Driving eastbound toward the Beltway today, I saw one of the Metro Transit (or whoever they are) police cars pull away from the right shoulder at one of the widened areas. My initial thought was that this car had just finished a traffic stop, although there I did not see another vehicle leaving the scene. The police car moved quickly into traffic, and into the lane adjacent the left-most lane, came up behind a pickup truck, and pulled him over. I had not noticed the truck before, and do not know if it was traveling at excessive speed, but traffic was moving, so I continued on, not knowing what precipitated the pullover.

On my way home, westbound on the Dulles Toll Road, between the Tysons toll plaza and Wolf Trap, I noticed, on the Airport access road, at a cutout where police cars traditionally sit and run radar on cars on the airport road, a Metro Transit officer (or, like I said, whoever they are), standing up on a berm pointing a radar gun at cars traveling on the Toll side of the road. I was not going too much over the speed limit, nor were the cars right around me, and I got off at my exit before seeing any pursuit vehicles possibly called in by Mr. Radar Gun.

Just wondering if there is any word out regarding new strategies or tactics being employed to catch speeders out on the Toll Road (at least the part that is in Fairfax County)...

And, yes, for you trolls, I occasionally drive at speeds in excess of the posted limits, and should probably be doing time at the Fairfax County ADC, or whatever place you deem would be appropriate for such transgressions.

I see them running radar on top of the metro parking overpass west bound in the morning.

they let you get away with 9mph over at 55+, or 4mph over at 45-.

its a reasonable margin.

dont drive like an asshole and you wont get a ticket.

Thanks for the advice, troll

who is the troll?

excessive speed is the number one cause of accidents.

i know you think you are a better driver than everyone else, and you probably are. but that gives you no right to endanger everyone else.

share the road, dick.

Unless the law has changed that is illegal in VA. The officer that witnesses the offense, in this case speeding, must also write the ticket. It has to do with an old case and something called the chain of evidence. - Reedy v. Commonwealth of Virginia

How does the officer ahead know that he got the correct "Red pickup?"



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On the access roadway, you will run into Federal Police, and MWAA (Metro Washington Airport Authority) Police. Also, State Troopers are all over the place on the Toll Road itself.

If you travel the road often enough, you end up knowing all the hiding places by heart.

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j Wrote:
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> they let you get away with 9mph over at 55+, or
> 4mph over at 45-.
>
> its a reasonable margin.
>
> dont drive like an asshole and you wont get a
> ticket.


The whole 10 over concept is being disregarded in some locales now, due to the "recession". Even in Alexandria recently, a council member bitched out the police department for not issuing enough traffic citations. So, the next time you end up getting a ticket for something that is actually dumb (Like only going a few MPH over the limit when in reasonable conditions, or for pulling too far foward at a stop sign before completely stopping), blame the brass, or the politicians. Some cops are just asses in regard to citations, but most of them have a lot of pressure placed upon them to meet an unofficial set quota.

As far as I know, the 10 MPH highway speed limit leeway is mostly due to the alarm setting on the radar guns. A cop doesn't want to give chase everytime someone goes a reasonably acceptable amount over the limit, because then they'd be writing up paperwork non-stop, 24/7. Like I stated above though, I've heard that in some locations cops have been turning down the alarm settings on their window mounted units. Just be wary of driving through small towns.

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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).



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ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> On the access roadway, you will run into Federal
> Police, and MWAA (Metro Washington Airport
> Authority) Police. Also, State Troopers are all
> over the place on the Toll Road itself.
>
> If you travel the road often enough, you end up
> knowing all the hiding places by heart.


I travel the Toll Road every day, and know the usual hot spots, which is why I was curious (intellectual curiousity) as to whether there might be a new method being used.

And to Junior Safety Patrolman "j", I am rarely on the Toll Road at times when I can even attain the speed limit, and even when I am on at less congested times (like today), I rarely get much past 60 on my speedometer. I was hoping to possibly get some feedback as to whether that will now put me in danger of being pulled over. I will put up my driving record against yours, and would bet that I do no worse than a tie.

I constantly see speeders roaring past me at much higher than the posted speed limits and wonder "where are the cops?" They do it with such impunity you have to believe that the possibility if getting caught isn't even a credible deterrent in these parts anymore.

j Wrote:
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> who is the troll?
>
> excessive speed is the number one cause of
> accidents.
>
> i know you think you are a better driver than
> everyone else, and you probably are. but that
> gives you no right to endanger everyone else.
>
> share the road, dick.

I'd suggest that DIFFERENCE in vehicle speed is the number one cause of accidents. Causes of vehicle speed disparity is caused by poorly trained drivers who can't seem to muster the skill nor courage to travel at the predominant speeds on our area roads as much as it is "speeders".

Everyone is in a hurry to get in front of you.

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> Everyone is in a hurry to get in front of you.

Because they are all such important people, and their time is so much more valuable than yours.

i hate driving around slow people, it gets on my nerbs. anyways i try not to go over 10 miles avobe the speed limit. now when im driving my work vehicle it's a different story. i do have some respect for the told road i try not to go avobe the speed limit there i know that road pretty well.

DER TAKIN' ER....NERBS?