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Originally Posted by RPiM5
You clearly don't understand where he is coming from. It's a completely different world over on the West Coast. You can literally get away with murder on the highways there. It IS a matter of fact. Statistically speaking, California is a WAY bigger state and there are WAY more people living per square mile and there simply are nowhere near enough CHP to try and catch everyone. He was absolutely right, unless they already have a chopper overhead, they are most likely not going to chase you. Also to give you some more perspective, there are rally events held in SoCal from time to time where the Highway Patrol will actually escort exotic cars who pay a lot of money(usually in the name of some charity) and let the drivers drive their personal cars however fast they want on the public highway. We once were doing 140+mph on the 5 with a CHP motorcycle cop right in front of us, escorting. It's just a different lifestyle out there and in my opinion it's paradise. Nothing like what happens in SoCal can ever happen on the East Coast. The East Coast takes law enforcement differently and they pay their troopers better and give them much better equipment for catching speeders. Most East Coast states have tougher laws too, Connecticut anything over 85mph is wreckless driving, Virginia over any speed limit by 20mph and that's a wreckless charge, and so on. California, 100mph is wreckless and most of the time with a good lawyer you can get off with no points. I've seen it happen so many times. By the way, I'm just talking about SoCal here, NorCal is different as well, but not nearly as bad as the East Coast either.
So I wouldn't be so quick to judge others on their habits of driving. I always say that as long as you are not endangering other people on the road, it's all good. If you are the only soul on a deserted road at 2am and you want to do 200mph and run the risk of killing just yourself, then it's all good in my opinion.  |
What did I miss?
I lived in LA area for about 6 months and never paid attention to how loose things can be when it comes to speeding,
Too late to go back
I am hitting 40 soon -
