Speeding :(

[Kak]

Go screw yourself mike you prick.

 

[The-J]

It always seems to happen in Virginia...

 

[Jake]

In Thailand I pay the cop 200baht($6) and we both leave happy.

 

[Rickson9]

I can't go to the hearing. It was almost exactly 1/2 if the way or 6 hrs from both here n my mom's. I just have to pay it and take the suspension. Hopefully because it's out of state and va is not recroprical with GA dmv I may just escape the insurance hike. God willing I had an accident about 12 yrs ago that I got cited for careless driving in pa. I fought it thru the first level in court n lost. It cost $65 and it was $75 to take it to appeal so I just paid that too so I can't say I'm clear. But this is my first speeding ticket ever I don't expect or deserve any breaks. I'll take my lumps along with the fine n suspension n like I said before I'm happy it's only that and not my or someone else's life as the price.

Personally I wouldn't bet on these assumptions and would pay to fight it. I've never had to go to court because the people I use delay for 2 years and then have the ticket thrown out. Why fight in court when you can let it die on it's own.

Assumptions are expensive - in investing and in life in general.

 

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[Mike39]

I wrote up quite the response about her mental health and her extreme selfishness but I will go ahead and refrain because I don't have time to argue with a loony and I also have more work to do now and in the coming weeks than lights has done or ever will do in her entire life

 

[Jake]

It always seems to happen in Virginia...

I always hated driving I-95 in VA.

 

[CarrieW]

I can't go to the hearing. It was almost exactly 1/2 if the way or 6 hrs from both here n my mom's. I just have to pay it and take the suspension. Hopefully because it's out of state and va is not recroprical with GA dmv I may just escape the insurance hike. God willing I had an accident about 12 yrs ago that I got cited for careless driving in pa. I fought it thru the first level in court n lost. It cost $65 and it was $75 to take it to appeal so I just paid that too so I can't say I'm clear. But this is my first speeding ticket ever I don't expect or deserve any breaks. I'll take my lumps along with the fine n suspension n like I said before I'm happy it's only that and not my or someone else's life as the price.

 

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[RBefort]

Wonder how much getting pulled over 20 times wastes your freedom compared to the amount of time you save of your freedom by speeding lol. Would be interesting. Getting pulled over is probably more of a hassle than it is worth, which is why I drive the speed limit.

 

[EN_VY]

I've had sooo many speeding tickets. I always hire a traffic lawyer, my record is clean. I do hate going to court, as in a few instances I've had to wait 5+ hours.... Last time I was in there I was reflecting on TMF , on how I was being responsible (paying) but not accountable (still speeding). Ahh this heavy food of mine

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Wonder how much getting pulled over 20 times wastes your freedom compared to the amount of time you save of your freedom by speeding lol

Ha, I can tell ya here in AZ, "driving school" will eat up at least one Saturday of your life! Pay the fines and your insurance is hit pretty hard... wreck a Viper and you'll pay the price for years to come.



Lots of unpleasant consequences can truly come from "speeding" so word to the wise: Be careful out there!

 

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[LightHouse]

What county, where did you get pulled over? Welcome to the commonwealth! Anything 15mph and over is reckless driving here and eventually becomes reckless endangerment.

 

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[Mike39]

I don't trust cops. I am more worried about them then the criminals.

Yet you want to work along side cops as your career... :coco::coco:

 

[Mike39]

Need to save energy, turning the lights off for good, ignored:

 

[Rickson9]

"No good deed goes unpunished."

 

[Mike39]

I'm bored lol

You always seem to have a chip on your shoulder lol

I am actually a pretty nice guy in person. Every once in a while I just get overwhelmed and stressed about life/work/school and I'll be the first to admit that my attitude during those really stressful moments is very much reflected in my posts. I have probably upset quite a few people on the forum, just know it's nothing personal if I do, I am working on improving

:smx4:

Sorry for hijacking this thread: fftopic:

 

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[Kak]

Speeding tickets are about revenue, not safety. It is just one more way the "government for the people by the people" is no more. Government was created to improve our lives not control it and take our money every way they can.

 

[CarrieW]

I agree and disagree. Breaking the law (as I did) is equivalent to a student burtsing out of their seat, hand raised shouting oh me me me. Pick me please!!! Lol

 

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[AndrewNC]

beat speeding tickets

I'll let you in on a little secret to not get speeding tickets....














....don't speed

 

[AndrewNC]

Where is the fun in that?

 

[CarrieW]

So as some of you may or may not know, I had to go to pa for a family emergency. I ended up going monday and coming home on friday.

