how bad have you been ??

[Mike]

just had another little run in while doing donuts in a parking lot =)

 

[redShift]

Originally posted by jasonb
yeah they'll pull you over for anything.. i have a friend who's wife got pulled over for going 2 over on a downhill. notorious trap at the bottom of hill after 120 (going south).

2 over? Are they allowed to do that?!?

Is there some sort of limit (maybe >10 over) for the cops to give you a ticket? Ive heard from several credible sources that cops cant give you a ticket for going under 10 over, but I dont know...

Oh and by the way, I was going 64 in a 55 down PIB right where theyre extending sugarloaf pkwy into it and it gets three lanes wide. There was a large moving van sitting near the end of this long straightaway going down a hill (jasonb and others probably know where Im talking about) parked in the white striped area in between the road and a turn lane. As soon as I pass it I see a cop peeking his radar gun around the side of it poised to get on his bike. He didnt pull me over which was surprising because I was ahead of a large group of cars and pulling away from them. im not complaining, just saying they seem to use some sort of discresion (sp?)

 

[jasongrooms]

94 in a 25. Got out of the ticket, the cop knew my father-in-law who is an ex lake county sherriff

 

[diablo5969]

The only ticket I ever got was for an illegal lane change. I didn't deserve the ticket, the cop refused to testify against me in court, and the charges were dropped

 

[Crankcase]

Originally posted by redShift
2 over? Are they allowed to do that?!?

The speed limit is just that....a LIMIT....

A cop can give you a ticket for going 1 over if he wants, It just never happens.......

 

[diablo5969]

Originally posted by redShift
Is there some sort of limit (maybe >10 over) for the cops to give you a ticket? Ive heard from several credible sources that cops cant give you a ticket for going under 10 over, but I dont know...

In Georgia, if a cop is using radar, you can't be pulled over unless you're going more than 10 over. But that only applies if the cop is using radar

 

[Mbrooks420]

The speed limit is just that....a LIMIT....

It depends on the state. In PA they give you 4mph for speedo calibration.

 

[AdamsGuitar]

AFAIK, most states give you a little for speedo calibration, but you should also bear in mind that your speedo may very well need calibration

 

[Silverblade]

Hey Crank, isnt it 10km/h lee-way up here?

 

[wingnutkev]

102 in a 65 in VA. Had a 90 Eagle Talon TSI.

Learned my lesson, $500 fine, 6 month suspended license and 5 days in jail for reckless driving. Of course I didn't get my trial till about 6 months after the ticket, the time in between was just happy motoring. Oh I forgot to mention that the judge gave me a continuance because I showed up with out a lawyer the first time, and he recommended I have one. That was another $500 that did no good.

At the time I was in the Navy, My command thought the whole thing was ridiculous and just put me on leave for 5 days.

 

[gavin]

all states are dif of course, but last I read up here in Alaska, you lose no points off your license, and it's only like $1/mph over the speedlimit. So goin 5 over, you'd have to pay a whopping $5
I'm sure most states are the same.. but it also depends on the cop. Some are pricks and pull ya over for anything, others are cool and don't care

 

[AdamsGuitar]

You may not get license points, but you can be sure you're getting insurance points.

 

[Overkil]

Pulled over a total of 14 times

Traffic School five times (different cities)

Busted & paid the fine five times

Warnings 4 times


Fastest:

90 in a 45, pulled over for tailing the cop ( I thought he was long gone) & speeding. Let me off with a warning because we had the same birthday (after messing with me for about 10 min).

Closest to going to jail:

Pulled over on the way up to go skiing. Small town cop didn't bother to run my info - just gave me warning & a smile. Too bad for him since I was driving on a suspended licence and had a warrant out for my arrest. By the time he came back with my info I had already given my buddy my ATM card, PIN #, and instructions on bailing me out. I thought for sure I was goin' down.

Strangest:

Few hours east of houston on I-10 heading back to phoenix, highway patrol pulls me over at 2am on a sunday morning. Two choices: go wake up the judge or go back a few exits to the ATM and I could just "pay him". $130 (and a hand-written receipt) later, I was on my way but not before his bother-in-law (the city cop) and his cousin (the sheriff) drive over to see what's going on.

