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Old January 3rd 05, 10:14 PM
Brent P
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In article . com>, Motorhead Lawyer wrote:
>
> 223rem wrote:
>> I was doing 80 on the Indiana toll road (speed limit 65 mph)
>> when I noticed a cop car ahead and slowed down to its speed of
>> about 70 mph.
>>
>> Well, I soon noticed that the cop car had IL plates. Thinking
>> that he cant pull me over, I passed the cop car (on the left)
>> and was soon back to 80 mph. Was I right, or just lucky?

>
> Both. Any cop from Illinois is probably under the impression that "65
> MPH" *means* 80 mph.


For them it means 95mph. However for anyone else, it means no more than
70mph or if they aren't looking to meet a performance objective, slower
than they are driving.

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