Question: Speeding Tickets

[jester]

I've been stopped twice in the last year. Once with the Vette, but that wasn't for speeding. A quick turn to a freeway on ramp was hidden behind some trees and I had to hit the brakes hard to make the turn when I saw it. The officer must have been sitting on the bridge getting bored. He just stopped me to make sure I wasn't driving impaired, after seeing my manuever to make the on ramp. When I noticed him following me I was driving about 7 over the posted, but he didn't say anything about my speed. He liked my car.


Last spring I was stopped on I40 in AZ for 81 in a 65 driving a rental Grand Am. The officer was very nice and let me go with a warning.

 

[regalniz]

I didn't even know mail trucks could go that fast.:L

yeah believe it. the new ones are ford (yuck) explorer chassis with the 6 cylinder. they also have posi! not that i would do nasty burnouts in a government owned vehicle.

 

[vee93]

Had the '93 for about 2.5 years now..., and no tickets. Curious that cause I suppose its not like I shouldn't've gotten one or two-----or three. Not this year, but I managed to get 2 last year in my 'lil droptop Z24 Cav (and always haulin back to work from an assignment).

I think cops know it's kinda ridiculous to have a high performance car like a Vette creeping at 35mph. I don't know about y'all's, but mine just doesn't like it. If the road is smooth, I'm never going 20 - 35mph. I can do it, but it just feels wrong. I'm safe and I don't race the pocket-rockets thru city streets. I'm not disrespectful--I will take my foot off the go-pedal, but I never tap my brakes. So far, so good (knock wood.)

 

[Rain]

Never in the Vette (knock on wood)

in the late 80s when I was commuting to College over in Louisiana I got pounded about 3 or 4 times by the cops.. always doing 65 70 or 80 in a 55 zone it seemed..
Think these were all in a 78 monte carlo with the 200lb doors! haha

 

[Edmond]

Only ticket that I actually got was in the Vette' and that was for not wearing a seatbelt.

 

[69_Dream]

Only ticket that I actually got was in the Vette' and that was for not wearing a seatbelt.

I had one cop last year pull me over for that one too, no seatbelt. Then of course, I explained to the kid that I only have a lap belt and I showed him I was wearing it.

He then sat there and talked about the car with me (which I love 'cause my car's an attention whore ), showed him "no trunk", played "Can YOU find the wipers?" and of course fired her up... he even burnt his pant legs on my side exhausts, but he had a big smile as he left... life is good.

Now hopefully I haven't jinxed myself

 

[Vanity Plate Bob]

Two for slow speeding in Pa

One on Pa turnpike 75mph in new 62 Imperial (Chrysler for U youngins)
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Ticket for trying outrun cops, (2 in 1 car) Middle of day. Hose broke on flathead Mercury V8. Water all over. Missing like crazy. Loud duals.
"yes sir I was trying to run away under these conditions"

Stopped on a rural road for ???? Dont think he ever did tell me why. Radio on low if on at all. Never heard siren. Just got a warning. 4 what???? Whatever.

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While a very young driver another very young one pulled out in front of me.
POW. I hit em. He said ""U ran that stop sign". Looking to where I had just came, I say ""what stop sign"". Oh, he says. ""someone knocked it down yesterday"". Dah I had never driven the area before.
Right front damage. My uncles car. He had a heck of a time with the insurance company. Not sure which one but believe they are associated with Sears.

That's all of the story. Almost.

 

[74bigblock]

Never in the Vette..... (knockon wood)

Close once. I was heading east on IL SR14 and was dragging my buddy in his '66 327/350HP vert. We were doig about 95 in a 55 when along came Mr Officer the other direction. He never even glanced at us!

But my little red Trans Am has cost me a bundle! Almost lost my license... had 4 moving violations in 2003, and had 2 the previous two years. All were legit... speeding or rolling a stop sign.. whatever. Fortunately, they never got me doing a top speed run south on I294!! Hehee I was doing ~155 with no one on the road at 5AM on a Sunday. I figured at that speed, I'd be going too fast for them to read my plate, and I'd be off at the next exit if I saw a copper... so I just kept my foot in it til I shat myself! Then backed her down. I think it took me an hour or so to stop shaking.

Now that I'm getting older (ha!) and Wiser (ha!), I'm a little more conservative. No tickets this year!!!

 

[Edmond]

Could they ticket you for going to slow?

 

[Daryllawman]

No I have never been pulled over in the Vette.......Lucky I guess......

 

[Vanity Plate Bob]

I have seen signs '''minimum''' speed. Offhand can't say just where. Never heard of one being ticketed. I suppose they would hurry U along. Try anyway.

My ''slow speeding'' statement meant maybe 10 mile over limit.

 

[SHVETTE98]

OK, let me put some of the cop myths to bed. Being one, I'll tell you how I operate - but I'm not speaking for every law enforcement officer. When I do traffic enforcement, I could care less what color your car is. I know what cushion I'm going to give to speeders and at what speed I'm going to write a ticket. My radar has a hold button, which means it doesn't emit radar until I take it off. When I do, your radar detector will go off but it's too late, I've got ya. I don't sit out in the middle of nowhere trying to get the lone speeder at 3:00 am, I pick locations that are populated and speeding has been a factor in accidents in that area or there is high pedestrian traffic and you should know better. And yes, you can get a ticket for going too slow (in TX), it's known as impeding traffic.

 

[brimis]

I got pulled over for driving to slow!

 

[Edmond]

I got pulled over for driving to slow!

Did they ticket you?

 

[brimis]

No, I was driving my 5TH Ave. at 25 MPH on a 40 MPH Highway. The officer pulled me over and told me I drive like an old man! He stated you can get ticketed for driving so slow. Now I drive 35 MPH or so. I never really drove fast, even when I was younger. I drive the vette the same way, unless of course I'm at the track. This is where I do my speeding.

 

[Daryllawman]

I don't think I ever wrote a ticket for driving to slow......

 

[Edmond]

I was lost once in an unfamiliar subdivision of the next town over. I had just gotten gas and thought that I could take a short cut. This car pulls up behind me and starts tailing me. So I start speeding up and he speeds up. I start turning without using the signals and try to lose him but he keeps up.

Then the unmarked cruiser turned his lights on. They came up and asked me if I was lost. :L I said yes and they said to follow them back to the main road. I wasn't wearing my seatbelt, I was speeding, turning without signaling and they didn't say anything about that.