people yelling "slow down"

[rontammy0]

its not me that speeds dpwn the street....and my car is not quiet...its the people driving the junk cavaliers and sunfires...even woman in mini vans ....sometimes im the one yelling slow down.....

[BlaqWhole]

Originally Posted by firedrop

i constantly cruise around going like 30 in a 25mph zone leaving it in second gear and almost every single day someone will say "slow down" is it because i leave it around 2.5 - 3k rpms so it sounds nice or because its red with white stripes? lol

I'd be willing to bet that it's because you are going 30 in a 25. If you are in a school zone doing this, then slow down. If you are in a residential area, then slow down. If you are in a parking lot or parking garage or construction zone or the highway and the posted speed is 25 and you're going 30, then slow down. But don't sit here acting all self-righteous and making your neighbors out to be the bad guys when you are blatantly and purposely speeding and admitting to it. If you're still going to speed, then don't admit that you're speeding. But they have every right to yell at you especially if they have kids. Some punk in my complex used to fly through the parking lot all the time. I never got the chance to confront him but I was waiting for the day I'd catch him. However you slice it, the people yelling at you aren't jealous or bored, they're angry that you're speeding. And one day they're gonna set you up and a cop is gonna be waiting for you...

[PalmerGA]

Originally Posted by Goober

It's happened to me a few times. I slow down to like 5 mph and rev the engine. Then I turn around and cruise back by real slow revving at them.

I'll bet that fixed everything.

[upflying]

Originally Posted by oldfriend

Splitting hairs now , but I bet they are the same crowd from Marin County !!!

Thanks for answering my question. The people who yell slow down probably drive this.

[SeriouslySinning]

Originally Posted by NVmyZL1

?It's not your book that matters though, is it? A 30mph zone is just that, limited to 30mph. Anything faster than that, even as little as 5mph, and you're speeding. Be sure to tell the judge 35mph in a 30mph zone is not speeding in your bok and see what that gets you.

Can stationary people tell the difference between 30 and 35 as a car passes? come on now lol

[SeriouslySinning]

Originally Posted by TBone

Try putting it in third so it does not sound so loud. Oh, thats right, you like it noisy and are wondering why people think you are going faster than you are.

This is more like it lol

[Angrybird 12]

The speed limit on my street is 30, I regularly see people doing 60 mph by my house, I know because I have a radar gun and have checked. I also see people on motorcycles go by doing wheelies right in front of my house, on weekends its terrible, I usually call the cops but by the time they get here of course it's been as much as an hour later the speeders are long gone. It just makes it so dangerous backing out of my driveway.

[SeriouslySinning]

I have seen this alot with fellow bikers and straight pipe enthusiasts... My point was always even if you have loud pipes there is a way to make them quiet in a residential area. I would always go up an extra gear and cruise at night when entering a neighborhood with my straight piped bike.

[SeriouslySinning]

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

The speed limit on my street is 30, I regularly see people doing 60 mph by my house, I know because I have a radar gun and have checked. I also see people on motorcycles go by doing wheelies right in front of my house, on weekends its terrible, I usually call the cops but by the time they get here of course it's been as much as an hour later the speeders are long gone. It just makes it so dangerous backing out of my driveway.

This I definitely understand...

[soFlo305]

if you live in the Miami area and are curious, there is no penalty for going 0-5 mph over the speed limit other than a warning (school zones do not apply to this). Ths also only applies to speeding violations.

[Ringo64]

Have had plenty of people tell me to slow down in my Pontiac G6 coupe (was like really a G6?) when I was doing 5 mph under the speed limit in my neighborhood. People see a sporty looking car and if you're young, they feel empowered to yell at you for having something nicer than them. Have gotten weird looks in the Camaro but haven't gotten yelled at. Kind of irks me because these are the people who blow past stop signs and do 30mph in the neighborhood then do 60mph on the road outside the neighborhood which is speed limited to 45mph, then like yelling at me.

[cam62]

Originally Posted by CoolStoryBro

is the 25 a residential street ? 25 seems fast in front of my house, so 30 seems even faster. Yes, the car may sound faster then it's going but if it's a residential area why not slow down to 20 and call it good? Be unfortunate when your loud car isn't heard by a kid playing baseball in the front yard with his friends and runs out in the street.... just sayin ... maybe thats why you are getting yelled at. I got it when i had my 86 IROC and i too was going 25-30ish down the streets, then i had kids and see why the neighbors yelled.

I agree with this! In a residential area where the speed limit is 25, 30 mph is about 17% over the posted limit and very easy to tell the difference. When there are young children in the neighborhood, that can be significant. Whereas 60 in a 55 mph zone is only a out 8% faster and not quite so easy.


I like going fast myself, but there's a time And a place for everything

[gajagfan]

Originally Posted by Blu Ray

People are jerks, they hear the exhaust n panic....

Which is why my car is quite! Why draw attention for no reason? Did someone not hug you today?

[i2disturbedSS]

Originally Posted by mikeyg36

I just give them the finger

+ a rev