Maybe i should have titled it Do cops still pull over speeders? I usually drive 70-75 MPH and cars still pass me, so today when I was passed, i sped up to 80 and followed about 100 yards behind the guy for about 10 minutes, he slowed down because there was a cop on the side of the road. but he never moved, I wonder what speed they pull people over for?

I have no idea what speed gets them moving, but I usually drive 70 with the cruise on. In this state I seem to be a small minority. People are either going slower (60 or less) or much faster (80-100). When I drove our RV home I had the cruise set on 55-60 in the lane with the trucks. My back tires are well over the safe age so I wasn't going to push it. I probably still won't push it.

The speed limit or 5 over at most. Anything else they will get you eventually. State troopers do it by the book so odds of talking your way out of it are much slimmer vs in-town police who may let you off depending on their mood.

As someone who has driven a lot of miles in rental cars it's way easy to speed in newer vehicles as you don't notice the speed since they are so quiet and smooth inside. I've looked down found myself going way over without even realizing I'm doing it, especially on downhills, or in the dark.

These people who do 90 and blow past everyone are just asking for it. Blow a tire or tangle with a semi-truck changing lanes at that speed and your likely to get maimed or killed.

Depends on driving style, weather, traffic volume and speed. Two of you just cruising along at 80 with nobody else around ... who cares. Now if you'd been glued to the other guy's bumper it would have been a different story!

It almost sounds like you've never been on an interstate before or never exceeded a speed limit !!!

This fast.

I usually drive about 10 over the limit. There is one stretch of interstate in Nashvegas that is 55 but nobody goes less than 70 so I follow the traffic on that one.

Nashville is so short on police you really can't get pulled over and as such it is a free for all on the roads. Lots of people with NO tags or.tags expired years ago and nobody gets pulled over.

I try to stay at 10 or just below as they are usually looking for 15 or more over or so I've been told by a few LEO's / HP's

Living in SoCalifornia and knowing some of the State Hiway Patrol guys, typically they allow 10MPH over the posted speed limit.
But are very critical for cars weaving in/out of traffic lanes creating a hazard..

Just my $0.02...

Max 5 over and I feel like I will get run over every time, and I drive 120K a year. Semi drivers have gotten stupid in the last couple of years, all this "hero's" nonsense it just emboldened them more. Luckily I have seen more getting pulled over lately... In Arizona they set the speed camera's for 11 over, if you go 10 over you didn't get a ticket in the mail. Once they eliminated the cameras it was game on. 11 mph seems to be the magic number everywhere...

This is my rule as well (open interstate).
Less than 10, you almost never be pulled over (unless you're dumb enough to pass a cop).
10 - 14 over and you're still pretty safe.
15+ over and you're almost guaranteed to get a ticket.
It's all about fines (revenue), and speed limit fines above 15 MPH over the limit greatly increase in most areas.

The interstate is the only place I speed. Too much risk of wrecking anywhere else! On the interstate, I try to keep it at not more than 10% above the posted speed limit. I've been told that's the breaking point in NC & SC, which is where I do most of my interstate traveling between home and Myrtle Beach. I just typically stay with traffic and run with the pack, in the right lane and let some rabbits blow by in the left lane to find the radar!

On our last few jaunts south, Montana interstates have big chunks where 90-95 mph seems to be the de facto cruising speed. Idaho seems to be 85-90, except for the Idaho Falls-Pocatello stretch of I-15, and over closer to Boise on I-84. Ditto for Utah north of SLC, but it bumps up to 90+ south of Nephi. US 93 and Nevada 318 are good for 85-90 cruising. When you can pull 18 mpg (US) with the cruise set at 85 mph, you can put a lot of miles in the mirror in a day, with a 25 gal tank.

If I can get in a pack of speeders I will go as fast as they do lol. Back in 06 or so we took my Wife's Neon to Nashville. On I-40 we got in a group of econo box cars and we hauled! We ran over 100 for awhile with the little neon buzzing away. The leader of the pack was a new beetle, then the neon, a cobalt, and some other disposable car. We did this for a long ways between Memphis and Nashville. We probably all got over 30mpg also haha. We passed a trooper in the median running about 90 and he didn't move. Probably didn't believe his radar given the group of cars.

Usually 10 over on the interstate. My wife and I made a trip to Idaho this summer, in parts of Wyoming the speed limit is 80. I had the cruise on 90 and we were getting passed. My wife didn't like it, but you can sure put some miles behind you. LOL

Usually five over.

However close to the speed limit if its 75 or 80 when it really starts to kill gas mileage.

It all depends on what traffic and weather conditions dictate. There are some roads in Michigan's upper peninsula where doing 70 mph is a 55 mph zone is holding up traffic!

One of the Detroit newspapers did a story a few years ago where one team of drivers drove "as fast as they could" between Detroit and Mackinaw City, Michigan on Interstate I-75. The other team, drove at the posted speeds. Michiganders know that there are always slow pokes driving in the fast lane causing backups in Northern lower Michigan.

The team that "speeded as fast as they could", only beat the other team to the hotel by approximately 15 minutes.

The purpose of the article was to identify to the readers if it was worth the risk of a ticket for only 15 minutes?

I really wish we could pay for a different license to allow us to run higher speeds on certain roads, maybe designate it with a certain license plate or something. A 100mph cruise speed is nothing for most vehicles these days, but that it is 95 mph faster than some people need to be driving.

Depends on what the speed limit is. I usually drive about 10% over the limit but it really depends on the weather, time of day, how much traffic is on the road, etc. I've cruised along at 100+ mph very early in the morning when the weather was perfect and there wasn't any traffic. I've also crawled along stop and go stuck in traffic when commuting.

Traffic, terrain, conditions, the car I'm driving, and the timeframe go in the mental blender and a speed of travel comes out my right foot...
I learned back in the 55 days to constantly scout for LEO/revenuers, and to not drive stuff that isn't capable and in good order.
I've been towing @ 75 in TX in the past, and been whistled by a car transporter who was likely +15 on me.
There's lots of areas where +10 or so goes un-noticed.
Some parts of the Country, I've put it @ 100-130.
Other parts, I'm happy to just cruise through and enjoy the scenery.

The posted speed limit