speeding tickets??

StLRedrider

^ should have been jail time, atleast here it is,lol

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frost

Should have gone to jail, but I did my best to be polite to the guy while still convincing him that I wasn't being a danger to anyone since there was no one out there. I also talked a lot about how a z06 is designed for high speeds. So I just got the ticket, which was only around $400. Now my insurance doubling when they found out was the real costs.

kannibul

Yeah, the best I would have done is said "I didn't know I couldn't do that" (in reference to comedian David Chapelle)

lando76

Hey Frost double check your state laws. In CA the cops have to be visible (no hiding) Also if its at night they have to have their parking lights on. I had to fight a ticket once and ended up winning because of that.

dad

Who told you that?

I talked to Traffic Officer at my wifes work.


They can hide- they do not have to be visible.

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blue660r01

I call BS to this one


If a cop has to sit in the wide open its pointless. The point is to CATCH speeders not let them know you're there.

Drakonis GTR

That depends on the area. A number of places have anti-speedtrap laws in place. Here in Florida, I think the requirement is that they have to be visible in at least one direction, of course that doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be the direction you are coming from.

I used to live in Vermont. in the 4 years that I actually drove there, I had 4 speeding tickets, none very high miles (was only driving a Toyota Corrola, god I think that car was cursed), but expensive. Of course, Vermont is always in desperate need of revenue, and they have some of the most merciless and bored ***-hole cops I've ever seen because of it. I had one pull me over for 4 mph over the posted limit (39 in a 35, which seems to be most of the damn state). Just one of the many reasons I left that state.

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Anyway, been living in FL now for about 10 years, and never even been pulled over, much less ticketed (give me a moment, gotta go find a tree to knock on). I mainly chalk it up to luck, but cops down here in Orlando don't seem to be concerned unless you're flying. Hell, I've had cops pass me while I was speeding.

I guess in the end it comes down to being like the Gambler, knowing when to hold them, and when to fold them.

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StLRedrider

frost, i think you got off pretty cheap. Hell i got one on my cbr that cost me $300.00 and thats with a lawyer, state trooper in the air got me on a 2 line hwy back home, no clue, too busy watcing the road to be looking for any dam% airplane.

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frost

Yeah, no complaints on the ticket. Cop was like "Youre the fastest guy I've pulled over... ever"

Pheonix

Seriously...down here, thats insta-jail time, fast talking or no. I did a reverse U 180 at 60mph in my old VW Corrado G60, and sped off...cop saw it, and as it was I almost found myself in the back seat of the car. If it hadn't been on a parking lot at my place of employ, and another officer who swung by from time to time coming by to save my ***, I'd have been back there for sure.

It did however, earn me the nick Duke Hazzard for a few months, though.

spearfish25

You shouldn't have stopped...

frost

I ran once in phoenix and got away, but this incident was in texas, where I believe that hang you for that kind of stuff.

theDreamer

We do a lot of crazy things.
Plus we have cops that enjoy the chase, like have modified Dodge Chargers.

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Spikuh

There is a cop at my local highschool here in Nacogdoches that drives a modified Charger... Now I ask, why does a school needed a modified Charger for his cop car?!?

And the worst ticket I have ever gotten was an 80 in a 55.

However, I did get pulled over by a state-trooper going about 110 in a 70 on my home from UT Austin. I figured I was about to get arrested. When he asked if I knew how fast I was traveling, I gave a very determined, "Yes sir, I know exactly how fast I was driving." When he asked why I was traveling so fast, I told him the truth... I was going to be late for church. He let me off with a warning and I still made church on time.

jginnane

I shot a man in Reno / Just to watch him die ...

The Z (any color) probably guarantees that if you get pulled over you WILL get a ticket of some sort. So I've driven this car the slowest of our last half-dozen cars, and so far ... knock wood ...

Let me amend that. We always drive with radar detectors. Always. And within 50 miles of our home we know the roads pretty well. So we only speed up in places we know they can't possibly be hiding. Then we just have to look out for unmarked Crown Vics (either white or black).

Err ... let me amend that again. The first blip you get on a radar detector, unless you're getting a false alarm from a mall or a road construction sign, you put the brakes down NOW. I'm pretty sure I've been in the "kill zone" a few times, but because of aggressive braking, they haven't had a radar result they can use.