This is the Most Unfair State For Car Owners
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- One state stands above the rest when it comes to being unfair to drivers, and it’s not California. Join Nolan as he explores the tactics some states use to fine drivers hundreds of millions of dollars every year! It’s NOT cool!
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This is why I had to stop making car videos in Virginia.
Great place to grow up - not an awesome place to be a car lover.
Iluv your vids
I didnt even know you are from Virginia! that's awesome.
Yup
This. I love horsepower, but it's legitimately impossible to use it anywhere here.
Gotta agree I live in Virginia Beach and there’s not a lot of car events
You forgot the second part of that Reckless Driving law: 80 is automatically reckless driving. So, if the speed limit on a section of highway is 70 and you are doing 10 over and get pulled over, you get that reckless driving also.
bbmikej agreed. I travel on 66 and 81 to go between DC and college and being limited to 80 is t h e w o r s t. Not to mention the speed limit drops to 65 or even 60 around some towns.
Exactly! On the longer 2-lane highways what happens is you end up with people being unable to pass tractor trailers and then traffic bunches up, visibility is reduced and it all goes to shit.
At least Maryland has 85 for reckless driving
I'll pray for you ok.
Makes me feel luckier being in NY. We have low speed limits compared to the rest of the country, but at the same time traffic doesn't care and routinely does 75-80 anyways lol
Speed traps seem like something you would exploit in a city building game.
Like spamming toll roads in cities skylines 😂
Lol ikr
@@Popeye-uw6jb 😂ez revenue
Now i wanna try that
@@Popeye-uw6jb Toll booth spam isn't even the most stupidly effective way of making money in that game. Troll parks (basically, paths that are turned into park zones with pedestrians needing to go through multiple gates) can make even more money, not just for the space, but overall. There was one time I made a troll park that made over $1 million/week. The exploit is most useful at key public transit transfers (e.g. going from train stations) or along convenient, popular walking paths.
Being from VA and living here all my life, I always thought that tons of speed traps were just normal. Just another reason to hate this state
don't even get started with the safety, emissions, and the totally unfair property tax laws that judges on what you drive and which county you live in. I used to own an '88 cougar and most shops I took to once(and never again) likes to reject it for dumb reasons i.e. "loose electrical cabling" or my driver door's loose handle problem which requires a donor door to fix; meanwhile, other drivers next to me at the stoplight in their banged up hoopties get legally registered and seem not never get pulled over.
I’m your northern neighbor, your state is weird af when it comes to traffic laws.
All the other states dont like your state
Blame Government and the tyrants in that said Government...every state is slowly becoming similar...
Just look at your Second Amendment across the nation, every state that enforces gun legislation usually comes after every other hobby and interest people have later on.
NC (at least in the part I'm in?) is just as bad. During some months you will see speed traps every mile or so down main roads. Luckily, most cops here aren't going to write you a ticket for up to 5 over, bit 6 over and they will make you regret it. 15 over and you're screwed. 30 over and you might as well move to a different state.
I got a ticket mailed to me from Baltimore, and when I looked into it the cameras have to be calibrated. When I looked at my specific camera, it hadn't been calibrated in over 2yrs. When I brought that up to have it dropped, they sent me a pdf with an "updated" camera calibration that was dated properly. I never paid it and it got dropped.
There is another town in Virginia off 95 called Emporia that uses constant construction sites to give motorists tickets. It’s really slimy
Surprised there’s not more complaints about Emporia. They use those sites to impose hefty construction zone speeding tickets tacked on to a speeding tickets. Yeah.....they got me and 4 other employees of the same company in a matter of hours
Got me there years ago and the situation was a complete farce.
Fuck Emporia only time I got a wreckless.
Yeah emporia is pretty bad but I'd have to say it's also pretty average for the state
Yea they do that in Arkansas too
You forgot ONE thing! Virginia’s stupid radar detector law.
Dennis Snider true
It's a $100 fine and they can seize it. They TECHNICALLY have to give it back after your court appearance, but good luck getting anything back that the cops take from you.
Duude yes! I'm from NC were its legal and completely forgot to take it down. I was pulled at an intersection because of it.
Whatareyoudoingyouidiot My mom once owned a huge Ford excursion van that had some sort of “Merry Miler” package added onto it. On top of all the amazing options that vehicle came with, it had a built in radar detector. If it wasn’t, that thing looked factory. Did a TON of cross country travel in that van, and that detector always impressed me. When we moved from Texas to VA in 1988, my mom turned off the detector. Being 5-8 in VA, I didn’t understand, so I asked her. She said that it was illegal in the state. I still did not understand.
If they had to seize it, I can’t imagine how they would go about doing it without destroying the headliner. And she just turned it off, since that’s all she could do. She never got pulled over in that state, but had she... ...”right lady. It was turned off the whole time. These vans had blinds and curtains. Cop wouldn’t be able to tell if she didn’t had it on and quickly turned it off, hide some narcotics, or even decided to reach for a fire arm.
cant you just hide it when the cop pulls you over?
There was an entire town that was a speed trap close to where I grew up. They regularly impound vehicles like modified corvettes, mustangs, suvs and even an old iroc. The state finally received enough complaints that the IG was forced to audit the town… only a few of the cops and politicians were given probation the rest were sent to prison and the town was bankrupted.
… so at least that story has a happy ending.
I drove around with a suspended license for a long time because I couldn't pay traffic fines. It was extremely stressful. I'm so glad I have a license now.
"What're you in for rookie?"
"Going 2 miles over the limit in Virginia"
Real tough
NO BUT ACTUALLY, my friend was pulled over for going 27 in a neighborhood
And everyone moved away from me on the group W bench....
@@aidanfraser580 The wife of the mayor of Bryant, AR got a ticket for going 2-3 mph over the limit in the city. The ticket got thrown out and a big time ass chewing given to the cop for being predatory. My best friend used to know all those people in charge of that city.
"So what're you in for?"
"Jaywalking"
This is why when my work takes me to Virginia for a week, I use cruise control EVERYWHERE. Doesn't hurt that I'm also getting paid for the extra driving time.
I'd definitely do like 10 under the speed limit atleast then, it's free money.
