Stupid speeding ticket

[danch]

Is there any give in when you get done over there, as a rule in the UK we're allowed 10% + 2mph, so in a 50 you wouldn't get pulled or convicted if driving up to 57mph.

Dan

[Deserion]

The FHP doesn't mess around. The only time I was hit by FHP they were nice enough to write-down the ticket to 9mph over (backroads, no traffic, broad daylight) even though I was, ahem, well past that.

[Coffinhunter]

Originally Posted by Deserion

The FHP doesn't mess around. The only time I was hit by FHP they were nice enough to write-down the ticket to 9mph over (backroads, no traffic, broad daylight) even though I was, ahem, well past that.

Don't know how you got so lucky. I have talked to a bunch of people at work and they have NEVER had a FHP let them off, nor reduced. I even had my Federal Law Enforcement ID out. So much for professional courtesy...lol

[dbansal]

at the end of the day...I beleive NWA said it best.... **************** the police....

[rdass623]

generally what I have found in my experiences as a l.e.o. was attitude is the key to getting a ticket and getting out of a ticket. generally speaking we are all adults and as such we are responsible for our actions. trying to badge your way out is a hit or miss. the one time I was pulled over in the last 20 years, I was polite, and advised the officer I was an off duty officer and armed at the time of the incident and asked him what he wanted me to do. his response was quite simply to slow down and he thanked me for advising him of my weapon, and let me go without incident.

[Frodo]

Yeah, with every passing year this stuff burns me up more and more. I am, by my own choosing, on the email list for NMA and have come to firmly believe much of what they have to say on various motor vehicle law enforcement tactics. Two of the biggies, of course, are speed traps and traffic light camera tickets. I have come to firmly believe they're truly a racket, brazen money making machines utilized by cash-strapped local and state governments. Easy money on a grand scale.

And what makes it even more irksome is that it's carried out in the name of safety. Keeping us safe from ourselves! If that's the rationale, you'd think there would be more enforcement when inclement weather exists. Surely speeding's much more dangerous in the rain, right? But I've rarely--virtually never--seen tickets written when precipitation is a factor. I'd LOVE to be able to read the minds of the troopers, deputies, etc, who've pulled me over for speeding during the course of the past 35 years and determine how many of them actually thought my driving on the day in question was unsafe. Obviously it's impossible, but if I could somehow get an honest answer from them, I suspect it would be exceedingly few.

Don't get me wrong...I'm in favor of law enforcement and the important work law enforcement personnel carry out. They're just following orders. I simply think there are better ways to utilize their talents than having them running radar or pointing laser units at me and my fellow commuters/travelers.

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by dbansal

at the end of the day...I beleive NWA said it best.... **************** the police....

Yeah, right. And then when things go to hell you want them to lay their life on the line for your sorry ass. It is a traffic citation. Nothing more and nothing less.

[dbansal]

Originally Posted by Chuck W.

Yeah, right. And then when things go to hell you want them to lay their life on the line for your sorry ass. It is a traffic citation. Nothing more and nothing less.

Yeah get off your high horse chuck. Cops are supposed to serve and protect.

Maybe you're too naive to realize cops serve to generate a big chunk of revenue for their respective state.

[Perfectlap]

p.s.
Now that I think on it not one speeding ticket I received was for more than 15 mph over the limit.
After that I got the radar detector and my friend's father, a lawyer no less, said to me "maybe you should slow down instead". I guess he missed the point: the radar detector is to let you know when you are being watched. As the speed limit is observed by virtually no one, the police can pull over anyone they damn well please. It's just too bad that radar detector technology has not come down in price like most all other technologies that have ramped up exponentially in the last 7 years or so.

[peterbrown77]

I've used a Valentine One for 20+ years...it's good but if they have laser, you're toast. I've been using the Waze app for about 6 months and it's sweet.

[particlewave]

I usually avoid traffic citations by not breaking traffic laws.
However, on that rare occasion when I do accidentally break one and get caught doing so, I'm quick to take responsibility and pay the fine.

That's just me

You guys that act like it's ok to speed (even 5mph over) because everyone else is doing it or you don't agree with the posted limits are pretty full of yourselves and you are part of the problem.
Obey all laws!
Period.

[peterbrown77]

Flavor987 - **************** you.

Sincerely,
Peterbrown77

ps. next time I'm in Chicago, let's get together so I can punch you in the face.