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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:21:03 PM EDT
It had to happen eventually. I was headed north of 80mph in third gear, when I saw the door out of my left eye. Oops.
 Brief transcript: "License, registration and insurance please" "<laughing>, way ahead of you (handing him my paperwork)" "How fast do you think you were going?" "Fast enough to get a ticket, I'm sure." "<chuckles> You had to be going at least 90" "What did Mr Radar Gun say?" "68" "We'll go with that."   He was actually really nice. When we were all done, he thanked me for being so good natured about it and cooperative. He had me dead to rights, all I could do was laugh. It's my first speeding ticket. I think I'm going to frame it. |
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:22:07 PM EDT
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It was due. How many other tickets did you get away with?
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:23:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:32:30 PM EDT
[#3]
Is there a word limit on posts? 
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:33:44 PM EDT
[#4]
A true Arfcommer would have said "87"
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:34:11 PM EDT
[#5]
 You must have a CHL!!!
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:34:51 PM EDT
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Like I said, it was probably due. I drive like a freaking maniac. Driving at 110 mph to work is not uncommon. I didn't get a ticket till recently and that was for driving through a red light.
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:35:03 PM EDT
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Could be worse, I've actually been in the car when my friend used the "I don't know officer, my speedo only goes up to 85" line.
Cost him a pretty penny. |
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:37:12 PM EDT
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Why, yes. Yes I do.  I wasn't carrying when he pulled me over, so I didn't mention it. He didn't mention anything either. He knows, though. 
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:38:02 PM EDT
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Ahhh....you've paid the Ohio State Revenue Goons handsomely, I see.
Welcome to the Buckeye State, the King & his men thank you for your generous contribution. It probably didn't help that you were driving a black Mustang GT.
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Posted: 2/20/2006 11:39:56 PM EDT
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Yes they do, but I still never fail to mention it. Best example is 70 in a 30, new car so only my old vehicle was on the insurance card (he didn't even mention that), and he didn't even give me a written warning!!! Other numerous examples, but that one is the tops. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 12:50:20 AM EDT
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Worst ever scare. 3am on my Sportster. Drunk as a circus monkey going about 100 late on a friday night. Sherrif popped me.Asked me how fast I thought I was going. I said at least 95 and he said close I had 98. After he looked at my liscence and registration and commented on my lengthy driving record he let me go. Didn't even write me a warning. I think he new I was drunk and since I was only a mile or so from the house he decided to let me go. He said he wasnt going to write me up because I was honest when he asked me how fast I was going. Worst scare I ever had! I really have a shitty driving record. I've been to defensive driving 4 or 5 times. I've lost count. Almost 2 years ticket free now which is a record for me! Don't flame as I know drunk on a motorcycle is stupid but it was quite a few years ago and I've wised up. I don't even ride sportsters anymore although I still have harleys.
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Posted: 2/21/2006 1:55:32 AM EDT
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why would you frame a speeding ticket?
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Posted: 2/21/2006 1:57:11 AM EDT
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Maybe he likes his girlfriend to dress up in leather and whip him with a riding crop. Who knows? |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 2:12:59 AM EDT
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You got a ticket?
Hellooooo!!! Next time unbutton your shirt.  <-----Means this was a JOKE!!
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Posted: 2/21/2006 2:15:26 AM EDT
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hadn't thought of that.
The first thing I thought of are guys that say they've been to prison like it's some badge of honor... |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 2:17:21 AM EDT
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Im going to flame anyways, being that drunk driving anything is fucking stupid, and the worse scare you had was getting popped by the police?? how about you think about the lives you could have killed including yours. Thats what should have scared you more. I dont give a flying fuck if you have heard this before, you just heard it again. Maybe it might take losing someone close to you by a drunk driver to be as passionate as i am about stopping drunks from driving. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 2:27:29 AM EDT
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what's worse a drunk driver or a sober red light runner? |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 2:29:13 AM EDT
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We've seen your pics!!! Unfortunately, we can't depend on that like you can. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 2:55:57 AM EDT
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"You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?"