Won’t help with a speed trap that drops from 65 mph to 30 mph or whatever
@@joeracer302 Use Waze, as you'll be shown the speed drop and also cop alerts.
joeracer302 yep gps and cruise control once the map speed limit update hit the breaks and reset cruise control. Or just drive a Tesla on autopilot.
This is so true.
I got a ticket around 15 years ago I never paid.😂
I don’t ever plan on going back though ever again !!!
My Ga license was never affected.
Lived in southwest VA my whole life, nearly every town the speed goes from 55 straight to 35. But not only do they have speed traps everywhere, they're really strict of car mods. Like tinted windows, clearance, etc they will find any excuse to pull over whomever they want to.
Also they give reckless to anyone going 15 over. I got slapped with that when I was 18 doing 53 in the 35.
That’s crazy I did a 53 in a 35 and I got sent to a driving improvement class
yeah i hate those unincorporated towns where cops lurk at the speed change
bro, cop said i was going 20 mph over, said he got me on radar as we was driving opposite side of bridge, then said all the cars that were behind me wernt behind me by the time he caught up. sad part was is that when he hit the sirens till the time i stopped i was going 5 to 10 over. i stopped right infront of a new speed limit sign that dropped down 10 mph, so he wrote 20 over, i should have took it to court, but thought id get in trouble with the navy for having speedticket, but what do they care lol, this was VB Virginia.
I heard of people getting tickets for modified exhaust on rental cars in Virginia?
7:16 - Just go on I-75 (In Orlando Florida) during spring break (or another Friday) on a Friday around 11 pm and you can find a lot and I mean A LOT more tuned and modified cars on the road. Happened to see some pulled over by cops, which made me a little sad.
I always have Google Maps running on the screen in my car. It announces "speed trap ahead" when approaching an area where enforcement was recently spotted, even if it's not technically a speed trap.
Used to be If you got caught going over 80 mph it was automatically reckless driving. Everything here is true. Hopewell is notorious. West point is bad too.
New Kent County along I-64 is hell.
There is a town (I'm not mentioning the state because the state isn't like that as a whole,) that was known for moving the speed limit sign on the road into town. I got a ticket there once, and I drive like a granny with a car full of loose eggs. They finally got a warning from the state and now they leave the sign in place, and they were required to post a "reduced speed ahead" sign as well.
You forgot to mention the personal property tax of 3% of the car's value every year in addition to sales tax, registration fees, and yearly inspections make it more expensive to own a car in Virginia than other states.
Montana has speed limits. When I was there in 2009 I did not go on a road that did not have a speed limit. They also post two speed limits, one for during the daytime and one for night time.
I was told when driving to Florida, go around VA because they’re bs there.
there’s a speed trap on the road i used to get to town n there’s always a cop their 😍😍 bless the folks who flash their lights twice for the head up. angels fr
I know you won't believe me but I once got pulled over in Virginia and the cop let me go without a ticket.
ive lived here my whole life, i had no idea people had it so good elsewhere, i just drove 15 above instead of 20. i gotta run for governor at this rate and fix it.
Using waze helps out a ton for reporting speed traps
unfortunately Waze is less effective than it used to be since Google purchased them to cut down on the competition against Google maps. :(
My dad got nabbed in Pulaski County, 110 in a 70 still hasn't paid the ticket...
What the statue of limitations? It's been about 20 years....
new jersey is actually really nice to you actually
they have proper road signs where cops would usually camp for speed traps that say "speed trap"
3:19 - I live on an island where the highest speed limit is 55 😭
ive lived in 3 states since i started driving. every ticket ive ever gotten has been in virginia.
I can relate, I lived in Texas, Florida, Massachusetts and Virginia. The only state where I've ever got a ticket was in Virginia, and the cop lied about the speed, I had to fight it in court and it was expensive AF.
I live close to the VA border in NC.. Whenever I cross into VA, I have to take my Radar detectors down.. because they are ILLEGAL. lol
I dont lol
I've always wondered how Virgina's radar detector detectors work. And also how they can get around the FCC ruling of accepting interference as a byproduct of electrical emission.
The only people required to follow the laws are those not wearing badges
@@FistMcSlablift the radar detectors & scramblers send out signals themselves, and they just track the certain frequencies to see which people are using detectors and scramblers. Also always remember, Virginia is a Commonwealth state.. they can basically do what ever they want state law wise.
@@ShanGamer1981 youll get fined a good amount for one, if you are on a larger interstate or highway.. at minimum, unplug that bitty. Back roads are fine of course.
"55 mph on the freeway is slow!"
Laughs in 1990s.
You omitted several items from your speed trap video:
1. VA requires every privately registered vehicle to go through a physical inspection twice per year. You can bet that these 'certified' inspection stations (privately owned businesses) will ding you for "headlight adjustment" every single time. It is extortion. There are many more other nitpicking items those "inspectors" will find as well. OH yeah.....you have to put both a county and state sticker in the middle of your windshield. Just how safe is that?
2. Virtually NO aftermarket alterations are allowed to private vehicles.
3. Radar receivers are illegal and will be confiscated even if not powered on. Mere possession is all that is required.
Instead of policing the bad guys Virginia spends its tax money on extorting fines for the dumbest of reasons. In addition, in the middle of Richmond I-95 and I-64 both pass through a common toll booth. Even though I-64 is not a toll road and I-95 was built with federal funds VA collects tolls on everyone passing through.
VA is a police state. The happiest day of my life was seeing Virginia in my rear view mirror.
In northern Virginia (near DC), they patrol apartment building parking lots looking for out of state tags so they can bust people who have moved but haven't yet registered in Virginia. 100% true. Just ask me how I know. Unbelievable what lengths they will go to.
Goes to Virginia and sees “Speed Enforced by Aircraft” sign and slows down 😂
those aren't real
@@mickygadfly2361 yea it is, in Norfolk, i was being gunned down by an A-10 for going 5 over.
Barely made it out alive
I’ve lived all over the country and VA is the worst on car laws. State inspection on vehicles but the roads aren’t maintained. Toll roads that provide profit to a third party instead of the state. I have to get emissions where I live in the state. I would also say VA is up there in terrible and impatient drivers. I have seen people merge into turning lanes just to try to get ahead of a couple cars on the straight seats when in stopped traffic due to crossing pedestrians.
