Speeding ticket

[Ranger83]

Coming back from a sailboat regatta in Sarasota on the same long weekend as the Daytona 500. Traffic was moving pretty well. Didn’t go above 75 or so as the mpg dropped so fast we would have to make an additional fuel stop. We mostly followed along with the semis who would drop speed uphill but hit 10-15 over downhill.

Four NASCAR race team transporters came up from behind us and blew by. Estimated speed 90-100. Never, ever seen trucks move that fast.

Guessing NASCAR teams don’t get stopped very often.

 

[CKN]

I got hit at 134 in a 100 zone out near Hope a couple weeks ago, I was surprised it was so cheap, $171 if you pay within 30 days. I haven't had a ticket in years and I figured it would be significantly more than that.

Your insurance company will most likely see the ticket and depending on their underwriting you rates may go up- especially at the speed you were ticketd at.

 

[CKN]

I got pulled over on I-15 outside a small town in Utah, after a little hill going 100mph in a 75. I was very polite, he took my paperwork back to his patrol car, then came back and handed me a warning. My lucky day....

 

[I<3oil]

officer discretion is just a tool to facilitate bribes imo.

If used in that way, sure. They also have discretion to give warnings instead of citations, not just for speeding.

 

[alarmguy]

Your insurance company will most likely see the ticket and depending on their underwriting you rates may go up- especially at the speed you were ticketd at.

Yeah, if insurance up there works the same as here in the USA he will be paying. Insurance increase is the worst penalty not the cost of the ticket.

 

[alarmguy]

I got pulled over on I-15 outside a small town in Utah, after a little hill going 100mph in a 75. I was very polite, he took my paperwork back to his patrol car, then came back and handed me a warning. My lucky day....

Polite and respectful goes a long way because we all know the reason we got pulled over.

 

[alarmguy]

officer discretion is just a tool to facilitate bribes imo.

Eh, I dont think so as a blanket statement, radar speed is recorded and any warning I ever got was officially documented on the officers computer. Meaning it was a police department (warning) courtesy ticket in my SC county. Once in the system I doubt you cant get another for a long time, next time would be a ticket. Also if I was out of towner maybe no warning I am sure.

I was coming back from the boat ramp with my family years back. It was a single lane each way road, double yellow line. I actually know they stake the place out. Darn it I thought *LOL* Towing a 4,500 lb boat 60 MPH in a 45, blew right by him, lights came on. I didnt deny anything, respectful as always, if you can tell by my posts in here, I also got into a longish conversation on I was sorry and not really paying attention. *LOL*
Got an official written warning..
Another time on my motorcycle, different county someone called the police on my wife and I. Stuck in traffic, HOT day, decided to by pass the traffic and took the motorcycle in the bike lane. After all it's a bike! Nothing special except for a white stripe on the road.
Same deal long conversation, like 15 minutes. Ran my license, said I wasnt a felon, stay out of the bike lane and let us go.
I thanked him for his courtesy and to our surprise (true story) he tanked us for the same.

It's been years now I dont enjoy getting pulled over and hope not to for a long time. One time I didn't get out, was a local PD, although nice, and they knocked down the speed. It cost me dearly for 3 or more years on increased ins cost. They find out sooner or later for sure.
Most police are good people, I try not to make their day harder than it is.

 

[02SE]

I thanked him for his curiosity and to our surprise (true story) he tanked us for the same.

Courtesy?

 

[alarmguy]

Courtesy?

Oops ... again

 

[Jimmy_Russells]

Your insurance company will most likely see the ticket and depending on their underwriting you rates may go up- especially at the speed you were ticketd at.

Doesn't really work that way here. You get points per ticket and pay your points off each year, anything over and above three points which is most regular moving violations are. So you kind of get one freebie and anything over that you pay at renewal, but not ongoing.

134 km/h is 83 mph.

 

[Dave P.]

On the major roadways I travel in NJ; Garden State Pkwy, NJ Turnpike, Rt 287, I can confidently say that 99 out of 100 cars exceed the limit by significant amounts and the one car that doesn't is a bigger hazard than the speeders. I don't know at what speed the police decide to enforce is, but I have gone past Troopers at 90mph and not get pulled over. I always wonder if the day will someday come where they use EZ Pass to determine your speed and just put a ticket in the mail? Maybe they will start with warnings to give us a chance and let us know they're watching!

 

[opus1]

...I always wonder if the day will someday come where they use EZ Pass to determine your speed and just put a ticket in the mail? Maybe they will start with warnings to give us a chance and let us know they're watching!

I'm sure that day is coming. Meanwhile, I get a laugh every time I see someone roar past me coming up to the I-Pass reader, then drop to the speed limit as they cross under the canopy...I guess they missed that day in algebra class where it was taught that one can figure out one's speed by knowing the distance between two readers and how much time it took to get from point "A" to point "B"...

