Tickets in CA

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Brant wrote:
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:41:30 -0400
From: "Brant M. Miller" <brant@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: Tickets & Thoughts

Dan -

Your avoidance tactics no longer work in California.  The CHP will nail y=
ou
with radar before you can react after you have spotted them.  Before they=

come into view on on-ramps.  Just as they come into view, if you happen t=
o
be looking, when they are on the opposite side of the divided freeway goi=
ng
the other way.  (We do not use center bariers on our freeways where
adequate space exists between opposite-direction lanes.  Permits the
Chippies to turn around and stop you.)

Brant
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I had been under the impression for a long time that the CHP did not use
radar except in some very limited circumstances. I know this has changed
recently, but has it changed that much? Here in Sacramento, they had a big
publicity campaign over radar being used on two stretches of I-5 north and
south of town. I therefore figured that they still weren't using it much
anywhere else. (Of course, they really don't need to, either). I'd be
interested in knowing if they are!

FWIW, I haven't had a ticket in over ten years of 18,000+ freeway miles per
year, with most of it done over the posted limit. (Cross fingers, knock on
wood, etc.) My "secret" is to make sure there's always someone going a
little bit faster than me within view. I also try not to drive like a total
jerk and save the really high-speed runs for areas with little traffic and a
known absence of speed traps.

Mike
'88 325is

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