Only in Detroit

"Milky" (jordanmielke)
12/21/2014 at 04:10 • Filed to: None

Can you get on highway at 4am, go 90mph and get blown by other cars. #LawLessHighways

DISCUSSION (18)

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Milky
12/21/2014 at 04:17

Colorado too, I25 is kinda famous for it. The other night I went 85+ (I don't know how fast I went, my speedo only goes to 85) just to keep up with traffic. It was scary as hell, my front suspension felt like it was gonna take off with out me.

E. Julius > Milky
12/21/2014 at 04:39

Also at 7 AM, on the way to work.

GhostZ > Milky
12/21/2014 at 04:43

What's up with this cop car? It is an "undercover livery" or something?

CPT Speedbump > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/21/2014 at 05:50

Colorado isn't near as bad as we think though, Georgia is wayyy worse then here. I keep traffic moving into the slow lain here..well, in the Z atleast, lol. Kept having to move over for people in my dad's Impalla SS over their though.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CPT Speedbump
12/21/2014 at 06:05

I dont doubt the south is worse. On a side note, you and I need to do something together with out trucks sometime soon

pip bip - choose Corrour > Milky
12/21/2014 at 06:29

then speed up and go back past them!

Funktheduck > CPT Speedbump
12/21/2014 at 08:53

Native Georgian chiming in. Back when I was in college they held an annual short film contest. I think they still do. One submission one year not only own but made the news. 285, at the time, had a ridiculously low speed limit of 55 mph. No body went that slowly unless there was a speed trap. I'll give you a hint, there were several mainstay traps aka police need a new cruiser fundraising spots.

The people in charge said the speed limit was for safety despite the fact that we know speed doesn't mean instant death and no one went 55 to begin with.

The students got a group of friends and made a line across all lanes going 55 during rush hour. They screwed up traffic for half the city of Atlanta. It was used as evidence for raising the speed limits. 7 or 8 years later we got higher speed limits.

It's on YouTube.

Milky > GhostZ
12/21/2014 at 10:57

I don't think its an undercover livery, just a super badass livery.

Milky > E. Julius
12/21/2014 at 10:59

I suspect going 80 on the morning commute, during rush hour is not the norm for most places. But there is still probably too much traffic to go 90+ … unless you're that hardcore.

Milky > pip bip - choose Corrour
12/21/2014 at 11:00

I actually did that a couple weekends about at the same time of night. Ended up going about 130mph with a 3 -series. While it was a light hearted street race, I still feel bad about it …. I'm trying to be slightly more responsible.

E. Julius > Milky
12/21/2014 at 11:06

My commute last summer was mostly in the Metro, not Detroit proper, but on the way in it was 80 mph minimum with the odd crazy here or there weaving through at 90, so yeah you're pretty much correct.

Coachrotte33 > Milky
12/21/2014 at 11:28

Real-life Batman

Milky > E. Julius
12/21/2014 at 12:06

Yea that probably makes a difference. But I know what you mean about the odd crazy person. Some guy in a Camry last night had to of been doing 11o mph, seriously flew by me.

thebigbossyboss > Milky
12/21/2014 at 12:23

In Northern Quebec they don't have freeways, but there also isn't many cops...so you can go as fast as you like, just watch out for deer.

The Compromiser > GhostZ
12/21/2014 at 12:49

Everyone in Ontario is doing it. When headlights hit them they show in colour (gold or whatever) so they are technically marked cruisers. The provincial popo had the right black/brown coloured cruisers so that they blended right in. If you weren't close you couldn't see it.

I feel it should be entrapment, but I am no lawyer...

Milky > thebigbossyboss
12/21/2014 at 13:14

Hitting a deer at 80+ must be a scary thing.

thebigbossyboss > Milky
12/21/2014 at 16:42

Thankfully I wouldn't know.

and 100 more > GhostZ
12/23/2014 at 15:51

We have those in Austin (though I haven't seen one in awhile), in both that metallic gray above, and in white. The lettering is retro-reflective, and if you're approaching from a lane next to the cruiser, you can't see the lettering from the back. It's a sneaky way for police cruisers to be out on the highway and catch speeders - they let them run right past, because they don't look like they're marked until its too late.