36 over in a construction zone in NV. How screwed am I?

[FlyByWire]

I use Waze.

This is my drive at the moment. I know when to slow down…..it’s Memorial Weekend week. View attachment 1507799

Yawwwwwn. We use it too.

 

[attitude]

I was heading through Blythe and I slowed down because CHP always sits on the outskirts of town. Well one was out of his car standing behind a call box in the median radaring. I pinged him on Waze and didn’t think much of it, when I logged back in for the drive home I had a shit ton of “thanks” on the post lol.

 

[81Sprint]

Did your question ever get answered in 46 posts. Lol.

And then some...

Cracks me up on here when.....

People ask for something specific in a thread and then the "know it alls" start providing advice and different shit. You should do it "this way" or "that way" and claiming to have the right "solution" that is totally different than the original specifics. Nobody asked you UNLESS they did ask...

www.riverdavesplace.com

 

[monkeyswrench]

I used to show those type of pics to Val and Jeffry when they were driving age. They thought it was a big joke.
I’m old, when I was in school they showed us “mechanized death” in the classroom.

We didn't have any driver's Ed stuff in school. The first time I was in traffic school (about a month after getting my license) I got to see "Red Asphalt" I believe it was called.

Month or so after that, popped doing 50+ in a residential. "Estimated" speed, as he and another were parked on the street BSing. He called Pops to come get me, had to come back and get my Mustang. At court...had to appear, being a minor, Judge asked for cops testimony. You'd swear I'd driven through a bus load of nuns, with puppies tied to my bumper while snortin' blow. She turns to me, and asks for my side.
I handed her the ticket, and asked what law I'd broken, what violation number. In his anger and assholery, he'd hurried through, and never filled out anything else but my info and his.

Judge dismissed it on a technicality. For a year solid, officer Sutherland drove by my house at least twice a week. We didn't even live in city limits, we were Sheriff territory. He was probably in his 50's, lefty and the last guy I'd seen carry a revolver on duty.

 

[77charger]

I refuse to take the Nevada side when going to Havasu from Vegas, go through Kingman and set the cruise at 20 over with no worries. NHP in rural areas thing they are fighting crime with speeders, same thing on I80. NHP can suck my balls

That stretch between kingman and wickenburg dps don’t mess around either. I’ve taken it twice first time uncle told me that route he also said no more than 5 over they will get you. I’ve passed the warning to couple others but they didn’t listen and got tickets.

 

[BoatCop]

I spent time ('78-'79) at a Boating Safety Detachment on Lake Mohave out of Cottonwood Cove. Was always in Searchlight for dinner, gaming, drinking.. you know, all the things a bunch of 20 something bachelors do when left alone. We saw first hand, how the local NHP felt about speed limits through town. It was only two lanes then. In those days, the Justice Court had a residence attached, where the Judge lived. NHP would take the violator(s) directly to court no matter what time of day or night (unless the judge was out of town). Searchlight was the first place I ever saw decoy patrol cars, with mannequins in police uniforms.

Traffic Stop, Ticket, Trial, Judgement/Sentence all in less than an hour.

Whenever I'm going through Searchlight, I'll be down close to 25 MPH before I even hit the airport going North and Grandpa's Road, going South.

 

[welldigger00]

I got my doozy of a ticket at 19 years old. 5 points in one ticket. Let me paint the picture on this one. I was fresh out of tech school, and got my first job at caterpillar in Rancho Bernardo. I moved into my brother’s house in Del Mar, and was going across the Villa de Valle around lake Hodges every morning at 0400. If you got stuck behind a yard cleanup truck, you were fucked. Those fuckers would hold you back there at 25 mph the entire way until escondido. There was one fucker in particular that I’d encounter every damn day. Shitty ass Toyota Dooley flatbed. He knew it, and I new it. It was a game. So, if I could catch him at the stop sign in Rancho Santa fe, there was a passing zone between That stop sign and the next one. After the next one, that was it. Double yellow and windy road for 30 minutes. So, being clever, and a mountain boy, my trick was to zap that dood in the passing zone, and blast through the next stop sign with the lights off, so that I could tell if a car was coming. Then I’d kick ass all the way to Cat. Welp, heres where my technique and bravado didn’t pan out. Earlier that week, they removed that passing zone, and made it a double yellow. In addition to this, a cop was parked a 100’ back under a tree, and to the left that I’d make the right on. So, like clockwork, here’s the toyota yard truck. I make my move, roll the first stop sign, and I’m up to 50-60 or so. Zap the yard boy, Dump the lights, and fly through the stop sign. Hammer down. Until the inevitable. Fucking red and blues. Coming on hard. I knew I was fucked. I pulled over, and window down, cab lights on. Cop walks up screaming at me, hands out the fucking window! I do so, and he comes up with the flash light out, no pistol though. He red me the riot act, and ask what the fuck I was thinking, to my reply of telling him the story of the yard truck, and cocksucker doesn’t pull over till the esco. He saw my cat uniform, I told him where I was going, and he said to sit tight, and walked back with my info. He comes back with the ticket. Ran Two stop signs, passing over the double yellow, speeding, and no use of head lights at night, or something like that. He said that my only hope was to plead not guilty at court. I still have no idea why he didn’t take me in, right then and there. He said he had a dumb ass boy my age. Maybe he’d realized my life would be fucked after this? Dunno. So, my court date comes, and they scheduled it for a federal holiday on accident. It gets rescheduled. I show up to court. I’m standing in line for my turn in front of the judge. My turn comes. I’m shitting my self And having a panic attack at the same time. The judge reads my case number and calls out to see if the cop was in attendance, and the gods were on my side that day. No cop. The judge is reading my ticket, and asks, how do you plead? I say not guilty your honor. He pulls his readers off, and looks me dead in the eye. He says, son… you’ve got to be the luckiest and dumbest son of a bitch in this court room. You’ve just been given a gift. I hope you learned your lesson, and I better not see you again. I tell you what, I did learn a lesson that day, and I’ve slowed way the fuck down, and learned patience. On a side note…that border brother in the yard truck pulled over the next time, and every time after that. Don’t know if the cop got him later, and told him to pull over? We’ll never know…

