The OFFICIAL speeding ticket thread

[staticorex]

Ha at all of the posts on this thread. I wish I had seen it sooner.

I've spent 2 grand in lawyers fees this year alone.

8 citations in the last 6 months.

35 total points they have tried to stick me with. Very few of them speeding though, so I won't list them here. :)

[blacksan]

Originally Posted by staticorex

Ha at all of the posts on this thread. I wish I had seen it sooner.

I've spent 2 grand in lawyers fees this year alone.

8 citations in the last 6 months.

35 total points they have tried to stick me with. Very few of them speeding though, so I won't list them here. :)

Um, is it possibly time to change your ways?

[staticorex]

Ha. I did. Kinda. I bought a Yaris. Only one ticket in this car. 45 in a 15. Everything else is in the Alti or my first car.

[blacksan]

Originally Posted by staticorex

Ha. I did. Kinda. I bought a Yaris. Only one ticket in this car. 45 in a 15. Everything else is in the Alti or my first car.

Oh, the neat thing about being gray (me) is "The Man" doesn't stop me anymore in a car as senility can be used as excuse. On the other hand when I am riding big-bore sports bikes with full face helmets they think I am a punk kid and pop my ass like kettle corn.

[staticorex]

Ha. Exactly. Hence the Yaris. :)

[BlueFlash]

Originally Posted by BlueFlash

my first was a week after i got my license 100+ in a school zone i was showin off i got off with just unreasonable and prudent 2 points
second was photo radar 50+ in a 45 2points
third was reckless driveing 4 points
fourth was running a stop sign i creep threw it at 25 2 points
fith was 100+ in cali still havent payed and skipped court 4 points
sixth was 40 minutes after the fith same ticket same out come
seventh was yesterday 77 in a 65 no license in posetion not reg in posestion no proff of ins in posetion and driving on a suspended license
18 points and no license later i sit here on this thread
well see how court goes how do they expect ppl to put food on the table pay bill and tickets if you cant drive to work?

so this week i need to pay an old ticket 120 dollars and sign up for driving school and take all the proper paper work to the courts and dmv and ill have my license by july2-11

[staticorex]

Ha. That's great. :)

[nsmitchell]

Originally Posted by blacksan

Holy crap! Where you running 295?

Route 6 (Patterson Ave) just west of 288 interchange heading east. I'm lucky that the owner of our company has a brother, who is a big shot lawyer in Richmond. His lawyer partner represented me. He is usually just a criminal lawyer. He must have pulled some strings behind the scenes because I should have been crucified. I guess since I'm the only IT guy for the company, they didn't want me in jail or without a license. I feel quite lucky.

[redyaris]

I-75 South headed to downtown Atlanta (in my old white Volvo 850 Turbo)..85 in a 55.

Georgia State Patrol sitting right inside where the limit changes from 65 to 55. I never had a chance.

I thought oh this will be a $100 fine. WRONG! $400 damn dollars!!!!!! I should have challenged it someway. I consider it my forced donation to the corrupt City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia.

Now as to the other 250,000 commuters going FASTER than me on the same road at the same moment, thats another story.

[mikeukrainetz]

Ive had lots of warnings, one ticket for coasting down a hill and winding up 20km over the 90km/h limit. Aparently theres a cop in saskatchewan with the same last name who trains cops, so I get off with a fair number of warnings.

Went to fight a ticket once for doing 10 over just outside of my wifes hometown - the cop was the defenition of an ASSHOLE. It was dark and this guys starts tailgating me, then on comes his highbeams, its along a lake so spots to pull over are few and far between. He kept pushing me until I went over the speed limit and then pulled me over. There were over 20 people in court that same day to contest tickets from this same cop, go figure.

I dont know whats the deal in the US but as far as I know here the smallest ticket is around $120 and jumps exponentially from there.

[churp]

Here in Minnesota cheapest ticket is $107...for seat belt or not having license on person, speeding is $127 for 1st 10 mph over then gets expensive.

[RodimusPrime]

I've had two speeding tickets. Oddly enough in the first year of modifying my old supercharged Z24 cavalier.

Was gunned before the on ramp to 45 off the beltway in Houston. Pasadena patrol officer set up in the left breakdown lane. Decided to show an antagonizing prick who rode my ass how he was picking the wrong car. Was clocked at 105 in a 65. Dumb, I know. Officer was cool and dropped it to only 80. Assistant DA lowered the price tag to a cool $130. Haven't street raced since.

[jaspie]

My first ever speeding ticket since I started driving ~

70km/hr zone.....I was going 81km/hr ~

Speed camera caught me ~ $100 and 1 point ~ >_< ~

The one time I am late for work and speeding.....they put a camera car there ~

Jaspie ~

[hasher22]

Originally Posted by jaspie

My first ever speeding ticket since I started driving ~

70km/hr zone.....I was going 81km/hr ~

Speed camera caught me ~ $100 and 1 point ~ >_< ~

The one time I am late for work and speeding.....they put a camera car there ~

Jaspie ~

YAAAAY!!! lol...... i got my way out by tellin the thruth....lol ill tell that story later...its a pretty sad story

[ASHRAF]

before 4 weeks, a speeding camera caught me

the speed limit was 70kph
I was doing 84-86kph according to the my yaris

I haven't recieved anything yet
is that OK?

I'm new in Australia, so I don't know when should I recieve the ticket
Australian guys, help please

===

Back home I got lots and lots and lots of tickets
but I was careless back then

here is a pic of my car and some of the tickets

[RUFFSTUFF]

Speeding is wrong. It's illegal and immoral and whatever deity is on the watch will strike you down with lightning. I pray for all of you.

[Slick]

I got hit with a 98 in 55 when I was 19. I saw a pair of taillights waaaay down the road and for some reason I had the bright idea to see how fast I could catch up to it. Damn reflective police sign on the sides. You cant see them unless your pointing your lights at it. I figured it out as I was passing him :( $735 it set me back. Luckily I was a lil more than a mile from my house and since I knew the Sheriff he just followed me home instead of having my truck hauled off. The only part I regret is him wakin my parents up at 2:30 in the morning and explaining what happened. I have yet to live that down.

[marcus]

previous car 2x per year at least.. yaris non since april 2007 but recently miscalculated a redlight camera..