View Poll Results: # of Speeding Tixs
0: I am a safe driver.....thus far
300
66.08%
1
86
18.94%
2
28
6.17%
3+: the cops are out to get my car
40
8.81%
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Poll: Speeding Tix (merged threads)
I wasn't on a highway. I was on a rural open road on the indian reservation.
I guess I shouldn't tell you I've gone 180 in a Supra on the highway to Cali in the middle of the early early morning with no cars on the road.
BTW, I've seen officers let people go for 150mph on the freeway. Discretion is a wonderful thing.
There are much worse things than speeding out there.
Intermediate
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 465
Likes: 4
From: CA
I think the law should apply to any citizen but reality is that it doesn't. I was simply trying to explain the justification, maybe that's not the right word, but reason as to why gov't employees get special treatment.
You're right.. and the law does apply to everyone. But LEOs have let people in ALL fields go, for multiple infractions. Sometimes it's the guy who had been drinking and shouldn't be driving, but he gets called a cab and is told it is a learning experience, and sometimes it's the guy who made an illegal U-turn. It's not only LEOs that get breaks; and not every LEO gets a break.
Pole Position
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 205
Likes: 0
From: State of flux
A 25 year old cop with a lead foot while not in hot pursuit is frowned upon by the veterans in blue...
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,708
Likes: 2
From: SC
Pole Position
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 298
Likes: 0
From: TN
Haha these are the odds my friends have given me:
ticket 25mph+ over- 1:6
ticket 15mph+ over- 1:3
"drifting" off the road- 1:8
doing donuts and hitting a light post: 1:4
wrecking my car within a year 1:1
4 months strong and nooo tickets, wrecks, or "accidents"! haha
ticket 25mph+ over- 1:6
ticket 15mph+ over- 1:3
"drifting" off the road- 1:8
doing donuts and hitting a light post: 1:4
wrecking my car within a year 1:1
4 months strong and nooo tickets, wrecks, or "accidents"! haha
Thread Starter
Driver
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 190
Likes: 0
From: ca
i got another one...this time i wasn't eligible for traffic school (18 month rule). But i went in front of the judge and he said i could do a Level II course which is in person traffic school sat and sun from 8-5 both days. Lucky me, jk but its still better than getting a point.
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Driver School Candidate
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
From: TX
Got my first one Friday
Nailed by Laser on the service road of the freeway around 4:30 PM. Officer said, "If it makes you fell any better, I've been doing this since 6 AM - your the fastest one yet!"
He said he clocked me at 67 (in a 40), but wrote me up for 50 - Happy Holidays!
He said he clocked me at 67 (in a 40), but wrote me up for 50 - Happy Holidays!
Driver
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
From: CA
Pole Position
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 366
Likes: 0
From: Maryland (Washington, DC Metro)-Miami-Dade Florida
Every job has its perks. I guess one of them being for police officers is that they get let off with a warning each time, but they aren't going to get out of bad stuff like DUIs and drug offensives. Just like being a Toyota employee gets you sweet deals on Lexus'. It's all apart of the game called life.
the last time i went to traffic school, there was a local cop who got a ticket driving home still in uniform, from a California Highway Patol. The other cop gave him the ticket, made him sign it and he was in traffic school like everyone else.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 16
Likes: 0
From: CA
It's all fine and dandy until...
You manage to tag something or someone doing Mach 1 and they (AKA "The Man") pull the telemetry data from the onboard "black box". Oops...the crash data recorder says you were trying to set a new land speed record.