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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: TRBN on July 09, 2014, 09:18:28 AM
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After getting my second speeding citation in a relatively short period of time on my Concours14, I am wondering what the average speeding citation most of C14 riders get. I find I am having a real problem keeping the C14 under the local ordinance speed limits. It just does not like to cruise slow....
Thanks for you input!
AJE
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None. Yet! My day will come.
My C14 really likes to cruise at about 4K RPM, way over the speed limit.
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Fortunately none.......yet. I got a ticket for passing on a double yellow last year, but it got thrown out due to the trooper not showing up in court. 8)
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The speed limit is for cages. ;)
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"When things go wrong, the throttle goes on"
"When your lit up, head down front wheel up"
"Red and blue, downshift to 2"
"The chase is on, the 14 will be gone"
"Cops are fast, until your on the gas"
"10 second slip, cops aint got ****"
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After getting my second speeding citation in a relatively short period of time on my Concours14, I am wondering what the average speeding citation most of C14 riders get. I find I am having a real problem keeping the C14 under the local ordinance speed limits. It just does not like to cruise slow....
Quiet, smooth, powerful, comfortable, areodynamic... it is a perfect storm for tickets if you are not careful.
Me? None yet... thank God. But I came REALLY close- was pulled on Rt 5 by a state trooper. He was rather surprised when he looked me up in the system and saw a perfect driving record and then saw me- not some 20/30 year old. All proper gear. Proper tags. Proper insurance. He said I was something like 68 (maybe higher, can't remember) in a 55 and yet let me go with a warning.
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Quiet, smooth, powerful, comfortable, areodynamic... it is a perfect storm for tickets if you are not careful.
Me? None yet... thank God. But I came REALLY close- was pulled on Rt 5 by a state trooper. He was rather surprised when he looked me up in the system and saw a perfect driving record and then saw me- not some 20/30 year old. All proper gear. Proper tags. Proper insurance. He said I was something like 68 (maybe higher, can't remember) in a 55 and yet let me go with a warning.
And you probably didn't start the conversation with "hey, whats up DUDE?"
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Do the crime, pay the fine.
Check-off 'Nolo contendere', and have a nice day.
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I'm very lucky, I've only had one on this bike for 12 over.
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I fully subscribe to giving them my license and then tell them "I will not answer any questions. Am I being detained, Am I free to go?"
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And you probably didn't start the conversation with "hey, whats up DUDE?"
Probably not unless he got pulled over in 1992.
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None. Yet! My day will come.
My C14 really likes to cruise at about 4K RPM, way over the speed limit.
Can't argue and agree. Wen the bike feels like it running perfect, you had better look at the Speedometer, and the Tac will read 4K...... Small throttle inputs go a LONG way.
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I think I had 3 in something like a 4 month period after I bought it. Been stopped twice since those 3, but no ticket. The speed limit is just so boring and it's just a feel, but mine just seems to like a cruising speed of 80-85; that just seems to be where it settles in to that perfect "feel".
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And you probably didn't start the conversation with "hey, whats up DUDE?"
LOL- no, I didn't. Nor did I say " 'sup" or "man".
The funniest part is when he came back from his car (checking the computer) and he said "You know you have a perfect driving record!?" and I replied "not anymore".
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Wow... Im definately the odd one out here... And im only 23.... Knock on wood, i havent received a ticket yet. Granted i pay close attention to my speed to make sure im within 7mph at all times, (unless something stupid happens, then im gone. Rather pay a ticket than medical bills) but i have no problem keeping at a slow speed in-town. Ride it about 3500 RPM, and rarely am able to get it into 6th on the freeway with the low speed (55-65MPH) and all the hills on OR.
I do a lot of driving for my job, andhave lots of meetings all over. Cant afford to lose 15 mins to the popo.
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58,000 miles on the 14. No citations. Heck, only moving violation on a bike was for improper lane change 5 years ago on the RT. 14,000ish miles this year and still riding citation free...
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Wow... Im definately the odd one out here... And im only 23....
23!! They told me I had to be at least 60 to buy a C-14. Was someone joshin' me?
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I get my speeding tickets in my boat and waverunner ::) Florida waterways SUCK because of the cops , one of the reasons I got the McCruise control is tickets, I'm addicted to any form of cruise control , have a A CDL license and if I get stopped for speeding 13mph over the posted limit I lose my license for 60 days , .04 for DUI , no driving school to get rid of tickets on and on , I'm forced to pay attention , when I no longer need a CDL I'm getting rid of it. ;)
Remember the old days... If you were on a trip you would hang with the big rigs and fly, ever since the Feds came out with the CDL thing the truckers were forced to slow down .
