Speeding drivers

[mtbc]

When I drive on the local highways, even at the speed limit my car is often the slowest, often trucks pass me. Yet, I also see plenty of marked police cars around, checking speeds and sometimes pulling people over. I wonder if either the penalties are light or everybody knows how much excess speed is enough to actually get pulled over. Perhaps it depends on jurisdiction where the state highway patrol have one policy but, say, Oak Ridge has another. I know that my car's speedometer is accurate, though it's the first car since my police car where that's been the case; I wonder if Kias in general tend to be accurate.

Comments

[igrdk]

a) people may know over-speeding limit
b) frequent travellers might know places where police usually check speed, therefore avoiding speeding there and moving faster in the other places

you may check your car's speedometer with GPS receiver (in smartphone or navigator).

to improve GPS accuracy, go to open-sky roads and put GPS to windsheeld as close as possible

[mtbc]

Yeah, on my cellphone, Google Maps' speed readout always agrees very well with my car's speedometer. (I've also liked the DigiHUD app.) I'm definitely wondering about your (a).

[wpadmirer]

My father used to call them Tennessee Ridge Runners. For some reason, people in Tennessee have always been speeders.

[igrdk]

I guess (a) very much depends on the region.

so I'd suggest that you talked to your neighbours or read your local driver's forums