Fighting my Speeding Ticket

FPenvy · 05-22-2015, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Bshields22

I think my best story was I was going 94 in a 65 on my way to Vegas. I guess a plane clocked me. When that happens they radio down to a patrol car like 10 miles down the road to wait for you. Office comes up to my passenger window and my smart *** friend was with me, Cops asks, "you know why i pulled you over?" smart *** friend decides to quote Liar Liar and says, "depends how long you were following us" lol. Cop thought it was funny then began explain how i got clocked.

Showed up to court with only a hope and a prayer as my defense. In this situation the officer in the plane AND the Hwy Patrol officer need to be there together. Only the plane cop was....case dismissed... BOOM!

Good times... lol

there's many places around me that patrol speed from aircraft. most of VA highways I see the signs even certain spots in WV and PA I've seen the signs as well. I don't believe them soemtimes though lol

mishuko · 05-22-2015, 02:51 PM

i was doing 92 in a 60 (kmh) and got nabbed...

ticket was 300. paid for one of those services and ended up having my ticket dropped so in total paid just shy of 400 for both the fight and reduced ticket.

if the big ticket went through my insurance would be 1000 more than it was at the time. to me it was worth every penny to fight it.

i would have showed up in court myself to fight it but i wasn't able to take time off work. literally gave them the ticket, they filed on my behalf, i got the notice of court appearance, forwarded to them and waited for them to deal with it.

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

there's many places around me that patrol speed from aircraft. most of VA highways I see the signs even certain spots in WV and PA I've seen the signs as well. I don't believe them soemtimes though lol

they have to post 'aircraft patrolled' to nab you here. if they nab you in the plane and it's not posted atleast once then you're probably going to walk.

then again if you see some horizontal stripes on the road spaced out evenly...

FPenvy · 05-22-2015, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mishuko

i was doing 92 in a 60 (kmh) and got nabbed...

ticket was 300. paid for one of those services and ended up having my ticket dropped so in total paid just shy of 400 for both the fight and reduced ticket.

if the big ticket went through my insurance would be 1000 more than it was at the time. to me it was worth every penny to fight it.

i would have showed up in court myself to fight it but i wasn't able to take time off work. literally gave them the ticket, they filed on my behalf, i got the notice of court appearance, forwarded to them and waited for them to deal with it.

they have to post 'aircraft patrolled' to nab you here. if they nab you in the plane and it's not posted atleast once then you're probably going to walk.

then again if you see some horizontal stripes on the road spaced out evenly...

local popo here runs vascar with the lines on the road. only state police/highway cop[s run radar. so on the highway I run with a radar detector lol

vascar can be usually beat in court and they knock it down to 5mph over. no points for you but they still get their bit of fine/court money.

jmayz · 05-22-2015, 02:58 PM

In NM if it's on a highway it doesn't count against your insurance. You pay about 100 bucks and move on. I call it my speeding tax. I pay extra to drive faster than everybody else!

FPenvy · 05-22-2015, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jmayz

In NM if it's on a highway it doesn't count against your insurance. You pay about 100 bucks and move on. I call it my speeding tax. I pay extra to drive faster than everybody else!

I wish we had that here. I would not care at all lol

I still would love if there was a driving test to determine one's abilities then that determines speed limits but that will never work since most drivers are just awful lol

janglez · 05-22-2015, 03:03 PM

ummm, i kinda feel like i'm talking to my son here but if you don't want a speeding ticket then don't speed... no one has the right to break the law... you don't have to agree with it but that doesn't give you the right to ignore it... not trying to sound like a prude here but without laws our society would be more of a mess than it already is

FPenvy · 05-22-2015, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by janglez

ummm, i kinda feel like i'm talking to my son here but if you don't want a speeding ticket then don't speed... no one has the right to break the law... you don't have to agree with it but that doesn't give you the right to ignore it... not trying to sound like a prude here but without laws our society would be more of a mess than it already is

I will agree with you. but with speed limits I do not. I follow them somewhat locally but highway nah. in PA the best we got is 60/65mph. i'm sorry that's not acceptable on a major highway.

speed limits haven't changed in about 30 years or so and cars/roads have.

only place that's advancing with the times is Texas and that 85mph highway or whatever they opened.

why is it that the USA is still thinking it's 1950 when places like Germany have the unrestricted autobahn? well maybe it's due to most us cars are typically garbage compared to their german rivals lol

Chuck33079 · 05-22-2015, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by janglez

ummm, i kinda feel like i'm talking to my son here but if you don't want a speeding ticket then don't speed... no one has the right to break the law... you don't have to agree with it but that doesn't give you the right to ignore it... not trying to sound like a prude here but without laws our society would be more of a mess than it already is

I'm somewhat in agreement with you. If I'm speeding, I understand that I may get the occasional ticket. I'm not talking about doubling up the speed limit, but 10-15 over on a freeway with light traffic is acceptable to me. But, if I get a ticket, it's my own dumbass fault. I'll still fight it, but I'm under no illusion that the citation was in any way unjust or undeserved.

jmayz · 05-22-2015, 03:12 PM

It's 70 out here which isn't bad. I've been on those texas highways! God bless those guys over there!

MagmaRed370z · 05-22-2015, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N

Because speeding tickets are no longer about driver safety and more about revenue generation for municipalities. It's literally a legal form of extortion these days.

Agreed! These fuc|<ers are a pain the a$$. My wife was doing 52 on a 45 (NON construction) and this pig pulled my wife over and gave her a $600 ticket. Talking about money generation for these bastards....

jmayz · 05-22-2015, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by schellingr

Agreed! These fuc|<ers are a pain the a$$. My wife was doing 52 on a 45 (NON construction) and this pig pulled my wife over and gave her a $600 ticket. Talking about money generation for these bastards....

In their defense, they need funds to pay for lawyers every time they break their own laws and kick a minorities a$$!

Bshields22 · 05-22-2015, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

I will agree with you. but with speed limits I do not. I follow them somewhat locally but highway nah. in PA the best we got is 60/65mph. i'm sorry that's not acceptable on a major highway.

speed limits haven't changed in about 30 years or so and cars/roads have.

only place that's advancing with the times is Texas and that 85mph highway or whatever they opened.

why is it that the USA is still thinking it's 1950 when places like Germany have the unrestricted autobahn? well maybe it's due to most us cars are typically garbage compared to their german rivals lol

Well said! I need to find the source i heard this from but i heard that there are far less traffic accidents on the autobahn then on the freeways here. Only caveat to that those is there is a slightly higher percentage of fatal accidents that do happen. In summary though, autobahn is safer than our freeways.

I feel that most of us on a daily basis go about 10-15 over the speed-limit for all speed limits. Only in ideal situations do we go 90-100 on the freeway or open highway in the middle of the desert, alone on the road. I think tickets should begin at at least 15-20 over. Anything should be able to be justified.

FPenvy · 05-22-2015, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bshields22

Well said! I need to find the source i heard this from but i heard that there are far less traffic accidents on the autobahn then on the freeways here. Only caveat to that those is there is a slightly higher percentage of fatal accidents that do happen. In summary though, autobahn is safer than our freeways.

I feel that most of us on a daily basis go about 10-15 over the speed-limit for all speed limits. Only in ideal situations do we go 90-100 on the freeway or open highway in the middle of the desert, alone on the road. I think tickets should begin at at least 15-20 over. Anything should be able to be justified.

honestly I feel the reason the limits have not been raised here is due to the cops not writing anyone until they are 10+ over. on the highway typically I see people only getting popped at 15+ over.

so if that would continue after a limit raise then yes I could see where raiding to 85 and people doing 95+ is an issue for most drivers.

honestly most drivers are not very skilled lol

but with ideal traffic conditions going a bit over I see no issue with if one is capable of doing so and ok with risking a ticket.

just did a 1600 mile round trip and 1/2 of the way down at very late hours I was the only car on my side of the road. warm dry conditions I went about 95 avg. no issues.

Bshields22 · 05-22-2015, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bshields22

Well said! I need to find the source i heard this from but i heard that there are far less traffic accidents on the autobahn then on the freeways here. Only caveat to that those is there is a slightly higher percentage of fatal accidents that do happen. In summary though, autobahn is safer than our freeways.

I feel that most of us on a daily basis go about 10-15 over the speed-limit for all speed limits. Only in ideal situations do we go 90-100 on the freeway or open highway in the middle of the desert, alone on the road. I think tickets should begin at at least 15-20 over. Anything should be able to be justified.

Furthermore lol...

If Texas is able to up their speedlimit there obviously is documentation PROVING a faster speed is not unsafe.

Chuck33079 · 05-22-2015, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bshields22

Well said! I need to find the source i heard this from but i heard that there are far less traffic accidents on the autobahn then on the freeways here. Only caveat to that those is there is a slightly higher percentage of fatal accidents that do happen. In summary though, autobahn is safer than our freeways.

That's because of the lower overall traffic and much more stringent driver education and licensing. Here it would be a disaster.

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