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23!! They told me I had to be at least 60 to buy a C-14. Was someone joshin' me?
I'd wanted one since I was 19. Little did I know that 3 years later I would be buying one!
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The one time that I got pulled over for speeding on my C14 (allegedly ;) over 70 in a 55) it turned out to be my lucky day! The cop ran out of citations and had to let me go! ;D
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=11625.msg146997#msg146997 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=11625.msg146997#msg146997)
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I'd wanted one since I was 19. Little did I know that 3 years later I would be buying one!
In my 20's there would have been no way I could have afforded a Concours! You two are spoiled ;)
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Quiet, smooth, powerful, comfortable, areodynamic... it is a perfect storm for tickets if you are not careful.
Me? None yet... thank God. But I came REALLY close- was pulled on Rt 5 by a state trooper. He was rather surprised when he looked me up in the system and saw a perfect driving record and then saw me- not some 20/30 year old. All proper gear. Proper tags. Proper insurance. He said I was something like 68 (maybe higher, can't remember) in a 55 and yet let me go with a warning.
Only had one close call so far in 5 years and it was pretty much the same story although it was in the city.
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All proper gear.
ATGATT pays off again! :banana :banana :banana
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Owned mine now for 27 months, and 18k miles.
To date... -0- tickets.
Thank you, maturity and Rostra!
I did have an OHP do a turn-around and pull me over the first week I had mine, out on 412 between Tulsa and Stillwater, Ok.
The reason? He thought it was cool, thinking about buying one himself, and wanted to see it up close.
Kinda hacked me off at first, then made me laugh!
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HI to all,
no speeding tickets for 23 years now.....
my daily speed to my work from 160 to 200 km/h......!!!or 220-230 if i find anyone whose awake enough at 07:00 am to follow me or follow him till i change my route!!!!!! :-[ :-\ ;D ;)
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None for me so far. I keep it tame in the small towns, go with the flow of traffic on the main roads. If there is ever a cop sitting on some of the back roads I run, then I'll be getting the 50+ over the limit performance award.
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ATGATT pays off again! :banana :banana :banana
Excellent usage of the bananas! :thumbs:
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Get one of those " Get out of jail free " cards from your Monopoly game.
When the officer asks for your license just hand him that instead.
Their job gets pretty boring and most of them need a good laugh anyway.
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A good friend of mine that I ride with told me his creedo...
"5 over, you're fine.
9 over, you're mine."
;)
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Excellent usage of the bananas! :thumbs:
Thank-you, Sir James. FYI...the C-10 can get you in trouble, too.
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Add none to the survey please.
Been pulled over twice in 42 years and zero citations.... On bikes.
Four wheels have... A different history!
Who'd a thunk it?
:nuts:
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I received a verbal warning in Arkansas for 104 in a 55 almost two years ago. Passing a big truck with three other bikes behind me.
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Last summer on the first hour of a road trip, I was pulled over for 40KM over the limit - forgot to slow down when the limit went down. Here, when you get caught at 40 over, they can impound your vehicle for 7 days. That means a tow, storage fees, fines and how to get home. Cop took my license and came back saying I had a clean record so he would forget about it. As noted above, I am an old guy and no squid. I thanked him and off I went! Only time I have been pulled over on a bike.
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A good friend of mine that I ride with told me his creedo...
"5 over, you're fine.
9 over, you're mine."
;)
It's so subjective for the most part. I have a nephew who is a deputy that rarely pulls someone over unless it's 12+ and then it depends on attitude on whether a citation is given. He does his best work pulling over drunks to which I salute him for that.
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I received a verbal warning in Arkansas for 104 in a 55 almost two years ago. Passing a big truck with three other bikes behind me.
That's like hitting the lottery.
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I have had two ( 1 prior to a RD 1 after ) both were written for way under the clocked speed ( 1st was 94/65 ticket was for 8 over 2nd was 83/65 written for 5 over and a non moving no points ticket to boot ). The RD has saved me plenty the 2nd ticket was me being lazy on Hwy 50 across Nevada.
Don't know if it helped but I have a CCW permit and with both officers we spent more time talking guns than tickets.
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This is all fine well and good, but has anyone been pulled over by a LEO C14?
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This is all fine well and good, but has anyone been pulled over by a LEO C14?
Haven't been pulled over by one but met one getting gas at the same station. He had 20+ years on a Harley and been on the C14 for a month. Said he was shocked by the difference in performance and would never go back.
