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Originally Posted by ForceofWill
Be glad you're in CA. Last time I got clocked at 81 in VA it cost me $1500, 3 month suspension and a criminal misdemeanor charge for reckless driving plus 90 days of jail time. The judge reiterated how nice he was being for suspending my jail time lol.
This was with a lawyer.
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If moved to Florida, that judge would have his plate full just handling the above 100 mph infractions !!!
It seems that we have high tolerance for speeders down here, as everybody travels at light speed.
In Florida, I know nobody going to court
without a lawyer and getting any positive results.
Each case that I have known, showing up with no lawyer has meant walking out with license points plus ticket plus court fees.
LEO's always showed up in those cases.
Having a radar reading is evidence that the officer witnessed and that the judge will use in favor of the ticket system.
Street riders should never travel much above the speed limit.
Some limits are absurd for the conditions, but most indicate that accidents related to speed have happened on that area and/or that hidden dangers exist.
The biggest factor that affects your risk is speed.
When things start to go wrong, nothing triggers the survival and panic reactions like high speed.
Yes, we should speed up out of bad situations some times, but as a rule, we should not be flying on public roads:
it is simply too risky.
As you speed increases, the kinetic energy that your bike accumulates increases at a much higher rate (squarely).
Your brakes are the only way to drain that energy out ........... or colliding against something.
https://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124041
https://198.50.222.41/forums/showthread.php?t=137312
https://www.ninjette.org/forums/show...13&postcount=7
With time, a good street rider (the type that survives for years) develops a sense for appropriate speed according to conditions that most times remains within 10%~15% above the posted limits.
Swerving to avoid a crash and stopping in time is always much more difficult than speeding.