Maybe lay off the predatory traps, lower speed limits and enforce fairly, then have a toll road for people who want to drive fast. It doesn't prey on low income drivers, it makes the roadways safer, it allows people to cut loose, and it raises money for the roads from the toll
Ohio does it for the same reason as Florida. Being a mandatory gateway between Michigan and half of the country AND a pass-through for half of the east coast and greater rust belt on their way to Chicago, Ohio is THE state out of state drivers hate in the Midwest
I-295!! The million dollar mile! Thank you guys for bringing this into light... This is the biggest, most unethical thing related to traffic that is happening in VA right now.
I was surprised emporia wasn't mentioned as well
I hate 295, thank Jah 288 isn't as dumb
Country roads
Take me home
To the place
I belong...
Around Virginia
Wasted LOL 😂
Which is West Virginia.
You can still go to West Virginia in order to go around Virginia
Best comment.
Golden!
I've lived in Virginia for 44 years. I was ticketed for 10 miles over the limit after they LOWERED the speed limit from 45 to 35, temporarily, on a ¼ mile section of road. There was not any construction, nothing. It was simply lowered. The limit was then raised back to 45 before my scheduled court date even arrived. I was still prosecuted to the full fine! From the ages of 17 - 19, I would be pulled over “randomly” and my car would be searched for drugs and weapons. This would happen about once every two months. One time the cops, being frustrated not finding anything illegal, seized my stereo, amps, and speakers claiming they were stolen. I had to go to court with the receipts and a lawyer to get them returned. Finally, I wound up keeping a list of dates I’d be pulled over and would hand it to the officers along with the registration. The officers would ask what the list of dates was and when I told them they stopped asking to search the car and started saying, “drive safely and have a nice day”. I’ve never had a Virginia Police Officer help me. I’ve only encountered negative interactions with them. Topping it all off, “to serve and protect” is no longer on the graphics of police cars in my little slice of Virginia.
Va suck ass to drive in. I' have only had one """"decent"""" interaction with a cop. this place sucks.
They can’t go in your car unless you let them
It’s good to know the laws
@@trevor8273 Police useally come up with some bs excuse to use probable cause which than they can search your car. Its really stupid the way thats exploited but they do it and get away with it anyways.
@@trevor8273 Of course this is true but seeming like the cops are sort of corrupt, they could easily say “oh i smell marijuana” or “i see bags in your car”
a lot of states have banned this type of search though. I’m not sure if Virgina is one of them.
@@jrhillbilly6697 can’t do it without warrant
As soon as we saw the video title, all of us driving enthusiasts said, "Virginia".
WALTER!
Hi Walter
WALTERRIFIC hey walter
What do I gotta do to get you to make me a helmet!?
Glad I'm not the only one thinking that lmao.
Also, as someone who drives in Baltimore frequently, indid find it odd the cameras were snapping pics like they're Instagram models. Though Baltimore drivers are pretty bad
Virginia: 55
Texas: 85
German Autobahn: The speed of light.
Autobahn: yes
The sky: not today. 700,000,000,000,000,000,000 v/ps
Lol
*laughs in Italian*
I want to click like but I don't want disturb the figure "69".
100 People in VA lost their license by the time this video ended.
Eduardo Clavijo cepeda I don’t what you did, if you just guessed or actually did math Butt I believe you
hahah its true
The mathematician in me bets that you're not joking. That's insane.
According to me, if the all viewers finish this video after one viewer finished the video , there would be 119704400 People lost their licenses
What if I just pause it
I remember reading about a city in Texas that had a dead person signing the “verified” red light camera tickets, the system was automated with a rubber stamped signature. It was only discovered when another policeman, that knew the deceased, received a ticket signed by his dead friend. They were also caught having shorter timings on red lights with cameras than ones without, resulting in more tickets, but they weren’t the only ones caught doing it. This is why people have trust issues.
Damn that's crooked.
My city set up red light cameras a few years ago. Turns out nobody paid them, so the city lost millions and wound up just taking them down. The private company that rented the cameras was gonna make most of the profit anyways. Fuckin crooks
I heard some would also randomly alter the yellow light time, so perhaps 1 in 10 times it would be abnormally short, so you would drive through expecting it to stay yellow, but it would change red.
What’s even more disturbing is the red light camera companies can’t enforce suspending a license and also can’t issue warrants for unpaid tickets. So many people pay the fines thinking they have to.
One of my buddies received 8 tickets from cameras and refused to pay them after he learned from the ticket givers themselves that they couldn’t enforce him to pay them.
Actually, the constant nagging and stealing by police in the US is a major reason why I moved to Mexico.
Virginia Natives: “it’s true. All of it.”
No. There's a couple speed traps, but otherwise Virginia is the best place to drive.
@@robertshort9487 Where do you live, cuz if you’re in the Richmond area this is all absolutely facts.
@@xAfroMetalHead1990x along 81
I'm VA I can confirm this. The roads are really nice but the speed limit is too low.
If people would just pay attention to the signs then nobody would hate Virginia just because they are painfully oblivious
They didn't mention the 81+ MPH reckless law. If you're going 81 even in a 70 in Virginia, you automatically get a reckless. Personal experience.
This state is an absolute driving hell hole.
That's why to just tell the cop to fuck off if you're from out of state and just dont pay the ticket, nothing they can do if you never show back up in Virginia
In PA, any speeding of 20 or more over gets your car impounded and you get a ride to jail plus a hefty fine and suspension. Which is hilarious because if you do anything less then 20 over on the Turnpike, you’re getting run over.
And if you get a reckless driving ticket you can’t get a CDL, and if you have a CDL it’s gone.
Its actually if you're doing 80 MPH on the dot. Not 81+
my first memory of VA was their "speed monitored by aircraft" sign. my second memory was leaving.
I see that sign every day😭
I miss when you played ball
That's one you usually DON'T have to worry about. If you take it to court, they have to have both the officer in the aircraft and the officer on the ground testify in court. It's am empty threat.
They have those signs in every state. Don’t act like its just Virginia
We got em in Maryland too. Always made me laugh.