 

[Orange Juice]

Sedona, AZ. Head on. 🫨

 

[Orange Juice]

That stretch between kingman and wickenburg dps don’t mess around either. I’ve taken it twice first time uncle told me that route he also said no more than 5 over they will get you. I’ve passed the warning to couple others but they didn’t listen and got tickets.

Watch out for aircraft. Usually only when the weather is good, and traffic heavy.

Aircraft are expensive, so it’s going to be massive enforcement, and everyone gets a ticket. I think they hit the 93 with 3-6 vehicles, and then fly a short distance over to the I 40, and then up past the the I 40 again with another gaggle of of cars. Then they fly back to the hangar. No one likes to fly when it’s windy,

 

[Nordie]

Did your question ever get answered in 46 posts. Lol.

I tried to help

 

[FROGMAN524]

Sedona, AZ. Head on. 🫨
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Fatal? You a fire fighter?

 

[FlyByWire]

Sedona, AZ. Head on. 🫨
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Just looking at the lack of intrusion damage to that passenger compartment, I wouldn’t be shocked in the least if they survived that.

(If they were wearing seatbelts and not ejected anyway).

 

[CLdrinker]

Must be stepping up enforcement

Heath S Poulsen CHP got the wife for 18 over tonight.

 

[Javajoe]

So I’m headed to Vegas Sat morning for my daughters wedding from So Cal then headed to Havasu Sunday morning. Now you guys got me wondering which route to take to Havasu on this holiday weekend.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Just looking at the lack of intrusion damage to that passenger compartment, I wouldn’t be shocked in the least if they survived that.

(If they were wearing seatbelts and not ejected anyway).

It was in FB yesterday morning, wife showed me. It looks like a cartoon. Like the front crossmember stopped, and the body kept going

 

[Orange Juice]

Just looking at the lack of intrusion damage to that passenger compartment, I wouldn’t be shocked in the least if they survived that.

(If they were wearing seatbelts and not ejected anyway).

It was said they all survived.

 

[FlyByWire]

Must be stepping up enforcement

Heath S Poulsen CHP got the wife for 18 over tonight.

18 over is pretty much a cite anywhere.

Ballsy putting his full name on the ticket though. PM me his ID number

 

[CoolCruzin]

Another spot to watch out on the 40 is by Water Road .
The fuck got me going 76 mph towing .I told the cop I was passing truck , That didnt help
This was couple year back

 

[monkeyswrench]

Another spot to watch out on the 40 is by Water Road .
The fuck got me going 76 mph towing .I told the cop I was passing truck , That didnt help
This was couple year back

Don't know if the dirt hills or grindings are still mounded there, but they used to poach the eastbound lanes, with a fender nosed out from behind the mounds.

 

[CLdrinker]

18 over is pretty much a cite anywhere.

Ballsy putting his full name on the ticket though. PM me his ID number

She had it coming. Daughter smashed her face at gymnastics and wife was hauling ass to get there.

 

[monkeyswrench]

She had it coming. Daughter smashed her face at gymnastics and wife was hauling ass to get there.

Daughter ok?

 

[CLdrinker]

Daughter ok?

Just shy of needing stitches and an adult tooth is a bit loose.
Thanks for asking.

