Speeding on freeways

[Lo-Profile]

I usually drive right around the speed limit in my truck or cars. On my Harley Electra Glide I tend to go a little faster, but try to stay under 20 mph over on the highways.

 

[Model 457]

Speed limit. (The statute isn't a "suggestion".)

Huh? What's that got to do with the movie It?

 

[Model 457]

With the blue wave that the voters ushered in to America, I suspect that the enforcement of speed will take a back seat to most all other calls for service. I just pray they figure out the cost of defunding the police department before the costs of lives gets too high.

The enforcement of speed in Portland depends upon your political bent. If you're a taggof sporting a man bun and driving a Subaru, you can do almost anything you want behind the wheel without consequence. But if you're a man with a high & tight haircut driving an American branded pick up, you better watch your ssa because you've got a target on your tailgate.

 

[Dobbinsky]

If you're a taggof sporting a man bun and driving a Subaru

That's a form of angling called "trolling for high-speed caaksearchers."

 

[Captain O]

That's a form of angling called "trolling for high-speed caaksearchers."

Or "Lesbians in a tackle box" (barbed hookers, er, hooks, and other tackle.)

 

[Jester560]

So when I'm at 2.5x the limit I'm good? Sweet. What else does one do with 170hp in a 450lb bike? I still can't believe they make bikes as fast as they do. Heck, the pricier version of my bike carries 205hp in a 398lb bike. Insane.

It won't be long until it changes

 

[trader]

Highways are one place speeds are often ridiculously excessive. Other places the ignorant and selfish speed are school zones and hospital zones.

 

[Model 457]

What else does one do with 170hp in a 450lb bike?

Set it up for the track exclusively and feed the need for speed where innocent bystanders won't be hurt. I ride my Busa on the track and have a Goldwing for my daily driver.

 

[Dobbinsky]

Highways are one place speeds are often ridiculously excessive. Other places the ignorant and selfish speed are school zones and hospital zones.

Darby, MT (very small town where they filmed the Yellowstone series) is about 45 minutes from me, and you don't want to even think about speeding in town, especially in an active school zone. Every time I drive through, the sheriff has a deputy with radar set up during school hours. I was going maybe two miles over the first time through town, and he turned his lights on and gestured to me with his hand to slow down. It's all good with me. I like it when the law is enforced. If I get ticketed, I still thank the LEO afterwards.

 

[Retired Bum]

We ain't got enough police to do that. But we have speed at every school crossing

 

[Captain O]

The old NHTSA slogan "slow down and live" keeps ringing in my ears. (It is still true.)

 

[Dobbinsky]

Set it up for the track exclusively and feed the need for speed where innocent bystanders won't be hurt. I ride my Busa on the track and have a Goldwing for my daily driver.

That Busa must have been an eye-opener the first time on it. I bought a used 2000 Yamaha 1,000cc rocket when I was in my 50s. I think it was called an FZR. It was black and yellow. Looked like a bumblebee. Never having ridden a rocket before. the speed and power that thing had was shocking but thrilling. I sold it, but mostly because my back couldn't handle the position. Now I'm satisfied with short rides on my little 2011 Sportster. She's got under 5K original miles.

 

[Captain O]

Daddy used to race Midget cars in Southern California back in his early Navy days. (The Navy made him quit.) I'm not afraid of fast driving, I am afraid of reckless driving/drivers.