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This is all fine well and good, but has anyone been pulled over by a LEO C14?
No but I saw a CHP riding one near Ontario California comming off the freeway a few months ago.
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In my 20's there would have been no way I could have afforded a Concours! You two are spoiled ;)
Lol max! Im self employed, making ok money for now (should be going up next year quite a bit) and my wife works for the postal service. No kids, no debt other than the cars and rent right now.
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Lol max! Im self employed, making ok money for now (should be going up next year quite a bit) and my wife works for the postal service. No kids, no debt other than the cars and rent right now.
You are a DINC!!
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MAX your really HIP
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Steve buy a house with a BIG garage.
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MAX your really HIP
Well, since we are fantasizing,
Steve buy a house with a BIG garage.
I wish I had a 4 car garage. Can one really have too much garage space?
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This is all fine well and good, but has anyone been pulled over by a LEO C14?
The C-14 is officially the fastest police pursuit vehicle in history and bad news for anyone trying to flee. I have talked to a couple of cops in California who love the performance and will never go back to BMW or Harley.
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Lol max! Im self employed, making ok money for now (should be going up next year quite a bit) and my wife works for the postal service. No kids, no debt other than the cars and rent right now.
Same situation. im 23 thought for sure i was the youngest c14 owner :P
No tickets on the c14 yet.
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17 over in a 65. I just popped it down into 4th gear knowing there was a speed trap coming up. Was probably at 95+or- before the down shift. Pretty lucky morning. $285.00
That was at about 38,000 miles after owning my 08. out of 44,000 miles.
Another 49,000 miles on my 2010 and 15,000 miles on my 2011.
Almost 110.000 miles with 1 ticket. Not bad.
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Let's see and you're the one having the brake problems, right? :rotflmao: No :censored: wonder.. ;) Well, at least you're giving them a good test all right.
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Steve buy a house with a BIG garage.
The plan is to buy a house outside of the urban limits that has a 2-car garage, and room out back for a big shop. (2-4 car depending on how you pull them in, i think my buddies shop is 20x40 or 30x50. Either way, it does the job! )
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I wish I had a 4 car garage. Can one really have too much garage space?
The more space one has the more stuff one has to put in it. I have a 3.5 car garage and I still need more room!
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Let's see and you're the one having the brake problems, right? :rotflmao: No :censored: wonder.. ;) Well, at least you're giving them a good test all right.
I never mentioned braking. I down shifted. Besides what is the sense of having power you can't stop?
I typically ride up and down the highway from Wells Maine to Boston Mass I run about 20 over on average. Good thing I bought the only Super-Sport-Tourer on the market.
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:)
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HI to all,
no speeding tickets for 23 years now.....
my daily speed to my work from 160 to 200 km/h......!!!or 220-230 if i find anyone whose awake enough at 07:00 am to follow me or follow him till i change my route!!!!!! :-[ :-\ ;D ;)
. Little envious. Directly to jail and loss of licence here for those speeds :doh: :'(
What about in townships and cites, I guess they have limits? ???
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There are always speed limits of some sort here... No autobahns that I know of in the US.
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There are always speed limits of some sort here... No autobahns that I know of in the US.
For a short time Montana had a few places where the speed limit was "Safe and Reasonable" whatever that means. But that is gone.
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I imagine because many thought it was the Autobahn...
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I imagine because many thought it was the Autobahn...
Perhaps, but I would like to see what the accident statistics show.
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I bend the law every time I get on the bike, but what ticks me off is that the only time I've been pulled over was when I made an emergency maneuver to get around a tractor-trailer in a 60 mph canyon wind gust. For all I know the trooper's radar picked up a piece of blowing debris. He told me that he thought about letting me off until he saw that my speedo went to 185?!?
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He told me that he thought about letting me off until he saw that my speedo went to 185?!?
What a moron.
http://youtu.be/4xgx4k83zzc (http://youtu.be/4xgx4k83zzc)
Jamie
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got pulled over twice, once on the PA turnpike and once in a tiny town along the delaware river and was let go with a warning. That was before i bought a radar detector and a H.A.R.D system. I haven't been stopped since.
Bill
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The C-14 is officially the fastest police pursuit vehicle in history and bad news for anyone trying to flee. I have talked to a couple of cops in California who love the performance and will never go back to BMW or Harley.
Nope.
Oklahoma had two Hayabusas decked out with lights and sirens, specifically for hunting down sportbikers doubling and tripling the speed limit.
