[Vwdiesel] OT uniformed tax collectors coming to a state near you

[Tad]

Loren, you may have a point about out-of-state plates (also
rural/urban may differ).

Admittedly it was over a decade back now, but I had a cop tell me
outright (while writing me a ticket for 72 in a 50 zone in the
Terwilliger curves on I-5) that if I had "only" been going 15 over he
wouldn't have bothered stopping me.

And before anybody gets worked up about excessive speed... A) I've
slowed down a lot since then, and B) I was only going that fast
because I was following a guy who was going even faster. :)
Unfortunately, when I asked why he didn't stop the other guy, the cop
said "what other guy?". :)

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 6:59 PM,  <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/5/2012 2:48:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> tadc at europa.com writes:
>
> Thanks  for the tip though, I'll be transiting WA next week.
> Fortunately the cops  here in OR tend to err on the side of
> reasonableness most of the time(e.g.  9-over is generally safe)... I
> guess to offset our unreasonably low speed  limits. :)
>
>
>
>
> Apparently not if you're from out of state then.  I've heard  from
> several people "Don't speed in Oregon!!!"  Many from WA have been
> pulled over for just a couple over.  Most of the troopers I've talked  to
> here, allow 7mph, if you aren't doing something stupid.  I rarely will
> push it past 4mph over.
>
>  Thanks for the original heads up though, t dv!  They usually  don't go
> for speed trap stunts on that side of the mountains.  My nephew
> commented the other week how he hadn't had a speeding ticket
> since he moved to the Puget Sound area.  He's even passed cops
> at over 70mph, in a 60mph and they just wave.
>    Loren
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