Posted: 8/11/2008 6:17:20 AM EDT
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I just thought I would try to save some of you speeders from funding the state of Missouri. Highway Patrol, county and local police have been hitting the area around Columbia heavy. So if traveling on I70 slow down to the speed limit at the Missouri River bridge (east bound) and do not speed until you are on the east side of Columbia. Slow to 60 within Columbia, local PD in Columbia. If traveling westbound, slow to 60 at Columbia and then stay at 70 all the way from just west of Columbia to Missouri River bridge. No, I did not get busted, I just saw over 15 people busted this weekend alone! Steve |
I have a very close friend that is a Highway Patrolman that works that area.(Columbia) They have been instructed to pull over for as little as 3 mph over the limit. Doubtful you will get a citation for that low speed, but they are looking for secondary violations like seat belts and that doobie you have stuck behind your ear.  Especially watch the transition just west of Columbia where it goes from 70 coming from Booneville to 60 as you near Stadium. They are hammering that zone big time. ~Ed |
Keep in mind, at what speed the Officer writes you is up to him. I know one Trooper who has issued summons for one mile an hour over. The speed limit means LIMIT, nowhere in Missouri RSMo does it state you have to give a "cushion". Personally I give what most Officers would consider a huge "cushion". People do accidentally drift over the speed limit. PursuitSS |
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I was never a ticket writer, per se. Guy doing 90 in a 65 needed a ticket. guy doing 50 through the school zone, he needed the ticket. guy doing 80 in a 70 and was driving with common sense my have needed pulled over and reminded, but he didn't need the ticket in my PERSONAL opinion. It's good to hear that there are more LEO's out there that aren't "all about the numbers". I'm sure Pursuit can attest that unfortunately, there are men and women that love to assert their authority just for the sake of the ticket. That doesn't mean that they are bad cops, just pricks for a large percentage of their work time. ~Ed |
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LOL Sheeple have no personal accountability. Never have. But I agree with you. I earned a ticket since I have been out of the game. Deputy asked if I knew why I was getting pulled over. "yessir, cuz I was doing about ten miles an hour to fast." Gave me the setabelt ticket and went on his merry way. ~Ed |
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My take on speeding tickets: The speed limits on most Interstate highways are set too low. The speed limits in most residential neighborhoods are set too HIGH. eeke & I were set up running radar one Saturday afternoon in a 35 mph zone on U.S. 169. This area was a residential zone, a four year old lived on one side of U.S. 169, his grandparents lived directly across the highway. Just as the radar lit up showing 71 mph this kid starts across the highway. The ONLY CHOICE we had was light up and pull into the path of the oncoming vehicle, I to this day have no idea how the stupid SOB got stopped before hitting us. Bastards like this are what speed limits (& HIGH fines) are written for. BTW, some jerk by the name of eeke STILL holds the record for the highest speed recorded on that stretch of U.S. 169..........................126 in a 35. PursuitSS |
I agree, the best thing to do is treat it as a business transaction. All the whining and crying only serves to annoy an officer who is just doing his job. Anyway, I haven't gotten a ticket in awhile even though I still drive too fast occasionally. Among other things I utilize electronic countermeasures equipment. |
All the traffic stops in and around Columbia are about drug interdiction. All those smugglers bringing drugs up I-35 and across I-70. Not that you won't get busted but they are are fishing for something more than a single doobie you have stuck behind your ear.  I found the perfect way to avoid speeding tickets by the way. Set your cruise control at the posted limit and ride on. 
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| I just drove from Lincoln County to Columbia and back yesterday. I only saw one police car (MO HP) during the whole trip. Yes, I was the guy going 65 mph, but I was in the right hand lane. It was just a leisurely relaxing drive and I didn't have to worry about getting pulled over. |
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I learned my leason I drive like grand-pa now. I in no way condone speeding, but I was just alerting to the fact that if you have mental slips and tend to speed up and slow down that you may want to be sure to watch your speed at this point on I-70. Me, I am the other guy doing 65 on I-70. And yes I understand the problems with speed variance, I studied it to death and preached it to everyone . . . but then I matured. Only race on my computer or my ATV (off-road). Steve |
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I still speed some on the interstate when the traffic is pretty open. When I'm driving from KC to STL I want to get there. I-70 just isn't that interesting or leisurely. If it costs $5 more in gas, so be it. I'm not weaving or tailgating, or traveling 20 beyond the traffic. If I get a ticket, I get one. So far in the last 8 years my visual cop-dar has operated fine though. That and I'm not driving so fast I have to bury the nose in the pavement to get down to the limit. I do like how everyone equates the limit and recklessness though. Years ago it was 60 and you were a reckless bastard if you drove 70. Then they changed the numbers on the signs and now 70 is no longer reckless and foolhardy but prudent and reasonable.  Anyway, watch it east of O'Fallen too. I almost always see someone pulled over on that section of highway. |
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I just drove home from MN to KS and only saw one cop - in Missouri. The only interaction with MO LEOs has been poor. I got a $160 citation for driving in the left lane without passing. Thing is, I was passing....everyone in the right lane. I was doing about 5-7 over and just passing a bunch of truckers on 35S. I would have taken the speeding ticket without complaint but I have always been taught that the left lane is the fast lane. Oh well, live and learn.
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