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Posted: 2/21/2006 3:03:50 AM EDT
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I remeber a cop telling me someone clocked me doing 120. I had a big grin on my face..
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Posted: 2/21/2006 3:04:45 AM EDT
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We popped a guy the other night doing 112 in a 35. You got it easy...
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Posted: 2/21/2006 3:19:25 AM EDT
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I was in town hot-rodding in my '69 chevelle.
I went past a few middle-school age kids who yelled something like "smoke'em". I dropped it into first (bad gear ratio, so in-town never gets out of second) and dumped the clutch. I let the tires squeel for about a half second. (show of power) Ass end slid over a few inches. (failure to maintain control) My chambered exhaust, although a reproduction of a factory option, is well beyond the "standard" noise limit. (noise limits) By the time I hit the brakes, I was probably doing 45 in the 30 zone. (speeding) I still don't know where the cop was hiding. Next thing I know, red-and-blue with a spotlight in my rear-view. Before he even had a chance to say anything, I say "I'm sorry for driving like that officer, those kids wanted to see a little show and I started to feel like a kid again." He asked for my license and insurance. A few minutes later he came back and asked that I kept it under control. He could have nailed me for several things. He had every right to take me to jail. Luckily, the area I was in was pretty wide open, and not dangerous for a little stunt like that. And he was in a good mood. He let me go with a verbal warning. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 3:23:15 AM EDT
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"Do you have any idea how fast you were going?"
"Apparently not fast enough...." Oh, and drunk rider dude, you're lucky you've never killed anyone. Drunk drivers should be publicly flogged.  |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 3:26:11 AM EDT
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I have never understood when people argue about speeding.
You can explain why you were speeding, but the fact that you were isn't open for debate. But being pissed at a cop when you were the one breaking the law just doesn't seem to be the recipe for success. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 4:05:05 AM EDT
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You know, I never thought about it, but my last ticket was for doing 87 in a 65. 20+ over is 'spensive! I don't speed so much anymore.
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Posted: 2/21/2006 4:10:25 AM EDT
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dude you weight 100lbs
lightweight
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Posted: 2/21/2006 4:11:21 AM EDT
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Am I reading this correctly? 5'-11" and 100 pounds is SKINNY! Ain't no damn way you are the one who got this ticket since you post here and we all know arfcommers are fat.
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Posted: 2/21/2006 8:44:29 AM EDT
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Last ticket I got:
Cop: "Where you in such a hurry to?" Me: " The drag strip." He was good about it, but damn, it was just 80 in a 65--I wasn't even having fun. I just made a list and I can think of 8 speeding tickets. I think I'm forgetting one, though. ETA: Oh, I remember--the other one was a seatbelt citation, not speeding. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 8:51:05 AM EDT
[#29]
Looks like you post while drunk also.
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Posted: 2/21/2006 8:58:21 AM EDT
[#30]
I'd given you a warning. We didn't start writing till 70+.
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Posted: 2/21/2006 9:08:03 AM EDT
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Holy crap...I saw that too.  You're 5'11" and weight 100lbs.?? Dude, do you date Olive Oyle?? |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 9:25:05 AM EDT
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2 lane or 4 lane or ? How fast did you slow down.
