Santa Cruz Speeders slow down!!! tickets!!!
08-16-2006, 09:25 AM
#1
Santa Cruz Speeders slow down!!! tickets!!!
California Highway Patrol gets to use radar on 12 new county roads after approval of speed limit changes. They did this last year with 8 roads and made a BOAT load of money on tickets.
They sit there all day for a couple months and just write tickets.
Final approval should be August 22.
-Browns Valley Road: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph between Corralitos Road and 1,600 feet north of Amesti Road.
-Buena Vista Drive: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph between Manfre Road and Freedom Boulevard.
-Capitola Road: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between 7th Avenue and Capitola city limits.
-Freedom Boulevard: The speed limit will rise from 35 to 40 mph between 0.3 miles west of Corralitos Road and 0.2 miles east of Corralitos Road.
-Freedom Boulevard: The speed limit will rise from 35 to 40 mph between Bowker Road and Buena Vista Drive.
-Glen Arbor Road: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph from Highway 9 to 0.3 miles past Highway 9.
-Glen Arbor Road: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph from the bridge over Newell Creek to the northern intersection of
Highway 9.
-Glen Arbor Road: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between 0.3 miles past Highway 9 to the bridge over Newell Creek.
-Glen Canyon Road: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between Branciforte Drive and Scotts Valley city limits.
-Portola Drive: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between Coastview Drive and 26th Avenue.
-Portola Drive: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between 26th Avenue and 41st Avenue.
-Mount Madonna Road: The speed limit currently is not posted between Casserly Road to 0.6 miles northwest of Casserly Road.
unfortunately for me half of those are either next to my folks house or on my way home.
Read for yourself....
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arc...es/02local.htm
They sit there all day for a couple months and just write tickets.
Final approval should be August 22.
-Browns Valley Road: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph between Corralitos Road and 1,600 feet north of Amesti Road.
-Buena Vista Drive: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph between Manfre Road and Freedom Boulevard.
-Capitola Road: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between 7th Avenue and Capitola city limits.
-Freedom Boulevard: The speed limit will rise from 35 to 40 mph between 0.3 miles west of Corralitos Road and 0.2 miles east of Corralitos Road.
-Freedom Boulevard: The speed limit will rise from 35 to 40 mph between Bowker Road and Buena Vista Drive.
-Glen Arbor Road: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph from Highway 9 to 0.3 miles past Highway 9.
-Glen Arbor Road: The speed limit will rise from 25 to 30 mph from the bridge over Newell Creek to the northern intersection of
Highway 9.
-Glen Arbor Road: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between 0.3 miles past Highway 9 to the bridge over Newell Creek.
-Glen Canyon Road: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between Branciforte Drive and Scotts Valley city limits.
-Portola Drive: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between Coastview Drive and 26th Avenue.
-Portola Drive: The speed limit will drop from 35 to 30 mph between 26th Avenue and 41st Avenue.
-Mount Madonna Road: The speed limit currently is not posted between Casserly Road to 0.6 miles northwest of Casserly Road.
unfortunately for me half of those are either next to my folks house or on my way home.
Read for yourself....
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arc...es/02local.htm
08-16-2006, 02:45 PM
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What finally clicked in my head that made me stop speeding is that to get to your destination any faster then needed, you have to speed at least 25-35MPH OVER the limit. And it still only makes a small difference.
For example, I drive from San Jose to Weaverville CA. (about 300 miles) every other month or so and the drive takes 5 hours going the posted speed limits.
If I go ~5MPH over, it only shaves off about 15 minutes.
If I go ~10MPH over, it shaves about 30 minutes.
continuing on this track, if I did ~20MPH over the limit I would shave an hour.
Now, is saving that 1 hour of time worth a $200 to $800 ticket(factor in double fines for construction)? Not unless it involves me getting a free <insert expensive inadamant object here>.
so when you drive 5-25 miles each way to work or where ever it is you are going, it just doesn't make sense to speed.
For example, I drive from San Jose to Weaverville CA. (about 300 miles) every other month or so and the drive takes 5 hours going the posted speed limits.
If I go ~5MPH over, it only shaves off about 15 minutes.
If I go ~10MPH over, it shaves about 30 minutes.
continuing on this track, if I did ~20MPH over the limit I would shave an hour.
Now, is saving that 1 hour of time worth a $200 to $800 ticket(factor in double fines for construction)? Not unless it involves me getting a free <insert expensive inadamant object here>.
so when you drive 5-25 miles each way to work or where ever it is you are going, it just doesn't make sense to speed.
08-16-2006, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mcdrama
What finally clicked in my head that made me stop speeding is that to get to your destination any faster then needed, you have to speed at least 25-35MPH OVER the limit. And it still only makes a small difference.
For example, I drive from San Jose to Weaverville CA. (about 300 miles) every other month or so and the drive takes 5 hours going the posted speed limits.
If I go ~5MPH over, it only shaves off about 15 minutes.
If I go ~10MPH over, it shaves about 30 minutes.
continuing on this track, if I did ~20MPH over the limit I would shave an hour.
Now, is saving that 1 hour of time worth a $200 to $800 ticket(factor in double fines for construction)? Not unless it involves me getting a free <insert expensive inadamant object here>.
so when you drive 5-25 miles each way to work or where ever it is you are going, it just doesn't make sense to speed.
For example, I drive from San Jose to Weaverville CA. (about 300 miles) every other month or so and the drive takes 5 hours going the posted speed limits.
If I go ~5MPH over, it only shaves off about 15 minutes.
If I go ~10MPH over, it shaves about 30 minutes.
continuing on this track, if I did ~20MPH over the limit I would shave an hour.
Now, is saving that 1 hour of time worth a $200 to $800 ticket(factor in double fines for construction)? Not unless it involves me getting a free <insert expensive inadamant object here>.
so when you drive 5-25 miles each way to work or where ever it is you are going, it just doesn't make sense to speed.
So drive 120mph everytime, get a ticket once every 5 years, and you save 2.5 hours per trip at a cost of $800.
Just playing devil's advocate. Speeding's bad, mmm'kay?
08-16-2006, 06:13 PM
#6
Originally Posted by psoper
At least some of the limits are going up.
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