 

[glfredrick]

127 in a 50 - all four wheels locked solid - smoke rolling

You should have seen that state trooper - I thought he was going to roll that car trying to pancakae it around in that road! He said that I was much faster, but the radar wouldn't lock in because I was decellerating too fast -

70 Chevelle - 355 - 13.5:1 pistons - edelbrock, holley - headers - 550 hp = 12.18 @118 in the quarter...

Next one - 129 ina 55 with a 69 Ford van - no ticket - trooper said he believed his radar was malfunctioning becasue there was no way that van could do that...

I didn't tell him that I had a 302 - 351 heads - shaved .30" - 11:1 pistons - racer brown 292 duration cam - polished crank - edelbrock, holley = headers - locker in the rear -- totally sleeper - 14.62 @ 108 in the quarter...

Those were the days - hundreds of dollars in insurance over the normal rates - a set of tires every other month - sometimes 3 tanks of gas a night (the chev got 4.5 mpg - but what a thrill!) - I should've died but God was good and let me live long enough to mend my ways and become a preacher!

And some of you guys think we never had a life... Oh, the stories I could tell. Now, I try to keep it sane and get my adrenaline rush at lower speeds crawling rock with the Ranger.

 

[N2MUDN91]

just got pulled over for doin 86 in a 65, must appear in court. bull crap, but, i wasnt driving.

 

[GaSouthern1]

Originally posted by diablo5969
In Georgia, if a cop is using radar, you can't be pulled over unless you're going more than 10 over. But that only applies if the cop is using radar

City Cops in Georgia- Must be 10 over to ticket ( you can be pulled over for anything) it is a residential area or school zone. Also can be pulled for anything if you are paced (cop follows you and gets your speed)

County Cops- same as above

State Troopers - anything at all

all this info it from several duluth cops that used to work security for extra cash at the driving range off PIB.

 

[Nitrous SSC]

my worst ticket was in my 96 SHO with nitrous....I was doing 154mph and the LT1 Dare Camaro behind me only did 150 (older iroc)....I didn't know he was behind me and finaly he hit his lights.....I was 18....got dang lucky....cop was pretty cool about it I got a 110mph in a 55 ticket....that one ticket alone made me hit up traffic school or have my lisence suspended.....since then i've had 8 tickets...5 are on my record....

5 tickets in the SHO....3 in the mustang...0 in the explorer

 

[kchein]

16 years old with a NY junior operators license (no driving alone after dark) alone at 2 AM after 2 beers in Mom's caravan. I paniced when I saw the cop and outran him for a while. I then heard on the police scanner in the car that they knew who I was and were just going to meet me at home so I pulled over and waited for him to catch up. Lucky for me the local cop was a high school friend of my dad so he wrote me for 85 in a 35 instead of the 114 he clocked me at. His excuse was that was as high as my speedometer went and nobody would believe the 114mph anyway. I paid over $300 in fines and spent 4 months washing police cars for community service. Worst of all when the cops called the house Mom said "you can keep him". She came and got the car and left me behind until after noon that day.

 

[agoric875]

Got pulled over doin 98 in a 65 in my old honda accord with 3 other people in it. i was doing 120 until i slowed town when i saw the cop

 

[98Sport]

Lets see now, 84 in a 65 on the NY Thruway, the cop popped out of the woods out of that i got a 30$ ticket, RAcing on the highway, the cops thought i was racing my friends 2001 Trans am WS6 with headers, intake and 3" exhaust who dynoed at 340 at the wheels, and i have a Freakin OHV stock, lets just say that when they pulled him over i was about 3/4 miles back. Thanks to my lawer i got a 230 dollar ticket without any points, it would have been 5, my friend got a 430$ ticket but was supposed to get 15 points.

This one is the worst, 80 in a 50, tailgating, wreckless driving, tints, illegal lights, and the best thing is that i got nothing out of it, cause my best friend who was in the car with me his brother is a cop in the town over, man that cop was so pissed that he couldnt give me a ticket, he was in my face screaming at me for like 5 mins, i thought for sure i was not going to have a truck or a liscence by the end of the night, I was following my friend in his WRX and he was messin with some kid in a civic hatchback, so i pulled up real close the the civic and then slowed down, all of a sudden i see 2 cars pass me and my other friend on the emergency lanes, i was like wtf are they doing and then i read Fairfield Police on teh sides, at that point i knew i was gettin pulled over, after passing the civic and wrx they proceeded to block off the whole highway and pull over me the wrx and the civic