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Your Speeding/Traffic Ticket stories

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12:11 pm
January 22, 2008


admin

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posts 35

Alright, I’ll start this thing off!

Tell everyone your speeding/traffic ticket story (or stories).

What happened? Were you really speeding? Did you give an excuse for doing so? Did it work? Was the officer an ass, or did he just smile and nod his head the whole time? Did it cost you a hefty fine or cause your insurance to go up? What was the final outcome/damage?

11:21 am
April 5, 2008


future texas trooper

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Sir you need to stop interferring with police business. Speeding is a choice,if you speed then you should get a ticket. All you are doing is stopping people from getting what they deserve which is a speeding ticket.

12:50 pm
April 5, 2008


admin

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posts 35

I am hardly interfering with police duties.

Look at Texas Penal Code, Section 38.15, and tell me why paragraph (c) is there.

Your screen name and your email address tells me volumes about your viewpoint.

5:23 pm
April 25, 2008


THP

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I don't have a problem at all with what you are doing. But if you are going to talk about the Penal & Traffic code you better have a better understanding of what “defense to prosecution” means. Sure you may (and I say may b/c it depends where you are in the great state) be found not guilty but you may still be placed under arrest for a class B Misd.

5:38 pm
April 25, 2008


admin

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posts 35

Sure, a LEO can arrest you for ANYTHING, justified or not. Then they’ll sometimes say, “We’ll let the judge sort it all out.” It’s more of a show of force by the cops that says, “Look what I can do!”

What a defense to prosecution is, is a condition that makes something ‘not a crime.’ In that case, there shouldn’t be an arrest in the first place. But, yes, that doesn’t prevent the cop from takin’ you in anyway.

10:30 am
April 26, 2008


THP

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Well YOU had better inform the general att. for the state and TCLEOSE that they are WRONG. Good luck to you in your attmept to slow the motoring public down. If you can get them to slow down with your little sign than my hats off to you. Speed kills …. oh ya and it waste a lot of gas so maybe you can kill two birds with one stone. Come on over to Montgomery County sometime the folks would love you. Be safe out there

8:04 am
April 28, 2008


James

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Montgomery County… I wouldn't have revealed my location if I were you…

Haha. Already says a lot

8:41 pm
May 10, 2008


Lucky225

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posts 11

I got way to many speeding ticket stories to post here.

8:04 am
October 27, 2009


spineman

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Just got a ticket for 70 in a 50 mph. Nightime two lane road in the middle of nowhere. I swear I was traveling about 60-62. When he pulled me over i asked him if he was sure it was me doing 70. He had just came around a corner and said that I was “gaining” on the other two cars. 1. how could he know I was gaining if he had just come around a corner 2. does radar register fast enough to clock 3 cars when you are passing a combined speed of 100-120mph??? (If i was going 70). How could he possibly know which car was going 70??? I think he just nabbed me because I was in the back BS if you ask me

10:02 am
December 21, 2009


erkme73

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I actually have two incidents. The first was where I was charged with doing 72 in a 55. After showing the officer my dash camera setup with imprinted GPS speed, he said “Damn, that's cool! Our cruisers don't even have that.” Of course, my GPS speed showed I was 4MPH slower than his laser gun. Long story short, it went to court, and I proved that his gun was off. Ticket was reduced to 13 over, vs. 17 over. A big break because of insurance. The video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5se8n5XSuY

The second incident happend earlier this month (DEC). Cop accuses me
of flashing my high-beams, and issues a citation despite my claim that
I hadn't used them. This will go to court. He was clearly upset
and felt I was warning other motorists of his speed trap. He would not
give me a chance to explain that I turned my lights on and off – or why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed7xiZeWrYk

I cannot underscore the importance of having both video and audio recording on your vehicle. I don't go out looking for trouble – in fact is was nearly 3 years between these two stops. And it was 8 years prior to the first video that I had my last stop. Still, I have been accused of things that I didn't do, and in FL, an officer's testimony in court is considered trustworthy and honest unless proven otherwise. Well, the camera is the “otherwise”.

Admin/Mod, feel free to move this post into a more relevent topic if necessary.

Thanks…

7:09 pm
January 12, 2010


Guest

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I'm new here, so I apologize if I'm posting this is the wrong forum. That said, has anyone gotten a ticket from those red-light cams, and if so what was the fine?

10:13 pm
January 12, 2010


admin

Admin

posts 35

Guest said:

…has anyone gotten a ticket from those red-light cams, and if so what was the fine?


I see from your IP address that you live in Austin. Well, I don't do much driving in the areas where the few red light cameras are installed; so, I don't know personally. And, I haven't heard from others who have received tickets.

I DO know that the fines for 'automated' tickets are usually less than a ticket issued by an officer. And, I believe, that it DOES NOT count toward your 'points'.

You could probably just call the traffic court in Austin and ask. The fines should all be the same, unlike speeding tickets which has 'levels' of severity. Anybody else have an idea how much these tickets are?

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