The reason why it's such a safe state to drive and it's because nobody's got a driver's license they don't want to crash into each other 🤣
or they don't report any accident that would cost them less than the fines/arrests of dealing with a cop.
when your inbreed
Except in Richmond, you’d think everyone was a nascar driver
@@thekoopatroopa funny cause same here in Richmond, Tx
You joke, but I think that's probably the case. I refuse to believe that slowing drivers from an instant kill speed to a slower instant kill speed improves safety on the highway. That or the differences between states are just too negligible, since I notice none of the raw numbers were given to us. Regardless, I'd like to see fatalities per accident, since speed doesn't actually cause any accidents. It just makes an accident that would've happened worse
I live in Northern Virginia, I have to go through this EVERYDAY.
Noah Gonzalez Same
Same
703 gang
540 Gang
That's crazy mah nigga
But I don't remember asking.
Me: Goes 10 over the limit in Virginia.
Police: So you have chosen... death.
psh, yeah cause people are passing you going 20 over.
Well if you go over 80mph it's reckless driving so if the speed limit is 70 mph (which some are) all you have to do is 10 over
Avrage Gamers growing up in Maryland and traveling through Virginia often I have learned to only drive the speed limit. You not about to catch me driving 3 hours to go to court.
Uhh real talk. I got 75 in 55 got reckless. Fought it in court spent almost 900 for everything. And then got ticket week after court was done for 70 in 55. 5 yr clean driving all wiped clean.
In NY if you go 10 over the speed limit it’s instant kill
This is why I drive a jeep, you feel like you're going 100, but you're really only going 45mph
😂😂
Lol. So TRUE
Can confirm. Especially with the crosswind, my wrangler liked to do the auto lane change.
same with lifted 98 tahoe
I will never own a jeep, the crumple like a cardboard box in an accident
I live in va. I once had a cop ask me to raise my voice and then yell at me
For raising my voice
540 OffRoad F in the chat
Had to take off phoneholder from windshield because iT Is "ilLeGaL"
I honestly doubt that
Raging Bullet dude i’m friends with more cops than any non cop here I have nothing but respect for law enforcement but this one cop is the biggest pos i’ve ever met
Time for you to post this on reddit!
"The State Of Virginia has flagged this video"
VA does even recognize WV lol so i won't be surprised
Wow dude that sucks.
Virginia is going to introduce a law to cap the resolution of this video to 144p
As a Virginia native living in a small town I once saw a police officer in a Ford Explorer sitting in between two Ford Explorers at a dealership running radar for people that passed by as part of a speed trap.
So? What's so hard about driving within the speed limit? I still don't understand how it's unfair to be ticketed for that. I get passed by packs of cars traveling at least 20 over the limit all the time. Why shouldn't they be ticketed?
@spuriouseffect7621 It wouldn't be if most speed limits weren't 10 to 20 miles below what they should be
@@BobBob-eb4io The answer to that is petitioning the government to change the speed limit, not breaking the law because you don't agree with it. smh
@@spuriouseffect i never said i speed but i certainly see why other people do
@@BobBob-eb4io So what are you saying? That you understand why people break the law and put other people in danger, so we should simply not enforce the law?
As a Virginian, as soon as I say the name of this video, I knew you were going to say Virginia.
David Peterson Comedy That’s why waze is your best friend :)
As much as i hear people hate driving in Virginia, ive never experienced anything that bad, and i grew up in Richmond
me too
Lmao he said as s virgin I knew you were gonna say Virginia
@@GamingOfRiv3ter I do know over here by ashland and short Pump its bad, even more for non white people.
Nolen: “everybody likes to speed”
Don’t mess with my discount ad pops
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Discount > Superbowl
You forgot to mention that in Virginia anything above 80 is automatic reckless. So 81 in a 70 will get you a reckless driving charge
Ever seen what a body looks like after smashing into something going 80?
@@Kshea44ify bout the same as 70
Thought Anything over 25 over the limit... Example 50 in a 25.... Or 85 in a 60
Guess it's 20, it's 25 in mass
@@Kshea44ify 45mph can be lethal what's your point?
My wife once got a speeding ticket while visiting family in VA for doing 70 in a 50. We are from NJ so she needed to return to VA several months later to appear in court. A few things we found out about ticketing in VA. #1. Do not go more than 19 MPH above the speed limit, because anything 20 MPH or more, and your moving violation turns into a MISDEMEANOR. You read that right. A misdemeanor. So it becomes a criminal offense, punishable up to 12 months in jail, with fines. #2. The police TARGET out of state plates, especially ones from NY and NJ. #3. Even if you're polite to the police officer, unless you are bleeding and/or currently in cardiac arrest, you WILL receive a ticket if you are stopped. Not worth a conversation or argument. Just hand over your documentation and wait for your summons. Moral of the story? Avoid VA.
Without having to watch this video, I agree
Proof: I live here
Some parts of the UK are similarly miserable. On the M6 through Birmingham the speed limit is variable and there are speed cameras, it is wank.
I’m sorry. I do too. Cannot wait til I can move to Carolina. I live right on the other side of the border now. But the car scene up here even draws up the crowd from the other side of the border... just gotta move to central Carolina where I’ve got some family at. Big car scene in Raleigh/ ft.bragg Fayetteville area
ohooo you guys have obviously never been to Norway.
And why I moved to Raleigh NC 🙃
*there
I’m from VA and what he said is completely accurate there’s a big speed trap by Richmond where 81 meets 64 they call it the circle of hell🤬
Fire-emblem-novice 757 💪🏻
Fire-emblem-novice then run faster than light! At least they won’t catch light. Lol
Rich what?
I live in Colonial Heights. And for everyone reading *IF AT ALL POSSIBLE NEVER GO ON 64, 81 NORTH OR 95
At least you don't have "smart motorways" in the US. You can get done when the speed limit automatically changes and you are already past the sign. Also people keep getting killed when the hard shoulder opens.
