tickets doing 90+, share your experience and follow up
04-05-2004 | 10:03 AM
#15
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From: Alpharetta, GA (ATL)
I have never ever in my entire life driven above the posted speed limit in fear of endangering my fellow human beings.
Just the thought of speeding sickens my soul. I can not fanthom the reason why anyone with an S2000 would have the desire to speed.
Those who do speed should be beaten to the point to where Mel Gibson decides to make a film about the incident.
Just the thought of speeding sickens my soul. I can not fanthom the reason why anyone with an S2000 would have the desire to speed.
Those who do speed should be beaten to the point to where Mel Gibson decides to make a film about the incident.
04-05-2004 | 10:19 AM
#16
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From: I'm everywhere
I got pulled over for going 90+. I think I was going probably a good 100 in my bf's Accord. >_< I wasn't racing I was seriously just crusing the toll road in Newport going to Laguna. The toll road usually isn't crowded on the weekends and I guess that just made me drive fast. The chippy pulled me over but I got off lucky. He gave me a ticket for going 85, even though he did pull me over for 90+. He told me that anything past 85 you won't be able to go to traffic school so at least he gave me the whole traffic school option. Granted, it's not as cool as getting let go for only a warning but hey, it's better then getting wreckless driving and other charges.
04-05-2004 | 10:34 AM
#19
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Home
Back on topic. When I got my first new car I went on a road trip to NC. On the way out there I found that the car was equipped with a govenor at 117MPH.
When I got to NC, my friends and I decided to head up to VA and go to Bush Gardens. I wanted to see if my car would still hit the govener with 4 people in the car. It did.
I saw lights up ahead and slowed down. There was a BIG accident in the median. 6-7 cars. Lots of emergency veichles, cops, ambulance, fire dept, etc. Now, today I would think, "That could be me, I better slow down." However 12 years ago, I thought, "Wow, every cop in the area must be here, I must have a clear road between here and VA." The state line was about 5mi away when I cleared the accident so I went up and hit the govenor, again. I then slowed to what I considered a more comfortable pace.
When I checked my rear-view a few seconds later, I noticed all these pretty red and blue ligths mounted to the top of a marked 5.0L Mustang State Trooper.
I pulled over and he informed me that he clocked me at 94MPH. So here I am with long har, three other people in the car speeding toward the state line, just past the site of a major accident. He asked what I was running from. I politely informed him that I was on vacation, and was showing off for my friends. He asked to search the car, I submitted as I knew two things: 1. There was nothing in the car. 2. If I didn't submit to the search, he was going to arrest me, impound the car and search it anyway.
He of course found nothing in the car, and for my honesty decided to knock the ticket down to 85 in a 65 zone so it would not be wreckless driving. He let me keep my liscence and I had to mail in my fine.
The fine was $25.
When I got to NC, my friends and I decided to head up to VA and go to Bush Gardens. I wanted to see if my car would still hit the govener with 4 people in the car. It did.
I saw lights up ahead and slowed down. There was a BIG accident in the median. 6-7 cars. Lots of emergency veichles, cops, ambulance, fire dept, etc. Now, today I would think, "That could be me, I better slow down." However 12 years ago, I thought, "Wow, every cop in the area must be here, I must have a clear road between here and VA." The state line was about 5mi away when I cleared the accident so I went up and hit the govenor, again. I then slowed to what I considered a more comfortable pace.
When I checked my rear-view a few seconds later, I noticed all these pretty red and blue ligths mounted to the top of a marked 5.0L Mustang State Trooper.
I pulled over and he informed me that he clocked me at 94MPH. So here I am with long har, three other people in the car speeding toward the state line, just past the site of a major accident. He asked what I was running from. I politely informed him that I was on vacation, and was showing off for my friends. He asked to search the car, I submitted as I knew two things: 1. There was nothing in the car. 2. If I didn't submit to the search, he was going to arrest me, impound the car and search it anyway.He of course found nothing in the car, and for my honesty decided to knock the ticket down to 85 in a 65 zone so it would not be wreckless driving. He let me keep my liscence and I had to mail in my fine.
The fine was $25.