First Ticket :(

[LWM]

If it isn't Megan Fox ..............it has to be her twin! Roll camera!

[ZED SLED]

Originally Posted by Unit453

Here we go again...


One word: Worthless

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...63#post2466163

Guess that depends where you live and what the revenue seekers are using. My Escort 9500ix has saved my ass so many times it has probably paid for itself 10 times over. Always goes off at least a mile before I see a cop. Laser-yes, the alarm means find a place to pull over-except for the part where they have to be stationary to use it, so it is typically used here at night.

[vincewalthers]

Originally Posted by Johnnyma45

Sorry off topic, but is that you and Megan Fox in your picture OP??? Did you film in Transformers?

Haha yes that is me with Megan Fox. I had the awesome opportunity to spend a month and a half being part of the filming of Transformers 2 (link to more pics ) out here at White Sands NM.

[brantley847]

Very, very lucky....I didn't see if he reduced the speed but 69 in a 55 here is about 200 bucks..

Most states advise an officer cannot issue a SPEEDING ticket for 1-4 over, but at any time they can issue a citation for driving to fast for conditions if it is a curve, hill, rain, ice..so on...I didn't write the rule book, just telling you what is in it...

[Big Brunsy]

Originally Posted by vincewalthers

I have been driving Kailey for 13 months now and have not had a single ticket... Until now... I drive the speed limit most of the time and don't get on it all the time so I have stayed under the radar when it comes to cops. Pretty good for me lol my last ticket was about a year and a half ago and it was my 3rd speeding ticket in 2 months so I toned it down... Alot!

Well anyways I'm driving on a 2 lane road the limit is 55 most of it and I come up on these 2 trucks going about 50 . I was in kind of a hurry to get where I was going so I gunned it and passed them. As I'm slowing down, going about 63-62 mph I see a cop parked on the side of the road and he starts his lights up... Pulled me over for going 69 in a 55!!! I tried to tell him I was just passing the trucks and I was slowing down. He saw my helmet in the passenger seat and I told him I try not to speed because I have been going to the dragstrip now and then to get it out of my system. He liked my car and lessened the ticket!!! But I still have to pay a $55 ticket... Just for passing two lame trucks not going the speed limit in the first place!!

I think the cheapest speeding ticket I've seen around here is $118 now, and I read the 'for the record' section of the news paper every day and see what fines are for different infractions.....oh, and if someone I work with makes it in there I cut it out and hang it on the bulliten board.

[vincewalthers]

Originally Posted by brantley847

Very, very lucky....I didn't see if he reduced the speed but 69 in a 55 here is about 200 bucks..

Most states advise an officer cannot issue a SPEEDING ticket for 1-4 over, but at any time they can issue a citation for driving to fast for conditions if it is a curve, hill, rain, ice..so on...I didn't write the rule book, just telling you what is in it...

True yeah in NM it is 1-4 as well. The fines start from 5-9, 10-14, 15+ and 25+ I think. But I have been stopped for going 4 over at night. An older officer about to retire stopped me and told me not to speed at all driving at night

[JC3]

Consider yourself lucky! this past summer me and my dad (he can't drive he is legally blind) where driving back from St. Augustine FL to Memphis, TN I got a 69mph in a 55mph ticket in my 1998 Honda CRV!!! And it was $245!!!!!!! !! When I get my Camaro I will avoid the state of Alabama like it's death!

Plus it was in a low populated farm area with no traffic or signs of life, except for the police offier

[chevyss]

First ticket in the Camaro. Watch yourself in Arizona. Making a visit to my sister in Tucson last month and Darn cameras. The state does not make a very good attempt to let you know that your being monitored by cameras. First time I'd been in AZ since early 2000. $245.25 for 61 in 45. Tried to take a course to get rid of it and they make it such a hasle I just said pay it. What was the big surprize was then the letter came in the mail and the wife got it first. Not good. It's just that the Camaro is so easy and runs so smooth that you just don't relize what your doing. After the visit to Tucson I was headed north on 95 outside of Vegas with the open road ahead of me and "why not" hit the go button, level off at 95 and WOW!!! Next thing I see is a Furd Expedition w/a bar on top. "Oh s$ht" Lights came on, I slowed down, he left them on for about 30 seconds, waved at me and went on down the road. All the people in NV said he was just saying hello. Made me watch my speed all the way home. Of course I had no idea that the ticket from AZ was following me home. OH WELL!!! Now I have to be a good boy for at least a year

[first one]

Originally Posted by vincewalthers

radar detectors are outdated with the new lasers they are shooting with. Pretty much if your radar detector goes off it means "start pulling over now because you got tagged":

There are a few good radar detectors out there and the rest of them ARE worthless. If you have one that costs over $300 and you drive smart, they will save your azz and have saved mine many times over. They are not infallable and should be used with caution by being aware and don't speed blindly. A radar detector could have warned you a mile back when the cop lased someone ahead of you, therefore, you would have held back not passing the two vehicles and saving you a ticket. There will always be situations where a detector won't save you, but mine has payed for itself many times over and I have a heavy foot with no tickets on my record. I have an Escort 8500 x50, but will get a Valentine 1 next time, both are great. Sorry about your misfortune.

[KP MOVN]

I have been driving Scarlett for over a year without getting pulled over and without a radar detector. My husband buys the latest Passport for my birthday and about 2 weeks later I get a ticket ( 76 in a 50 ). I was in a small town and got a ticket for no front plate either. And later that day I got pulled over again but didn't get a ticket that time. I am actually going to court this week. I hope they reduce my ticket so I can take def driving and remove my ticket for no plate. I got a retractable front plate holder. Wish me luck.

[vincewalthers]

Originally Posted by chevyss

First ticket in the Camaro. Watch yourself in Arizona. Making a visit to my sister in Tucson last month and Darn cameras. The state does not make a very good attempt to let you know that your being monitored by cameras. First time I'd been in AZ since early 2000. $245.25 for 61 in 45. Tried to take a course to get rid of it and they make it such a hasle I just said pay it. What was the big surprize was then the letter came in the mail and the wife got it first. Not good. It's just that the Camaro is so easy and runs so smooth that you just don't relize what your doing. After the visit to Tucson I was headed north on 95 outside of Vegas with the open road ahead of me and "why not" hit the go button, level off at 95 and WOW!!! Next thing I see is a Furd Expedition w/a bar on top. "Oh s$ht" Lights came on, I slowed down, he left them on for about 30 seconds, waved at me and went on down the road. All the people in NV said he was just saying hello. Made me watch my speed all the way home. Of course I had no idea that the ticket from AZ was following me home. OH WELL!!! Now I have to be a good boy for at least a year

Good to know since I will be making some trips to and through AZ in the near future...

Originally Posted by KP MOVN

I have been driving Scarlett for over a year without getting pulled over and without a radar detector. My husband buys the latest Passport for my birthday and about 2 weeks later I get a ticket ( 76 in a 50 ). I was in a small town and got a ticket for no front plate either. And later that day I got pulled over again but didn't get a ticket that time. I am actually going to court this week. I hope they reduce my ticket so I can take def driving and remove my ticket for no plate. I got a retractable front plate holder. Wish me luck.

Good Luck!!

[lets_go_bills]

Bad luck. You went fast, got caught. At least he reduce it for ya. Take your lumps and move on.

[vincewalthers]

Originally Posted by lets_go_bills

Bad luck. You went fast, got caught. At least he reduce it for ya. Take your lumps and move on.