 

[rekit]

I have lived in/near Houston all my life, and I believe they have given up on speeders in the last several years. I can't remember the last time I saw a cop sitting on the side of the road, except on the tollways checking for toll violations. Like some have said, driving the limit, even 9 over, will get you run over here. Except for one stretch of beautiful 3 lane each way highway with absolutely nothing on it, they patrol like it is a school zone. It is from Hwy 90 to I -10 (Liberty exit) on the NE side, and there is ALWAYS a cop car there for some reason. My 19 yo GD confessed to driving 90 in Austin just to keep up. I thought her Dad was gonna gripe but he said yea, that's about right. I used to run a radar detector all the time but just took it down and run a dashcam now. In Baytown, you better watch your butt. They have someone always pulled over.

 

[ammolab]

NM is a bankrupt state that panders to illegals. Had it been a car load of them, the cop would have likely never blinked. They see a TX plate and its an almost automatic stop & ticket.

Nothing to do with NM, but TX does some of the same. Mexicans and central Americans drive $500 beater cars with very likely fraudulent paper plates and most cops wont even bother. It’s too much of a hassel to pull them over, and they will never pay a fine anyway.

NM is a “bankrupt state”? Are you thinking of Louisiana perhaps?

Thanks to booming oil and gas production in New Mexico's section of the Permian Basin, the state legislature began the session with a massive $3.5 billion budget surplus. In 2023

You guys in Texas have a bit of gas and oil, right? What happens to that money? Strange you have such AMAZINGLY high property taxes. About triple that of NM. Yes we have state income tax. Last year I paid $367 on 70,000 bucks of income.

NM “panders to illegals”? Gee, all I see on the news is huge crowds of illegals on the TEXAS border. NM has a lot of Hispanic citizens…just like south Texas. Really what migrant wants to cross from Mexico to a place called “NEW” Mexico?

 

[supton]

get a laugh every time I see someone roar past me coming up to the I-Pass reader, then drop to the speed limit as they cross under the canopy

Probably worried about it not registering the transponder. For a while those lanes indicated a low speed for operation.

I kept creeping my speed up to check the operation when it first rolled out. Wasn't long before the high speed lane was truly high speed--it might say "55mph only" or whatever, but by now, we've all proven that it works just fine at 80+/

 

[2005jettatdi]

Are you sure New Mexico got the money and not the cop?: $25 sounds pretty low for an instant fine.

So, I did the obvious and looked it up at the NM DMV. The fine for up to 10 mph over is $25. You can pay in person, but not to the officer. Just to be sure, I called the court in Tucumcari. "No, they do not take payments."

 

[Donald]

In NY I would go to court and at court they would knock it down to a no points ticket. That was a few years ago. Last time the speeding ticket was reduced to parking on a roadway (or something similar).

 

[RedSpider]

I have lived in/near Houston all my life, and I believe they have given up on speeders in the last several years. I can't remember the last time I saw a cop sitting on the side of the road, except on the tollways checking for toll violations. Like some have said, driving the limit, even 9 over, will get you run over here.

My job has me down in Houston multiple times a year now and I agree with this, if you're somewhat under light speed, you'll get run over. And the left lane doesnt seem to mean much down there, you can be in any lane at all and you'll get passed by someone going 20-30 mph faster. I try to stay as far right as possible no matter how many lanes there are but they'll blast past you no matter what lane you're in and no matter what lane they are in.

In Baytown, you better watch your butt. They have someone always pulled over.

I'm mostly hopping between Baytown and J-port when I'm in Houston and honestly I dont know that I've ever seen an LEO on the route I take. But I'll heed the warning nonetheless.

 

[Pew]

I'm sure that day is coming. Meanwhile, I get a laugh every time I see someone roar past me coming up to the I-Pass reader, then drop to the speed limit as they cross under the canopy...I guess they missed that day in algebra class where it was taught that one can figure out one's speed by knowing the distance between two readers and how much time it took to get from point "A" to point "B"...

For now IL state police are not allowed to use the tollway cameras and plate readers at all; even for stuff like amber alerts.

 

[opus1]

Probably worried about it not registering the transponder. For a while those lanes indicated a low speed for operation.

I kept creeping my speed up to check the operation when it first rolled out. Wasn't long before the high speed lane was truly high speed--it might say "55mph only" or whatever, but by now, we've all proven that it works just fine at 80+/

I know that they restricted speeds to something like 15mph on exits where they combined the transponder reading with a coin collector, but I think that was more to keep people at reasonable speeds while they were threading their way through the barriers around the toll booths. The mainline lanes were always the posted speed limit once they made dedicated I-Pass lanes. I know that there was concern with the switch to the RFID tag and vehicle speed, but I seem to recall an article where they tested the readers at really high speed (higher than IL Drivers drive) and there wasn't an issue.