LEOs that have worked traffic....question for ya

[cofi]

how many miles an hour over the posted limit would be the trigger for you to pull someone over?

coming from jersey i was used to 10-15 over would be the standard for traffic to flow and anything outside of that would get you pulled over.......well the other day on my way up to woodland park on 24 every ones doing the colorado 5 under and i realized there were actually curves ahead....imagine that so im put putting through some nice s turns and i come around a corner and BOOM theres a statie he flipped on his lights and im thinking im fucked.....look at the dash im doing 2 over.....he cut off his lights right away im assuming it was a warning to slow down.....

back east i dont even think the trooper would have woken up from his nap for 2 over

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I got a traffic citation for 4 mph last year. I havent received a ticket for 7 years prior and it was in another state. So it's not like I'm a habitual traffic offender and no it wasn't in a school zone.

[Ronin13]

Depends on the jurisdiction- most of the JCSO folks I know won't bother with 1-9 over, but once you hit that 10+ mark they'll at least make a stop. Now if you ever travel through Morrison, don't even bother doing the speed limit, they'll pop you for 1 over, and I don't know anyone (self included) that has been pulled over by Morrison PD and NOT gotten a ticket.

[Clint45]

"I'm not speeding . . . I just look fast."

[OneGuy67]

When I was on patrol, on Interstate highways, I wouldn't look at you unless you were 15 MPH over and wouldn't write anyone for speeding unless it was 20 MPH + over and usually there was some other issue being written as well; NPOI, suspended license, etc. On regular streets, it was generally 10 MPH over for a contact. School zones, much less. Contacts didn't mean tickets though. Most were meet and greets.

[Dingo]

Depends on the jurisdiction- most of the JCSO folks I know won't bother with 1-9 over, but once you hit that 10+ mark they'll at least make a stop. Now if you ever travel through Morrison, don't even bother doing the speed limit, they'll pop you for 1 over, and I don't know anyone (self included) that has been pulled over by Morrison PD and NOT gotten a ticket.

Agreed. On I-25, it seems to be safe(ish) to do 10 over as long as traffic is behaving likewise. In smaller locales (particularly the rich hippie zones like Boulder outskirts, Morrisson, Larkspur etc, ) it can be for as little as 2 - 4 over. (My dad got popped for FOUR over in Sedalia) Although they can ticket you for pretty much anything... my brother got a misdemeanor "reckless driving" charge for daring to pass a trooper AT THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT on a snowy day. The roads weren't slick yet, there was little traffic, and visibility was fine. He was more polite than I would have been, but the bitch must've been on her special time of the month and ticketed him anyway.

[Dingo]

When I was on patrol, on Interstate highways, I wouldn't look at you unless you were 15 MPH over and wouldn't write anyone for speeding unless it was 20 MPH + over and usually there was some other issue being written as well; NPOI, suspended license, etc. On regular streets, it was generally 10 MPH over for a contact. School zones, much less. Contacts didn't mean tickets though. Most were meet and greets.

Wish there were more like you out there...

[vossman]

Hwy 24 is always watched by the SP. I work for a shop up in WP and travel it often so I keep to the speed limit. I see more folks getting tickets on that one road than all of CS it seems. The twistys just west of Cave of the Winds and then west of the entrance to Pikes Peak Hwy are the worst.

[BushMasterBoy]

Hiway 24 is a bad road, lots of curves and blind entries onto the hiway. Has been a few washouts from from the Waldo Canyon fire and the road was blocked by a landslide. Then you have the inmates picking up trash from the gamblers and tourists. Not to mention the drunks from free or cheap Cripple Creek booze. It must be a bitch to patrol if there is a wreck with all the twisties and canyon walls. Then you have the tourists with the big motorhomes who have never been to the mountains. I was approaching the landslide when it happened coming down 24 to the Springs and the State Patrol had the traffic moving again eastbound in ten minutes. I was impressed.

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[sniper7]

Anything over the limit is capable of getting a ticket. Just depends on the state of their coffers and how pissed off the guy is at the time. T is amazing to me that there are certain days in a month where you see zero cops and then another day there is one every mile or two.