[UPDATE 9/9/10] Raging because I got a speeding ticket.

[MJinZ]

I lol at the folks here who have the "I'm too fucking important to obey traffic laws" attitude. "I don't have time to drive the speed limit...my time is too valuable!"

Time IS valuable. But you should know that by now that you are older no?

This is why we post at work. Multi-tasking glory. Fun in between the actual work. :whiste:

 

[BoomerD]

Time IS valuable. But you should know that by now that you are older no?

If it's so valuable...where do you buy more?

People who want to get to their destination sooner...should just leave earlier.

 

[MJinZ]

If it's so valuable...where do you buy more?

People who want to get to their destination sooner...should just leave earlier.

Only way to buy more is to eat less and waste time in the gym.

Basic biology is cell growth and cell senescence. IF you do not consume as much, your body "grows" slower. This is why people who eat light diets and proper exercise end up living to 100 years old. This is why some people who are 30 years old have the "body of a 50 year old".

It's like car mileage really.

 

[BoomerD]

Only way to buy more is to eat less and waste time in the gym.

Basic biology is cell growth and cell senescence. IF you do not consume as much, your body "grows" slower. This is why people who eat light diets and proper exercise end up living to 100 years old. This is why some people who are 30 years old have the "body of a 50 year old".

It's like car mileage really.

Fuck that...I like to eat...and not always the foods that are the healthiest.

if a person doesn't have time to drive the speed limit, where does he get the time to waste in the gym? By driving 80 in a 65? That's not gonna save enough time in a week to give you a decent workout...

 

[QueBert]

The way I see it, your time is worth money. Driving 10-15 over, like normal people, costs you a ticket or so every couple of years. Personally, I think the time savings you net is easily worth the 500 dollars or so every 2 years (ticket plus premiums). Just pay the ticket and stop complaining.

People who drive the speed limit are douches.

We're douches who never get tickets, I've never sped and not oddly enough never gotten a speeding ticket. I had no idea obeying our laws makes me a douche, wow good to know.
I'd say people who intentionally break the law by speeding are the douches and it's a shame police can't figure out a way to ticket every single one of them. I have no problem with the actual speeding, but I hate people who believe breaking a law, so long as it suits them makes it somehow not a bad thing.

 

[MJinZ]

Fuck that...I like to eat...and not always the foods that are the healthiest.

if a person doesn't have time to drive the speed limit, where does he get the time to waste in the gym? By driving 80 in a 65? That's not gonna save enough time in a week to give you a decent workout...

Oh trust me, I drive a lot for work (my car now has 40K miles on it in less than 2 years even with Zipcars that I take on ocassion).

Getting things done 30% faster (85 in a 65) or potentially much much faster (85 in a 55 etc)... the hours are astounding.

You could have just worked 1.5 years of work in 1 year. Or have gotten 3 months of vacation out of a year.

3 months is a lot of time to be going to the gym. :whiste:

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Time IS valuable. But you should know that by now that you are older no?

Anyone that uses their time to post on ATOT about getting a ticket automatically gives up the "my time is valuable" excuse.

 

[BoomerD]

Oh trust me, I drive a lot for work (my car now has 40K miles on it in less than 2 years even with Zipcars that I take on ocassion).

Getting things done 30% faster (85 in a 65) or potentially much much faster (85 in a 55 etc)... the hours are astounding.

You could have just worked 1.5 years of work in 1 year. Or have gotten 3 months of vacation out of a year.

3 months is a lot of time to be going to the gym. :whiste:

But just look at how much time you waste when that Highway Patrol officer stops you and writes you a ticket. They rarely give a shit how much of a hurry you're in...and take their sweet fucking time, running checks on vehicle license, driver's license, checking for wants & warrants...then, they always seem to have a need to give a long boring lecture on the evils of speeding...BEFORE they start to actually write the dammed ticket...and it's usually a 20-30 minute ordeal before you get on the road again...PLUS, now you've gotten an expensive ticket, your insurance will probably go up...and the insurance company may even drop you for too many tickets...

Better to just slow down and smell the hydrocarbons.

 

[MJinZ]

Anyone that uses their time to post on ATOT about getting a ticket automatically gives up the "my time is valuable" excuse.

You're right, I could be going to the restroom right now. Excuse me for a minute.

 

[MJinZ]

But just look at how much time you waste when that Highway Patrol officer stops you and writes you a ticket. They rarely give a shit how much of a hurry you're in...and take their sweet fucking time, running checks on vehicle license, driver's license, checking for wants & warrants...then, they always seem to have a need to give a long boring lecture on the evils of speeding...BEFORE they start to actually write the dammed ticket...and it's usually a 20-30 minute ordeal before you get on the road again...PLUS, now you've gotten an expensive ticket, your insurance will probably go up...and the insurance company may even drop you for too many tickets...

Better to just slow down and smell the hydrocarbons.

Only tickets I've gotten were in NH.

One I beat handidly in court doing 85 in a 65 (I-93 South going back to Boston). That NH district had their LIDAR certifications fucked up and I showed it to the judge and they had nothing to say. That look on that cops face was priceless as I was probably one of the first in a long time to win against him.

The other time was a 60 in a 55 (small highway). It never went on my insurance though, I was pretty annoyed at having to argue it in court (bitch ass Judge had nothing to say except "pay the fine").


/Work in a law firm and have no respect for retarded laws. Oxymoron or only natural?

