[BMWCSRegistry] Car Related (Coupes and other BMW included)

[Art Wegweiser]

James and Couperini,

Still using an old Escort?- you have been fortunate.
VA still using their storm trooper tactics to confiscate a detector? 
Gotta think fast and hide it quick.
Even CT and MI dumped their ban - don't know about DC but from what I 
have seen on the Beltway, nobody gives damn anyway and the police are 
not anxious to enter that Mongolian Cluster F at ck traffic.

Valentine claims their unit cannot be detected by the Gestapo out 
there. I tend to agree from my experience over many years. Including 
in Canada on trips to Toronto on the QE Way.
Which, on the last several dozen miles into that city, becomes the 
closest I have ever seen in North America  to the  balls out 
Autobahn. I find it great fun and that the Canadians are generally 
more polite than our USA drivers.

Except in the West and Texas and selected places, where is the limit 
over 70. KS once had 80 on its Turnpike but is it back?
In PA we still have 65 max anywhere although, to their credit, the 
Troopers are not too over eager to give chase unless over 75 or 
driving like an idiot. I wait for a reply to my inquiry to my State 
law makers about police ticketing the use of cell phones, failure to 
signal for a lane change or left lane hogs.

But we do still have what seems a rather arbitrary 55 mph in some places.
Traffic engineering standards have been developed using the 85th 
percentile to set a limit.
How many jurisdictions bother to use it? Not enough revenue in it.

Check out the major group acting to help drivers in many ways and not 
just speed although they were a major force in finally revoking the 
National 55 limit - how many of you out there remember that bit of 
Federal stupidity?   NMA  National Motorist Association:  
www.motorists.org  You may not agree with all of their positions on 
traffic and driving issues but I heartily endorse them. Joining them 
is a few bucks very well spent.

Random stops with no cause, road blocks, traffic light cameras, 
kangaroo traffic courts,  better training for young people than the 
basketball coach in High School,  institute and enforce lane changing 
signal and left lane bandit laws, consideration of retesting of 
"Golden" age drivers (which does now include me but don't believe the 
"Golden" horse hockey), how to fight a ticket, and much more

Nader & gang just want us to go slower - the magic solution.  I have 
yet to hear their coming out for much else that is wrong. When speed 
has been shown to not being a major cause of highway accidents per 
million miles driven.  It's inattention, incompetence and 
intoxication.  Maybe I missed it if Ralph, Joan Claybrook and 
Clarence Ditlow ever addressed these issues.

Art

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Art Wegweiser, BMWCCA Member #12163
Registrar, BMW CS Registry,USA
art at bmwcsregistry.org
http://www.bmwcsregistry.org
Erik Wegweiser, Webmeister
   
Ilse         72 3.0 CSi   2 262 736   Fjord & Polaris Neu
Gretel       95 E36 M3   ..EH06546    Arktissilber metallic

Plus a couple of Subaru to abuse in the Winter.

>That's pretty cool.  I still have my Escort from the '80's.  Never 
>failed me, except once, when I couldn't hide it fast enough from the 
>VA police, and got ticketed just for having one.  With the legal 
>limits at 70+, I don't feel the need anymore.  But back in 
>the double nickel days...
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>jim
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