That's why they've got the right hand lane. Actually, I'm all for going with the flow, but when you have a 11 - 12 ton package caution is probably the better part of valor. Not likely anyone will run me off the road (I drove in Manhattan and the metro area for a number of years - there's not much that scares me) and if they get ******, that's their problem. I'm not a professional semi driver, I'm in no particular hurry and I stay out of people's way as best I can. I also don't get aggrevated easily, but for those moments when I do, the train horn will certainly help. Now, if I'm on one of those 80 mph roads, I'll do 70, but that's it.
Back to the 'vette. Got stopped in NM for 82 in a 75. Couldn't believe it. In NY, they give you 10 mph. However, as the cop explained, "here we already give you 10 - it's 75 not 65". Nice guy - he let me off with a warning. As he pulled away, I mentioned to the wife that it was good that he didn't clock me a few miles back when I was doing 131 mph (as clocked on a GPS). Yeah, I know, but those desert back roads are so flat, so straight and so uninhabited that it's tough not to bear down a bit. Now, back to the fiver - if I was in the same exact spot, I'd be doing 65. Anyone who came up behind me would be welcome to pass.
By the way, that was on Goodyear run flat tires with the temperature a tad over 90. These tires are speed rated "Y" and they aren't made in China. Still had a little room left to the floor.
You know what they say ... this is how I roll.
If you had a NY plate on that Vette, well there is a possible reason for the stop. NM is actually more lenient on speed than Texas IME. However, plates other than TX, OK, CO, or perhaps AZ are viewed with some suspicion of trafficking so they tell me. Other than that, NM is a great state to open up a vette, lots of flat straight highways with no one for miles.
