Automobile Enthusiasts

But if you're doing 70 you are going to be passed like you are tied to a post!

I've always felt (perhaps with good reason) that cops just love to pull over performance cars (also the reason I avoid red cars. They are much easier to spot in a crowd), so I've always lived by a few rules when driving on the freeway;

1) Never be the fastest car on the road. Let someone go by you regularly then keep up with that person at a distance.

2) Stay to the right as much as possible. It amazes me how many people will haul ass on the freeway and do it mostly in the left lane.

3) As much as is practical and safe to do so, look for cops on the entrance ramps as you pass them. Cops love to sit up on the ramp and shoot radar or laser at cars driving away from them. Also keep an eye out for brake lights ahead for the same reason: a hidden speed trap.

4) Keep in mind the 75 percent rule and the 10 percent rule;

75% rule states that the safest speed to travel, REGARDLESS of posted speed limit is that speed which 75% of the other vehicles are traveling. If the posted speed limit is 70 and 75% of the traffic is doing 90, then 90 is the safest speed. Conversely, if the speed limit is 70 and most of the traffic is doing 45, then 45 is the safest speed. Most cops will not single you out if you're in the 75% group.

The 10% rule states that most cops (of course, with exceptions) will give you 10% over the speed limit. So 71.5 MPH in a 65 zone, 38.5 in a 35 zone, etc. However, a Texas Highway Patrol Officer might not follow this in West Texas on I-10 where the limit is 80. 88 MPH is kind of pushing it!

So the answer to your question "where can you wind it out?" is almost every mile of freeway in Florida! But I'm not crazy and I also have a CDL, so avoiding interactions with Law Enforcement is paramount to keeping my career!