Speeding ticket

Got a speeding ticket a month ago. First one in many years.

Perfect storm of

• Blasting around the last fun curve on a route I was not familiar with
• 50mph Speed Limit sign obscured by tree (not making this part up - it's on my dashcam)
• Cresting a hill right after the turn (I had lifted and was coasting)
• Sudden edge of a small town
• Cop on opposite side, instant-on radar
• 77 in a 50

I contacted the Prosecutor to ask for exception to the No Deferral if more than 20mph over the limit, and he said no. So I just paid the $169 ticket. There may be insurance repercussions - I did some research on that. We'll see.

OUCH!

$169...I'd pay that any day of the week.

25 over has landed me >$600 in fines and 6 points. Where I live in NY, the interstate is only 55mph...but can be a VERY fast road.

It's awful.

I remember traveling north on I-75 on a stretch south of Florence KY where I followed a 90mph Camaro rabbit for a few miles.

I hear Illinois has some of the highest cost speeding tickets.

Indiana may be too conservative a state for my liking, but the cost of living is reasonable overall.

GTP said:

I remember traveling north on I-75 on a stretch south of Florence KY where I followed a 90mph Camaro rabbit for a few miles.

I hear Illinois has some of the highest cost speeding tickets.

Indiana may be too conservative a state for my liking, but the cost of living is reasonable overall.

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I had a long distance relationship with a girl in Carmel IN for about a year. Our drive back and forth to the Indy airport was always full of cops. I can't remember if it was 31 or the Keystone Parkway but they were everywhere. This was pre Waze so it was surprise, surprise, surprise.

ryant601 said:

$169...I'd pay that any day of the week.

25 over has landed me >$600 in fines and 6 points. Where I live in NY, the interstate is only 55mph...but can be a VERY fast road.

It's awful.

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Ahh the highways in Westchester. Which one 684? Taconic?

Zodiac said:

Ahh the highways in Westchester. Which one 684? Taconic?

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287, oddly enough it's one of the less policed highways...no real blind spots for police, trooper was just hanging out on the shoulder.

Taconic they all hang out at the same spots, easy enough to spot.

All this reminds me of when I was a little younger, about 20. I was pulled over for speeding the officer approached my car (66 Chevelle) with citation book in hand and as he got to my open window I ordered: Two cheeseburgers and a coke. Needless to say it did not sit well with him. Funny thing I spent the rest of my life in Law Enforcement.

Free tip of the day. If you have a clean record you might be eligible to take a driving class and make the ticket go away. It will cost a few hundred dollars and take up several hours of your time, but it will save your record and insurance costs.

Always call the court up prior to your hearing date to see if this is an option, or contact a lawyer. Many lawyers will just give that information for fee without the need for an appointment.

Fl lets you do that 5 times. I got away with it about 8 times before I got certified letter telling me no more. The on line courses are timed can't complete them in less than 4 hours. I would do them at work let them run in a background window then look up the answers using google. Just copy past questions into bing and answer comes. Doesn't save any money just points.

This guy may loose his license?

NT police clocked the vehicle going 182km/h down the Stuart Highway on a chilly 16C morning at 10am on Monday.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/...y/news-story/c1a66e6ad10a4b99a1cf94d29ce19840

Sig556 said:

All this reminds me of when I was a little younger, about 20. I was pulled over for speeding the officer approached my car (66 Chevelle) with citation book in hand and as he got to my open window I ordered: Two cheeseburgers and a coke. Needless to say it did not sit well with him. Funny thing I spent the rest of my life in Law Enforcement.

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You went from cheeseburgers to donuts :lol:

cking said:

Fl lets you do that 5 times. I got away with it about 8 times before I got certified letter telling me no more. The on line courses are timed can't complete them in less than 4 hours. I would do them at work let them run in a background window then look up the answers using google. Just copy past questions into bing and answer comes. Doesn't save any money just points.

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Did you ever use ticket clinic?

GTP said:

So I just paid the $169 ticket. There may be insurance repercussions - I did some research on that. We'll see.

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Yep, that's a $600 ticket here in SoCal. But then again, even rolling a stop sign at an empty intersection is $350+.

thehunterooo said:

You went from cheeseburgers to donuts :lol:

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Why as a matter of fact, You are correct sir.