Got a speeding ticket. Driving 55 mph on 50 mph road

[wherespankakehouse?]

Would anybody care to handicap safe speeds for rural interstate in ND, SD, IA, WI, MN?

I usually set cruise control for 77 (70 limit) on I-35 S to Iowa and have never had a problem in MN. Anybody ever get pulled over on that stretch? How fast were you going?

As soon as I hit Iowa I bump it down to 73 (70 limit), get paranoid, and bump it down to 72.5.

Went right by a state trooper in rural Nebraska cruising at 85 (75 limit).

I have a Thanksgiving trip to Denver coming up, so any experiences with these roads would be greatly appreciated.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by wherespankakehouse?

Would anybody care to handicap safe speeds for rural interstate in ND, SD, IA, WI, MN?

I usually set cruise control for 77 (70 limit) on I-35 S to Iowa and have never had a problem in MN. Anybody ever get pulled over on that stretch? How fast were you going?

As soon as I hit Iowa I bump it down to 73 (70 limit), get paranoid, and bump it down to 72.5.

Went right by a state trooper in rural Nebraska cruising at 85 (75 limit).

I have a Thanksgiving trip to Denver coming up, so any experiences with these roads would be greatly appreciated.

Have driven many of these roads and I usually keep my speed to within 10% above the posted limit but may cheat a bit above that depending on the prevailing traffic and have passed many a trooper doing so without a response. Would agree that the number of HPs stopping folks in Iowa leads me to a much closer adherence to those limits there. Nebraska seems far and away the best chance to drive with impunity above the posted limits.

[garypagetwo]

Originally Posted by hellomayank

Hello Friends,
This is Mayank here.
The incident happened in County of Anoka on a 50mph speed limit road
I got a speeding ticket for driving on 55 on 50 road. The office asked me why did I stopped you I said I might be driving on 55 but he told I was well over 60. Then he handed me a ticket which stated 55 and the speed limit is 50.

I am not afraid of paying the fine but I already had 1 speeding ticket on me and my insurance is pretty high.

Well is there anybody who can let me know if I get the points for this speeding violation and it will affect my insurance again.

Also should I contest this ticket? What is the procedure.

Please help me

Thanks!

Owned !

[runewell]

Originally Posted by wherespankakehouse?

Would anybody care to handicap safe speeds for rural interstate in ND, SD, IA, WI, MN?

I usually set cruise control for 77 (70 limit) on I-35 S to Iowa and have never had a problem in MN. Anybody ever get pulled over on that stretch? How fast were you going?

As soon as I hit Iowa I bump it down to 73 (70 limit), get paranoid, and bump it down to 72.5.

Went right by a state trooper in rural Nebraska cruising at 85 (75 limit).

I have a Thanksgiving trip to Denver coming up, so any experiences with these roads would be greatly appreciated.

I live in Des Moines and drive up to the Twin Cities for some holidays. I set the cruise control on 78-79 and have yet to get stopped for it. But I have a GPS unit that I bring with to make sure; my spedometer is rarely off more than 1mph but I don't want that to be the difference.

[sholomar]

Originally Posted by wherespankakehouse?

Would anybody care to handicap safe speeds for rural interstate in ND, SD, IA, WI, MN?

I usually set cruise control for 77 (70 limit) on I-35 S to Iowa and have never had a problem in MN. Anybody ever get pulled over on that stretch? How fast were you going?

As soon as I hit Iowa I bump it down to 73 (70 limit), get paranoid, and bump it down to 72.5.

Went right by a state trooper in rural Nebraska cruising at 85 (75 limit).

I have a Thanksgiving trip to Denver coming up, so any experiences with these roads would be greatly appreciated.

I've gone 77 through I-90 in southern MN a couple dozen times and have never gotten a ticket. I'm usually among the fastest 10% of drivers though. For some reason MN drivers on I-90 just drive SLOW. It's roughly 275 miles to get through the state and 250 of them are flat, farmland, where you can see for miles.

I did see one time a group of 5 or 6 cars going over 100 (I made it up to 95 and they were still pulling away at a considerable pace) ... about 5 minutes later 4 squad cars flew by going probably 130-140 and pulled them all over. Needless to say if you go that fast people are going to use their cell phones and report you.

[roselily]

Really? My experience on I-90 is most folks drive 80-85 MPH.

But don't even THINK about speeding in Wisconsin. They'll give tickets for 3 miles over, and the fines are quite a bit higher there.