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thstone · 10-02-2014, 11:37 AM

Sorry to hear this. Especially if he admitted that he had a quota!

I talked my way out of an 80mph in a 65mph ticket yesterday morning with the CHP. The cop and I had quite "the conversation", maybe I'll write it up and post it on the Forum.

Porsche9 · 10-02-2014, 11:47 AM

Quota = tax

Sorry to hear about the ticket. You were going 50 in a 30 but he could have let you off with a warning especially since you have a clean driving record.

husker boxster · 10-02-2014, 01:09 PM

If I can make it to the end of this mo, it will be 25 yrs since I've had a speeding ticket.

(Quickly looking for wood)

Jager · 10-03-2014, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by husker boxster

If I can make it to the end of this mo, it will be 25 yrs since I've had a speeding ticket.

(Quickly looking for wood)

You're not that old!

Gforrest2 · 10-04-2014, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by husker boxster

If I can make it to the end of this mo, it will be 25 yrs since I've had a speeding ticket.

(Quickly looking for wood)

You've jinxed yourself.

gmboxster · 10-02-2014, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by thstone

Sorry to hear this. Especially if he admitted that he had a quota!

I talked my way out of an 80mph in a 65mph ticket yesterday morning with the CHP. The cop and I had quite "the conversation", maybe I'll write it up and post it on the Forum.

I'd be very interested in that conversation. Good job.

Perfectlap · 10-02-2014, 01:48 PM

I have lost count at the number of times I've been pulled over. I got a radar detector they went down almost nothing. Except when non-speeding type stuff is used as a rationale (laregely BS). But I have zero tickets on my record for 20 years, maybe longer, because I fight the ticket in court every single time. Never plead guilty that's just asking to get double-tapped. First by state DMV once the points hit, and then by your insurance aching for an excuse to jack up your rate.
So I go to the traffic court, the prosecutor says "I'll trade you one failure to show license or no seat belt with a $200 fine and you get no points. Deal?"

I gave this advice to a colleague. For some ridiculous reason his spouse tells him to plead guilty because he "deserved it for speeding all the darn time" (we was dong 90 in a 65). Then two weeks later like clock work he received a $700 surcharge from the state and the insurance company is sure to follow because anything over 80 gets 6 points.