 

[Ziggy]

I’ve been rolled twice on the way up to the scales for training, when I had my all white charger. No joke, I was 5 over.. because searchlight. They were cool and legit didn’t see the star on the door both times, but thanked me for being at a reasonable speed. I asked why they’re so heavy handed (thinking professionally it would be from terrible speed related accidents) and he just shrugged and laughed.

Are you not in the Charger anymore?

 

[FlyByWire]

Are you not in the Charger anymore?

I’m in a brand new(ish) one, it’s just not solid white anymore.

 

[Ziggy]

I’m in a brand new(ish) one, it’s just not solid white anymore.

Bummer, I liked the white one. Does the new one drive and handle any better or was it just time to swap out?

 

[FlyByWire]

Bummer, I liked the white one. Does the new one drive and handle any better or was it just time to swap out?

Exact same car, just fully marked. Which is better for where I work anyway.

The white one only had 100k on it. Awesome car. I got hit while I was on a stop and they totaled it out.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

That cop had to be a jerk! Most cops would have just wrote it for 20 over and did you a favor.

 

[FlyByWire]

That cop had to be a jerk! Most cops would have just wrote it for 20 over and did you a favor.

The boys in searchlight are 100% hardcore, and I don’t really get it.

 

[stephenkatsea]

I was once stopped and ticketed on the Henderson side of Searchlight. Officer said I was doing 72 in a 65. In fact, I was only about 50 yds from where the speed limit increases to 75. That was our discussion at the scene. When I called the Searchlight Court to see about Traffic School, the nice lady asked if I’d read the ticket. She said take a look. It’s a Parking Ticket. There is no traffic school for parking tickets.

 

[Dan Lorenze]

Another spot to watch out on the 40 is by Water Road .
The fuck got me going 76 mph towing .I told the cop I was passing truck , That didnt help
This was couple year back

For sure, CHP would hide behind those mounds of dirt near Water Rd. The radar detector is a little slower at dectecting the KA band.. Great hiding spot for them.

 

[BoatCop]

BTW, isn’t whore house harry reid from searchlight? Only ever go through there when there’s an accident on the 93 or we take the boat to cottonwood cove.

Yes he is. His people demanded that Searchlight name a street in his honor. Searchlight is (now) a very conservative town. They did name a street after him. It's a dirt road about 2 blocks long.

He's also buried in the Searchlight Cemetery, if anyone wants to go pee on his grave.

 

[Wizard29]

Yes he is. His people demanded that Searchlight name a street in his honor. Searchlight is (now) a very conservative town. They did name a street after him. It's a dirt road about 2 blocks long.

He's also buried in the Searchlight Cemetery, if anyone wants to go pee on his grave.

My friend dug the hole. He lives in Searchlight and sometimes the cemetery pays him for his backhoe services.

I told my friend to dig the hole 3 times deeper than usual to make sure that fucker doesn't come back.

 

[chadzilla]

Here's my story of dumbfuckery and dumb luck all rolled into one. Senior in high school, me and some pals from work decided to go fishing at Canyon lake in so cal one night after work. Buddy at work was the hook up for alcohol and I knew people that lived in Canyon Lake so we were good to go. Parked at the causeway between upper and lower lakes catching channel cats and buzzes. Group of kids come by in golf carts being really loud. Moments later cops pull up. Uh oh. Asked us if we had seen any kids come by in a golf cart. "yup they went that way". Female cop and super cool. Asked us how we were doing and then took off. A bit later the Canyon Lake security team comes up and starts harassing us about being loud and causing trouble. We may have been drunk but we were actually pretty chill and not loud at all. They ask to see our passes so I show them. Security team says it's expired and sure enough it was. I didn't think to get one for saturday as well and it was now in the wee hours of the morning. We start packing up and they tell us we aren't allowed to throw our trash in the trash cans. This is a problem as most of our trash is empty beer cans. As we are leaving they tell us that they have called the cops on us. Oh shit... We turn west onto railroad canyon and immediately get lit up. Now I'm certain we are doomed. Decided that I was going to jail and my parents are going to kill me three times before I hit the ground. Cop comes up, shining her flashlight in the back of my truck at all the beer cans and then eventually me. Give her my license, registration and pass. She says " hey weren't you the guys fishing at the causeway?" yes mam we were. I asked why were the cops called on us and she said that we were being loud and causing trouble. I explained that we were't and pointed out the kids in the golf cart. She said she gets these bullshit calls from Canyon Lake security all the time, hands me my paperwork back and tells us to drive safe! I was never so thankful in my life! Should still be in jail for that one!!

