I just got a ticket yesterday

It is my first ticket in 6 years...I havent even been pulled over since then...I wasnt stoned, but when I was digging for my reg and insurance, I was trying to make sure he didnt see the papers in the glove compartment..he said he was going to give me a ticket for speeding but decided to just give me a warning on that..but I did get a ticket for no seatbelt..geez, he broke my streak...that was my last ticket too. I need some automatic seatbelts or something.:jointsmile:

OK, when was your last ticket? and what the hell did you do?

you should always wear your seat belt, but I dont think it should be a legal matter if you're over 16.

I've never gotten a ticket, but I dont drive

I'm not suggesting you do this, but if a cop is well enough behind you it's extremely easy to just speed up and get away as long as they don't get your tags. Again, not suggesting anything, just saying.

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Originally Posted by geonagual

It is my first ticket in 6 years...I havent even been pulled over since then...I wasnt stoned, but when I was digging for my reg and insurance, I was trying to make sure he didnt see the papers in the glove compartment..he said he was going to give me a ticket for speeding but decided to just give me a warning on that..but I did get a ticket for no seatbelt..geez, he broke my streak...that was my last ticket too. I need some automatic seatbelts or something.:jointsmile:

OK, when was your last ticket? and what the hell did you do?

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The last ticket I got was for speeding. I didn't slow down enough when a 55 M.P.H. road wound down to 35. I was about an hour and one-half away from my home.

My last ticket was almost 2 years ago. I had just bought a car from a friend,but it wasn't registered or insured yet. I tried to sneak it home, but a fire engine red hot rod turbo doesn't sneak too well, and I got pulled over. The cop searched my car, and I had weed in my purse. He searched my purse and I dont know how he didn't find the pot, but somehow he didn't! So they towed my car. I showed up in court with proof of insurance and registration,and the judge reduced the ticket to $10.00. Ten dollars! Crazy!

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Originally Posted by geonagual

It is my first ticket in 6 years...I havent even been pulled over since then...I wasnt stoned, but when I was digging for my reg and insurance, I was trying to make sure he didnt see the papers in the glove compartment..he said he was going to give me a ticket for speeding but decided to just give me a warning on that..but I did get a ticket for no seatbelt..geez, he broke my streak...that was my last ticket too. I need some automatic seatbelts or something.:jointsmile:

OK, when was your last ticket? and what the hell did you do?

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Well, first of all.....where you guilty of speeding or NOT wearing a seat belt?

If you were guilty of speeding and you take it to trial, it's the cop's word against yours.

I've had 4 seatbelt tickets in my entire life. I vowed to fight anymore seatbelt tickets. At least in California, it's a 50/50 chance the cop will show up to trial for a seatbelt ticket. They just rarely don't want to waste time. It's hard to comment being that I don;t know the exact circumstances.

112 in a 55 back in december

ya, when you take it to traffic court the cop gets payed, but he has to go on his day off. So you just have to ask yourself if the cops thinks ittl be worth it

December 17th give or take...81 in a 45 on a four-lane. I was looking at him as I flew by pretty much knowing I was fucked. It all ended with him telling me "Merry Christmas!" and giving me an unusual amount due of $131...

I thought the Merry Christmas part was pretty shitty, but hey I'm not complaining with a ticket that low...

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Originally Posted by Adrenaline Rush

If you were guilty of speeding and you take it to trial, it's the cop's word against yours.

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You must not haven been to traffic court lately. It'll be the cop's record from his speed-detector, which is a 360-degree detector nowadays, and is always on monitoring the speed of traffic all around. In most departments, the speed detector reading will be visible on the video record of the stop, too. So it's Geo's word against the science of speed-detection. The judge'll believe the machinery. Nearly all departments use that same technology these days precisely so it isn't anyone's word against theirs. The detector serves as an indisputable scientific record.

I haven't gotten a ticket since I was a teenager. And I've been stopped plenty of times. I'm always appropriately contrite, never lie about the fact that I was speeding, and I show them my EMS ID card that shows my paramedic license, freely admitting that I know better than to go above the posted speed, having worked in fire-rescue. They can't ever argue with that, and they're always reluctant to cite a fellow--even a former--public servant. This is why my husband always has me drive if we need to make good time getting someplace: because I can speed with impunity. They never buy his "I'm trying to get to a desperately ill patient in a hospital" lie because he he pretends not to have been aware he was speeding before he tries to make it sound like he's on hiw way to a medical emerency. He doesn't know how to play the game.

420Marijuana420, even if it wasn't a suggestion, the idea of running from a cop is a stupid idea nonetheless. They can magnify the recorded images from their dash-cams and see a lot of detail even on distant license plates. Only absolute idiots run from cops, which just makes the charges worse when they're eventually caught, which inevitably happens. Cops and firefighters go to court all the time during their regular work shifts, by the way. If they're summoned during their regular shifts, they go to court and their commanding officer finds additional patrol or fire-rescue coverage. If they're summoned on their days off, they get paid overtime for the time spent in court. They're required to go when they're summoned, which happens on both working and non-working days.