Hopefully, these tips will help someone.

 

Thanks for posting. They are some of the techniques I use all the time.

ChuckJ

 

It always boggles my mind when they equate "speed limit" with "safe". Even a Hyundai can safely do 120 mph these days if the tires are OK. Most speed limits are just revenue generators for municipalities. A modern form of highway robbery.

 

How about wearing your seat belt for starters buddy haha The last few minutes he is talking into a video camera while driving on a rural road wearing no seat belt. But he is sure to remind us to be safe while driving.

 

Great "advice"... Speed on the inside lane and overtake there as well.

Not only is that completely unsafe but also illegal in most places.

This gentleman needs to keep his day job.

 

Unfortunately, it's not in the US. You tend to find many slow people driving in the left/fast lane. They then like to stay in that lane regardless of other traffic around or behind them.

Unlike other countries you can pass on the right and drive slow on the left. In some US states the highway patrol officers are ticketing people who drive slow in the passing or fast lane. It's a shame many of our drivers do not go to driving classes. It's more of a right to drive as opposed to a privilege.

 

I didn't understand the passing on the right, it is dangerous. I do agree, to use right line if no traffic ahead. Seems a bit of a Passport advertisement too. I don't know much about that Passport iPhone/Android app, but it looks quite dangerous to use that app on a small iPhone while speeding, especially with everything else going around you, like a passenger, stereo going on, visiability ahead, other traffic; without dilutely your own concentration.

 

How to avoid getting speeding tickets? Don't speed.

If you speed, you may get a ticket. Intentional or not, it happens.

I agree with the 'safe' speed comment. That term has changed in recent years, as technology advances, making better tires, better traction systems, more balanced cars, etc... It is easy to travel at 120mph+ with little worries (provided the driver is educated, as better technology can't changes the laws of inertia).

*edit: Not getting into the passing on the right crap. ...Too much ignorance in this country.

 

I'm surprised they did an episode on this topic and agree that it seemed like a (not so) sly Passport advertisement.

Re passing on the right, I agree it is very dangerous, because drivers in the left lane don't expect faster traffic from their right side. Especially in these loud cars, when another driver hears you zooming behind him, he naturally expects you to be in the same lane or left lane, and may try to move over to the right.

He also makes the comment more than once that adding ~5-10mph to your speed over the course of a highway trip will save a lot of time. C'mon! Unless your highway commute is hours long, the time savings is negligible.

For me, the occasional speeding is about 1) the engine noise and 2) the G-forces, as much so on braking as on the acceleration. I pick my spots very carefully -- 100% visibility for at least a couple hundred yards ahead and check the rear mirrors first too.

Also, there are highways around here (the NJ turnpike, the Garden State Parkway and the Palisades Parkway in NJ near NYC) where the unmarked police presence is so heavy that I've learned to obey the limit no matter the visibility or how long the trip.

 

Add Rt 23 north of 287 in NJ. The local towns make a fortune hiding out on that road.

 

Yup very true! And btw 287 in that area is fantastic for high speeds and 23N leads to some incredible backroads.

 

"... use a red 911 as your rabbit, it is a cop magnet..."

Who is going to be my rabbit??? A yellow 'Vette

 

Uh Oh!! Now you need to buy another white 991. The Red one can be your track car.

 

I don't have to worry about my silver one attracting trouble, I need to worry about my right foot.

ChuckJ