Need advice for avoiding speeding tickets..

[Salem Graves]

Right now, the only violation I'm struggling with is speeding. Sometimes I'll be going 55 on a 60, then out of nowhere the speed drops to 50 and I'm speeding, and there is ALWAYS a cop on my arsse when this happens and I get instantly ticketed with no chance to slow down. I've been trying to pay attention to signs, but I never see a sign telling me that the limit is about to drop by 10. Same thing happens with slight inclines and the like, I accidentally go 3-4 mph over the limit, and a cop is right there to ticket me INSTANTLY! Is there some way to make a timer or something, that allows me to be over the limit for like 3 seconds or something, so I have time to react and slow down?! Basically, cops are a nightmare with their instant tickets, and I don't know how I can stop this happening without just doing constant 50mph or even 48 to avoid those inclines. ;_;

[wim1234]

you can disable the tickets.....

[Salem Graves]

Originally posted by wim1234:

you can disable the tickets.....

That's not the same thing as avoiding them.

[pieperjohanns]

There are usually signs that tell you how fast you can drive. Just drive carefully and be prepared to brake when you see one of those signs approaching. There's a key to zoom in the screen so you can read the signs earlier.

Also remember that city signs mean 50 km/h and generally trucks are limited to 90 km/h if there is no other speed limit.

[Salem Graves]

The biggest issue for me is the cops instant ticket, and I did some sciencing and discovered that the game spawns a cop or two every time you start speeding. I don't approve.

[pieperjohanns]

Interesting. I never get tickets, but I don't speed anyway.

[Nimir-Raj]

Police spawn randomly, there's no trigger that causes them to spawn more often.

As for avoiding tickets, keep an eye out for road signs. Speed changes are always marked, just remember that truck limits aren't always the same as car limits.

[Briannospam]

In my eyes it's nearly impossible totaly avoid speed fines, because there are localities where the speed limit being drastic reduced without we have chance to see that limit will come before it's to late... unless you never drive faster than 30 km/h.
But there is some thing you can do to avoid most speed limit fines:
In some countries there's typical will be a speed limit in typical areas, here comes some examples:

Italy: while you leave highway, here will always be 40 km/h speed limit if it's a sharp curve... if it's a long weak curve some places it will be 70 or 60 km/h... as a general adwise, I'll say when you in Italy leave the highway, lower your speed to 60 km/t BEFORE you pass the coming speed limiot sign.

France: As far I remember, here ofen will be 70 km/h on the leave highway roads? (again, lower your speed before you pass the sign with the new lower speed limit.)
Sweden: Here is some areas where the speed limit ofen change between 70 km/h and 80 km/h on the same road. As general, if the road have 2 lanes in the same direction the speed limit will be 80 km/t, and when the road shift to only one lane in your direction, most placed the speed limit also will change from 80 km/h to 70 km/h (is it necesarry to repeat: At these localities, lower you speed before you pass the first sign with the new speed limit?)

England. Auch, as far I remember, the english highways have what I really will call speed traps, because there are places where the speed limit suddenly without any visible reason (no side ways, no road work, no sharp curves and so on) heavy being lowered, and at these places the risk to get a speed fines instant when you pass the sign with the new much lower speed limit is 100%.

Else, as a general adwise, on regular road (not highway) if there comes a curve, in some countries there can be a speed limit, and also in areas with side ways. Also always the speed limit nearly overall will be lowered to 50 km/h when you on your way into a city pass a sign with the city's name.

If you have a susppicion you closing an area with a speed limit lower than your speed, it can be a good idea using the zoom key.

[Salem Graves]

Originally posted by Mohegan Moh1336:

Police spawn randomly, there's no trigger that causes them to spawn more often.

As for avoiding tickets, keep an eye out for road signs. Speed changes are always marked, just remember that truck limits aren't always the same as car limits.

I am very confident that they spawn whenever you speed. Maybe not guarenteed, but it's definately a good chance. I was just testing it on a long stretch of back road with minimal traffic. I'd drive for a bit without speeding, no cops, then I'd speed for a few seconds, and boom cop is one of the next vehicles I see. I did this several times and every time the same result, cop would show up on the opposite end of the road within seconds of me speeding.

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by Mohegan Moh1336:

Speed changes are always marked,

Sadly this is not true and sometimes there is no way to know the speed limit changed without looking at the satnav.
I know it is intended to always be marked, but SCS is not perfect. I can list a number of situations where a sign should exist but doesn't. Also, aside from places where they forget to put a sign, sometimes the speed limit change is unintentional on their part. Sometimes the limit changes several times within the span of a half km with no signage involved, and you know that can't be intentional.
There is a particular problem I have experienced in ATS, but not in ETS2 (at least not yet), where there is a sign, but it's not in the right place. I've seen the limit change before you can see a sign, and I've passed signs where the limit doesn't change until a little while after. This is especially a problem when entering California, because the speed limit is supposed to change at the border, but on some roads it is pretty far ahead, and on others it is pretty far behind.

[Nono54Fr]

Originally posted by Vera:

I am very confident that they spawn whenever you speed.

I'm gonna add to the list " The things the AIs is supposedly doing despite being overwhelmly difficult to program, on top of adding nothing to the gameplay and, in fact, in poor taste ".

So far, I got :
. brake checking
. speed trap
. spawning cops only when speeding

[Salem Graves]

Originally posted by Nono54Fr:

Originally posted by Vera:

I am very confident that they spawn whenever you speed.

I'm gonna add to the list " The things the AIs is supposedely doing despite being overwhelmly difficult to program, on top of adding nothing to the gameplay and in fact in poor taste ".

So far, I got :
. brake checking
. speed trap
. spawning cops only when speeding

I don't think it would be very difficult to have a cop spawn when the player speeds.. If you think I'm talking out of my booty hole, test it yourself.

[Nono54Fr]

Originally posted by Vera:

I don't think it would be very difficult to have a cop spawn when the player speeds..

It was asked recently if it would be possible to spawn our trucks, of our companies, on the road, in our vicinity and it was shot down as it would requiere to track every move of the player (location, speed, direction, etc.), too cumbersome, too resource hog. What you think is wildly different than what it is.

Originally posted by Vera:

If you think I'm talking out of my booty hole, test it yourself.

I'm not interested to test if you're talking out of your bootyhole ...

[Goose_Few]

There are indeed some parts with extreme-non visible speed drops. I drive always below the speed limit, but accepted that sometimes will be fined.

[The Pitts]

Originally posted by Vera:

I am very confident that they spawn whenever you speed

I suspect that this is observer or perception bias. I feel the same way about traffic lights that always seem to change to green just moments after I've finally come to a dead stop.

FWIW I drive at 52 MPH even where I could be going faster simply to avoid those situations where a sudden drop to a 50 MPH limit, or a steep enough incline that I speed up by a couple of MPH, might cause me to be speeding. Most of the other situations where speed limits change you can learn to anticipate (and Brian gives a number of good pointers above, to which I'd add that built up areas, even outside of cities, will generally result in a speed limit reduction, just as they would in real life).

[Sky_Goddess]

When you least expect it there's a police car near your truck. The police stalk my truck and it's frustrating as heck. I'm not hauling contraband or other illegal shady stuff ... I know my truck's roaring is very loud and the ship horns I got installed are even louder ... could also be all the lights ...
Sorry couldn't resist a bit of role play, hehe. But seriously though, I've experienced police cars running red lights and speeding.

Happy in'