OT: Speeding Tickets

[BigAl]

Ride a horse, save a costly ticket.

[Leebo33]

Yes, but I drive a motorcycle and only spend $10 per gas per week, so I dont have a large carbon footprint.

I didn't know you just rode a motorcycle now. Al Gore would be proud.

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Is it possible he got my liscence plate # somehow and will either mail me a ticket or show up at my house with a summons? The plate is on the back of the car, so I don't know if he was ever close enough to read it.

[Gangrel]

Holy crap. That's 49 kmh over the limit. If I drove 149 kmh on the highway here, I'd be either in jail, or my car would be impounded.....

[dbdynsty25]

Who the f*ck drives in Kilometers Per Hour?

[ddtrane]

Who the f*ck drives in Kilometers Per Hour?

Everybody but us.

[ScoopBrady]

Those of us with kids don't like seeing cars drive by at 85. I find it hard to believe that 85 was keeping up with traffic. Maybe in New Jersey but not Atlanta. Anyways, good luck getting it reduced but I don't like your chances at 30 over.

[jondiehl]

Those of us with kids don't like seeing cars drive by at 85. I find it hard to believe that 85 was keeping up with traffic. Maybe in New Jersey but not Atlanta. Anyways, good luck getting it reduced but I don't like your chances at 30 over.

80-90 is the norm around St. Louis in the fast lane. Hell, I've had the cruise at 80 (20 over) and have had cars fly by me at 100+ I'm sure.

Same when I lived in Tampa and Houston.

60 puts you in the slow or middle lane in most metro areas I think.

[ScoopBrady]

80-90 is the norm around St. Louis in the fast lane. Hell, I've had the cruise at 80 (20 over) and have had cars fly by me at 100+ I'm sure.

Same when I lived in Tampa and Houston.

60 puts you in the slow or middle lane in most metro areas I think.

I'd say 75 is the norm around Chicago. Maybe 80 but that's pushing it. There are cars that go faster but they're usually the ones that weave in and out of lanes.

[JackB1]

I should ask my brother--he's very experience on traffic tickets...

I've never had one myself, but I've heard similar things to 34. You can challenge your ticket in court, and if the cop doesn't show up you automatically get off.

Another thing I've heard is that they will initially schedule you to come in that officer's designated court day, so he can come to court one morning and verify several tickets of people he has pulled over. If you can get your date changed to another day of the week, chances are the cop won't bother coming in for just one ticket.

This is all theoretical though so may not work that way.

Anything you can find out Naples would be much appreciated!

[JackB1]

Those of us with kids don't like seeing cars drive by at 85. I find it hard to believe that 85 was keeping up with traffic. Maybe in New Jersey but not Atlanta. Anyways, good luck getting it reduced but I don't like your chances at 30 over.

I can understand that, but on a motorcycle cars come up on your as* quickly, so it's in my best interest to keep up with the general speed of the traffic, which averages around 80 on my commuting route. Ask BDunn what the highways are like in Atlanta...he can vouch for me. Not saying that makes it right.

[Gangrel]

Who the f*ck drives in Kilometers Per Hour?

The same people who win the Stanley Cup every year! Oh, no, never mind........

[GameSeven]

Those of us with kids don't like seeing cars drive by at 85. I find it hard to believe that 85 was keeping up with traffic. Maybe in New Jersey but not Atlanta. Anyways, good luck getting it reduced but I don't like your chances at 30 over.

Ouch. Cheap shot at NJ

Seriously, 85 would be zooming around here, too. Most folks adhere to the "within 10 MPH of the limit" idea.

I've only been caught once for speeding (around +12 MPH) that was reduced to "failure to signal" or "obstructing traffic" (can't remember) or some such violation. About $130 and no points/surcharges.

I agree with those who say to go with representation. Around here, those with counsel go to the head of line (which can be lengthy) and these guys are well acquainted with the process of negotiating don't the charge, where applicable. On the other hand, I was fortunate that a friend of the family was willing to represent me. Also, not sure if the +30MPH is going to hamper the ability to reduce the ticket or not.

Good luck...

[JackB1]

Just call a traffic lawyer and have them fix it to reduce the ticket to a non-moving violation.

I've had plenty of tickets but still have 0 points on my license and low insurance premiums. Just get it fixed.

I think this is my only real option. Jon, how did you decide who to go with?

[ScoopBrady]

Ouch. Cheap shot at NJ

I used to think driving on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago was crazy until I took a trip to New Jersey. I don't know the main highway we took to get there but we get through Philly and everything seemed the same as home until we got about 10 miles outside of New Jersey and everyone was driving much faster. There was even an 18-wheeler driving around 90 mph and weaving in and out of traffic. It was the craziest driving I've ever seen.

Jack, I feel for you being on a motorcycle. That's got to be pretty intimidating in traffic. Good luck with everything.

[fletcher21]

80-90 is the norm around St. Louis in the fast lane. Hell, I've had the cruise at 80 (20 over) and have had cars fly by me at 100+ I'm sure.

Same when I lived in Tampa and Houston.

60 puts you in the slow or middle lane in most metro areas I think.

I'd say 75 is the norm around Chicago. Maybe 80 but that's pushing it. There are cars that go faster but they're usually the ones that weave in and out of lanes.

