To Pay A Speeding Ticket

[LVSteve]

Woke from a nap in the passenger seat and my wife was driving 92 in a 75. I made her pull over and I drove. Oddly enough, I kept it at 75-78 and none of the traffic she was supposedly keeping up with passed us.

She is as old as me; neither of us have any business driving 92. Ever.

I think people get bored. Apparently my ability to set the cruise at an indicated 5 over and leave it there for 200 miles is a talent that many lack.

 

[wood714]

Kevin, good thing you did not take my advice. Next time you go to Cincy give me a shout as you go through ATL so we can do lunch.

I did take your advice, it made my trip back home most pleasant in the ATL area!

Took 285 West like you said, and never hit any ATL traffic at all.

I appreciate your lunch offer, but when I'm traveling almost 900 miles, I'm a man on a mission. Only stops I make are gas stops, and I try to plan them around rest room stops. I even make sure there's a burger joint on the gas station exits to grab a burger and fries to eat while driving.

Thanks again for great advice!

 

[444 Magnum]

Took 285 West like you said, and never hit any ATL traffic at all.

You got lucky. Depending on the time of day, accidents, etc., the 285 bypass can be brutal. Almost always slow downs at the I20 intersection and the area coming into McDonough.

My son lives in the NW metropolitan area and I find myself planning arrival and departure times based on the traffic.

I'll take my country living any day.

 

[Retired W4]

You got lucky. Depending on the time of day, accidents, etc., the 285 bypass can be brutal. Almost always slow downs at the I20 intersection and the area coming into McDonough.

My son lives in the NW metropolitan area and I find myself planning arrival and departure times based on the traffic.

I'll take my country living any day.

Around here timing counts for a lot but it's not everything.

 

[SMSgt]

I did take your advice, it made my trip back home most pleasant in the ATL area!

Took 285 West like you said, and never hit any ATL traffic at all.

I appreciate your lunch offer, but when I'm traveling almost 900 miles, I'm a man on a mission. Only stops I make are gas stops, and I try to plan them around rest room stops. I even make sure there's a burger joint on the gas station exits to grab a burger and fries to eat while driving.

Thanks again for great advice!

Driving I-75 through ATL should be a test for manis-depressive drivers. Either you riding a NASA rocket sled, or the people in the car next to you have been sitting in one place they're nothing but skelatal remains.

 

[Golddollar]

The police in the developed world run plates all the time, either manually or by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). ANPR is frequently used in Europe with static cameras at bridges, tunnels, or other traffic hotspots. The numbers get compared to the stolen database or the 'request information on the whereabouts of' list from the anti-terrorist, gang or local PD intel group. Before ANPR the motorway cops in England used to run 'block checks' on every vehicle they could see in a service station/rest stop car park. It was SOP. I'm surprised that you are not aware of this. Big Brother isn't coming, he's been watching for a while.

I'm a Luddite, so I'm not familiar with all this whiz bang stuff. I was kind of flummoxed that I was apparently being checked out when there was no ascertainable reason to do so.

 

[Doug M.]

A specific reason is not needed. Putting aside that MD tends to run out of state plates looking for gun stuff (seen a couple descriptions of such), professional curiosity is a foundational requirement of LE, and "not from here" is a regular event. Trying having Washington plates in SC while they are doing an interdiction training class. I was SURE I'd get stopped. (I didn't.)

I set my cruise at a level that should get me left alone. I call it "threshold of trooper". WSP is so understaffed that only the really high profile offenders have a real risk of being stopped. Nothing good happens from being stopped for a moving violation.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Even big box retailers (including the one I work for which I shall not name) use license plate readers to help identify repeat thieves entering their parking area. That technology is EVERYWHERE now.

 

[wood714]

Driving I-75 through ATL should be a test for manis-depressive drivers. Either you riding a NASA rocket sled, or the people in the car next to you have been sitting in one place they're nothing but skelatal remains.

Driving to Cincinnati this time was the first time I got into a mess. It's always slow with everyone jockeying for the lane they want to be in, but this time just south of ATL they had 4 lanes going into 1. It was a mess.

I use to use a GPS, going north into ATL it would say stay in the left lane. They even have I-75 painted on the far left lanes still, then you have to move from the left lanes over to the 3 most right lanes.

Years ago I learned going north thru ATL to stay in the right 3 lanes. Coming back home south thru ATL stay in the left 3 lanes.