I just got a ticket yesterday

[geonagual]

Just to clear it up. I did not get a ticket for speeding, just the seatbelt..he said normally he dosen't give speeding tickets until the person is over 15 mph over the posted speed limit. I thanked him for his leniance (sp?) gave him my licence and registration, but couldn't find my insurance..he said he was going to his car and for me to look for it...I thought to myself that this guy trusts me to look for it...I could be going for a gun or something. LOL. Of course I dont even own a gun. HAHA! He must know that, those guys always are very perceptive of body language. Anyway, it was cool, I just got the seatbelt ticket...My truck even does the ding, ding, ding thing when you dont have it on...sometimes I barely even hear it:stoned:

[birdgirl73]

They do seem to have an uncanny second sense about folks who are threats--at least the smart, intuitive ones do. But even then they sometimes get shot.

Please tell me you normally wear your seat belt? I hope so. Accidents where people die or have disfiguring facial injuries for the rest of their lives because they didn't have a seatbelt on are the worst. And those fatalities or injuries are totally preventable.

Here are two other things never to do while you're driving (besides talk on the cell phone, which I'll admit some people can handle, or drink and drive): Never drive with a pen or pencil held in your mouth. And always have the outward edge of the sun visor, if you're using it, angled away from your face toward the windshield, never angled inward toward your face. People can lose their eyesight from visor injuries even in minor accidents.

[insanity]

I got an MIP in October... I almost made it to 21 safely.

Last traffic citation I got was four years ago: careless driving, violation of privileges (6 month rule) and 44 in a 25. That sucked.

[jdub61]

a little over 4 years ago, i rear-ended a car and got a ticket for "following too closely"
i wasn't the one who caused the accident, but of course the person who rear-ends is almost always at fault
my ticket was for like $80 but when i showed up and pled guilty to the traffic court judge, he reduced it to $60

i'm sure i'm gonna get my 1st speeding ticket soon with the way i drive, though...
hell, i kinda view speeding tickets as yearly dues to the high speeds club :rastasmoke:

[ACosmicVillain]

I've only gotten parking violations. I got them a lot in high school, because finding a parking place was REALLY hard. One of them was for parking too close to a hydrant, one for being too close to a bus stop, and another for my registration being overdue.

Never been arrested, either.

[blazed_babe]

i have only gotten two tickets, and they were both parking citations from upd on campus because my school over-sells the parking decals by thousands and then thinks it's ok to ticket students when they can't find a damn parking spot....

i've only been pulled over for speeding once, and i was going 65 in a 35, it was 3 am or so, i was extreeeeeeeeeemely drunk (i know, i know, that's a bad idea, and i don't drive drunk anymore, thank god i never was in an accident while i was driving drunk) off of half a fifth of jager and half a fifth of rum. so i was pretty fucking drunk. but somehow i was able to appear sober for 5 minutes while i talked to the cop and he just gave me a warning...he asked if i had been drinking, and i just gave him my best smile and said "no sir". and he didn't even breathalyze me or make me get out of the car

[Its a Plant]

My latest ticket was for fucking underage drinking....and less than 3 months away from my 21st no less...

I am still not to happy about it, simply because there are better things to be doing than busting underagers. We can go to war in America and smoke cigs at 18, but I can't have a drink legally 'til I'm 21?! Fuck that noise. :jointsmile:

[geonagual]

Oh. you got so lucky:hippy:I have driven drunk maybe 2 times...and I thought both times was a very bad idea. I cant do shit while I am drunk. I do sleep well though. LOL A worse idea is driving while tripping:hippy:

edit: this was to Blazed Babe


To IAP..that law is fucked...I did 3 years in the Army and when I got out I was 20..and I still couldn't drink:wtf:

[Its a Plant]

LOL A worse idea is driving while tripping:hippy:

Psshh, maybe for you.

[blazed_babe]

Oh. you got so lucky:hippy:I have driven drunk maybe 2 times...and I thought both times was a very bad idea. I cant do shit while I am drunk. I do sleep well though. LOL A worse idea is driving while tripping:hippy:

lol i used to drive drunk all the time during my freshman year of college...i had a bad problem with alcohol abuse that year...yikes. but i hardly drink anymore now, mostly just in social settings. oh shit once i drove about 20 mins after hitting some salvia, and yeah that was a baaaaaaaaaad idea...i almost rear-ended someone because i thought that time had slowed down and i was going in slow motion, so i was barely able to stop in time...that was not fun...

oh and iap, i totally agree. i think it's bullshit to waste all this time / money catching underage drinkers...my little college town just passed a bullshit keg ordinance, and has been doing a lot lately and spending a lot of money trying to cut down on underage drinking...here's an article from our campus paper about the keg ordinance...bullshit? i think so.

Alderman approve keg registration law - News