Hey Dave (speeding content inside)

nick · 2008-03-25, 04:03 PM

So I've gotten not one, but TWO speeding tickets this month.

Both out of state, where I was traveling the same speed as the cars around me. I honestly believe that I was targeted both times due to my out of state liscense plate. This makes it difficult for me to fight the tickets, and it means that the cops are bringing in money from outside the state.

I'm going to plead not-guilty to both, and then apply for extensions on my court dates untill the charges are (hopefully) dropped (it's worked before).

Also, the ticket I got in VT (a speed trap 10 miles from the MA border, resulting in a revolving door of people getting tickets), endded with my car battery dying, and me getting stuck on the side of the highway while the cop drove off. I think this might be illeagle on his part (I'm going to look into this right now, actually). It took me two hours to flag down another cop, despite the two of them that were working the speed trap in tandem driving by me a dozen times over that time frame. That cop then called AAA for me, and drove off as well.

Despite all this, my insurance just dropped by several hundred dollars a year, because I turned 24. Booyah! I'm hoping that because the tickets were out of state, it doesn't go back up.

uni57 · 2008-03-25, 07:00 PM

LOL, my name is in the thread title.

Well, I can't fault you for keeping up with traffic. It certainly is safer. But then again, if I applied that thinking to everyone who speeds, I wouldn't have anyone to be pissed off at (well, except for the tailgaters and the people who pass on the right and the people who don't use their turn signal).

On a related note, what do the parents here advise their kids to do -- keep up with traffic (be safe) or not speed (be legal)? Bruce?

Good luck fighting the tickets. If they have a speed trap (which to me is a very good thing), they should at least be fair about it.

thejdw · 2008-03-25, 08:06 PM

just check the bottom of the page, those adds are handy

harper · 2008-03-25, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uni57

On a related note, what do the parents here advise their kids to do -- keep up with traffic (be safe) or not speed (be legal)?

I always told them that everything they saw should be in their rear view mirror as soon as possible.

2008-03-25, 04:03 PM	#1
nick jerk on one wheel Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hard Hittin', New Brittian, CT, US and A Age: 29 Posts: 707	Hey Dave (speeding content inside) So I've gotten not one, but TWO speeding tickets this month. Both out of state, where I was traveling the same speed as the cars around me. I honestly believe that I was targeted both times due to my out of state liscense plate. This makes it difficult for me to fight the tickets, and it means that the cops are bringing in money from outside the state. I'm going to plead not-guilty to both, and then apply for extensions on my court dates untill the charges are (hopefully) dropped (it's worked before). Also, the ticket I got in VT (a speed trap 10 miles from the MA border, resulting in a revolving door of people getting tickets), endded with my car battery dying, and me getting stuck on the side of the highway while the cop drove off. I think this might be illeagle on his part (I'm going to look into this right now, actually). It took me two hours to flag down another cop, despite the two of them that were working the speed trap in tandem driving by me a dozen times over that time frame. That cop then called AAA for me, and drove off as well. Despite all this, my insurance just dropped by several hundred dollars a year, because I turned 24. Booyah! I'm hoping that because the tickets were out of state, it doesn't go back up. __________________ later, nick http://www.extreme.unicyclist.com

2008-03-25, 08:06 PM	#3
thejdw elcycinu Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Age: 23 Posts: 5,472	just check the bottom of the page, those adds are handy Attached Images __________________ I didn't spell it wrong, you just read it wrong!

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2008-03-25, 07:00 PM	#2
uni57 Dave Lowell Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Here, being nice to the vegetarians Age: 48 Posts: 3,284	LOL, my name is in the thread title. Well, I can't fault you for keeping up with traffic. It certainly is safer. But then again, if I applied that thinking to everyone who speeds, I wouldn't have anyone to be pissed off at (well, except for the tailgaters and the people who pass on the right and the people who don't use their turn signal). On a related note, what do the parents here advise their kids to do -- keep up with traffic (be safe) or not speed (be legal)? Bruce? Good luck fighting the tickets. If they have a speed trap (which to me is a very good thing), they should at least be fair about it.

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