"SpeEd LimIt EnForCeD bY AirCrAfT"
Right!😂😂😂
If you know you know! Lol
SLENDER MIKE Straight Facts
Its bullshit they haven’t used that in years
Yea that one makes me laugh
Funny story: I live on a naval base and got suspended for speeding, the officer said I was going 50 in the 25, wasn’t even able to plead my case, turns out that speed was fabricated so that the cops could meet their monthly quota
They don’t have quotas
they gotta collect the tax they are just tax collectors. cowardly ones at that.
Move and tell us govment so they can get shut down
@@mrticklenuts2124 not on paper
@@mrticklenuts2124ohh sweet summer child 😊
And this is why I left Virginia...🥴
Come back and try to do the "Enforced by aircraft challenge"
Boiii did you even graduate south lakes?
What if someone does goes 200 mph in Virginia?
The speed tickets sucked, but paying property taxes is what made me cross the border to WV instead of staying in VA.
I'm 15 I have a few more years until I can leave
Man, I was going 20 over in Indiana one time and was PASSED by a cop who just continued to drive like he didn't have a care in the world lol
It happened the same to me, only i got passed by a motorcycle being casually followed by a cop car at +30 over the limit
good old indiana
@@Vits2001 I think we were there at the same time.
@@samuelmoore8154 The cop car just passed the motorcycle like nothing and kept speeding away lmao
Same in Oklahoma
*Sees the title "This is the most unfair state for Car Owners."*
Thinks: Huh. It's probably VA.
*Watches 20 seconds.*
Yup.
Paul Sheehan Haha
Yep, and fuck lol
I was like... "There's no way... I mean, it's a 2% chance, right?"
But _of course_
Lol, same. Im not even a car guy and I know the laws are b.s.
Same I'm from the uk and I though it would be that state don't know. I think that probably because it's quite well off compared to other states around but also very strict
Can confirm
I live in VA and this is pretty accurate. The one thing you didn't mention, though, is the insane amount of state troopers we have just for "traffic enforcement". I like to call them road pirates.
Depending on the county/city the local cops can be pretty bad too. I once had a county cop pull me over because he said I wasn't wearing my seat belt, when there was no way he could have seen whether I was wearing it or not. And I was actually wearing my seat belt while I was driving, but when I stopped my car I had to unbuckle to get my registration out of the glove compartment because my seatbelt would lock up even when I wasn't breaking hard. So I know for a fact he pulled me for no reason, and I called him out on his bullshit. Then he gave me a ticket for having an air freshener hanging from my mirror instead, which is apparently illegal in VA.
@@Npero1 us being disgusted by their behavior is a sacrifice they are willing to make because they get money.
Me: I wonder what state this is gonna be about
Nolan: Virginia
Me: Welp my dad did just get a ticket yesterday for reckless driving
I did as well only a week ago, went 84 on 70. :///
Ethan N i thought it was california
As a driver in south Hampton roads, I can confirm that the 55 mph limit is bogus. No one follows it. Why is a four lane highway limited to 55?
I feel your pain. I commute Suffolk to Williamsburg often.
Highway here in Indonesia had a measly 50-55 mph limit which almost none here abide to anyway
Heck, even the police casually blasted pass 70
Noah’s Narley Nvideos I’ve gotten a ticket for going 66 in a 55 on 64.
Yep, 55 on a highway where I can do 80 and completely forget about it
Because revenue
“SPEED ENFORCED BY AIRCRAFT”
*A-10 flys over*
@@MultiGameKing101 live in AZ. Can confirm
Accurate
can confirm i freaked out the first time i saw it on 66. I was like man that helicopter is flying really low...... legit snapped a pic of everyone on the highway spun around and did the other side (NB/SB) flew down the road did the same thing about 200 yards down the road.
@@GT0wned1 oh shit? I haven't seen or been flagged by an aircraft, afaik, but those signs terrify me. Like I've been scanning the bushes around the i-10, and now I have to scan the skies too?
Plus it's like several hundred miles of NOTHING but straight road, so it's really easy to speed.
Remember when your government was on your side?
Yeah me neither.
Truth.
And yet everyone rallies around the flag when you quote Jefferson at them.
At the very beginning of the USA
Pepperidge farm remembers
@@drdozer you mean when we were fighting for indepence from an overtaxing government. It's like we've gone full circle. Except now we won't have guns or cars.
*Goes 10 miles over the speed limit*
Virgina: AH6 Warthog headed to your location
*A10 warthog*
@@misterbuklau4053 or AH64 Apache... never know when someone is just ridiculously wrong
Speed Limit ENFORCED by aircraft.
MisterBuklau lol I put warthog when I meant to put overwatch referencing the 9 kill streak helicopter in mw3
A10 Warthog.
Donut media: ”I would really like to hear from you if you’re driving on a suspended license”
Drivers: “Nice try...donut...nice try” 🤫
Lol he did say towards the end not to rat on ourselves haha
The Donut is clearly a call sign for cops #staywokeorgobroke #donutsarereallyflat
As a former VA police officer I can confirm all of this lol. There’s a reason I’m no longer working in that state.
Fuck VA.
Because you have a soul?
God bless your soul with your dream car!
@@kojack635 I heard a car journalist was sent to jail for speeding in Virginia. So I thought he was going to mention the incarceration part. Maybe they changed that? I heard that story a few years ago.
SI0AX it was a Chevy employee in a new zl1.
My story: active duty stationed in Virginia most of my career (other than deployments overseas). One time, I received a wreckless driving by speeding ticket on a highway exit ramp. The cop wrote the ticket as though the speed limit was the ramp suggested speed - not the actual speed limit. By the actual speed limit, I was doing 2 mph over. Yeah, two - and written a wreckless driving. I was so infuriated that I did hire an attorney (and shelled out almost 3k for it) to fight it even citing Virginia's own driving code as well as the DMV manuals. The cop didn't have a leg to stand on and it was quickly apparent that he wrote a ticket for something that wasn't even illegal. So, what did the judge do about it? He dropped it from a wreckless to an improper driving. Yeah. lol. You can't make this shit up. The judge, literally, saw that I was barely speeding according to state law - and still pushed the issue as far as he could (cause he knew that he let the wreckless go, I'd have make a big scene out of it to whoever would pay me enough attention. That includes the media if they would have.) I had my entire military chain-of-command in the back of the courtroom, by the way. The ticket was finally dismissed, however, after the judge asked for my driving record. I had already pulled my own out-of-state record and had it certified and mailed to me, previously, so I handed it over. It was impressive. Clean as a whistle - though, I had been driving since I was 15. Not withstanding this, the officer shows the judge "my" driving record that he had pulled - which contrasted, drastically, to my own certified copy. What gives? Well, the cop pulled the wrong record. He pulled the record of someone with my same last name but a different first name (I actually knew the guy from high school, ironically) and his record had TONS of infractions. So, was the officer just incredibly inept as his job or was he intentionally trying to manipulate the system to receive a harsher punishment for me? Who knows. Honestly, who cares. Either way, he deserves to be fired, in my opinion. Certainly, you can't trust him to do what he's paid to do, regardless. He still works there to my knowledge, though, and so does the corrupt judge. Newport News, Virginia, you are garbage. Yep...