(http://blog-imgs-49.fc2.com/y/u/m/yumezo412/OklahomaHP.jpg)
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I sure hope my big-boy attitude stays in shape when ride this unit.
Every now and then though :banana the kid wants to come out and play. So far, so good.
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Now that right there is a downright interesting photo. Must be 500 Hp there- 400 Japanese in the two 'Busas and close to 100 in all..... the rest.
:rotflmao:
Brian
Nope.
Oklahoma had two Hayabusas decked out with lights and sirens, specifically for hunting down sportbikers doubling and tripling the speed limit.
(http://blog-imgs-49.fc2.com/y/u/m/yumezo412/OklahomaHP.jpg)
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Now that right there is a downright interesting photo. Must be 500 Hp there- 400 Japanese in the two 'Busas and close to 100 in all..... the rest.
LOL! I was thinking something similar when I first saw the photo... More like "Oh those poor officers having to ride those things beyond the Busas...
A Concours is probably the perfect compromise :)
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Now that right there is a downright interesting photo. Must be 500 Hp there- 400 Japanese in the two 'Busas and close to 100 in all..... the rest.
:rotflmao:
Brian
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I sure hope my big-boy attitude stays in shape when ride this unit.
Every now and then though :banana the kid wants to come out and play. So far, so good.
Even big boys feel the need for speed from time to time... ;)
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Two ticket is 16K of trips..... this year got a Passport MAX wired to bluetooth, into the SENA....... Hopefully will help........
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Does it count if you just paid out some money but have no record of a speeding ticket? :-X
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That sounds suspiciously like a bribe twowheels. ;) ;)
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I speed every day. . . I'm just not the fastest one out there. No tickets here, zip, nadda.
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Does it count if you just paid out some money but have no record of a speeding ticket? :-X
That sounds suspiciously like a bribe twowheels. ;) ;)
A bribe? I'm sure that he just made a donation to the Policemen's Benevolent Fund... ;)
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That sounds suspiciously like a bribe twowheels. ;) ;)
You know those small town police chiefs are more interested in revenue than causing regular folks insurance rates to go up. Even the small town Judges.
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Got lucky today. Commuting to work, front row at a light on a 4 lane road, accelerated away from the herd up to 70 in a 55. Then backed off to 65. Eventually 2 cars doing about 70 caught up and passed me. Just as the second car goes by on my left we come over a rise and there are 2 C14 police bikes with 1 car already pulled over and an officer standing in the right lane waving the 2 cars over but signals me to continue on. Not a good way to start the day for those cagers.
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Had a very nice warning yesterday. I was doing about 60 in a 30 and slowed for a group of cyclists coming the other direction to about 45 or so. The officer was standing in the middle of the road sideways, so I had no idea he was a cop. I started to bolt around him and he held his hand out for me to stop. I stopped right on the double yellow with the earbuds cranking out some of Metallica's finest. All I saw was his lips moving. I told him I need to turn down the music. Once I could hear him, he was asking me if I was on the phone. I was not. He said I was almost 20 over in a 30 and to take it easy. All the residents on the street are complaining about speeders. I said I was sorry officer. And a couple yes sir and no sirs were in there. Just a verbal warning without a license look up. Pretty lucky day for me.
A local cop and state trooper were parked in the driveway.
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neither did a few of the dead guys I have seen with arms and legs detached, but hey I bet they had fun before it ended..... ;)
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Saw my best friend killed on a dirt bike, doing probably 30+ MPH. It's not the speed but the impact that does the damage. No Helmet, and crushed his skull, both front and back A sight I will never forget... tp
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I speed everywhere I go except in school zones and residential areas. As far as I'm concerned, they are not speeding tickets, they are "Expedient Travel Tarriffs". There are places between Phoenix and LA where you go 40+ miles between exits. That could be trouble for me as a new Concours owner ;)
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I speed everywhere I go except in school zones and residential areas. As far as I'm concerned, they are not speeding tickets, they are "Expedient Travel Tarriffs". There are places between Phoenix and LA where you go 40+ miles between exits. That could be trouble for me as a new Concours owner ;)
I'd recommend adding construction zones to your list...
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I speed everywhere I go except in school zones and residential areas. As far as I'm concerned, they are not speeding tickets, they are "Expedient Travel Tarriffs". There are places between Phoenix and LA where you go 40+ miles between exits. That could be trouble for me as a new Concours owner ;)
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27mi over in a 30mi $281.00 but no points. City bus started to pull out as soon as he put his signal light on, in 2nd slight twist of throttle and.......................... :(