Speeding ticket, how many you got?

[LVSteve]

I've heard they will pull over a coupe before a 4 door. I've only owned one 4 door car for a short time in my life.

I have a spoof decision tree on that subject.

Is it a plain 4-door? Don't bother stopping it unless the driver is cute.

Is it a RED 4-door? Cut 'em loose after reading them the riot act.

Is it a BMW? (color immaterial) Nail his sorry butt for all to see at the side of road with a full on felony stop with canine backup.

Is it a RED Firebird/Camaro/Mustang? Place ticket under windshield wiper while the owner is in the grocery store because you KNOW they will be speeding.

 

[Onomea]

While it did not used to be this strict, in Japan, nowadays, any detectable trace of alcohol in your system gets your DL lifted for life.

Been stopped a couple of times for low grade — nothing too dramatic — speeding, but have never been ticketed for it.

 

[arjay]

Maybe 12-15?,20?
Haven't had one in 7-8 years.Probably just jinxed myself ;-)

 

[BaldEagle1313]

Didn't see that too much in England. First DUI gets you a year of walking. Those that get to three or more earn themselves driving bans of up to ten years IIRC. Driving while disqualified will get you major fines unless you are a multiple DUI offender, in which case you're away to the Big House.

European driving standards are WAY higher than USA. No left lane bandits on the autobahn...

I don't remember the exact details, but a few years ago there was a big kerfuffle over a woman who killed someone in an accident and was found to have been more than double over the limit. Something like .21 when .08 gets you cited. The news article came up with that she'd had 4 previous DUI's but still had a valid license after whatever probation/community service wrist slaps she'd received for them. Big outcry of "how could this happen?" along with weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. "We have to DO something!" So now they'll pull it after 4 DUI's. Which is three too many.

 

[427mach1]

I was pulled over for going around a corner slightly sideways in my Mustang in 1982 or 83 in Spokane. Cop let me off with a verbal warning.

I got one for 63 in a 55 between Spokane and Pullman, Washington in 1983 or 84.

In 1988, my wife (fiance at the time) and I got matching tickets in rural Mississippi on the way out to her parent's house for our wedding. I was following her since I didn't know the way and we were doing 72 in a 55 zone. The cop came over a hill heading toward us, got us on radar, turned around, pulled us both over, and gave us both tickets. He could even see her wedding dress in the rear window of her car! We went back to the court house two days later to pick up our marriage license and told the clerk about our tickets. He asked, "Did you tell him you were getting married?" "And he still wrote you up?"

 

[kwselke]

I got two when I was 24 -25 while driving a 1979 or '80 Toyota Corolla SR-5. The first was 45 in a 30 in the outskirts of Pearland, TX. The second was for 72 (I thank the DPS Officer for that... 90) during the national 55 speed limit era. That was between Lott and Temple, TX on a boots and barbecue run.

I then bought a fast car, a Datson 280 ZX, and a Romulan Cloaking Device. I swore I'd never get another ticket.

No tickets or accidents in the 37 or so years since.

 

[jbtrucker]

I received four speeding tickets in 42 years . First was when I was 16 ,flipped the air cleaner lid on my dad's Impala it sounded like a big 4 barrel. MPD officer said heard me coming over the hill , maybe a few miles over 40 mph zone. A few years later out with my buddies at 2 A.M , county had radar/ sobriety check point with a passed out drunk in a van . I said yes sir, no sir received a ticket and told to get my butt home and I did. The last two was in a small Louisiana town 1990 and on the bypass around Martin TN 2002 THP

 

[loknload]

Ive been driving for 46 years and only received 2 speeding tickets.
One I beat in court since it was a miscarriage of Justice and with the case presented by my Attorney and myself, the Judge took the officer involved in the back room and ripped him a new one!
The second one I deserved, was bringing my daughter home from college for Christmas break. I just had gotten done working the midnight shift and was making a 4hr run. State Trooper pulled me over for doing 80 in a 65 zone on the interstate. No beating a State Cop with radar but he did cut me a break.
Those were the only two tickets I’ve ever received!

 

[timjake]

One speeding ticket - driving back to Minot AFB after spending Labor Day weekend in Minnesota (1983)... 66 is a 55 ($11 "energy conservation" ticket)

 

[RudyN]

I received my one and only speeding ticket in, I believe, 1969 and that was it.


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[soFlaNative]

I had a bad habit of accelerating slightly into graded curves and was stopped on 2 lane US 27 in Palm Beach Co. Those were the days the cops didn't care if you stood by outside of the vehicle and since it was dusk the mosquitos were in full force. They left me alone but were tearing the trooper a new one as he wrote the citation. He asked if I minded waiting in the patrol car and I politely declined.
Finally waved the whole thing off and gave me a verbal.

 

[Iggy]

Never got one, but I sure wrote a bunch of them.

 

[joeintexas]

I've had two, the first was about 45-50 years ago, the second was coming out of Snyder, Texas 20 years ago. Had just bought a Dodge Truck with a 360 in it and some screaming pipes. The Texas state patrolman that pulled me over said I was doing 90 in a 60, I told him, I was in a hurry to get out of Snyder! He laughed, but still wrote the ticket.

 

[Doug627]

Not nearly as many as I deserve.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Several, possibly one out of the bunch improperly, and impractical to fight. Forgiven many more. Nothing to complain about. Seldom speed now unless everyone else is, and sometimes not even then.

 

[nachogrande]

WAY TOO MANY.

I seem to avg 1 every 2-3 years. Just going with the flow of traffic is usually about 10 mph over the limit. Normally it's for 15 over the limit. I guess I don't pay strict enough attention. Maxed out on taking the driver safety class. They always seem to happen when I'm trying to be good. The last one was for 19 in a 15 in a school zone at the beginning of the school year. Multiple cop cars in an OBVIOUS spot, coasting along (aware they were there) with nobody in front or behind me, some young punk on "crutches" sprints out into the road making me lock up the brakes. The cops hear the tires screech, heads turn on a swivel and yours truly gets a ticket. The little bastage smiles my way & flips me off. Little did he know I invented that bit. School just opened here Monday, be careful out there. Driving/parking on the local golf course to do some night putting with my HS girlfriend, never got caught. Motorcycle, crazy speeds & evaded cops 3 X's, also no tickets. I can't believe it but "safe driver" is stamped on my DL.

 

[g-dad]

Thankfully it's been 20 or so yrs since I received a speeding ticket. Did get pulled in Texas last year but just received a warning.

However the summer before my freshman yr at college I qualified for the Fulton County, Arkansas special - 4 tickets in 30 days and get a suspended license for 30 days. Also got a ticket for driving while said license was suspended. Slow learner I guess.

And several...ahem, maybe more than several after that. Those sneaky Leos were always in the wrong place at the right time!

 

[G-Mac]

I got more speeding tickets than I can remember back when I was in my late teens to early twenties. One of them was for passing an unmarked State Trooper that was doing 80mph. He said he didn't get me on radar but that I "passed him like he was standing still". He wrote the ticket for 75mph because he said he could prove that in court.

 

[wood714]

Is it a RED Firebird/Camaro/Mustang? Place ticket under windshield wiper while the owner is in the grocery store because you KNOW they will be speeding.

My first car was a red 68 Firebird, 350 4 speed fat tires and a extremely loud exhaust. Never got pulled over one time.

Years later I had a red 87 Z28 Camaro, never got pulled over in it.

My first speeding ticket was in a black Mustang, and the second was in a green Mustang.

 

[rwsmith]

I've gotten more than a few......

But the last one was so long ago I don't remember it.