JoesC5

Hate to break the bad news to you, but it isn't necessary to drive through Wyoming to get to Salina, KS from Deadwood, South Dakota.

And US385 doesn't go through Wyoming.

aerobaticflyer

So he wrote you for 8 over on a wide open highway in your Vette. As a former LEO I would even call that a chicken S*#t ticket.

Rebel Yell

I don't blame you at all RR. Many (not all) bring their bad habits along with them, and can screw up an anvil with a claw hammer. (They have infested my area of the south). Up your way is some of the most beautiful land in America IMHO. If it didn't get so dad-gum cold up there I would move to Montana in New York minute to get away from them "coastie's". But I'm old now, and hate the cold weather.

BTW everyone, we were in the Badlands last year and saw some highways posted at 80 mph.



brother. I called them "cheap tickets, and would have a "come to Jesus" meeting with my Rookies for bringing them to me. Just to much a waste of time on crap like that.

Pro-Hunt

My wife was just fine at 186mph. She won't drive over about 140 but has no problem with me doing it.

DPC57

It is if you are sightseeing and want to go thru Scotts Bluff

And congrats you were correct, at that point we were on 85, Left Deadwood on 385 and didn't give it much thought

cheapthrills

I would not be able to hold back on that road, clearly I'd be driving arrest me speeds, beautiful.

Judgment Day

Okay, you got me on that.

On a sadder note, Michigan...southeastern Michigan is the polar opposite. Literally every freeway is either closed entirely, has condensed lanes, or is under construction. I swear, they need to change our state flag to a picture of an orange construction traffic cone. I'll be driving this Labor Day weekend, but probably just around the Jefferson coast line, where the roads are peaceful and serene

fsvoboda

In fairness, Michigan did change many rural interstates to a 75 mph limit a year or so ago, which in my experience makes traffic move more smoothly--with less variation in speed from car to car. You can run up to 80 and even if you did get a ticket, less than 5 over is a fine but no points. Near Detroit traffic often moves faster, whatever the posted limit.

"Orange Barrel Season" is a thing in Michigan. A lot of freeze/thaw cycles plus deferred maintenance set this up over decades in SE Michigan. On I-69 through Flint they currently are reconstructing the entire road right down to the roadbed. I'm told that the original concrete had still been there since the 1940s, with a lot of joint repair. (They would saw out the old joints and put in a few feet of new concrete, which meant that you had twice as many concrete joints.) The new stuff seems great, though still not done when I drove through a week or so ago.

_zebra

be careful running through WY... even at 65, the winds there ripped the bed cover fabric right off my truck 2 of the 3 times it's ever happened.... hence my current aluminum one. i have enjoyed a couple straight stretches out there in the car when i was stationed in Rapid City, though. real easy to spot critters & cops.

Cyber Gray here, too, and it's a cool effect sometimes.

NWOZO6

What I wouldn't give for traffic like that in Ohio!

R50THC5

Cops hell!!! years ago, had to lay on the binders to a grinding stop because of cattle on the road to Big Horn mountain east of Cody Wy. As I slowly drove past a calf, it stared at me from the middle of the road. I could hear it say "Who the Hell are you on MY road? It's like worrying about armadillo's on I-37 (I think) San Antonio to Corpus Christi Tx at 125...Yikes.....Save the wave..

AK Goat

speedlink

I agree, I've driven across country many times. Most recently this summer. Always set my cruise at 8-9 over. Passed many LEO's and never been pulled over!

patentcad

On that road with that traffic load and those weather/driving conditions that would be ~ 150mph.

DPC57

Almost

ricks327

As a retired LEO (many years ago) from a northern Detroit suburb, we used a standard of 11MPH over to warrant a traffic stop. In my many travels through the USA, if I was under 10mph over, I never encountered a traffic stop. Our thought process was that there was many fish in the pond, why catch a small one?

ricks327

Understand that radar is harder to isolate a speeder with heavy traffic but much easier to ID a speeder in light traffic. Laser is a whole different story though.

Vetteman Jack

With a view like that in the OP, it would be very difficult to keep the pedal off the floor.

fsvoboda

Steer, meet C7, C7, meet steer.

DPC57

I'd be a lot less worried about hitting a steer at 150 on that open range than I am every day about hitting a deer at 35 in the semi- rural area I live in.