just received my most expensive traffic infraction yet!

[chcarnage]

That would've been $218 and >=30 days license revoke plus 2 years on probation in Switz, consider yourself lucky and don't speed next time...

 

[cavemanmoron]

traffic school still an option in TX?

 

[j00fek]

contest it

 

[Ryan]

My ticket was 276 for 15 over the limit - consider yourself lucky

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: Leros
$296 for 21 over is too cheap.

That's completely idiotic thinking. You fail to take into account the road circumstances when you make that generalization. 21 over on a flat Texas highway with no traffic is totally different than speeding in, say a school zone. The highways were designed for traffic around 75-80 anyway, so I doubt the OP was traveling at an unreasonable speed for the road. The laws in place are defiantly not used to ensure safety, but rather are used a money generating tool. If they really were meant to ensure safety, then the limits would be set to sane levels that the average driver would drive and would only be used to stop the really insane drivers that pose a real threat to traffic, not the OP.

To the OP, get a lawyer and fight the ticket. $300 is about the break even point with hiring a lawyer vs pleading guilty, not including insurance increases.

So what you're saying is that it's OK to speed (when nobody is looking)... :roll:

You have got to be kidding me.

 

[invidia]

So? it's $180 a ticket for riding past a stop sign on your BIKE here....

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

$275 for "unsafe right turn on highway" first time I had ever been pulled over and got a ticket.

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
alberta:

$550 for a rolling stop
$3200 for no insurance

just an idea of how expensive tickets are here

USA! USA! USA!

U S EH!

 

[fisheerman]

Cops are really writing a lot of people this holiday season for pulling and and waiting in the fire zones.

$250 infraction.

thats more than a reckless driving ticket. my neighbor (a cop) says most people just take the ticket thinking it is going to be like a parking ticket ($15). he said two people he wrote that drove off called him back crying.............

merry christmas

-fish

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: Leros
$296 for 21 over is too cheap.

That's completely idiotic thinking. You fail to take into account the road circumstances when you make that generalization. 21 over on a flat Texas highway with no traffic is totally different than speeding in, say a school zone. The highways were designed for traffic around 75-80 anyway, so I doubt the OP was traveling at an unreasonable speed for the road. The laws in place are defiantly not used to ensure safety, but rather are used a money generating tool. If they really were meant to ensure safety, then the limits would be set to sane levels that the average driver would drive and would only be used to stop the really insane drivers that pose a real threat to traffic, not the OP.

To the OP, get a lawyer and fight the ticket. $300 is about the break even point with hiring a lawyer vs pleading guilty, not including insurance increases.

So what you're saying is that it's OK to speed (when nobody is looking)... :roll:

You have got to be kidding me.

Yes.


And the highways were made for an Edsel to do the 75 - 80. Accidents aren't caused by going fast, unless you really are going to fast for the road. It's caused by differences in speed, inattentive drivers, dui, mechanical failure, carma, etc.

WTH is wrong with going fast on an empty highway? You have control of your car and no one else is around. Except for the cop hiding in the bushes or the one(in my case) that was traveling on the other side of the road and pulled a dukes of hazard u turn to get me in the middle of the night on an empty highway).

 

[lokiju]

I got pulled over going 65 in a 15 and the cop was so pissed he was all yelling and nearly shaking, he yelled at me "I should throw you in the back of my car and take you to jail right now!!!" and then he for whatever reason said "get out of my sight, if I ever catch you pulling something like that again then you're going straight to jail!!!"

I'm all like WTF I was just going the normal speed limit I usually did but didn't even realize it was a school zone that was in effect since I had gotten out of work early that day. Opps!

 

[Boo Boo]

i was going 110 in a 60 and didnt get caught

































but i had my all lights flashing - muhahahahahaha

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: Leros
$296 for 21 over is too cheap.

That's completely idiotic thinking. You fail to take into account the road circumstances when you make that generalization. 21 over on a flat Texas highway with no traffic is totally different than speeding in, say a school zone. The highways were designed for traffic around 75-80 anyway, so I doubt the OP was traveling at an unreasonable speed for the road. The laws in place are defiantly not used to ensure safety, but rather are used a money generating tool. If they really were meant to ensure safety, then the limits would be set to sane levels that the average driver would drive and would only be used to stop the really insane drivers that pose a real threat to traffic, not the OP.

To the OP, get a lawyer and fight the ticket. $300 is about the break even point with hiring a lawyer vs pleading guilty, not including insurance increases.

So what you're saying is that it's OK to speed (when nobody is looking)... :roll:

You have got to be kidding me.

Yes.


And the highways were made for an Edsel to do the 75 - 80. Accidents aren't caused by going fast, unless you really are going to fast for the road. It's caused by differences in speed, inattentive drivers, dui, mechanical failure, carma, etc.

WTH is wrong with going fast on an empty highway? You have control of your car and no one else is around. Except for the cop hiding in the bushes or the one(in my case) that was traveling on the other side of the road and pulled a dukes of hazard u turn to get me in the middle of the night on an empty highway).

Uh huh... highways weren't made for you to go X miles an hour... they were made for you to get from point A to point B in volume.

And per the bolded part... you're correct somewhat. Not all accidents are caused by going fast. However most people do not have the ability to accurately gage what is too fast for a road (do you know the exact composition of the pavement you drive on, and the exact composition of your tires? Didn't think so). Also, thanks... I prefer my insurance rates to be lower. See, the problem is, the faster you go, the more likely you are to be in a serious or FATAL accident. f=m*a my friend. The faster you go, the higher your insurance premium is going to be exactly because of all those factors you describe.

I hope I never have the pleasure of being on the same road as you my friend.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Quit your whining. They're allowed to arrest any speeder going more than 20mph over the posted limit in Colorado.

edit: after reading some other posts it seems that's not all that uncommon.