 Tips for speeding tickets if you plan on fighting it. Always ask to see the radar to verify his claim. Ask him to show his LIDAR Qualification. Ask to prove when the unit was last calibrated. and What the +/- accuracy is? As a first time offender most of the time you can go to court and the judge will let you pay the ticket and it not go on your record if you dont recieve another in the next 6mo. or year. Other times $150 to a lawyer and $100 fine = Probation 6 months and not having to miss work , assuming you make more than $140 or so a day thats the way to go.This Method makes the Insurance bill stay down, and they never find out. Even I have a clean record. They Call them Civil Penalties here. I was stopped late onenight after a supposed high speed pursuit where a deputy claimed i was exceeding 140mph. I was in a bone stock 95 dodge ram. I just drove very well over the mountains. Maybe 80 at most. After 6 plus cars surrounded me on a dirt road when i was going about 20mph and i was dragged onto the hood and cuffed. I was apologized to and released... Cause the other cops where embarrassed by the claim of 140+ and no radar readings to verify it. The deputy had claimed his caprice was at 155mph on the straight stretches and couldnt gain on me, not to mention he had a buddy riding around with him playing cop that night. Atleast now the current truck is capable of breaking 120. Last ticket was 73 in 55, but it was total speed trap, Driving striaght into blinding the setting sun about 5pm. State Police setting on shoulder on corner in the shade totally setting there to get people unable to see the speedo. 6mo no tickets! Home free now. 
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Posted: 2/21/2006 9:27:07 AM EDT
[#33]
You've made us all very proud!
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Posted: 2/21/2006 9:32:33 AM EDT
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I didn't know Sportsters could even do 100... |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 9:35:54 AM EDT
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I don't speed, I do 70mph on the major highways. It's not my problem that some dummy set the limit at 55. In town I'm pretty much within 5mph of the limit, surface streets are pretty reasonably set. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 9:46:27 AM EDT
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And I got ticketed for doing 69 in a 50 on a rural 4 lane divided hway on a sunny day with no other cars in sight.  I had a spotless driving record before that. My problem aint with the cops, its with how some of our traffic laws and speed limits are set up.
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Posted: 2/21/2006 9:58:46 AM EDT
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there's a few roads around here that are set at 30mph... it's very difficult to go 30 on a straight country road... |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:07:14 AM EDT
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I got my first ever speeding ticket the other night. I was doing about 15 over and came around a corner and saw that green stripe in the dark. I turned off my brights got over and pulled off and let him come up behind me. I was really nice and respectful I thought he was going to let me go. He didn't but he did write it for 14 over instead of 15. Lot cheaper and won't go on my permanent CDL record.
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:07:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:08:24 AM EDT
[#40]
It was the jeans, Subnet...he thought you were a chick
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:12:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:13:26 AM EDT
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 Evil lead footed bastard!!  68 in a 55!! Did you even think about all the little school children?? 
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:14:54 AM EDT
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No, a true Arfcommer would of said "90 and 68??? I'll take both!"
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:16:19 AM EDT
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I bet you were wearing womens pants while you were speeding!
If I were the cop that busted you I would put the Taser to some good use...
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:21:37 AM EDT
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My personal best (or worst ) would be 130MPH over.
When I was young and considerably more stupid, I used to road-race my tracked out ZX-6R on the backroads around my Grandmothers house in King William VA. There is one stretch of macadam that was about 2 miles long and almost perfectly straight. The only problem with it is that the road is marked 35MPH . . . something that is routinely ignored by everyone. One day I was out riding decided to let her rip down that stretch of road. I hit about 165MPH and the same moment I saw the State Trooper waiting for idiots like myself. It's a long story, but he only wrote me a ticket for 54MPH because I wasn't an asshole and didn't try to run. Disconnector |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:28:47 AM EDT
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I got a ticket in Maryland coming down 522 into WV for doing 60 in a 35. I was coming right off the interstate, zoomed down the hill and right where the speed limit changed, he was.
$120 later and I had no points on my license, no effect on my insuranance and the ticket wasn't reckless or anything(which it should have been) They just wanted my money. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 11:52:18 AM EDT
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It says (correctly) 180. It just didn't come through the copies, and it's hard to tell in the picture. |
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Posted: 2/21/2006 11:56:56 AM EDT
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180lbs aint fittin into no girls jeans... 
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Posted: 2/21/2006 12:05:23 PM EDT
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Ah, the Ohio Revenue Machine strikes again.
I got one in '94 for 67 in a 55 Middle of the night, one other car on the road who couldn't maintain a steady speed. So I passed him. N/B US23 in Marion County. OHP didn't want to hear it...
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