How to answer "Do you know how fast you were going?"

[SeaCanary]

How about:
“Do you know how fast you were going?”
“Please tell me, officer.” in as polite a manner as possible.

@Critical_Mass

@Lukeinva

Nowadays you can technically be speeding when you are just keeping up with traffic. Go 55 and you will get run down.

In my world, one is factually speeding when one exceeds the speed limit regardless of mitigating factors.

Here’s what I said in another thread long ago that addresses the issue of mitigating factors vs. factually speeding (For the record, I live in the DC area if that makes any difference.):

@SeaCanary

There are 2 things, though, that really make me want to duck and cover:[ol]
[li]I’m driving 5 mph over the speed limit in the right lane, look in my rear view mirror and see a tractor trailer rig barreling towards me fast enough to slap-shot me into the next county. I’ve tried staying put and the bastard comes up on my bumper and sits there. Given sufficient time he will pass, but I gotta tell ya I feel one helluva lot happier moving one lane to the left and getting out of his way.[/li][li]Traveling south out of DC and driving on I-95 south through Virginia, I’m once again in the right lane driving 5 mph over the limit. (The last time I looked the posted limit was 65 mph.) The problem is everyone else – and I do mean everyone in every lane – is driving between 10 and 15 mph over the limit. I am a fripping HAZARD driving at 70 mph. The only thing I can think of is find an alternate route.[/li][/ol]
I guess there’s no getting around either of these. It’s just the way things work.