Knew this was gonna be my fascist state before the video even started
More like a socialist/communist state.
@@beanvo9924 so true.. California is on path to become one. Democrats are new socialists.
Virginia: Our speeding laws are insane.
Switzerland: Hold my beer
speeding ticket for driving 4kmh (3mph) over the limit.
You guys also don’t have stupidly low limits compared to the speed people actually drive, though.
@@TheJacobshapiro ah.. really? how about cities starting to lower to 30 (20mph) speed limit on main roads. a fucking bicycle overtakes you and doesn't have to pay for any fines!
Knock knock.. Australia here. I heard you mentioned speeding, thats a ticket.
@@ClaudioSL619 then ride a bike haha better for the enviorment and your body
Lol I’ve lived in VA my whole life and the things you said are 100% correct but for me, living in VA for as long as I remember, I thought these things are common everywhere else in the US and now I’m mad... like real mad....
come to Iowa our cops let you go over the speed limit if everyone around is also going over the speed limit, and you may dive 5 over the speed limit whenever you want, even in school zones
@@foxyfoxy2034 In SC, most cops won't even look at you if you're going less than 10 over. Just don't speed in a school or construction zone, that's where they make the money. Oh, interestingly enough, construction never seems to get finished......
I live in Houston & the average speed limit is 65, I drive about 75 and get passed by cops daily.... unless your just FN up real bad they don't mess with you "Knock on wood" However, I can only drive that fast at certain times of the day because traffic SUCKS!!! So be happy with your situation.... lol
Bruh idk if you know 66 in virgina or 495 but goddam people who drive 70-90 mph but cops don’t really say anything unless your by your self people average drive 70 on 55 mph roads so i don’t understand why they don’t just change it
Also I can't stop thinking about the highways around DC. Since it's common for even the COPS to be going 15-25 over the limit in NoVA.
As a former VA driver, I can confirm. There's an other little town on 95 called Emporia ( a main pass through when heading South to FL, GA, and the Carolinas) that it probably the best known by VA drivers for speed traps. I literally saw 5 cruisers lined up after coming over a hill one time. I live in Japan now and I have yet to see a speed trap. It is a much less stressful environment to drive in.
I got off 95 one morning in/near Emporia for route 58. I saw a state trooper, an Emporia cop, a county sheriff, and a DOT enforcement car in the first mile or two.
Somebody finally called it out. 460 is bad too.
Emporia
Finally, someone mentioned 58, need to drive this to get to my grandparents, its hell every thanksgiving.
Me: *gets pulled over doing 110mph in a 40 on a sport bike*
Officer: "I used to ride too, slow down before you die, here's a warning"
Go Massachusetts
Don't die 🤯
Fan
@@lumililja7395 I actually ride pretty safely, usually ride the same way I drive in my SUV. Unfortunately the cop caught me in the first stretch of open road after spending about and hour in standstill traffic. 110 definitely doesn't reflect how I actually ride
I got pulled over doing 145 in a 55 in my Camaro and the cop just gave me a ton of other tickets instead of arresting me for going 90 over he could have hit me with all those tickets AND the arrest but he didn't. He also said had I not seen you slowing down I wouldn't have even bothered trying, I guess it just depends on the cop.
Pulled over for 119 in a 45 on my crotch rocket outside of Las Vegas, was active duty military, Cop* “Dude your first shirt would fucking murder you if I wrote this ticket, slow down and get the hell out here now”.
Virginia: Re - introduces death sentence for 30 over speed limit
nah they can't make money from death
They can if they start a pay per view for executions :)))) honestly would it surprise you .... its va
When we figure out that speed isn't what killed it's bad driving then we wouldn't have that attitude would you
@@alvinip9128 of course they can, you forfeit everything you own and they kill you.
alvin Ip oh they could.
Pay 10$ to touch a certified 100% legit and free range violent dead criminal.
Roads are poorly maintained even with all this “revenue”.
weakxkiller va actually has better roads then most (coming from someone who travels the country a lot )
Actually compared to most states Virginia's roads are pretty good. Virginia is ranked #4 for best overall driving conditions and this is despite also being number one in the country for the worst traffic along 95 south from Fairfax county PKWY to Fredericksburg. Virginia also ranks as the second least dependent on federal funding overall to include road and other programs meaning it is second only to North Dakota for being the most self sufficient state in the country. North Dakota only has a population of 760k where VA pop is 8.5m. Sure the laws here suck on just about everything car related but I have been to worse parts of the country when it comes to the roadways.
martrysdeath751 fuck no they aren’t. The north pays the most and south of Culpepper the roads are pristine, up above Culpepper our roads are absolute shit
thats true too
weakxkiller I’m so sorry you have to live there
I currently live in Norfolk, Virginia, and avoiding speed traps is kind of an artform. I like to go fast and I always know where speed traps usually are. Thankfully, I've never been pulled over. The 55 mph restriction is abysmally slow, especially when my morning commute is already 30+ minutes. Generally, where I am, cops don't really care if you go 5 to 10 mph over. But not a day goes by where I don't see someone on the shoulder with a cop behind them. Truly is a shit state for drivers
In Germany we can just laugh about this...haha #tüv
JK, we never laugh
H. Mois More like #germangovernment
Do everything in their power to make driving a miserable task. Constantly changing speed limits so you are always at risk of driving too fast if you don't see a sign for once, Moving Bus stations onto the road so the cars have to stop, Stationary Speed Detectors,bike lanes at spots where they are absolutely useless and dangerous for driver and cyclists, traffic lights that change form green to red in an instant so you have to slam the brakes, pedestrian crosswalks on the exits of roundabouts for extra danger.
