it.

Typically most places, you wouldn't get pulled over for 10 over unless you were weaving around or doing something else dangerous looking. Tail of the dragon is different. It has a pretty bad safety record and they have really stepped up enforcement efforts to try to put a lid on it.
Got it

One of my pet-peeves here is that the police seem to have no interest whatsoever in issuing speeding tickets. If you are only doing 20mph over the speed limit, there will be some idiot sitting on your back bumper flashing his lights at you to get out of his way even if you are in the right lane. I actually had a delivery truck do that and he got off at the next exit. Big pick-up trucks are especially bad about tailgating motorcycles. I'd wear a side-arm, but I hate going to court and getting a lawyer every time I shoot someone. That, and I am usually out-gunned around here anyway.