Gulp... I thought I was daring going on a 4 ton road with a 12 ton truck

 

sad part is i have driven that road for close to six years and never saw the shiney new signs that they just installed the week before

 

295.00 dollars on a GPZ900R....sadly not all that long ago....I was going a bit fast

 

Years ago I was stopped on I-10 in New Mexico for running 98 in a 55 with a 379 conventional Peterbilt. Only good thing was the ticket only cost $38

 

Worst ticket? Easy. $65.00 for a NASCAR race at Phoenix International Raceway in 2002 (maybe 2001?). Hands down the most boring racing concept on the planet. A $65.00 speeding ticket would have been more enjoyable.

 

those trucks can run .....thats what i am driving now

 

Not mine personally, but a freind of mine in High School.

37 in a 35. Drag Racing. The other car was ticketed for 36 in a 35.

Neither car was accelerating or anything close to racing. Just a small town cop known for being a real jerk. Both cars were nice looking.

Go figure.

 

1969, Upstate NY (Rt 96 between Ithaca and Binghamton), well over 100 in my '68 Firebird Convertible, late at night. I was a Navy ensign (2LT) between duty stations. Florida Plates on the car (OCS), Colorado inspection sticker (Navy school) and a NY license. NY State trooper stopped me after I was slowed by three cars in front of me (which allowed him to catch up) and passed the third car in a row. He took a look at my Navy ID with an indefinite expiration date, found out that my squadron was going to Vietnam and told me the Navy got me worse than he ever could, wished me good luck and let me go.

1981, NY Thruway, Ticket for illegally parking at 85 mph. Fines for speeding tickets go completely to NY State. Fines for non speeding offenses are split with the town where the offense occurred. The magistrate downgraded my ticket to illegal parking and got half the fine for his town. I still paid the hefty fine, but got no points on my license, saving mucho insurance bucks.

 

No insurance, Tags from another vehicle, suspended license. I did not know that the Baltimore Harbor tunnel had a jail cell in it... now I do. Ended up costing me $500 and 5 points. I got off lucky. Only did the bad tag no insurance because my Van had blown up and I had to get to work the next day or lose my job, had a junker in the yard so... Cop only pulled me over because he said "That truck just does not look like it belongs on the road" He was right.

Ps. I did lose my job after that

 

Been driving since 1968 and have never gotten a ticket. Got stopped a couple of times when much younger and just told to slow it down a bit.

 

The fastest i've been is straight down on my speedo that goes to 85, however fast that is, and then the limiter kicks in with all of 5th gear left to go, I used to do it bc I loved going fast, but now i have a little more sense than that, amazing what a year will do to ya, I did that senior year in high school, numerous times, racing down hwy 64, used to race home everyday with a few guys that lived near me, boy i did some stupid stuff, and avoided some tickets. Me and a buddy were fixing his camaro, and naturally, when you take a test drive, i followed him in the truck in case something went wrong, well, everything was fine so we went to turn around in front of this gas station, he gets the bright idea to burn them right there, so he does, and i take off right behind him, trying to keep up and bark mine leaving and hitting second, few minutes later, cops are rolling down his road, stopping at every house looking for a black truck and red "corvette" according to witnesses, I saw the cops coming, and i went on home, he pulled his car in the garage and went to bed, it was like 11pm, and if they saw a light on, they stopped at that house. stopped at his house, he played stupid and they went on, that was pretty close in my book.

 

When I was 15, I was riding my fourwheeler on the Blue Ridge Parkway one winter. The Parkway was closed because we had just gotten 8" of fresh snow. Lo and behold, there was a Park Ranger sitting on an overlook in his Bronco. What he was doing there while the road was closed has confused me to this day. I saw the truck out of the corner of my eye (I couldnt tell for sure if it was a cop or just a truck someone left there) so I shifted to 5th and punched it. I headed home and 3 hours later, a Park Ranger was knocking on my door. This guy was a real [SNIP]. He followed my tracks for 3 miles in knee-deep snow just to give me not one...but 2 $50 tickets!

 

I got 70 in a 45 about a year ago and I am 18 years old.

Called my lawyer, paid $320.00 and he got it down to 54 in a 45. (9 mph over in North Carolina doesn't get you any points so I was happy.)

Then he appealed it and got the ticket completely dropped. And the STATE TROOPER showed up in court and my lawyer out talked HER. I love my lawyer.

And I did learn my lesson.

 

You're eighteen and you've got a lawyer?!?
I'm from Aus so maybe it's different down here, not as litigious, but i don't think i've met anyone under 30 who isn't in big business of some sort who has ever even had need of a lawyer. most of our court appearances are just you and a judge.

But on tickets, my eighteenth birthday, 155kph in a 60 zone overtaking a porsche carrera in my camry stationwagon. speedo was calibrated accurately, had it checked when i got the car. Had 4 drunk 17yo friends with open drinks in the car, all of which is illegal. cop clocked the porsche at 105(it didn't know we were racing till i overtook it, then it booted it so hard it lost me and the bacon). i copped $350 and six demerit. 12 means you lose your licence.

best avoided: stationary camera up ahead when on bike in 70 zone, hit 160, left hand off clutch to give finger to camera, realise as it flashes that i just overtook a paddywagon. they saw the flash and hit the anchors, i duck in front of a truck and take the nearest corner.

Ok, i'm an idiot, but you only die once, right?

 

23 yrs ago on the night of my b-day around 2 a.m I passed another car on a downtown street,so I was probably doing around 50 in a 25 zone.The worst part was when the squad car came around the corner and had to go up over the sidewalk and boulevard to avoid being creamed. He let me off with a 100$ careless driving fine,and i actually thanked him when i left. Things were different back then.