 

[ebaycj]

LOL that would be $95 in Illinois. Double that in a construction zone. Texas blows.

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: Leros
$296 for 21 over is too cheap.

Agreed. And for whining about it, fine should be doubled

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
alberta:

$550 for a rolling stop
$3200 for no insurance

just an idea of how expensive tickets are here

I'm in Alberta too ... and people are continually getting nailed for rolling stops on my way to work, especially during times when our pulp mill is shut down. The RCMP nails the out-of-town contractors heading to the mill

As for the no-insurance, I had a no-insurance, suspended licence a$$wipe take out my Nissan Sentra a couple of years back while drunk, and no one could place him in the car, so he got off scott-free, saying the emergency brake failed. Total write off, no settlement for us

Loser has no assets to go after either :|

 

[Insane3D]

Wow...f' that. I got a 109mph in a 65mph, and a 100 in a 55mph and they were like $300 and $250 respectively...

Of course, I lost my license for 15 days and 10 days too...

21mph over here in a 65mph zone is like $150...used to be $72.

 

[uberman]

Speeding doesn't cause accidents, inattention does.

Speeding is not a safety issue, it is a revenue issue.

 

[FoBoT]

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/cthulhu/guilty_face_sm.jpg

 

[Tobolo]

I can never understand why people complain about speeding tickets. BOO HOO you have to pay $300 for a speeding ticket. SO WHAT? You made a CHOICE to break the law and you knew you were doing.

That is the problem with people today. No one takes responsibility for their actions.

<---- 18mph over paid $100. 36mph (no reckless driving becuase I was very polite to the officer) and I had to take a defensive driving class and write a six page essay. No fine, again because I was polite to the Judge and took responsiblity for my own actions.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: Leros
$296 for 21 over is too cheap.

That's completely idiotic thinking. You fail to take into account the road circumstances when you make that generalization. 21 over on a flat Texas highway with no traffic is totally different than speeding in, say a school zone. The highways were designed for traffic around 75-80 anyway, so I doubt the OP was traveling at an unreasonable speed for the road. The laws in place are defiantly not used to ensure safety, but rather are used a money generating tool. If they really were meant to ensure safety, then the limits would be set to sane levels that the average driver would drive and would only be used to stop the really insane drivers that pose a real threat to traffic, not the OP.

To the OP, get a lawyer and fight the ticket. $300 is about the break even point with hiring a lawyer vs pleading guilty, not including insurance increases.

So what you're saying is that it's OK to speed (when nobody is looking)... :roll:

You have got to be kidding me.

Yes.


And the highways were made for an Edsel to do the 75 - 80. Accidents aren't caused by going fast, unless you really are going to fast for the road. It's caused by differences in speed, inattentive drivers, dui, mechanical failure, carma, etc.

WTH is wrong with going fast on an empty highway? You have control of your car and no one else is around. Except for the cop hiding in the bushes or the one(in my case) that was traveling on the other side of the road and pulled a dukes of hazard u turn to get me in the middle of the night on an empty highway).

Uh huh... highways weren't made for you to go X miles an hour... they were made for you to get from point A to point B in volume.

And per the bolded part... you're correct somewhat. Not all accidents are caused by going fast. However most people do not have the ability to accurately gage what is too fast for a road (do you know the exact composition of the pavement you drive on, and the exact composition of your tires? Didn't think so). Also, thanks... I prefer my insurance rates to be lower. See, the problem is, the faster you go, the more likely you are to be in a serious or FATAL accident. f=m*a my friend. The faster you go, the higher your insurance premium is going to be exactly because of all those factors you describe.

I hope I never have the pleasure of being on the same road as you my friend.

I drive a car that had 40 horsepower when it was new, probably running closer to 35(actually probably less) right now. I don't know that you need to worry much.

When I drive a more modern car that belongs to someone else, I'm safe and aware of my surroundings. And I know that I can go in a straight line faster than 65 mph without needing to do a scientific analysis of the pavement and tires. I've gotten a speeding ticket in Texas before, and in a state that size, you have to more than 65 mph if you want to get out of it before insanity sets in. I'm not advocating that we all drive 120+ miles an hour, but I guarantee that going 81 is safe on the highway if you're actually qualified to be driving. It can also be done for long stretches with no ticket if you pay attention and aren't unlucky.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: ntdz
Why are you bitching again? You were going 21 mph over the speed limit, if u get caught just accept the fine. I got caught doing 60 in a 35...

I got caught doing 62 in a 35. :Q No ticket.


I don't know about down in Dallas, but up here in NJ there are certain areas where all fines are doubled - 65 mph interstates and some more heavily travelled smaller highways.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Turin39789
I drive a car that had 40 horsepower when it was new, probably running closer to 35(actually probably less) right now. I don't know that you need to worry much.

When I drive a more modern car that belongs to someone else, I'm safe and aware of my surroundings. And I know that I can go in a straight line faster than 65 mph without needing to do a scientific analysis of the pavement and tires. I've gotten a speeding ticket in Texas before, and in a state that size, you have to more than 65 mph if you want to get out of it before insanity sets in. I'm not advocating that we all drive 120+ miles an hour, but I guarantee that going 81 is safe on the highway if you're actually qualified to be driving. It can also be done for long stretches with no ticket if you pay attention and aren't unlucky.

Just two things here... #1 - wow... 40hp? Is that even enough to propel a vehicle with a human body in it? :laugh:

In any event... ... and in a state that size, you have to more than 65 mph if you want to get out of it before insanity sets in ... <-- That is not reasonable justification for exceeding any set rate of speed.

 

[dmw16]

Originally posted by: AznAnarchy99
Running a red light here costs $500

GOOD! There are few more dangerous things you could do (in terms of basic traffic violations).