Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
I'm more likely to give someone a warning when they admit they did something wrong and apologize than when they pull the "Are you sure I was speeding? I didn't think I was going that fast. My speedometer says I was doing the speed limit" when I clock them at 20 mph over or "I know I stopped at that stop sign" when I saw them completely blow right through it.
Sometimes honesty gets you farther. I know, shocker.
I didn't reply with "are you sure I was speeding", I replied with "you're wrong" and proved my point at the side of the road (I was going about 62 with cruise control on in a 55; he "paced" me going much much faster. Newer officer, and I was as polite as possible. At first, he seemed to have the attitude that it wasn't possible that he made a mistake. He tried to convince me at first that it was possible my speedometer was off by that much because I had newer tires (fail.) But, after several minutes, I think I sufficiently explained to him how his version of how he "paced" me was physically impossible (it was.) Good thing I teach physics
But now, you have me worried that there's a record that I was even stopped for speeding. The stop was completely unjustified, unless they're stopping cars for going 62 in a 55 on this route, and afaik, no one has ever been stopped at that speed unless there was another reason.
Originally posted by: NoCreativity
I have only gotten 1 ticket, 84 in a 65, though written up as 5 over (just being stupid kid). In the notes section of the ticket the officer wrote that I was very polite.
I've only ever gotten one moving violation - decades ago, I accelerated in view of a 55mph zone sign just as a trooper came around a bend in front of me. As I almost always go 61 or 62 in a 55, road conditions permitting, I was still accelerating when I hit the 55mph zone. Unfortunately, he clocked me at 59 while I was still in the 45 (feet before the 55). As he was writing up the ticket, I asked him if he could make it 54 in a 45 so I wouldn't receive as many points on my license. He was nice and did so. In court, the judge looked at the ticket and said, "road reduction, I see." "Huh?" "A road reduction is when they write it for less than you were actually going. Otherwise, I'd never see a ticket for 9 over in this courtroom."
Oh wait, I had another ticket - failure to obey a traffic control device. The river had flooded and several roads were under water. I went around one of the barriers and drove as fast as I could over the flooded road in my old 4 wheel drive jeep cherokee. That was fun!! But "dangerous" in the eyes of the law enforcement who were hiding in the bushes on the other end of the flooded road.
If it was so "dangerous", why did they allow me to drive down the road before pulling out of their hiding spot??
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