Guess how fast I'm going and IO encounter...
Not too many places in SoCal has traffic light enough to safely go at a nice clip during the day. But when the conditions allow it, people here often don't give much regard to the PSL. Just for fun, can you guys guess my speed during the 1 minute clip below? The PSL is 65 and this is on the 5 FWY in San Diego County S/B.
Next clip is N/B. I slowed to about 72 by the time the black car in the #4 lane passed CHP where I would be in clear shot of his radar. I'm pretty sure the black car passed CHP at about 80. I got a little worried as the CHP pulled out and went right into the #1 lane behind me. I was relieve when he pulled into the center median shoulder. So, would this count as a save with my Passport?
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I would guess your speed at about 85 in the first clip.
You got lucky in the 2nd clip.
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Couple years ago I got picked out of a group of about 5 cars in about the same exact situation and location. However, I didn't have a Passport and ignored the beeping from my RD as it was alway beeping at anything and everything it passed. Our group passed the CHP at about 85 and he got me (us). He admitted everyone in the group was going the same speed but I was the lucky one he picked to pull over. :( With the Passport when it goes off I instantly hit the brakes because 90% of the time there is a good reason for it to go off.
If I was not on the phone I probably would have noticed the white cruiser on the shoulder when he first became visible on the bend. However, I was not on normal alert mode talking on the phone and didn't start to react until about when the IO hit. I'm very careful to slow down when I see any black or white car on the shoulder or any motorcycle. I typically slow down when I get a call but I had a double distraction. My bluetooth did not activate so I had to manually grab the phone for the call and that added to the distraction in noticing the threat.
I'll wait for a couple more guesses to post the speed of the flow of traffic in the first clip.
That banana avatar gets me so off track in my mind every time I see it...
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Didn't look at the responses yet. To be quite honest I have a hard to estimating without white lines which I'm so used to in my videos. Also I don't know what speeds people run around your area, so it's hard to compare. I'd estimate your speed at right around 86-89, maybe touching over 90 occasionally.
In regards to the I/O he was way off axis, so I doubt he got much of a reading on you guys, and if he did it was probably pretty low.
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Originally Posted by
904nm
Not too many places in SoCal has traffic light enough to safely go at a nice clip during the day. But when the conditions allow it, people here often don't give much regard to the PSL. Just for fun, can you guys guess my speed during the 1 minute clip below? The PSL is 65 and this is on the 5 FWY in San Diego County S/B.
You just passed the Metrolink/Coaster maintenance facility and are emerging from Camp Pendleton heading into Oceanside. I usually do triple digits through that stretch, and always in the right lane (because of all the morons clogging up the left lanes doing 75 - 80). Since you are barely passing the rest of traffic, I'm going to guess 85.
What do I win? :D
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Originally Posted by
swarga
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Originally Posted by
904nm
Not too many places in SoCal has traffic light enough to safely go at a nice clip during the day. But when the conditions allow it, people here often don't give much regard to the PSL. Just for fun, can you guys guess my speed during the 1 minute clip below? The PSL is 65 and this is on the 5 FWY in San Diego County S/B.
You just passed the Metrolink/Coaster maintenance facility and are emerging from Camp Pendleton heading into Oceanside. I usually do triple digits through that stretch, and always in the right lane (because of all the morons clogging up the left lanes doing 75 - 80). Since you are barely passing the rest of traffic, I'm going to guess 85.
What do I win? :D
I'll report who is closest tonight! ;)
Re: Guess how fast I'm going and IO encounter...
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Originally Posted by
904nm
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Originally Posted by
swarga
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Originally Posted by
904nm
Not too many places in SoCal has traffic light enough to safely go at a nice clip during the day. But when the conditions allow it, people here often don't give much regard to the PSL. Just for fun, can you guys guess my speed during the 1 minute clip below? The PSL is 65 and this is on the 5 FWY in San Diego County S/B.
You just passed the Metrolink/Coaster maintenance facility and are emerging from Camp Pendleton heading into Oceanside. I usually do triple digits through that stretch, and always in the right lane (because of all the morons clogging up the left lanes doing 75 - 80). Since you are barely passing the rest of traffic, I'm going to guess 85.
What do I win? :D
I'll report who is closest tonight! ;)
Tease!!!! :p
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At least I don't have that avatar with the banana!
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The winner is Donut Patrol! For a good stretch the #1 lane was going at 90 even. The video clip is at 90. The #2 lane was over 85 as you can see I was passing the cars in the #2 lane rather slowly. So there are plenty of potential customers for the CHP along the 5 freeway between OC and SD with a 65 PSL! When I got cited a couple years ago the CHP office said he only pulls over cars going in excess of 80. So I guess that means he pulls over just about every single car that is driving on the 5 FWY when it's not rush hour.
It is strange when I travel in other states where people actually obey the PSL during light traffic conditions. :confused:
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90? ninety? noventa?
5+ psl here and you're traveling at hyper speed. 10+ and I'm passing so fast they can't even see the driver. 20+ you're sitting on the side of the road because of instant on.