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Post by Works4me on Dec 7, 2016 7:21:30 GMT -5
Damn - VA is sure uptight. I used to drive into San Francisco daily and in certain sections doing less than 80 would get my doors blown off. I've never been a slow driver and the speeds made me nervous. I drove in the #2 lane which is rare for me. Regarding your DL, I think you are worrying too much about it looking like you are trying to skip,out on your ticket. If asked, just state that you are going to court as scheduled or tell them whatever you are doing to take care of it. You aren't planning to skip out in it are you? Hopefully you can get it reduced to simple speeding because that will be expensive insurance-wise for some time. Also, look intomtraffic school. Godspeed - but slow down!
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Post by rob base on Dec 7, 2016 8:43:37 GMT -5
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 7, 2016 9:04:33 GMT -5
Why are you poop?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 7, 2016 9:06:13 GMT -5
Everyone has to be something
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Post by movingforward on Dec 7, 2016 9:15:20 GMT -5
Damn - VA is sure uptight. I used to drive into San Francisco daily and in certain sections doing less than 80 would get my doors blown off. I've never been a slow driver and the speeds made me nervous. I drove in the #2 lane which is rare for me. Regarding your DL, I think you are worrying too much about it looking like you are trying to skip,out on your ticket. If asked, just state that you are going to court as scheduled or tell them whatever you are doing to take care of it. You aren't planning to skip out in it are you? Hopefully you can get it reduced to simple speeding because that will be expensive insurance-wise for some time. Also, look intomtraffic school. Godspeed - but slow down! I often have to go to Houston and Dallas for work. If you aren't going at least 85 then you will get plowed. I have actually started to fly all the time. Even though the time it takes to get to the airport, park, get through security, etc. adds up to about the same amount of time as driving it feels much safer to me than being on these massive freeways. Plus, I get to sit and read my book . The fly time in the air is about 40 minutes. You take off, they serve you a drink and the next thing you know you are there.
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Post by dee27 on Dec 7, 2016 11:00:28 GMT -5
DH has a lead foot, and here the insurance hike is retroactive to the date of the ticket for speeding. It is two years before the ticket drops off the database, but there is usually a lag of several months before it is actually posted. Many of the larger towns and cities have a appeal process where the driver can argue for a reduced ticket prior to the appearance in court. Offenders still pay a fine, but they may avoid points against their licenses.
Traffic tickets mean larger revenues for small towns, and several towns did away with the formal, appeal process before the court date. DH was told, if he argued for a reduction in the fine in court and lost, the fine would be triple the amount of the original ticket. In MHO, it would be cheaper if lead foot harry, aka DH, would just obey the speed limit.
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Post by Works4me on Dec 7, 2016 12:49:42 GMT -5
Damn - VA is sure uptight. I used to drive into San Francisco daily and in certain sections doing less than 80 would get my doors blown off. I've never been a slow driver and the speeds made me nervous. I drove in the #2 lane which is rare for me. Regarding your DL, I think you are worrying too much about it looking like you are trying to skip,out on your ticket. If asked, just state that you are going to court as scheduled or tell them whatever you are doing to take care of it. You aren't planning to skip out in it are you? Hopefully you can get it reduced to simple speeding because that will be expensive insurance-wise for some time. Also, look intomtraffic school. Godspeed - but slow down! I often have to go to Houston and Dallas for work. If you aren't going at least 85 then you will get plowed. I have actually started to fly all the time. Even though the time it takes to get to the airport, park, get through security, etc. adds up to about the same amount of time as driving it feels much safer to me than being on these massive freeways. Plus, I get to sit and read my book . The fly time in the air is about 40 minutes. You take off, they serve you a drink and the next thing you know you are there. Yeah, I've driven in Dallas several times over the years. I think their freeways have been in a constant, ongoing state of construction since about 1980. There nothing is quite like their "Mixmaster" - just scream "WHEEE!" And hold on tight! Sometime ask me about the times and ways I've been lost in their red light district. All in all, Dallas is a fun town but when all else fails, I head to the bar at the Hyatt Reunion Tower. I am convinced that Texas is has shortest on-ramps known to man kind. There, everyone drives full-size cars or big pick-ups. Several years ago, I drove from California in my little Nissan T-Top - great fun through Arizona and New Mexico but I am still convinced Texas was out to get me for driving a red import. Fortunately, I'm pretty good on the clutch and I also know how to floor it without stalling out. Otherwise, they would have been scraping me up "with a stick and a spoon!"