Just to name a few
Du lügst
Must be fun needing engineer certified parts
😅😅😂 🤨 not fair man, not fair.
Mahlzeit haha
Everyday i find myself despising politicians more and more.
that comes with getting old(if your doing it right)
They are to happiness as vampires are to a person's blood.
Blame the voters who elect them. Voters in those speed trap towns knowingly elect politicians who promise to keep local taxes low by screwing over unsuspecting motorists.
America: “The Land of the Free”
Virginia: hold my speeding tickets
Josua Hutapea land of the taxed home of the harassed
Land of the fee, home of the slave.
Virginia's bad but Alabama's really bad too. Especially around construction sites. Two of the worst speed traps I've been prey to were in "construction zones". In both cases, there were no workers for miles, one was on the highway and the other was in the boonies. In the case of the latter, while construction was going on, the speed limit was 45 (the normal speed limit being 55) but the day I got my ticket, there were no speed signs in sight.
Isaac D I literally didn’t bring my car to college because my college is in Virginia and I KNEW I’d rack up so many tickets. Being from NC, they do not care toooo much
@@dancarlos1216 Slaves? Huh?
I lived 2 years in Virginia (specifically in Virginia Beach, from 2019 to 2021) and I was catched by one of those damm state trooper with his speed laser gun. I was driving at 70 mph and I-264 just 2 miles from my former house. Got 2.000 $ (plus 1 year in jail 😖) reckless driving ticket, my court date and everything...
I hired a traffic lawyer 5 min after the trooper stopped me, and he literally saved my life: the judge gave me a case dismissed!
Yep same here same location....for others reading this, LAWYER UP you will go to jail if you dont. Judge dropped mine to 10MPH over.
Yep same thing here. Was on 64 just past the 264 eastern interchange. Lawyer saved me. I'm convinced the lawyers are also big fans of these speed traps because they make a fortune off of people with reckless tickets. It's a win for everyone except the drivers.
Utter nonsense.
Everyone that clicks on this video: "its gotta be my state"
Clicks on Video: Emporia Virginia will be mentioned... Where the fook is Hopewell?
Honestly, I live in Arkansas and 15 over will get you a reckless driving charge and tow the car. Speed traps aren't crazy though.
Not me, I live in Colorado and for the most part the police are pretty chill.
That said, I've lived in several states and traveled through almost every single one and wouldn't be surprised on a couple of them (Utah, Pennsylvania)
Outside of Petersburg
Except Virginians, we said "it's absolutely my state"
Georgia has several state statutes that help reduce or prevent "speed traps." Laws like the vehicle being used (police car) to detect speed must be visible from 500 feet (doesn't apply to Georgia State Patrol), and police can't use speed detection within a certain distance of a change in speed limit e.g., you get a short grace distance when the speed limit changes before police can use radar or lidar to detect your speed.
But all Georgia cops parents are brother and sister
And all the police in your area are regularly serviced by you
I’m from GA… GA and SC are pretty chill and fun to drive. You rarely see a speed trap except in Millen
Like we say in Florida..."come on vacation, leave on probation."
Back on violation,
Stuck for the duration.
(Speaking from experience lmao)
Na keep this shit going this can be a song
@@mackenziemoore5088 Ha. That's funny. I've represented plenty of people who's Disney experience was not particularly magical.
bigblocklawyer it's very true that's why it's funny. America is the new nazi Germany. You all live in a police state
Ive been considering moving to Floridw from Germwny. Ive lived in 6 different US states. What is bad about Florida besides the high cost of rent?
As a Virginian, and a young driver, no only does it help the politicians, but getting a suspended license also is a gold mine for insurance companies. Getting a suspended license makes you "a liability" and as we all know, being a liability makes your insurance rates go through the roof 🙏
I wouldn’t have even thought of that.
Who would have known that driving very fast? Failing to signal and running stop signs would increase your risk of damageing your vehicle? And would statistically increase the likelihood of a insurance company having to pay claim? Wierd....
Come on man. I'm not judging you. I myself am not a law biding driver all the time. But if I get my license suspended from a traffic violation. I can't reasonably blame the insurance company. I would be mad about yeah. But it wasn't their fault.
@@mikefranklin70 @Mike Franklin Who would have known that a comment riddled with spelling and punctuation errors and pretends not to be condescending would be just that and miss the point entirely. Do you suggest that laws written by politicians would make you a bad driver and should justly increase your cost of insurance? It's not like corruption exists at all and a law saying you drove in a reckless manner could be designed to cost you money instead of keep citizens safe.
Come on man. I'm not judging you. But think about it using the information presented to you.
@@goblin4911 Who would have thought that a man that does not have a good argument, would focus on (real or imagined) spelling and punctuation errors? With to healthy dose of character assination? All to obfuscate the point. And likely showing his age. By blaming all manor of perceived bias and injustices to get out of taking responsibility for his actions.....
Son, these penalties and laws in most cases are based on studies, evidence and court histories. I understand you may not like them. You simply don't have a basic understanding of economics. Insurance is a risk management business. Kinda akin to gambling. And just like Vegas, these odds are gone over with a fine tooth comb. To make sure at the end of the day. The company makes money and pays it's employees. While remaining competitive, to get new business.
Don't like it? You are free to move or change companies. Start your own insurance company. Or petition the government for change. But no you want to just whine about how unfair everything is. And how it isn't your fault.
How was that? Was the condescension apparent enough for you? It was intentional, because you aren't as smart as you think you are.
My work is done here. Enjoy!
@@mikefranklin70 Frankly that is the plain old cold equations shit. Let's face it insurance companies don't give a shit about you they do care what you will cost them on average and will charge you a premium on top of that. It is a math game and insurance customers are just a number within said game.
Someone driving 0.00000001 MPH over the speed limit in Virginia: **exists**
Cop: " You've vroomed your last vroom".
It's really not that bad.
