First speeding ticket in years.
03-11-2013, 10:55 AM
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No tickets, just three warnings for going nearly twenty over the limit on I-75, within a four month period. Having a cane and a handicap tag has its benefits, I guess. And one trooper was an alumnus of the university where I teach. I did get a ticket for illegal window tint during one of the stops, though.
03-11-2013, 11:36 AM
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Bill, the last one I got (9-20-2010) was the reverse of how you got nailed. I was in a 55 mph zone and had just crossed into the 50 mph zone. I just looked down at the S2000 speedo and thought, I need to slow down. Too late. The cop radared me at 64 mph in a 50 mph zone. I tried fighting it with a written declaration and that didn't work so I went to traffic court and asked the judge if I could go to traffic school, which he allowed. I did traffic school online for an additional $50. The ticket cost me $220. So I paid $270 but when you do traffic school here, it keeps the violation off your record.
The last ticket I had before 9-20-2010 was on 5-27-2009. For that one I paid the $202 bail upfront and then filed a written declaration. I won on that one and got a full refund, finally on 9-14-2009. In that case I was also radared but at 65 mph in a 50 mph zone. I paid $25 to TicketAssassin.com for the information they supplied on how to fight a ticket with a written declaration.
Before the ticket on 9-20-2010, I got one on 2-7-2008 for doing 82 mph in a 65 mph zone. I paid the bail amount of $273.00 plus an additional $39 required in order to do traffic school. Then I did traffic school on line paying additional $ to the traffic school.
Before the ticket on 2-7-2008... You get the idea.
It's a good thing I own two Valentine1 radar detectors. It would be worse, otherwise. I haven't ever been in an accident. I do like driving fast but I am a careful driver.
The last ticket I had before 9-20-2010 was on 5-27-2009. For that one I paid the $202 bail upfront and then filed a written declaration. I won on that one and got a full refund, finally on 9-14-2009. In that case I was also radared but at 65 mph in a 50 mph zone. I paid $25 to TicketAssassin.com for the information they supplied on how to fight a ticket with a written declaration.
Before the ticket on 9-20-2010, I got one on 2-7-2008 for doing 82 mph in a 65 mph zone. I paid the bail amount of $273.00 plus an additional $39 required in order to do traffic school. Then I did traffic school on line paying additional $ to the traffic school.
Before the ticket on 2-7-2008... You get the idea.
It's a good thing I own two Valentine1 radar detectors. It would be worse, otherwise. I haven't ever been in an accident. I do like driving fast but I am a careful driver.
03-11-2013, 11:40 AM
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Well, I got back from traffic court, unsuccesful in my bid to beat a ticket. I got the hearing officer to drop it down to a 10 mph infraction, but that was all. Saves me $140 on the ticket, but now I will have to pay more for car insurance. I could have appealed, but chose not to. Just too much time and effort to go through this, and I have to admit that 10 MPH over was about right.
I really dislike the sort of speed trap they used to catch me. They hit you as you leave a 35 MPH zone, just before you enter a 45 MPH zone. You are looking at the sign that says 45 when they hit you with the lazer. The road is two lanes in each direction both before and after the change in speed, so there really is no visible cue that the speed should change. I suppose it could be worse. they could be set up on the 35 side and hit the folks who are just enetering from the 45 side.
There were plenty of people appealing. Most walked out looking down. I think cities and towns need this money more than ever.
So anyway, this got me wondering how all my vintage buds have fared as late? Get any tickets lately? did you fight them? How'd that work out for you?
I really dislike the sort of speed trap they used to catch me. They hit you as you leave a 35 MPH zone, just before you enter a 45 MPH zone. You are looking at the sign that says 45 when they hit you with the lazer. The road is two lanes in each direction both before and after the change in speed, so there really is no visible cue that the speed should change. I suppose it could be worse. they could be set up on the 35 side and hit the folks who are just enetering from the 45 side.
There were plenty of people appealing. Most walked out looking down. I think cities and towns need this money more than ever.
So anyway, this got me wondering how all my vintage buds have fared as late? Get any tickets lately? did you fight them? How'd that work out for you?
03-11-2013, 11:46 AM
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My last ticket was a long time ago, but I just haven't been caught in a while.
Got stopped on my way to work a few years ago, but he didn't have time to see what speed I was doing.
The stop before that was in Virginia on my way to a wedding in Gettysburg. It was past midnight, small highway, rental car and I was going 80 in a 55! Came over a hill and there was the deputy sitting sideways where SHERIFF was highly visible on the side of the car. He had me dead on radar, but he let me go, and told me the PA cops wouldn't be so nice. My wife was flabbergasted I talked my way out of that one!
Got stopped on my way to work a few years ago, but he didn't have time to see what speed I was doing.
The stop before that was in Virginia on my way to a wedding in Gettysburg. It was past midnight, small highway, rental car and I was going 80 in a 55! Came over a hill and there was the deputy sitting sideways where SHERIFF was highly visible on the side of the car. He had me dead on radar, but he let me go, and told me the PA cops wouldn't be so nice. My wife was flabbergasted I talked my way out of that one!