Man... I've driven thru Chicago many times, and after dark if you're not doing 85-90 you're getting passed left and right.... People do 100 there like it's 55

[dbdynsty25]

How the hell anyone gets up to 50 in Chicago is a mystery to me. With the construction and potholes everywhere...it would be a miracle in my estimation.

[sportdan30]

When you get some open road in Chicago, look out. Not only do they drive fast, but they drive very aggressive. I'd say average speed on the Kennedy was easily around 70-75 mph. When I moved back from Chicago to St. Louis, I had to repeatedly tell myself to not only slow down, but to go easy on the horn with the driver in front of me.

[webdanzer]

I won't defend NJ too much as we usually rank near the tail end of any 'safe driver' polls, but nowhere is worse than Massachusetts, specifically around Boston. It's just simply chaos, and I've gotten to see it for myself the last few years as my parent company is based there and I've made several trips up.

[pk500]

I won't defend NJ too much as we usually rank near the tail end of any 'safe driver' polls, but nowhere is worse than Massachusetts, specifically around Boston. It's just simply chaos, and I've gotten to see it for myself the last few years as my parent company is based there and I've made several trips up.

Agreed. Boston-area drivers are the WORST, and I've driven in and around a lot of major cities in the U.S.

Take care,
PK

[TCrouch]

In my younger days, I got stopped for 128 in a 55, 108 in a 55 (racing drunk drivers but didn't know they were drunk at the time...I didn't serve jail time in either case as the cop had to call backup just to deal with the DUI), 7 tickets under 100mph, Exhibition of Speed, Unsafe starting & Excessive Acceleration (I didn't even know these were laws).

To add to it, I just ignored them, never paid them, and never went to court. I think I got almost all of them within a year span, then joined the Navy and hopped ship (pun intended) to Virginia. By the time I came back I kept my VA license until it expired, then moved to Indianapolis and had that until it expired last year. Eventually amnesty kicked in and I think I paid like $20 a ticket to have them all wiped clean and no more arrest warrants. I think the original fines were something like $1800 for the >100mph ones, and this was 20 years ago.

Bottom line...I don't know. I never got out of any of them. I'm just lucky they never got me on my '88 Honda Hurricane 1000. Fastest I ever went was when the speedometer read 176 and I was still twisting the throttle. My eyes were oblongated and shaky, the helmet was trying to rip my head off, and I was going down a center line on a 2-lane highway.

I should be dead so many times over, I don't know how I made it through my late teens-early 20's. As soon as I had my first daughter, though, I had to calm down, naturally. Now I haven't had a speeding ticket since 1994 *knock on wood*. I guess I drove like a maniac in real life, then transitioned it to games. Now I just don't get vehicles that can get me in trouble, because I have an (obvious) complete lack of self-control with anything that has power

I just try not to tempt myself anymore.

[XXXIV]

When you get some open road in Chicago, look out. Not only do they drive fast, but they drive very aggressive. I'd say average speed on the Kennedy was easily around 70-75 mph. When I moved back from Chicago to St. Louis, I had to repeatedly tell myself to not only slow down, but to go easy on the horn with the driver in front of me.

65-75 sounds about right on the Kennedy when there isnt any traffic...But when I go to and from work Im lucky to hit 30-35 on most of it....

Now on the way home. If I brave the 15-20 mph on the Ike and get to the tri-state heading north...then you see the 70-85 mph raceway open up....

[JackB1]

I noted the "traffic flow" rate going to work and home today and I was doing 75 and EVERYONE was moving past me, so I would say it was 80-85 avg "traffic flow" speed. It is easily 80 almost every day and if you go slower on a motorcycle, you will have cars up your as* all the time.

[GB_Simo]

I was pulled over a couple of weeks ago by a policeman who insisted he'd tried to follow me doing 100 mph earlier in the day, and it took a few minutes before he accepted that a 1998 Hyundai Accent with 110,000 miles on it won't go that quickly. Pro tip for anyone who gets pulled: jokes about afterburners don't generally meet with laughter.

The speed limit on dual carriageways here is 70 but the main roads across the country don't have that many speed cameras, so as long as there's no police presence on the road it's not uncommon to see cars going at 80 or 90. The only part of the USA I have experience of is Florida, and the speed and complete lack of lane discipline in the area around Orlando made me feel a kind of fear I didn't know existed. It's better if you head away from the centre of the state to Daytona Beach but driving on the freeways around the main tourist areas is terrifying - better, almost fun even, once you wrap your head around the idea that it's a free-for-all, but it takes some getting used to.

[Leebo33]

I won't defend NJ too much as we usually rank near the tail end of any 'safe driver' polls, but nowhere is worse than Massachusetts, specifically around Boston. It's just simply chaos, and I've gotten to see it for myself the last few years as my parent company is based there and I've made several trips up.

Agreed. Boston-area drivers are the WORST, and I've driven in and around a lot of major cities in the U.S.

Orlando is really bad too. It's a perfect storm of bad drivers from across the country, vehicles filled with distracting noisy kids, tourists that don't know where they are going and change lanes erratically, and Q-tips.

[ScoopBrady]

Maybe the congestion and roadwork is the reason I see 75 as the max on the Stevenson every day.