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Got my first speeding ticket today ...

NutBucket

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Don't feel too badly. Lucky for me I was once stupid enough to do about 80 in a 30 zone. Thank god it was about 2 am and nobody was around:)
 

TwinkleToes77

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thats a cheap ass ticket... I was doing less than that and had a $170 ticket and 4 points!

Edit: and oh.. i did the same thing and just STFU and paid the damn thing.
 

boyRacer

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Originally posted by: NutBucket
Don't feel too badly. Lucky for me I was once stupid enough to do about 80 in a 30 zone. Thank god it was about 2 am and nobody was around:)

you're so dangerous... ;)
 

NutBucket

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Originally posted by: boyRacer
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Don't feel too badly. Lucky for me I was once stupid enough to do about 80 in a 30 zone. Thank god it was about 2 am and nobody was around:)

you're so dangerous... ;)

Ha! This was maybe 6 months after I first got my license. I was messing with a friend of mine. Scared the crap out of him passing him on that street going that fast.
 

Peter D

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Slow down you maniac, show some respect for this coffin full of bricks representing a young man's life lost at sea!!!
 

JEDI

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lucky u werent going 31 over the limit. they would have given you a ticket for reckless driving (6 points) and if the cop felt like it, taken you in and have someone bail u out.
 
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Originally posted by: Tetsuo
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: boyRacer
2 points eh? how many points are you allowed over there?

6 points: 30 day suspension + warning
Over 6: More suspensions, 30/60/90 days
14: Ban!

- M4H

pwn3d by teh govt

No, PwN3d is when you get nailed for reckless operation + exhibition of speed + improper use of emergency brake. ;)

- M4H
 

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I got pulled over once for half racing a Sheriff's deputy. Only a warning:D

you didnt see the big ol lightbar or the word "Sheriff" written across the side of the vehicle? :)
 
Jan 31, 2002
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Originally posted by: FallenHero
Originally posted by: NutBucket
I got pulled over once for half racing a Sheriff's deputy. Only a warning:D

you didnt see the big ol lightbar or the word "Sheriff" written across the side of the vehicle? :)

I'm going to hope that it was an undercover car. ;)

- M4H
 

NutBucket

Lifer
Aug 30, 2000
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: FallenHero
Originally posted by: NutBucket
I got pulled over once for half racing a Sheriff's deputy. Only a warning:D

you didnt see the big ol lightbar or the word "Sheriff" written across the side of the vehicle? :)

I'm going to hope that it was an undercover car. ;)

- M4H

Couldn't see the light bar. It was a dark road.
 

labrat25

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just got my second fixed today, 83 in a 70

the first was a 63 in a 45... didn't get that fixed, ouch

ya live, you learn... then you discover the cruise control