I got a speeding ticket.

[mattgyver]

I wasn't paying attention to how fast I was going and got busted. I deserved it; I know I did. I know everyone will say "Don't b!tch about tickets when you know you're speeding." I'm pissed, but at myself. I have gone four years without incident and now this. Dammit. Not really a point to this, just wanted to vent some frustration. BTW, I was doing 74 in 55.

Now, everyone tell me what an @sshole I am for endangering others' lives, etc.

 

[bootymac]

edit: YOU A$$HOLE!!!!!!!!

 

[moshquerade]

sucks, but everyone eventually loses their speeding ticket virginity.

 

[sixone]

You're only an asshole if you go whining to the judge instead of paying your dues.

 

[onza]

i'm still 5yrs no tickets...

** KNOCKS ON WOOD **

so yah..

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Well, think of it this way, you went 4 years without a ticket so you did pretty well IMO

 

[KLin]

It's no big deal. Pay the fine, goto traffic school, and life goes on. I've had 3 since 2000. Now I set my cruise control a few miles above the speed limit, and stay in the slow lanes.

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
sucks, but everyone eventually loses their speeding ticket virginity.

No, I've had tickets before. I've just been quite careful to avoid them for the past four years. So I'm disgusted with myself.

 

[notfred]

74mph on a freeway isn't endangering anyones life, and if it was up to me, every interstate in this country would have a 90mph limit for cars.

 

[spunkz]

my parents both have yet to get one. maybe that explains why it took us 4 days to get from FL to NJ

 

Oh well, sh!t happens.
I had a perfect record for 8 years and in this past year racked up a few moving violations.

Just keep it clean for 18months.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: spunkz
my parents both have yet to get one. maybe that explains why it took us 4 days to get from FL to NJ

Heh, I got from Northern California to Florida in 4 days.

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: sixone
You're only an asshole if you go whining to the judge instead of paying your dues.

No, no whining here. I will gladly pay the fine; I just wish it wasn't reported to insurance.

 

[spunkz]

Originally posted by: notfred
74mph on a freeway isn't endangering anyones life, and if it was up to me, every interstate in this country would have a 90mph limit for cars.

we just need one lane for going a set speed, like 90 or 100. if everyone goes the same speed, its still safe

 

[axelfox]

Originally posted by: onza
i'm still 5yrs no tickets...

** KNOCKS ON WOOD **

so yah..

Now you're going to get one

 

[TuxDave]

I got my first speeding ticket 7 years in. Paid the fine, took traffic school and everything is clean again.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: spunkz

Originally posted by: notfred
74mph on a freeway isn't endangering anyones life, and if it was up to me, every interstate in this country would have a 90mph limit for cars.

we just need one lane for going a set speed, like 90 or 100. if everyone goes the same speed, its still safe

until someone merges into said lane illegally, and someone rearends them doing 100 mph, killing everyone in both vehicles.

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
I got my first speeding ticket 7 years in. Paid the fine, took traffic school and everything is clean again.

In my rage I had forgotten about traffic school. What does it cost? What do you do?

 

[imported_Strang]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: spunkz

Originally posted by: notfred
74mph on a freeway isn't endangering anyones life, and if it was up to me, every interstate in this country would have a 90mph limit for cars.

we just need one lane for going a set speed, like 90 or 100. if everyone goes the same speed, its still safe

until someone merges into said lane illegally, and someone rearends them doing 100 mph, killing everyone in both vehicles.

Which is exactly what would happen. That or someone in an SUV on a cell phone would veer into the bordering lane on accident and smear someone.

 

[m2kewl]

you're a n00b for not having a radar detector.

 

[DannyLove]

I dont want to jinx myself for reading this, but I currently have a 5 year clean record and going on to 6 years clean.

/knocks on wood.

I hope I can maintain it despite my some-times speedy sessions so I can get that great insurance policy after.... what is it? age 25 for males? 26, i forget


btw: sucks

danny~!

 

[maziwanka]

try this: i've had a clean record for 5 years. then i was pulled over in philadelphia for "unsafe speed." the officer told me that it carried no points (i.e. just a fine). i find out months later that nj translates that to a mandatory 2 points and that there's nothing i can do about it.

 

[alexjohnson16]

I just went on a trip to Cedar Rapids and went 83 the whole way in a 65. I guess I just got lucky.

 

[J0hnny]

Time and Time again I have to repeat myself to the idiots on this board who complain about whining to the judge.

Listen: You should plead not guilty (even though you know you are) and whine to the judge. He or she will reduce your points but make you pay the fine. The judges themselves know it's about the money and he or she doesn't want to increase your insurance.

So don't TAKE IT UP THE A$$ from the bureaucracy! Get the reduction and don't pay thousands of dollars on your insurance.

 

[T2T III]

It happens to the best of us. Out of 24 years of driving, I have received one speeding ticket. Unfortunately, I have had my picture snapped twice by red light cameras.