every 3 years or so i get a ticket for speeding. usually something small like going 70 kmh in a 50 or something like that. my insurance never goes up as my last ticket is usually off of my record before the new one is out on, and i have a long driving history with nothing major on it. in ontario a year and a half ago they put in a new law called stunt driving/street racing as there were all kinds of young peckerheads racing each other on city streets and some of these would end i up in fatal crashes. if they catch you going more than 50 kmh ( about 31 mph ) over the speed limit you - automatically lose your car for 7 days ( they tow it ) and your fine starts at 2000 dollars. the brother of a guy i know got caught going 69 kmh over the limit, lost his car and was fined 4500 dollars. this charge is considered the same as dangerous driving so you can expect your insurance to double. you think that would be a deterrant but they catch on average about a driver a day exceeding the 50 kmh limit and impound their cars. the last one i heard of was a guy going about 210 kmh in a 100 and impaired to boot. he'll probably not be able to get insurance ( at least one would hope not ). anyways sorry to be off topic but i thougt you all might find that interesting.
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Speeding ticket - First ever!
- Thread starter anyonefortennis
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Last summer there was a Staytee (Rhode Islandism) out on
the local highway in a blue Mustang GT unmarked. He was
of a minority that seems to be pulled over often for driving
while being a member of a minority, so to speak.
He'd been there over an hour, as I noticed while returning
from a Home Depot run. My penchant for being a trouble
maker kicked in and I called the local constabulary and
reported that a 'suspicious activity was taking place',
on the highway, possibly a 'drug deal' or something and
that they should send an officer to investigate immediately.
Shortly after, the guy took off. They probably radioed
him that they were getting complaints from the 'citizens'.
Payback, yumm.
the local highway in a blue Mustang GT unmarked. He was
of a minority that seems to be pulled over often for driving
while being a member of a minority, so to speak.
He'd been there over an hour, as I noticed while returning
from a Home Depot run. My penchant for being a trouble
maker kicked in and I called the local constabulary and
reported that a 'suspicious activity was taking place',
on the highway, possibly a 'drug deal' or something and
that they should send an officer to investigate immediately.
Shortly after, the guy took off. They probably radioed
him that they were getting complaints from the 'citizens'.
Payback, yumm.
They caught a guy on a motorcycle doing 240 in an 80 just north of Waterloo the other day. Funny thing was, I think he passed me. Hello from just north of you BTW (note, I don't live in London anymore, need to change that).
lowsound
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As I live and breathe and am currently sitting at a desk in a State Farm office, I have to warn to to watch out for this. Going to the school will reduce points on your license, but it will still show up on your Motor Vehicle Report. If your insurance company happens to run a report, your rates could go up, even if you take the class. If you're not worried about the points, I wouldn't reccomend it as a way to save money. Tennessee at least applies.
I believe CA is different. Points get removed and Insurance company can not see them.
hello to iamlowsound ... yeah sometimes things get too extreme ... years back i saw an accident that happened in guelph near a friends place ... the bike was going about 240 kmh and an old couple turned in front of them ... didn't see the bike ... flipped the car over ... 4 dead ... speed is fun i realize that but there is a time and place ...
My insurance went up last month for a speeding ticket of 75mph on a 65mph zone, but here is the deal, the ticket was given to me 3 YEARS AGO! And it just showed up on my record. :scowl: unbelievable.
After 24 years of driving, I got my first speeding ticket last summer. For going 26 MPH in 25 MPH zone. Yes, you read that correctly. For going 26 MPH in 25 MPH zone. I cost me $75, but no affect on my license.
Barney Fife type cop with an IQ about the same as the speed limit pulled me over for doing 11 over. I told him that I was only doing 1 over. He said the town had just changed the speed limit on this section of road last week and he was making sure that "everyone knows to slow down" by "handing out tickets to those who break the law."
I pointed out that the speed limit sign had been changed from north to south from 35 to 25 ( I knew this because I drive on this road 4 times/day) but the one from south to north (the same way I was driving) hadn't been changed yet and it still read 35 MPH. He seemed a bit surprised but he wasn't about to let that bit of factual information get in the way of his ticket book quota.
There are two areas like this I can think of.
One is in a park, alot of people bike and run on the road so they are very strict about the speed limit. I remember pretty much half of my senior high school class got tickets on this road for going like 26 or 27 (25 is limit). During the day this somewhat makes sense (even though the road seems about 20 miles long when you go at that speed) but they do this late at night (guess there are a ton of joggers then).
The other place is my most hated driving area in Pittsburgh. Since I've seen a few people from Pitt on here I'll say where - Brentwood. This area is seriously a gigantic cluster**** there are stop signs every 20 feet. The speed limit is 25. There are two school zones so pretty much the whole road goes down to 15 during the afternoon (they also let the zones run about 2 weeks after school is out). Cops seriously have nothing better to do than pull people over here, I'm pretty sure they have a quota of tickets to hand out. My best friend got pulled over one morning for waving at a cop. The cop pulled him over and didn't write his speed in (since he wasn't speeding) and my friend argued this in court and got off.
No offense to anyone here but I'm not a big fan of suburban cops. It seems like they just hand out tickets when they're bored.
Missouri law relating to traffic offenses is a little strange. I've been pulled over about 4 times for speeding or other doing something stupid in traffic. Apparently if you have enough money you can hire a lawyer to argue basically any traffic offense down to a noisy muffler (a non-moving violation). No points on my license, no change in insurance.
