[QUOTE=hodgeee;1558120714]Oh yeah, one last thing. I was only at that top speed for just a moment, and then I let off. That means that this guys was watching me for a while, and radaring me the whole time!!!!

How else could he have shown me the radar with that number on it!?!?

QUOTE]

How else. easy. Just do not clear the speed off the unit after clocking the last victim Of course none of our LEOS on here would do such a thing.

 

steer with 1 finger....because the wheels were barely on the ground

IB4TL

 

Hmmm...well, I'd fight the ticket, just because it'll kill your ins, or they may even drop you.I got out of a 184mph in a 55mph zone and an"excess of one hundred" in a 20mph simply because I hired a lawyer. Losing your licence or insurance dropping you costs far more than a good badass lawyer. You can usually agree to pay a higher fine and get the ticket dropped to improper equipment.At that high of a speed, hope you have an understanding DA . BTW....you can actually outrun police helicopters, it's just they go so high up and can see a longer distance. It's the radio you can't outrun.

 

I'm a little suprised that this thread is still alive.

I have a suggestion. Why don't the guys posting about their excessive speeding tickets & extreme speeds on public roads do humanity a favor and keep those speeds on a closed course / race track where they belong. Just MHO.

 

Both the C5 and C6 Speedos are dead ***** on accurate (assuming correct tire pressure and OEM tires). Verified both by in-car mounted, factory calibrated police radar (MPH K-55) and WAAS GPS over all speed ranges I dared. Often times, police radar used from the roadside (or off into the bushes) will experience 'Tangent Error'. This is when the radar is being broadcast (and received) off the access of travel of the target vehicle (your Vette). The greater the angle off the targets line of travel, the greater the error of the radar correctly determining the target speed. The greater the angle, the speed will be lower than actual target speed. All that having been said, Johnny Law was probably well off to the side of the road, enjoying doughnuts when you blasted by and he just recorded a speed with a 'high tangent error'. You Vette speedo was dead on.

 

And that's about the best you can do digitally.
99.001 mph and 99.99 mph will still read 99 mph digitally.

 

I drive through there all the time to go visit my daughter in Salt Lake City. My driving from S. Calif.. The NHP has always watched that area as previously mentioned for the same reason previously mentioned. Get yourself a ValentineOne radar/laser detector. They are worth their weight in gold. I'm going through there again next Wednesday and will be watching again. Another bad place is just slightly north of Mesquite, NV in Arizona and of course from the Calif. border into Las Vegas is always mined with NHP, except on Friday nights when the traffic is terrible...they don't want us Californian's to stop spending our money up there, so they don't appear to write as many tickets on that day. I might be full of crap now too as I try to avoid that day on my trips. Thats just what I use to see.

 

ouch

 

Peak hold or lock function:

 

Cop in the middle of nowhere. "Protect and serve" my butt. He should have been wearing a mask. On the other hand, you should invest in a 8500 or V1.

 

Most of us do stupid things from time to time! I got stopped in NYS not to many years ago doing WELL into triple digits with my Porsche. I was on the NYS Thruway late at night and decided to see what this baby would do. At the time I was a CT state LEO and nothing happened except to politely ask me to slow down while driving in New York State! I know some are going to howl it’s wasn’t fair but lots of things in life aren’t fair. It was a stupid moment on my part that fortunately didn’t cost me or anyone else anything bad. If I lived out west however I know it’d be very difficult not to test out my vette a few times!

 

When he said he could see for about 3 miles and no traffic, I don't think a radar detector would help.

With no one in front of him to trigger the police radar, a detector would not go off until he was checked.

And, I'm sure these guys are running instant on radar and not constant mode, especially if he was sitting still waiting for someone to open it up on this road.

 

you think you will have a license after this? Not in NY you would be in jail till you posted bond and the car would be impound and probably confiscated. Good Luck.

 

do you even drive your Z06? what a waste

 

oh come on glen step on it do 90 and weave in and out, you can sleep in longer

 

i always try my best to max them out. just need a good window(no traffic) and i peg them @60mph real quick shame they dont read higher.

 

The ones here go way over 60.

 

Quote:
Originally Posted by normlunt
I'm a little suprised that this thread is still alive.
I have a suggestion. Why don't the guys posting about their excessive speeding tickets & extreme speeds on public roads do humanity a favor and keep those speeds on a closed course / race track where they belong. Just MHO.

Yes jklarkpimp, I'm advocating restraint when driving on public roads. As a result, do you think I'm wasting my Z06?

BTW, I take my cars to the drags, autocross often and do track days (150 mph + on a closed course). What do you do? I hope you don't just flat-foot it on public roads...

From reading this thread where I see 175 MPH on a public highway and 100+ in a 25 MPH zone, I think some guys need to slow down, because,

1. If there is an accident and a driver is speeding excessively there is a reasonable chance that the driver will not only get a speeding ticket but face some pretty serious charges. Speeding tickets are often the least of the worries. If there is no accident and no one is hurt, then maybe it's just that the car is impounded and the driver goes without a license for an extended period of time (some people's livelihood depends on being able to drive) and pays for it in insurance rates. But, God forbid, if there is a wreck and someone dies as a result, it could be vehiclular homocide, jury trial ... and then you could be that sparkle in the eye of Big John in Cell Block A.

2. I watched the insurance industry of the late 1960s and early 1970s help kill performance cars (along with smog control). There was too much street drag racing going on and too many accidents. Cars in the last few years are getting some astounding HP and I hope the drivers are careful so that we can keep enjoying these cars.

3. When a Corvette goes screaming by, it probably just adds to the public's negative perception of some Corvette owners.

Just MHO.

Norm

 

Personally before I got a vette seeing them fly by just made me envious. I do get your point though.

 

I would have done the same thing, and, if I knew for sure that the LEO would treat me as nicely and not give me a ticket for Careless driving, I would pay him on the spot to see if it will really do the 185! Three miles of visiablity is good enough warning unless a Jack Rabbitt decides to step across the road , and in that case, may we both R.I.P.

35- 40,000 people killed a year in the US in car accidents. I will take my chances @ speed in the desert in a new well maintained Vette over dodging drunks and Socker Moms talking on the cell phone in suburbia.