Speeding tickets

[tommymck]

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.