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 7, 2016 12:50:44 GMT -5
It very much depends on where you live. I got ticketed going 7 miles over the speed limit going through Mt. Vernon on I5. I think that the cop was also hoping to catch me texting and driving, because he asked me where my cell phone was (it was buried in my purse, where it always is when I drive).
TD used to get stopped regularly going through Seattle GOING THE SPEED LIMIT EXACTLY. He would set his cruise because he was stopped so regularly. I suspect it had more to do with the time of day (he was normally picking me up from the airport, where I'd arrive around 11 pm) and him being in a sports car.
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Post by rob base on Dec 12, 2016 22:27:24 GMT -5
Update: charge was reduced to citation of defective equipment. Has to pay $250 in fines and court fees. No impact to my insurance or driver license
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Post by Works4me on Dec 13, 2016 2:26:04 GMT -5
Update: charge was reduced to citation of defective equipment. Has to pay $250 in fines and court fees. No impact to my insurance or driver license How did you get it reduced to that? Details please!
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 13, 2016 7:26:23 GMT -5
Update: charge was reduced to citation of defective equipment. Has to pay $250 in fines and court fees. No impact to my insurance or driver license That figures. Kind of like a red light ticket.
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Post by rob base on Dec 13, 2016 8:38:59 GMT -5
Update: charge was reduced to citation of defective equipment. Has to pay $250 in fines and court fees. No impact to my insurance or driver license How did you get it reduced to that? Details please! Two words: lawyer Also I imaginate that the fact I had a clean record last 7 years and the fact that the ticket occurred on the exact day I officially retired from the military with 22 years on that day as well as the fact I was starting a new job so I was literally moving for my new job on that day too....I think all those were probably mitigating factors as well I didn't go to court. Lawyer dude did everything for me
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 13, 2016 9:03:50 GMT -5
I'm glad you didn't go to the slammer.
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Post by busymom on Dec 13, 2016 9:14:04 GMT -5
I hope you paid that lawyer well! (Was it swamp?)
We've got a wealthy community where the cops will ticket you for going ONE mile an hour over the speed limit. That's right. ONE. It's always amusing to read in the Sunday paper the latest member of the NFL who was ticketed for driving too fast through their community. That community is "famous" around here. The cops don't take any sass, either. So, if you're in a bad mood, & get pulled over, it's best to keep it to yourself.
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 13, 2016 14:51:45 GMT -5
I hope you paid that lawyer well! (Was it swamp?)
We've got a wealthy community where the cops will ticket you for going ONE mile an hour over the speed limit. That's right. ONE. It's always amusing to read in the Sunday paper the latest member of the NFL who was ticketed for driving too fast through their community. That community is "famous" around here. The cops don't take any sass, either. So, if you're in a bad mood, & get pulled over, it's best to keep it to yourself. Geez, I'd avoid that town like the plague.
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Post by rob base on Dec 13, 2016 15:56:03 GMT -5
I'm glad you didn't go to the slammer.
So you still like me even though I am not that much of a bad boy anymore?
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 13, 2016 16:04:44 GMT -5
I'm glad you didn't go to the slammer.
So you still like me even though I am not that much of a bad boy anymore?
Of course! People who go to the slammer scare me. I'm glad you aren't one of them. Sorry to hear about your defective equipment tho.
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Post by rob base on Dec 13, 2016 16:08:44 GMT -5
So you still like me even though I am not that much of a bad boy anymore?
Of course! People who go to the slammer scare me. I'm glad you aren't one of them. Sorry to hear about your defective equipment tho.
Well, they have a drug for my defective equipment......and the ladies tell me that it is working very well too
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 13, 2016 16:10:56 GMT -5
lol...I'm happy to hear that
Now slow down before you kill yourself!
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Post by rob base on Dec 13, 2016 16:19:03 GMT -5
Slow down, you move to fast.....
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Post by busymom on Dec 13, 2016 23:03:00 GMT -5
I hope you paid that lawyer well! (Was it swamp ?)
We've got a wealthy community where the cops will ticket you for going ONE mile an hour over the speed limit. That's right. ONE. It's always amusing to read in the Sunday paper the latest member of the NFL who was ticketed for driving too fast through their community. That community is "famous" around here. The cops don't take any sass, either. So, if you're in a bad mood, & get pulled over, it's best to keep it to yourself. Geez, I'd avoid that town like the plague. I do have to go through their favorite speed traps once in awhile. I make SURE the cruise control is on.
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