strik3r

My last ticket was for exhibition of speed!

 

Red Star

Once. 65 mph in 50 mph zone. $165 ticket and 4 points (later reduced to 2 point, but I had to pay $50 court fees).

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2005 F-150 SuperCab 4x4, 4.6L V8, 4 speed auto.

2000 Mustang, 3.8L V6, 5 speed manual.

rvguy

How about being smart enough to speed 90% of the time and not get into/make trouble?

10% is for the speed traps.

rvguy

Yep, I hate it when the black or latino cops give me a hard time cause I'm a white boy.

darrin1999

worst one was my first one- 97 mph in a 65 mph zone... on my way to work when i was 18... 10 points off my license and a $85 fine. driving my 1987 cavalier 2.0 4 cylinder topped out. im just glad i wasnt driving my caprice at the time- that thing would do 150.
my most expensive one was 70 in a 40-$265- some kids had gone down the interstate that night and pulled all the speed limit signs down through town so i didnt realize the speed had changed.

Abele

Only been caught just the once, back in 1997, I was speeding back to town, doing about 130Km in a 110 Km zone, on a country road, that is known for it's very high death toll, it's the sort of road where it invites you to want to speed. The cop had a speed radar mounted on the light bar. As the cop car pasted me, he did a fastest U-tern I have ever seen, I reckon he almost lost it, still he caught up fast. Years later found out the type of radar used is now illegal because it's been found to be very unreliable. Yeah I was speeding, was being stupid. The cop was very reasonable about it.

Now I drive a 1991 NC Ford Fairlane 5.0 litre V8 it's a bit heavy on the fuel consumption. Never had a speeding ticket driving it, I want to keep it that way. It's very easy to put your foot down and be over the speed limit.

To things that I love about the Fairlane is

1) Cruise Control, about the best thing ever invented, I would never be a car without it.

2) Digital Speedo, also the best thing ever invested. This one thing has saved me a ton of times. It's very easy to see the speed, no questions asked.

I drive lots of other cars at work, all with analog displays, and no cruise control, and always having to check the speed, and I always drive slow, just to be on the safe side.

There is nothing as relaxing like setting the cruise control to just little bit over the speed limit and be safe in the knowledge, your not going to get a ticket, and be able to cruise past everyone else.

I figure my Fairlane has saved me a lot of speeding fines, so much so that it's paying for the extra fuel consumption.

jo14

I was caught doing 130 in a 55. I was driving a 2001 Ford Crown Vic, it was an old cop car. I lost my driver's license for three months. The other tickets I had weren't a big help either.

Toolbag

I got caught doing 175km in an 80 zone.. in my old eb fairmont... Lucky for me it was a cop with a radar gun, I went back and talked to the guy and I got away with it... haven't sped down that street since.

okmic1

I'm not sure of the number, but it's around 10 over the last 24 years. The worst was doing 105 mph in a 65 mph zone. I was on my motorcycle. My rearview mirror was loose and when I went to adjust it all I could see behind me was flashing blue and red lights. The CHP Mustang was right on my tail. I pulled over immediately. The cop was cool though. We talked bikes for a little bit and then he wrote me up as "+15". That's the difference between a few hundred dollars and going to jail.

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Flattieman

Havent been caught yet (knock on wood) but i was caught burning out. I took the back roads and he cut me off on the main road. No ticket.. about 3 weeks before that i rolled my pickup. Which coulda got me; reckless driving, to fast for road conditions, and speeding. No tickets there either, talk about luck and i was only 16.

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White Lightning- 1997 F-150