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Old 03-14-2005, 02:49 PM   #31
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<font color="green"> I drive about five miles an hour over the speed limit. I set the cruise control so I don't speed up.

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Old 03-14-2005, 04:44 PM   #32
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I try... usually about 5 or 10 over... Now we all know what DH does
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I try to never go more than 5 miles over the limit.
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Old 03-14-2005, 06:10 PM   #34
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I usually go about 5 over. [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/16/16_2_19.gif[/img]
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I usually drive about 110 on the highways (that's kilometers/hour). Some highways are 100 limits, others are 110 limits, so sometimes I'm speeding (equivalent of about 6 mph) and other times I'm not!
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Close your eyes Bill

I usually drive about 9 miles over the limit. BAD MARNIE!!
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I dare anyone to drive the speed limit in Boston and Survive lol. Yup, I do drive faster, sometimes up to 15 miles an hour, maybe even 20, this is on highways though. And still cars are traveling faster. Had one the other day tailgating me when I was only going 20 over

But mostly, it is 5-10 miles over. If there is a lot of traffic though, I do the speed limit.
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No, if I did I'd get run over. The only place I do is in school zones.
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Just five miles over, unless I'm really in a hurry!
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I was once clocked going 65mph in a 30mph zone, so I guess that would be a no.
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I usually drive about 5-10 mph over the limit.
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I'm a 10-12 mph over the speed limit driver on the interstates/highways. Set the cruise control to be sure.

Knock on wood, I've only had one speeding ticket and that was more than a dozen years ago.
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I'm usually over by 5-10 mph. I've had no tickets for 15 years or more and I just got one last week. The butthead wouldn't just give me a warning either...he gave me a 2 point ticket! So now I'm creeping along with the rest of the paranoid people!
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5-10 over depends how the traffic is going.

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I tend to stay within 10 miles of the limit.
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