On my way home I got pulled over for speeding in Virginia I have never really gotten in trouble for speeding before. thats usually my husbands job LOL. not to say I dont speed but I typically get let off with a warning. that is untill 3am friday morning.

I thought oh hey no big deal. I was speeding. I deserve it. figuring it was going to be like a $200 tickets like all of my other half's were.

HOLY SHIT BATMAN! They want $496! and my license is suspended for 2 frickin months! it was not just a speeding ticket

usually I am a pretty smart person. usually! I had no idea that they could suspend your license for 1 ticket! I thought you had to accumulate points before that happened

my ticket was for wreckless driving. doing 94 in a 70.

watch your speeds. I know I will be from now on! LOL.

bad lesson but I deserved that and more. thankfully I didnt learn this lesson the real hard way.

 

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[awkwardgenius]

You received a just and right penalty for all of the people you killed and maimed...

Oh, wait.

watch your speeds.

Yeah, or else you may find yourself the victim of harassment and a money grab by the local authorities.

I'm sorry that happened to you.

 

[Dezzamondo]

Sorry to hear that Carrie, but then again, 94 is one hell of a speed in a 70 zone!

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger though

 

[CarrieW]

It was 3am on I-95. Not that it makes a difference...

 

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[yahdmon]

It is a just punishment. Anytime you go 20+ mile per hour over posted speed limit they will get you like this. At court, depending the municipality, you could try argueing for a lesser offense, especially if you have never had any history of similar offense. Again, depending on the court, they are more interested in the fines than giving you points.

At any rate, learn your lesson and be thankful you were stopped when you were. Who knows what you might have ran into further down the road.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Kak]

I just take the defensive driving thing online. You can only take it once a year in TX. I drive completely normal for the year after and then speed up little by little after the grace period. Then I get a ticket.

My license has never been suspended. My CHL helps me get out of tickets and my Valentine 1 keeps me from getting pulled over in the first place. I have had about 6 tickets in my life, but I have been pulled over probably 20 times.

 

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[rc08234]

495 is pretty steep, wait to you see what it does to your insurance rates!!

 

[MonTexan]

I just take the defensive driving thing online. You can only take it once a year in TX. I drive completely normal for the year after and then speed up little by little after the grace period. Then I get a ticket.

My license has never been suspended. My CHL helps me get out of tickets and my Valentine 1 keeps me from getting pulled over in the first place. I have had about 6 tickets in my life, but I have been pulled over probably 20 times.

How does your CHL help you get out of tickets? It's never seemed to help me avoid them!

 

[Rickson9]

I fight all tickets. I haven't one stick yet (fingers crossed).

In Canada if the ticket is tied up in court for 2 years or more, it gets thrown out. Up here, tickets can cause your insurance premium to skyrocket - quadrupling or more. Tickets may also incur "points". Once a driver hits 14 points, their license is suspended for a long long time.

0 – 15 km/hr over = 0 points (minor infraction)
16 – 29km/hr over = 3 points (minor infraction)
30 – 49 km/hr over = 4 points (major infraction)
50+ km/hr over = 6 points + 30 day license
50+km/hr over (Stunt Driving/Speed Racing) = 6 points + immediate 7 day licence suspension and car impoundment + up to 2 year additional licence suspension upon conviction.

1-19 km/h The amount of km over times $2.50 = fine
20-29 km/h The amount of km over times $3.75 = fine
30-49 km/h The amount of km over times $6.00 = fine
50 km/h+ (speeding) The amount over times $9.75 times $1.25 = fine
50+km/hr (Stunt Driving / Racing) fine amount can range from $2,000 - $10,000

http://speedingontario.com/penalties.php

I can either hire a service to do it or have one of my family members do it. I have retired former police ticketing officers in the family who learned from repeat driving offenders who always got their tickets thrown out.

For me, it's worth it to fight all tickets.

 

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[CarrieW]

the part that got me was the fact that I was actually arrested! that and the cop told me had I been going 6 more mph over the speed limit I would have been taken in front of the judge! 100mph and up is the same as a dwi/dui! I had no clue!

and believe you me the amount of time I have saved over 7+ round trips from here to pa and back was enough to pay the ticket but all in all with the possible consequences of doing 95+ it isnt worth it

 

[EN_VY]

So you got taken to jail?? In some states when you go over 100+ that's when you're taken in. I was doing a 100+ one time, but the cop knocked it down to 96, so that was cool of him. (Yes, stupid of me)