Anyone notice higher volume highway patrols

Folks, I just drove down to DC and back on a business trip in my Pcar the past two days. It was amazing to see how many police cars were out there ticketing people. My V1 save me at least 4-5 times and other times there were unmarked cars pacing traffic. Is the government so short on their tax revenue that they are just using this method to collect money. Feel better now.

yup 100% agree....more laws, more fines, more patrols and more enforcement along with LESS FREEDOM We also have cameras popping up everywhere.. even in public parks??? big Brother is getting TOO big, time to overthrow it,... then again we have become to comfortable to do that, and they know it. E's $0.02

Come to Ontario. We are are living in a policed state, get caught 50 over our increadible low speed limits and they take your car away and leave you and your family on the side of the road. Don't even try using your V1 here, they will ****** that up and destroy it and charge you with a $500 fine.

I drove through Ontario last month in a rented 4 runner from the US. While trying very hard to find a parking spot near the restaurant Opus, excellent dinner spot btw, a very nice parking enforcement officer told me that I can park anywhere and the Canadian government will not pursue cars with US plates. I don't know if it applies to speeding tickets as well.

Here in the US we're lucky - in the UK they are looking at deploying the automated 'average speed camera' system to thousands more of miles of motorway. http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/SPECS.htm So you're under their watchful eye effectively for the whole trip - no slowing down just for the camera positions - your V1 is not going to save you. It's cruise control, and sit back at the speed limit - you have no choice. So until we get that system here in the Land of the free - let's enjoy what freedoms we have....

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Speeding is a criminal offense, parking isn't.

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That is F'd up !!! We need to start working on Laser pointers that "blind" those bastards... any laser will work, but you have to hit the lens while driving... there is the trick.. any ideas?

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for any moving violation they can get to you if your state has a reciprocal agreement with the Canadian provinces. Unfortunately, most do.

just start a campaign to have soccer hulligans spray paint over the lenses at night.

Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme must have closed down in their areas.

So Cal freeways are still pretty open, very rarely see radar down here on freeways. Sometimes people even move out of the fast lane, imagine that.... They always get a friendly wave. The locals use laser on the streets, so radar detectors are really useless.

It's just a matter of time when fixed speed cameras will be everywhere, particularly on interstate highways. That's when the only place to have any fun at all with your car will be the track.

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Nah, just drive as fast as you want and then stop for dinner/lunch before finishing your trip. That should bring the average way down.

Seems to be about the same to me.

I really can't say it there has been an increase in highways patrols. My Honda doesn't go fast enough to allow me to legally use the highways, since most highways have minumum speed limits.

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You need one of those grapefruit shooter exhaust tips to get you up to speed.

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<pulling the BS lever> come on, thats a good looking Honda.... sort of car thingy LOL Dont put it down too much ... afterall, you bought it and when you keep saying what POS it is, you are putting yourself down too... It was a well thought out plan, stick with it, and when the time is right, make a new choice... Choices have to be enforced as good ones so we feel we have the power to make more of them!!!

Here in NJ, not only has there been an increase in police presence, the NJ Highway authority recently LOWERED the speed limit from 65 to 55 on a highly utilized 30 mile portion of the parkway. With very little signage noting the chages. Talk about a nightmare. At any given time you have people doing exactly the limit (55) and those that didn't realize or don't care about the change, and are still buzzing down that road at roughly 15 mph over the 65 limit. 55 and 80+ on the same road - FUN!!