TheMexicanJob
Banned?
so just a heads up Ashley, when you kill jeff, i'll step in as the do-nothing husband. :laugh: and i'll get to play with the dogs.
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77 in a 55 Ticket Price?
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Reebs
meester super sleuth
Just to clarify before I lose my other man ball that is getting ripped off.... I work long hard days all spring, summer, and fall with my Real Estate agent and construction jobs, but I go to school over the fricken winter when both of those jobs slow down to only a couple days a week!
Rant out. So I'm a "bum" only a few months per year! :laugh:TheMexicanJob
Banned?
well i work in the summer too, so it'll all work out, and i still get the dogs 
Brent372
Official SE Event Coordinator
ticket will probably be more than a 1/2 way decent radar detector...
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Reebs
meester super sleuth
Which only make the average person driver feel more confident and slowly start to drive faster and faster relying on something that should only be used as a supplement to being smart when and where speeding.
run on sentence? maybe. Point made? I think so. :laugh:
TheMexicanJob
Banned?
i want a V1. like now.
Tex
Hard-core CEG'er
I don't necessarily agree. I've had a (more like 4) Escort Passport 8500 X50 for about 4 years. I might drive a LITTLE faster and I'll admit that I don't even bother looking for cops, but that thing has saved me from COUNTLESS tickets. Even though you can never avoid laser (except with a god awful expensive jammer) I've found that if it alerts you and you slow down to the speed limit before you pass the cop, they will usually leave you alone. The only time that I have gotten a ticket with it in the car, the thing never went off. It was a motorcycle speed trap early in the morning on the way to work before the sun came up, and I think that the cop lasered the car next to me (that I was passing), saw that I was going even faster, and gave me the other guy's ticket.
If it's issued for 10 over, which most officers and magistrates will accommodate to with little haggling, then it's just over $100 and 2 points.
If it's issued for 11 or higher, it's 3ponits and 'wreckless driving' - that alone is considered a major traffic offense. 10 and under is considered minor, FYI.
If you have time still, admit your a dumb-ass, ask if you can plead to 10 over instead 22.
If it's issued for 11 or higher, it's 3ponits and 'wreckless driving' - that alone is considered a major traffic offense. 10 and under is considered minor, FYI.
If you have time still, admit your a dumb-ass, ask if you can plead to 10 over instead 22.
The state police all utilizes instant-on laser; radar is a think of the past. With that said, detection devices aren't very useful these days. If you get a blip, they already have you tagged. The only time when they are useful is when you aren't leading a pack, and you get the signal bouncing from a car a ways a head of you. I don't mean two or three cars either, cause if the officer is really looking to drop a ticket, then he can bounce off of each car in succession in a matter of seconds. Which is not enough time to safely slow down. Instant on laser is a
like that.Tex
Hard-core CEG'er
The state police all utilizes instant-on laser; radar is a think of the past. With that said, detection devices aren't very useful these days. If you get a blip, they already have you tagged. The only time when they are useful is when you aren't leading a pack, and you get the signal bouncing from a car a ways a head of you. I don't mean two or three cars either, cause if the officer is really looking to drop a ticket, then he can bounce off of each car in succession in a matter of seconds. Which is not enough time to safely slow down. Instant on laser is a
Yes, highway patrol use laser, but most local cops DO NOT. And when you live in a suburb of Dallas, it is VERY useful. Hell, there's even an unmarked impala here in Flint that keeps pulling people over around school shooting KA. Could have got me big time a week ago, but I knew he was there...
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Reebs
meester super sleuth
Radar isn't a thing of the past at all. It is used very much by all police forces. Everything has its downfalls, and laser doesn't work in a moving car so that is why cops drive around town with their radar on the majority of the time. All motorcycle cops use laser and state cops have radar in the car but when sitting on the shoulder clocking traffic they almost always pull out the laser. They can get freaken far accurate shots too. But radar is used more than laser so radar is defenitly not a thing of the past as mentioned a post or two above.
I run a Cobra detector, and it's been great. I can't justify the 400 clams for the V1. I don't encourage the idea of plugging in a detector so that you can go blasting all over the fruited plain, but rather so that you may know where the cops are. What if you were on a nice, safe, open stretch of road and were thinking about punching it a little? Or if you were going to take off quickly, though perfectly legally, from a stop? While full throttle acceleration certainly isn't illegal, I wouldn't want to do it in front of Johnny Law. The detector helps to sniff these things out ahead of time. Granted, it's also great for when you're running 80 in the left lane, but that's certainly not it's only use.
As for the price of tickets, my main frame of reference is here in Mass, where it used to be $50 for the first 10 over, then $10 per mile after that, so a ticket for 22 over would be $170.
As for the price of tickets, my main frame of reference is here in Mass, where it used to be $50 for the first 10 over, then $10 per mile after that, so a ticket for 22 over would be $170.
Reebs
meester super sleuth
I beg to differ... I got a ticket in Livonia, MI on 8 Mile Road for "Sudden Acceleration" as the official name of the violation. I was in my 3L Turbo Contour and he told me I accelerated to quickly even though I didn't squeal my tires or anything. I still have the ticket because I thought it was funny.
I told him, "this is a slow contour, my grandma drives one." :laugh:I beg to differ... I got a ticket in Livonia, MI on 8 Mile Road for "Sudden Acceleration" as the official name of the violation. I was in my 3L Turbo Contour and he told me I accelerated to quickly even though I didn't squeal my tires or anything. I still have the ticket because I thought it was funny.
Despite the ticket, I'm still not convinced that putting it on the wood is illegal. What was the fine?
When I played on the golf team in high school, there was this one funny kid who told a story of having gone around a cruiser on the right while the cop was making a left. In order to clear the cop, he went half off the road into the dirt with his '88 or so Taurus. The cop, of course, pulled him over. The guy's excuse? "I got my hand caught in the steering wheel!" I was quick to point out that Tauri of that generation have only two spoke wheels, but it didn't matter. The cop bought it and let him go.
Reebs
meester super sleuth
I honestly couldn't tell you because I didn't pay it.
I could look at the ticket and call the court to find out what it would have been though. 
onder:Despite the ticket, I'm still not convinced that putting it on the wood is illegal. What was the fine?
When I played on the golf team in high school, there was this one funny kid who told a story of having gone around a cruiser on the right while the cop was making a left. In order to clear the cop, he went half off the road into the dirt with his '88 or so Taurus. The cop, of course, pulled him over. The guy's excuse? "I got my hand caught in the steering wheel!" I was quick to point out that Tauri of that generation have only two spoke wheels, but it didn't matter. The cop bought it and let him go.
I got the same ticket the other day:blackeye: I accelerated from 25mph in 2nd gear hard to pass another car and i slowed back down to 45mph. I got a ticket for fast acceleration:blackeye: .
He said i should of gotten careless driving. But he was doing me a favor.......and reducing it for me.
Beans
Addicted CEG'er
Wow what a great guy :blackeye:
Well, 'exhibition driving' is a ticketed offense here in Michigan. The law which defines it is open and quite loose. So, taking a corner hard and fast - even though you didn't break lose and were in complete control - accelerating fast from a stop - and a whole host of other things which aren't grand-ma style driving can be awarded a ticket for.
Joy?
Joy?
Tex
Hard-core CEG'er
Complete BS in my mind. If you took the corner within the speed limit, and weren't out of control, there should be no question. I really hate when cops just try to invent tickets. One tried to give me three different tickets at once one time, but the city used those little hand held ticket machines that print the tickets out, and all 3 tickets came up blank, so I was saved. Thank god, like my insurance wasn't already enough at the time even without any tickets on my record. :shocked: