Got a ticket in the Z today...

kenchan

i never paid any fees and i too was against front plate.

but then you get older and some of us gets wiser... dealing with little things like this become silly and you just concentrate on real things that matter in life.

marks370z

I've received 3 tickets in my Z, one was for speeding, one for tailgating a buddy of mine and the third was for having my driver side tires hit the double yellow on Mulholland(CHP).

I got a point from one of the speeding tickets and one for the tailgating. Going to court to fight the "unsafe speed"(veh code:22350)ticket on Feb 22.

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nmjaxx9

the Z is def prone to tickets no doubt about it. Most of the times I got tickets I wasnt even driving reckless. Just happens certain situations, @ certain times. and the popo is around every building so you gotta be careful!!

1st

Popo tryna jack but I can't have that!

nmjaxx9

tryna is the key word.

Jasonle

No tickets yet

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nmjaxx9

granny-ing it?

RN SHARK

I got a ticket in San Diego for doing 83 on the freeway (65 limit) and just after the officer wrote my ticket he figured out that I was a nurse (cuz of my plate, and the fact I asked if he usually gives out tickets to nurses). He said he never gives nurses tickets and to do the trial by declaration. He said that he will dismiss it. The officer has to argue their side of a trial by declaration, otherwise the ticket is dropped. Well, I paid it, did the trial by declaration, and lo and behold, I got a refund check back in the mail for my payment.
So, I'd say fight it and do the trial by declaration. I'd also say, if you can't afford even one ticket without having to sell parts of your car...you should probably get a cheaper car. (and the Z isn't even an expensive car) or just take the bus.

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KERMIT

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PapoZalsa

Yeah, no tickets with my Z, but I get a speeding driving my 92 Ford Ranger and the old lady SUV.

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nmjaxx9

I love ticket/speeding stories. It hits close to home for me

shadowfax

The ticket experience that made me stop driving like a dumbass:

Taking the Bake exit on the 405 South, there is a nice long swerving offramp. I loved to do a little spirited driving, usually maintaining freeway speed for the duration of the offramp, which is 4 lanes wide.

This particular time an audi S4 was taking it around the same time as me, and I, was doing my normal thing and ended up passing him about 700 feet before we came to a stop and took his lane, as it was the only lane without a car already waiting for the light.

Apparently he didn't like that, because after the light turned green, he ended up cutting me off then flooring it. I thought to myself what a douche, let him go. But something triggered and I decided to chase him, and I ended up catching him and I guess "raced" with me leaving him a few car lengths behind at 130mph. (STUPID!)

I look in my rear view to laugh at him, and I see those red and blues... immediately my heart sunk. "This is it, I'm going to lose my 350z, my license, I'm going to jail" I'm shaking as I pull over, turn off my lights for some reason (it's night time) and then turn them back on, press my hazards. And I wait for the officer.

As he approaches, he looks mad "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" I immediately start to apologize before he cuts me off. "HOLD ON."

=He walks away and says something like "whiskey tango foxtrot niner" into his radio.
=He approaches my car again
Cop: "I JUST HAD TO CALL OFF A CHASE BECAUSE I COULDN'T CATCH YOU!"
=I'm pretty much shaking, stuttering, like an 8 year old kid who's in trouble.
Me: "I'm sorry I'm such an idiot. I didn't see you- I don't know if you saw but I got cut off and I lost my cool"
Cop: "Yeah I saw, what is this, a new one, it's fast.?"
Me: "it's a 2008, I just bought it used a few months ago."
Cop: "Well, you seem like a good person. Slow down."

He got back into his squad car and drove off.

I couldn't process it, sat there staring blankly for a few minutes.


TLDR: lost cool and drove 130mph on a surface street, cop gave me a break, scared me enough to not speed again.

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FlawlessZ

Nice!

So you passed an S4 in a 350z? Boosted? lol JK

Audi's don't know how to drive any way.

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SPOHN

I got pulled over the first week I had my car cause the cop wanted to know what type of car it was. Thought that was awesome.

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onzedge

It must suck to get pulled over.

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