“You’ve nyoomed your last nyoom.”
your**
@@tylerrip11 it really is
@@danielhappach6814 there, I changed it. happy now?
Born, raised, and still currently living here😑
Best thing I can tell anybody is use the Waze app and keep your head on a swivel 👌🏽
Even simpler might be look out the windshield for road signs and follow them.
Or don't speed. Ryan is right, you just need to keep an eye out for stupid or hidden speed limit changes.
Specialopsdave you do realize that even the cops go 65 in the 55 zones right? The speed limits are too low in some areas (falls church broad street 25 mile limit feels like everyone is driving slow motion... but I’ve noticed cops let you slide 30-35).
I hate driving through Falls Church all my goodness got a better chance of molasses moving faster on a cold day
Hi, I’m from Virginia and multiple people I know have been pulled over simply for having temporary plates, one of the cops told the driver that they pulled them over not because they were expired but “because they were going to expire eventually”... crazy right???
In Oklahoma they can pull u over for a non expired temp tag too. It's to keep people from making fakes.
Lmao that's so stupid... even if they find something the entire stop is illegal so it gets thrown out (as long as you get a lawyer and fight it)
sussy
Let me guess, they were searched for drugs and weapons also.
I went 4 miles over the speed limit near my house and I somehow got a reckless driving ticket for speeding. Luckily I got a lawyer
Were you driving normally?
When something goes wrong, call me Ann Phoong.
@@RestingBeachFace721 she is only in the bay right?
@@RestingBeachFace721 I see ads for her all over the place.
No you didn’t.
Virginia: 55
Texas: *how bout 85*
Minnesota: 65
*laughs in california 90mph commute speeds*
We just got our limits raised in Oklahoma this month to 75 and 80 on interstates!
@@itsoundzgood californians just dont care about the sign, we go 85 regardless lol
Bro my car can barely go 70
My dad used to put a news paper over the radar detector when we went through Virginia
Legend
My dad just used to take his plates off many nights my dad wallked home after hiding his white mustang he finally got in enough trouble it was sell the car or go to jail
that could work except radar detectors are illegal in Virginia, plus the police have radar detector detectors lol
Travis Page I can see radar hammers being illegal, but I don’t get what good reason there would be to ban radar detectors.
And people still don't believe we need to have major police reform in this country! Police SUCK!!!
Reminds me of this one time i was passing through Virginia and before I saw the big "Welcome to X state" sign, I saw a great big green sign:
"SPEED LIMIT ENFORCED BY AIRCRAFT"
Great first impressions
whats great about that sign is that its a lie! It would more expensive to take the sign down than leave it up, so unofficial slogan it has become
Lol I was just going to say we don't want to pay to take the signs down.
Uhuh along with 'Radar Detectors Illegal'....
Just moved from CA to VA. Speed traps are significantly more prevalent here! And we frequently say to each other "why is this speed limit so low for this road?!" Also, it makes locals drive faster because they feel "they know the roads" AND likely won't be pulled over with VA Plates - so it causes unsafe road conditions.
We have a local road that kills about 2 people each over about 10 miles. They lowered the speed limit to 50 but folks often speed and kill themselves.
Imagine owning a car
This comment was made by no car gang
ah yes
#nocargang
#nocargang
Imagine asking for a video about a dude's dead dad.
This post is made by the not naming your channel (something) gaming gang.
Agree
As a virginia native, when I saw the thumbnail for the video and laughed. I knew it was virginia. It blows driving here. So much. I have had multiple road trips of over 12 hours. I will literally see about 6 cops over the course of hundreds of miles, but as soon as I get back to virginia. No lie, I will see 6 within the first hour.
This is true lmao 😂
58 heading into VA Beach is a nightmare
Where, on i 95?
Especially in Emporia🤣
i think you meant to say 6 in the first 10 minutes
4:39 There's studies that show that more speed traps/too many traffic cops can actually cause MORE accidents, ironically enough, from people getting distracted by seeing speed traps/cops, slamming on their brakes, and disrupting the normal flow of traffic, potentially causing people to rear end each other, or unaware driver's swerving around those slowing down thinking it's just a slow driver, potentially hitting someone else, etc. So yea, it's JUST about money. The "safety" thing is mostly just a hollow excuse.
Ooooo, send me the link to the studies. I'd actually love to read that.
It's always about money dude, money and control. I drive a dump truck in NYC, you gotta see the scams here. NYC contracts out work to pave their streets, so they know exactly how much every truck costs and how many trucks they will have on a particular job, and based on those numbers they know damn well that in order for the contractor to make any money and not lose a fuck ton, they know every single truck will have to be "overloaded". In fact, in NY legally we would only be allowed to carry half of what we typically do. Then they setup truck checkpoints and check our weight and write outrageous fines. Thousands of dollars each. I don't own nor have I ever owned one of the trucks myself so I don't see the actual fine, but I've heard it comes out to about a dollar per pound over the limit. And you can EASILY BE 15000-20000LBS over. So then the contractor has to go to court and the courts maybe cut the fine in half or so to make you feel like you aren't being fucked in the ass dry.
@screaming chivo I know man, I know. I grew up here but I'm sick of this communist bullshit. Took me almost 3 years to get a pistol license, had to get a lawyer and everything and that's with no felonies, no misdemeanor convictions, no violent record whatsoever. Fucking kangaroo court system. And the taxes are fucking ridiculous. But of course they are, we need to support all the low lives and illegals. I would've left already but me and my wife split and my daughter is here, plus I'm 5 years into my Union, don't want to have to start that all over.
Let's be honest, those studies are highly biased.
In general, IF people were driving the speed limit, roads would most definitely be safer.
But to ensure that people do drive the speed limit you'd need to install average speed cameras instead of cops looking out for speeders at a single point.
@@uli07
Yes!
You're right.
Driving education can increase safety more than having a speed limit, BUT only given the right rules (such as overtaking from the right being illegal, you are *only* allowed to overtake cars on the right of you on the Autobahn).
Also keep in mind a driver's license costs roughly 2000$ or more here in Germany and that money is going into proper education and enough driving training with a professional certified instructor at your side and far from easy theoretical and practical driving tests.