Question about speeding ticket

[findingZzero]

Not if you have one of the good ones.
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With that rig, there go the aerodynamics.....that's a sailboat.

 

[findingZzero]

See, this depends on the officer.... I'm never sure whether to crack a joke or show them my t**s... Seems like I always choose incorrectly.

I've seen yer t**s..
I've heard yer jokes..
Pay the fine..

 

[findingZzero]

True... Not useless. They are very helpful in detecting speed traps from 1996.

In some places here in IN, it still is 1996.

 

[findingZzero]

Because when I see a car that I visually estimate to be speeding, I then click-on my radar antenna and verify it's actual speed. Takes a fraction of a second and is not possible for you to react to the warning your fuzz-buster emits in that fraction of a second. Constant-on radar is about the only thing a fuzz-buster will protect you from.

What about the new CramPizer. It deflects back the radar signal with a cream pie...fine tuning is important.

 

[findingZzero]

I am guilty of everything all the time everywhere. If I do get stopped I will confess everything back to 1948. Anything I did before I was 5 is forgiven. I think.

 

[PapaScout]

Why hasn't this thread turned into "I was speeding - BUT How can I get out of the ticket because the copper had a tail light out?"

 

[trailrider]

I suppose it would serve as a warning to someone with a detector, but then again so do my blinky lights when I stop the original speeder.

When I work details where I have to write tickets, for speeding I usually give 15-20 over the limit before I stop someone. I don't feel bad writing a ticket for 20 over on city streets.

You're either very generous or trying to trick us in to driving faster and getting more tickets.

 

[slowG]

Anyone know..Did the v1 claim it would pay your ticket under certain circumstances?

 

[9mmfan]

A good quality detector will give a heads-up if radar is 'flashing' cars ahead of you. Now that we have abandoned the 55 mph limit on country expressways, I tend to find myself within 5 of the posted limit anyway. Maybe I'm just getting old.

This totally. The 'old' part comes into play when I nod off watching Fridays late local news. 'sigh'

 

[Hoosierdood]

I've had multiple tickets since I started driving. 2 points on, 2 points drop, 2 on, 2 drop..... insurance never cared. Get 6 points, then they pay attention.

I didn't have any violations on my record for the last 15 years. Got a speeding ticket in Michigan last May (no deferral option) for 5mph over. Saw my insurance premium go up $120 for a 6 month premium.

BTW... 36 years old and just me and my wife on the policy.

 

[Brandon]

Radar detector has given me plenty of advanced warning around town and out on SR 1 near the casino in Lawrenceberg. What it didn't do is tell me one night there was a cop behind me that didn't have a light bar on top. Not sure how I got a warning that night...

Does OP have a CDL? may not be an option for the deferral program if he does.

 

[darkkevin]

love my detector. it does however "false alarm" quite often making me check my speed at least and/or slow down. i'm usually good for 10-20 over on the highway, knocks on wood...........................had two tickets in the last 5 years, deferred both and kept clean in the deferral period.

 

[mdmayo]

Useless

completely

 

[mdmayo]

I would have given you a warning with that justification.

So much for your JBT street cred...

 

[CountryBoy19]

Because when I see a car that I visually estimate to be speeding, I then click-on my radar antenna and verify it's actual speed. Takes a fraction of a second and is not possible for you to react to the warning your fuzz-buster emits in that fraction of a second. Constant-on radar is about the only thing a fuzz-buster will protect you from.

Not everybody has instant-on or pop radar, as a matter of fact, once you get away from the large metro areas most of the Sheriff Dept. & City/Town Police have constant-on radars. ISP & some major metro departments are the only ones I'm aware of that have mostly converted to instant-on units.

I suppose it would serve as a warning to someone with a detector, but then again so do my blinky lights when I stop the original speeder.

What if the original speeder doesn't hit your "threshold" to get pulled over but the speeder with a radar detector does meet it and you are still on the lookout for speeders when the 2nd guy comes by? Had he not had a radar detector and picked up on your presence when you checked the original speeder he may still be going over your threshold; radar detector saves him a ticket.

FWIW, good radar detectors can pick up some radar signals from miles away if they are in-line. It's pretty easy, even with the common use of instant-on radar systems to avoid tickets. That being said, a radar detector is not a surefire way of avoiding a ticket; it only reduces your chances. If you're the only guy on the roadway and a cop has instant-on your chances of advance warning just shot down to somewhere less than 1%.

When I work details where I have to write tickets, for speeding I usually give 15-20 over the limit before I stop someone. I don't feel bad writing a ticket for 20 over on city streets.

That's generous! Thanks for being one of the good guys!

Interesting. I've not ever seen one that wasn't substantially more than the ticket + court costs.

My first, and only deferral ever was like this. Adams County, disregarding a traffic control device (running a red light), deferral cost was $115, ticket + court fees was about $135, IIRC.

My only other ticket was in Greene County, deferral cost was $185 and ticket + court fees was $110. I paid the ticket and never looked back.

 

[Thegeek]

I didn't have any violations on my record for the last 15 years. Got a speeding ticket in Michigan last May (no deferral option) for 5mph over. Saw my insurance premium go up $120 for a 6 month premium.

BTW... 36 years old and just me and my wife on the policy.

Time to change insurance companies.

 

[Cemetery-man]

I suppose it would serve as a warning to someone with a detector, but then again so do my blinky lights when I stop the original speeder.

When I work details where I have to write tickets, for speeding I usually give 15-20 over the limit before I stop someone. I don't feel bad writing a ticket for 20 over on city streets.

Geesh, why weren't you in Kokomo last Sunday around 2:30pm?

 

[Gluemanz28]

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Radar detector.

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Useless

I agree. All radar detectors are good for it to tell you when to pull over. They give you a false sense of security as well.

 

[lizerdking]

Got pulled over... 15ish years ago? 16 over on the expressway, officer came up to the window and started giving me a hard time about where did i hide it?

I was lost, he pointed at the center of my dash and I still didn't have a clue what he was talking about. He told me I could play dumb, it didn't matter he was going to give me a ticket anyway. Figured it out after our exchange was over, I had a cell phone charger dangling from my cigarette lighter, and looped up like it was for a radar detector. My guess is he didn't expect a 17 year old kid to have a cell phone as they were rare for everyone back then? Might not of received a ticket if he didn't think I was trying to "beat the law", or at minimum he might have been more pleasant... With the new tech of instant on/laser, about all they are good for is letting you know you are about to be pulled over and then guaranteeing you get a ticket...




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[Cemetery-man]

The people around here are getting a good laugh about my ticket. I have been known to be called "Mr. Pokey". My kids won't let me drive when we go anywhere because they say I drive too slow and think it's funny that I was the one that actually got a speeding ticket.

As far as radar detectors... Years back I remember pulling into a gas station and next to me was a cop filling up his cruiser. I must have been used to it because I didn't notice anything until the officer yelled over to me to inform me that my "fuzzbuster" was going off. When I asked if I was speeding, he just laughed and took off.