Ten miles over...

[Llewellian]

...last i got a speeding ticket for "8 km too fast in a 30 zone" i payed instantly without any argueing and thanked god for their radar beeing so shitty.

'cause i knew i was going damned 60 in that 30 zone ;o) when i saw the red flash while they took a photo of my car.

[meroe]

*stops sipping her absinthe*

Lucky you I got fined for only doing 5 over 80. $120 for a measly 5kmh AND I flirted with the damn road cop. Still got the fine, but the ba***rd had the cheek to write his phone number on the ticket!!!!!!!!

*goes back to absinthe fountain*

[Mytical]

That is pretty good. I've had one ticket, and that one was a failure to yeild YEARS ago. Since then I have sped, ran red lights, ran stop signs..guess I am a very lucky person that way. Double the speedlimit though? Where the heck were you going in such a hurry? To your special others house for a rendevous?!

[Sehson]

Hell, there are many places where the posted speed limit is not the accepted speed limit.

My Mom live outside Dallas, and a number of years ago I went to visit, The posted speed limit on a stretch of road, roughly 15 miles of it was between 25 and 45, depending and where the road fell into school, church and city zones. The road had 5 lanes and only 2 lights in that 15 miles. The accepted speed limit was more like 70mph. I did only like 5-10 over driving it and my mom was surprised that I didn't get pulled over, for driving too slow.

[RazorJAK]

I've had a LOT of stops since moving back here to the middle of nowhere.

Funny thing is ... the cops who stop me tend to be pricks (go figure) but they are VERY polite pricks. Polite in that they are "nice" and don't cuff me behind my back and don't try to lock them past the first latch.

You'd think that my being a good 3" taller and quite wider at the shoulders than the biggest of the cops in this region (except for the tribal cops. There USED to be one of those which was wider at the shoulders than me ... but he was still shorter) would make them MORE apt to cuff me behind the back and tighten them hard.

(- For those of you who know about cuffs, that first latch is pretty much meaningless. They can be broken free fairly easily by someone who puts up a bit of effort. It's more a formality if they cuff you and only go one latch. -)

[Llewellian]

That is pretty good. I've had one ticket, and that one was a failure to yeild YEARS ago. Since then I have sped, ran red lights, ran stop signs..guess I am a very lucky person that way. Double the speedlimit though? Where the heck were you going in such a hurry? To your special others house for a rendevous?!

No. Had to pee. Real hard. And the "30" Zones are a bit problematic ;o). Normal speed limit within city limits is 50, on major roads 60.

So, you turn from a major road into the sort of streets that go through a quarter filled with houses.... and enter the 30 zone.

If you dont watch your speed, its very easy to be double over 30. 21 over costs you your license for 1 month, 150 EUR and gets you some points in the central drivers register. Collect 18 points and you loose your driving license for all EU countries forever. Forever, that is... until you do a mad psycho test and meet some docs that give you the Ok to make a new license, including schooling. Which will cost you roundabout 3000 and more EUR.

[KiaKat]

And my problems with the NYC cops continue.

I'm currently at the Apple Store in Soho, because my HDD is threatening to give up the ghost. Before coming here, I had to drop a disk off with Other Half's father, and pick up Other Half from work.

We were driving down Broadway, and I needed to make a right turn to go towards the Store. I pull into the right lane, only to realize that I'm a block too late, and need to go down one more. Figure "ok, so I'll go down one more block and I'll be fine."

No such luck. I get waved over by a cop.

And issued a summons, even though I was in the process of attempting a right turn, and the bus lane is SEVERELY undermarked in that location, especially for a low-set car behind a panel truck.

AAAAAAAUUUUUGHHHHHH!

MAKE IT STOP! GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE BEFORE I DO SOMETHING STUPID!

[bobcat35]

kia i'll see if i can find snake pliskins number. im fairly certain he knows how to....


...escape from new york

[Sehson]

And my problems with the NYC cops continue.

...
No such luck. I get waved over by a cop.

And issued a summons, even though I was in the process of attempting a right turn, and the bus lane is SEVERELY undermarked in that location, especially for a low-set car behind a panel truck.

AAAAAAAUUUUUGHHHHHH!

MAKE IT STOP! GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE BEFORE I DO SOMETHING STUPID!

I would soooo fight that ticket. Go down and take pictures of the lack of signage. If it's not reasonably visible you should easily get it thrown out.

[John Northman]

I've had a couple of encounters with the law enforcer but luckily its only other people that end up arrested...But unluckily I'm the one who always picks the other guys from the station the next morning...

P.S Hay guys Im back!

[bobcat35]

I would soooo fight that ticket. Go down and take pictures of the lack of signage. If it's not reasonably visible you should easily get it thrown out.

hell knowing NY traffic laws just fight it. with or without the proof of lack of signage when the cop fails to show for the court date the case gets dismissed instantly.(got a few of my soldiers out of speeding tickets in watertown that way.

[Sehson]

more and more police depts and courts, are actually scheduling stuff around the officers time and scheduling them time specifically to appear in court now. Because writing bullshit tickets is the main source of revenue.

So you always want to show up prepared.

[KiaKat]

Luckily this time I have a witness, a number of photos, and an actual argument.

Last time I was basically just hoping to get a lenient judge. Which I didn't.

*grrrrrrr*

[RazorJAK]

more and more police depts and courts, are actually scheduling stuff around the officers time and scheduling them time specifically to appear in court now. Because writing bullshit tickets is the main source of revenue.

So you always want to show up prepared.

And also why they've changed things that were once Fixit tickets to points on the license misdemeanors.