 

[ss284]

Are you suggesting that time spent on ATOT is not valuable?

 

[MJinZ]

dup

 

[Leros]

I'll go about 7mph over the speedlimit on an empty highway. I'd feel comfortable going 15-20 over, but I don't want to get a ticket.

A tip I've noticed for Texas (maybe it works elsewhere too). The higher the quality of the highway, the more likely you are to get pulled over. I've been pulled over 3 times for doing (+5 over) and it was always in counties with really nice highways. Now when I see the road turn into a nice highway, I slow down to the speed limit while I'm in that county.

 

[MJinZ]

I'll go about 7mph over the speedlimit on an empty highway. I'd feel comfortable going 15-20 over, but I don't want to get a ticket.

A tip I've noticed for Texas (maybe it works elsewhere too). The higher the quality of the highway, the more likely you are to get pulled over. I've been pulled over 3 times for doing (+5 over) and it was always in counties with really nice highways. Now when I see the road turn into a nice highway, I slow down to the speed limit while I'm in that county.

Get an Escort.

I mean the black boxy one.

 

[ss284]

I have no problem with the actual speeding, but I hate people who believe breaking a law, so long as it suits them makes it somehow not a bad thing.

If everyone else is driving 15 over(which they do), its safer for them, and myself, to drive with the speed of traffic. Until they do design a system to regulate speed, I'll drive at the safest speed I can on the highway, even if it is breaking the law.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

So, judging by the overwhelming sentiment in this thread, ATOT will never again complain about slow people (driving at speed limit) in the left lane, right?

There was a thread like that last week I think.

 

[LTC8K6]

So, judging by the overwhelming sentiment in this thread, ATOT will never again complain about slow people (driving at speed limit) in the left lane, right?

There was a thread like that last week I think.

Left lane is the passing lane, not the speeding lane. It's for passing, not cruising.

 

[BoomerD]

So, judging by the overwhelming sentiment in this thread, ATOT will never again complain about slow people (driving at speed limit) in the left lane, right?

There was a thread like that last week I think.

As long as the slow person in the left lane is driving at least the posted limit and passing cars in the next lane...there's no issue with that...it's only when that person is driving the posted limit and the cars in the other lanes are driving faster that there is a problem.
That inside (left) lane isn't a "fast lane," you don't have the legal right to exceed the posted limit while driving there...it's to pass (legally) those who are in the other lanes and driving slower than the posted limit.

The same applies to dedicated "carpool lanes." They are also limited to the posted speed limit...there's no exemption for HOV's.

 

[Old Hippie]

You admit your car was up to 80 in a 65, you admit that you were intentionally doing 75 in a 65 and you think it's other people who are asses and retards? ROFL!!! Yeah, you go ahead and fight the ticket.

Yep, If ya can't pay the fine don't do the crime.

 

[Svnla]

In some places showing up can get the points loss dropped.

Or you can ask (nicely) for defense driving class so no points on your record = no insurance surchage. Still have to pay the fine and court cost though.

 

[Key West]

update bump

 

[guyver01]

So I mailed it in pleading not guilty.

So... what exactly is your defense gonna be when you have you trial?

the cop didn't know how to use his radar gun?

 

[KK]

So they told you to plead not guilty, I would think that they'd want you to plead guilty, and they would just cut you a deal with no points and a possible reduction. And I would also think if you plead not guilty, you'd have to make an appearance.

My last ticket I called the number on the ticket, and the lady bumped it down in MPH to where it would not have any points. No reduction in money, but I wasn't concerned with the fine amount.

 

[eits]

[update 9/9/10]
I'm bored so I thought I'd bore you all with a lame update. I called the court directly and some pleasant lady picked up. She said the town is such a bumfuck nowhere, Magistrate appears once a month. She says they Will offer no-point & fine reduction if you simply please not guilty. I guess many people simply just pay up. She also informed that all this can be handled via mail, no need to show up in person. So I mailed it in pleading not guilty. Wish me luck, or screw you to those internet high-horses. I will update again on result.

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I'm not some teenage kid who drives like an ass that gets a deserving ticket. I completely sympathize with general ATOT mentality that you should pay up IF you've been a retard.

I got a ticket on I-90 in the bumfuck nowhere in upstate NY en route to Niagara Falls. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, there were about 3 cars on the countryside stretch.

My car was set on 75mph cruise on perma-65mph zone and coming down a hill, my car hit 80mph. The douchy looking cop gave me the EXACT ticket for 80mph on 65mph.

I was not swerving left and right.
I was not swapping lanes like a maniac
I have a perfect driving record/point.

Man I'm so fucking furious. I was pissed off for the remaining half of day. WHOSE LIFE DID I ENDANGER? There are like FOUR cars on highway on a perfectly straight road. Was I being reckless? Was I going 85, 90, 95+ mph? I'd gladly STFU and pay the ticket if I was being the dumbshits you see on the road.

God it still pisses me off. I'm seriously debating to drive 2.5 hours each way just to fight this ticket.

never pay a ticket, dude. try and get a lawyer to get you out of the ticket to something that's 0 points. it's worth it... it'll save you lots of money on your insurance.

 

[Key West]

So... what exactly is your defense gonna be when you have you trial?

the cop didn't know how to use his radar gun?

Rofl. You never gotten a speeding ticket before? Breaks are often given just for showing up even with stupidest excuses or just pleading with them (as long as it wasn't an asshole ticket like reckless driving).