03-11-2013, 12:33 PM
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No tickets for several years. I use cruise control and its easy to slow it down by using the buttons on the steering wheel as you pass in/out of various speed limits. I do not want to lose my safe driving $$ on my insurance nor do I want to invest more $$ in the county's coffers. It also helps that I only drove about 8-9k miles in the past year. It also helps that for 6 or 7 months of the year traffic here is bumper to bumper and you're lucky to get to drive more than 20 miles an hour. 
03-11-2013, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill' timestamp='1363022814' post='22395881
Well, I got back from traffic court, unsuccesful in my bid to beat a ticket. I got the hearing officer to drop it down to a 10 mph infraction, but that was all. Saves me $140 on the ticket, but now I will have to pay more for car insurance. I could have appealed, but chose not to. Just too much time and effort to go through this, and I have to admit that 10 MPH over was about right.
I really dislike the sort of speed trap they used to catch me. They hit you as you leave a 35 MPH zone, just before you enter a 45 MPH zone. You are looking at the sign that says 45 when they hit you with the lazer. The road is two lanes in each direction both before and after the change in speed, so there really is no visible cue that the speed should change. I suppose it could be worse. they could be set up on the 35 side and hit the folks who are just enetering from the 45 side.
There were plenty of people appealing. Most walked out looking down. I think cities and towns need this money more than ever.
So anyway, this got me wondering how all my vintage buds have fared as late? Get any tickets lately? did you fight them? How'd that work out for you?
I really dislike the sort of speed trap they used to catch me. They hit you as you leave a 35 MPH zone, just before you enter a 45 MPH zone. You are looking at the sign that says 45 when they hit you with the lazer. The road is two lanes in each direction both before and after the change in speed, so there really is no visible cue that the speed should change. I suppose it could be worse. they could be set up on the 35 side and hit the folks who are just enetering from the 45 side.
There were plenty of people appealing. Most walked out looking down. I think cities and towns need this money more than ever.
So anyway, this got me wondering how all my vintage buds have fared as late? Get any tickets lately? did you fight them? How'd that work out for you?
03-11-2013, 12:47 PM
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Bill, the last one I got (9-20-2010) was the reverse of how you got nailed. I was in a 55 mph zone and had just crossed into the 50 mph zone. I just looked down at the S2000 speedo and thought, I need to slow down. Too late. The cop radared me at 64 mph in a 50 mph zone. I tried fighting it with a written declaration and that didn't work so I went to traffic court and asked the judge if I could go to traffic school, which he allowed. I did traffic school online for an additional $50. The ticket cost me $220. So I paid $270 but when you do traffic school here, it keeps the violation off your record.
The last ticket I had before 9-20-2010 was on 5-27-2009. For that one I paid the $202 bail upfront and then filed a written declaration. I won on that one and got a full refund, finally on 9-14-2009. In that case I was also radared but at 65 mph in a 50 mph zone. I paid $25 to TicketAssassin.com for the information they supplied on how to fight a ticket with a written declaration.
Before the ticket on 9-20-2010, I got one on 2-7-2008 for doing 82 mph in a 65 mph zone. I paid the bail amount of $273.00 plus an additional $39 required in order to do traffic school. Then I did traffic school on line paying additional $ to the traffic school.
Before the ticket on 2-7-2008... You get the idea.
It's a good thing I own two Valentine1 radar detectors. It would be worse, otherwise. I haven't ever been in an accident. I do like driving fast but I am a careful driver.
The last ticket I had before 9-20-2010 was on 5-27-2009. For that one I paid the $202 bail upfront and then filed a written declaration. I won on that one and got a full refund, finally on 9-14-2009. In that case I was also radared but at 65 mph in a 50 mph zone. I paid $25 to TicketAssassin.com for the information they supplied on how to fight a ticket with a written declaration.
Before the ticket on 9-20-2010, I got one on 2-7-2008 for doing 82 mph in a 65 mph zone. I paid the bail amount of $273.00 plus an additional $39 required in order to do traffic school. Then I did traffic school on line paying additional $ to the traffic school.
Before the ticket on 2-7-2008... You get the idea.
It's a good thing I own two Valentine1 radar detectors. It would be worse, otherwise. I haven't ever been in an accident. I do like driving fast but I am a careful driver.
03-11-2013, 12:53 PM
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No tickets, just three warnings for going nearly twenty over the limit on I-75, within a four month period. Having a cane and a handicap tag has its benefits, I guess. And one trooper was an alumnus of the university where I teach. I did get a ticket for illegal window tint during one of the stops, though.
03-11-2013, 01:23 PM
#20
Bill, the best thing to do with the V1 is plug it in. I didn't have it in the cars on the last three tickets although I owned it.
I didn't have it in the cars on the last three tickets although I owned it.