 

[Gelcoater]

Here's my story of dumbfuckery and dumb luck all rolled into one. Senior in high school, me and some pals from work decided to go fishing at Canyon lake in so cal one night after work. Buddy at work was the hook up for alcohol and I knew people that lived in Canyon Lake so we were good to go. Parked at the causeway between upper and lower lakes catching channel cats and buzzes. Group of kids come by in golf carts being really loud. Moments later cops pull up. Uh oh. Asked us if we had seen any kids come by in a golf cart. "yup they went that way". Female cop and super cool. Asked us how we were doing and then took off. A bit later the Canyon Lake security team comes up and starts harassing us about being loud and causing trouble. We may have been drunk but we were actually pretty chill and not loud at all. They ask to see our passes so I show them. Security team says it's expired and sure enough it was. I didn't think to get one for saturday as well and it was now in the wee hours of the morning. We start packing up and they tell us we aren't allowed to throw our trash in the trash cans. This is a problem as most of our trash is empty beer cans. As we are leaving they tell us that they have called the cops on us. Oh shit... We turn west onto railroad canyon and immediately get lit up. Now I'm certain we are doomed. Decided that I was going to jail and my parents are going to kill me three times before I hit the ground. Cop comes up, shining her flashlight in the back of my truck at all the beer cans and then eventually me. Give her my license, registration and pass. She says " hey weren't you the guys fishing at the causeway?" yes mam we were. I asked why were the cops called on us and she said that we were being loud and causing trouble. I explained that we were't and pointed out the kids in the golf cart. She said she gets these bullshit calls from Canyon Lake security all the time, hands me my paperwork back and tells us to drive safe! I was never so thankful in my life! Should still be in jail for that one!!

Used to live in Elsinore and knew a way to get my Jeep from highway 74 off road through the hills past the ski lake and into CL community.
Security guys gave me some dirty looks as I drove out the gate to Railroad Canyon leaving.
Fun times.

 

[mothershipper]

One of my buddies lived in Searchlight, we used his place as a crash pad for boating out of Cottonwood. I also would go there to ride dirtbikes during the winter.

One time I was pulling into Searchlight, and where is house was I could turn off on a side street before the main part of town. As I was pulling into a side street there was a metro doing radar on that street. I saw the radar go up and was like damn what an asshole move. The reason I say it's an asshole move, well he was in an all white lifted F150.

The other thing that cracked me up about Searchlight residents, is when they occasionally have the dummy cop car in the median. The locals would put a pack of donuts and a cup of coffee on the roof of the dummy car. It's Searchlight, not like there's much to do.

Other fact, that's where Harry Reid was from, the whole town hates him.

The hatred of reid is very true

 

[185EZ]

The hatred of reid is very true

Not everyone must hate him
They named an airport after him.

 

[Todd Mohr]

Not everyone must hate him
They named an airport after him.

The Clintons have a foundation, explain that….

 

[Nordie]

Not everyone must hate him
They named an airport after him.

Nah, us locals still call it McCarran. That covid era BS really screwed some people up. Somehow McCarran was deemed a racist.

 

[Kachina26]

Yawwwwwn. We use it too.

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You do know that just takes it off your screen, right? Several people have to report "not there" before it drops off.

 

[FlyByWire]

You do know that just takes it off your screen, right? Several people have to report "not there" before it drops off.

Yes.

But I also don’t sit and shoot radar. It’s all moving because there’s nowhere to sit.

I’d say probably 30% of cars I stop have Waze up on the dash.

It’s all a game anyway.. you try not to get caught, I try to catch you. Use whatever advantage you can.. I sure do.

 

[Kachina26]

Yes.

But I also don’t sit and shoot radar. It’s all moving because there’s nowhere to sit.

I’d say probably 30% of cars I stop have Waze up on the dash.

It’s all a game anyway.. you try not to get caught, I try to catch you. Use whatever advantage you can.. I sure do.

I drive like I got a dead hooker in the trunk, works most of the time. Spent my day driving back from Arkansas dealing with this nonsense.

 

[FlyByWire]

I drive like I got a dead hooker in the trunk, works most of the time. Spent my day driving back from Arkansas dealing with this nonsense.
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Looks like searchlight.

 

[beerrun]

Yes.

But I also don’t sit and shoot radar. It’s all moving because there’s nowhere to sit.

I’d say probably 30% of cars I stop have Waze up on the dash.

It’s all a game anyway.. you try not to get caught, I try to catch you. Use whatever advantage you can.. I sure do.

I always thought its like the coyote and the sheep dog in the old cartoon at the time clock clocking in together then going off to catch the sheep and stop the coyote

 

[beerrun]

I saw two trucker fuckers and a white charger CHP coming out of fort Mohave this Evening

 

[Icky]

You do know that just takes it off your screen, right? Several people have to report "not there" before it drops off.

You need to have someone looking for reports ahead. If it was posted 25 min ago and he's 30 miles away, you got a good chance of seeing them in the next few minutes.

 

[mash on it]

Cobra 29 LTD
Got it the hard way.
Inherited it.
Firebird.
Frequent flyer, I-10
Thanks Dad.

Dan'l