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though if you are all alone on a highway in the country, especially at night, it's also not a good idea to go too far over the limit
Never been pulled over in 5+ years. Only once in NJ in 20 years due to a broken rear light, which was just a warning.
I generally never go over 5 mph over the speed limit, especially in the city. Highways are a different story because everyone drives like a maniac, tbh.
though if you are all alone on a highway in the country, especially at night, it's also not a good idea to go too far over the limit
The exception probably being West Texas, where you want to get the out of there ASAP.
I try not to drive at night, tbh... especially long hauls.
What's stupid on the OP is why the truck didn't have dealer tags? Never seen a dealer not have tags on their cars, especially for test drives.
last time i was pulled over was in 2019 in virginia. was driving back from washington DC after picking up my in-laws from the airport early morning (~90 minute drive each way). was one of those patches of highway that runs through a town and the speed limit drops, and i didnt notice it. got a speeding ticket, did the online class thingy and got the point off my record
traffic enforcement here in vegas is abysmal. running red lights is an epidemic here. that and people driving with expired tags or no tags at all. its wild
on I-95? I don't think that's possible....... they only enforce the state speed limit there. I've driven like 95 in 55's on the interstate through big cities and never worried about getting pulled over. Off the interstate.... different deal, I got a ticket in 2022 in the mail from Chicago for allegedly driving 28 in a 20 mph zone through a city park area (never paid it lol, those mail tickets don't really add to your record and they're too small to be pursued, just like the red light tickets in the mail). Whereas, in the same city of Chicago, you can easily do 115 on the Dan Ryan in the left lane (you do less in the left lane and you get honked at possibly shot at)..... no problemo.
If you're talking about a country road (not interstate) that actually runs THROUGH a town, not bypasses over it, then yeah, those are the ones that get ya. Argued my way out of a ticket on Oct. 17, 2020 in the wee hours for going 60 in a 50mph speed trap through a small town at night and I was a tired (but not drunk). The town didn't even have stop lights or hardly any civilization and I missed the speed sign that lasted about a quarter mile. I did get a ride shotgun in the cop car, cop car was cool and we bonded over talking about how the Covid restrictions were stupid and hoping Trump beats Biden. It was in rural central Nebraska driving down US-81 a little south of Norfolk, NE.
Agree, West Texas is one of the worst drives, the only good thing about it is when it's over. Regardless of whether you're coming from Colorado or from El Paso, that whole part of the state is dry, dusty, cheerless, and monotone. There's a lot of places in that area where you reasonably can do 100+ on a 75 on the back roads (there aren't really a ton of little towns out that way to get ya on the speed trap) though personally I wouldn't go over 82 on I-10 unless that's the speed of the rest of traffic (but there hardly is much traffic on I-10 too far west of SA, more deer than cars honestly).
It's really the deer that you've got to watch out for driving on I-10 and other rural roads at night. Junction area has a specifically bad deer infestation problem. One time in October 2017 when my mom and grandma and I were driving to Colorado we headed out at night and at the gas station a whole herd of deer stood in the middle of the street getting gas at the S near that croaky old bridge there in Junction.
Depends on the state, when I was in California test driving a car a few months ago it had a regular CA license plate, no "dealer". But yes I've seen those Texas "Dealer" or "Exempt" license plates.
Isn't the speed limit like 85 mph there? It's like they want you to get the out because if your car breaks down, you're SOL.
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