Current Events > Welp, the Troopers are NOT fucking around today.

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Just got my first ticket, ever.

I got pulled over for doing 52 in a 45. I just happened to be the last vehicle in the group so I was the one that got pulled over. Not even a warning, just handed me a ticket for $132.

Last time I got pulled over was 12 years ago for 65 in a 55 and I got a warning for that.

Feels bad fam, I'm basically working today just to pay this off

That's kind of bullshit. It's not like you were flying down the road. Just sounds like you were going with the flow.

Yeah, I wasn't even tailgating or anything, I was a good 3 seconds behind the car in front of me.

Gotta meet that quota

Fuck the police.

Which state is this in? In Texas, if you aren't going 5 - 10 over, then a lot of people are going around you.

Xenogears15 posted...

Gotta meet that quota

On the first of the month?

LoveLikeJazz posted...

On the first of the month?

If you hit quota on the first day you don't have to do anything for the rest of the month

LoveLikeJazz posted...

On the first of the month?

i mean yea, esp on the first of the month. thats how u get to throw in all those expired reg and inspection tix too

Wow, that's bs.
Definitely go to court for it. Hopefully the judge throws it out or reduces it, but even if not they might at least let you pay it w/o it going on your record, b/c speeding tickets can increase your insurance premiums, which will end up costing way more than $132

Yet another reason I guess dash cams are necessary. Could show up to court showing you were going the same speed as the rest of the traffic.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

On the first of the month?

I think the "month" can extend a day or 2 into the next one for the purposes of reaching the quota. I don't know, just what I've heard.

TMOG posted...

If you hit quota on the first day you don't have to do anything for the rest of the month

C'mon now, quotas were abolished ages ago. Now they have incentives.

You forgot to tip him

In Ohio you have to go to Mayor's Court twice to fight a ticket and pay $100+ in non-refundable fees. The cop will be there.

If you get a warning, how long does it stay in their system? Can they just easily see how many warnings you've ever had?

I've always been lucky, only ever gotten 3 tickets in my life and none were moving violations. But I've received warnings like 3 other times lol. The last time I got so lucky.

"You know why I pulled you over?"
"I was speeding a little."
"Ok well I got you going 58 in a 35 construction zone."
"Reeeally? I thought it was only 35 while construction was active."
"No. How's your driving history?"
"Good so far heh."
"Welp here's your warning."
"K thx :)"

The time before that I was stopped going 70 in a 50, just a warning. But I dunno how fast you have to be going before you get just straight up arrested? So when the officer was coming to give me my documents back I heard on his walkie "search the vehicle". My heart sank and only a second later he arrived at my window saying, "just a warning, slow it down." I thought that walkie chatter was about me and I was about to be asked to step out of the vehicle please.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

On the first of the month?

Early start!

CableZL posted...

Which state is this in? In Texas, if you aren't going 5 - 10 over, then a lot of people are going around you.

Alaska

At least I wasn't special, two more people got pulled over at the same spot. As soon as one trooper got somebody, another pulled into his spot. It was like a line of taxis waiting at an airport.

Coworker just reported in, he got pulled over as well and he said 4 others were on the shoulder getting tickets. He was doing 53.

They are PRINTING money today, jfc.

Xenogears15 posted...

Gotta meet that quota

Saw a interview with a cop he said there wasn't a quota but it was more like hey Jim saw you only gave out 5 tickets this month while Bob gave 15 what's up with that?

I agree that you should go to court. Only going 7 over, a lot of judges would throw that out or reduce the amount. There's also a good chance the officer won't show up

DipDipDiver posted...

I agree that you should go to court. Only going 7 over, a lot of judges would throw that out or reduce the amount. There's also a good chance the officer won't show up

What? He was going over the speed limit. You want him to go into court to plead guilty?

Anyways, deserved. Speed laws are in place for a reason. Slow down.

Lmao breaks the law, gets caught and cries about it

Tig posted...

Lmao breaks the law, gets caught and cries about it

Look at this dude pulling an alt out of cryo just for this, that is way sadder than me being sad about a $132 ticket for a first time offense of going 7mph over.

WarfireX posted...

What? He was going over the speed limit. You want him to go into court to plead guilty?

Anyways, deserved. Speed laws are in place for a reason. Slow down.

You think speeding tickets have a guilty or not guilty plea? Jfc dude, be quiet while the adults are talking

Don't break the law and you won't get pulled over.

Always fight your tickets. Speed limits in most places are the same as they were in the 70s when cars were basically death boxes.

WarfireX posted...

Speed laws are in place for a reason. Slow down.

Did tc harm anyone?

Go to court for it, if they're going to obviously just try to fundraise off speeding tickets, make it a serious pain in the ass for them to get your money.

WingsOfGood posted...

Did tc harm anyone?

He potentially could hot rodding around like there aren't speed limit laws in place to protect people.

Yeah, over 132 bucks for 7 mph past the limit is fucking absurd.

Speed limits are speed limits. Deserved.

Except that just stating a speed limit is a terrible way to encourage vehicles to go at desired speeds. If you don't want cars going at highway speeds, roads shouldn't be designed like highways

WarfireX posted...

He potentially could hot rodding around like there aren't speed limit laws in place to protect people.

Going 52? Unlikely

I got one of these too a year or two ago. Going 50 on a 40 I believe, where literally everybody else does it. Outright gave me a ticket instead of a warning, but I went to the courthouse to pay it and was told that the officer didn't even turn in the ticket so I didn't have to pay it. Got lucky I guess.

DipDipDiver posted...

I agree that you should go to court. Only going 7 over, a lot of judges would throw that out or reduce the amount. There's also a good chance the officer won't show up

When they do shit like this you can bet your ass every one of those cops will be in court that day, barring serious illness or something like that. This was a planned fundraiser.

WarfireX posted...

He potentially could hot rodding around like there aren't speed limit laws in place to protect people.

Going 7 over, hot rodding lol

Full_Pokedex posted...

Don't break the law and you won't get pulled over.

Duncan, do you know how to drive a car?

WarfireX posted...

He potentially could hot rodding around like there aren't speed limit laws in place to protect people.

Oh shut the fuck up

streamofthesky posted...

Yet another reason I guess dash cams are necessary. Could show up to court showing you were going the same speed as the rest of the traffic.

This is a myth. By law, you follow the speed limit, not the flow of traffic, if said flow of traffic is going faster than the speed limit. Thus, this wouldn't really refute anything if they actually caught you speeding.

Fighting speeding tickets is worth it, regardless, because the cop usually doesn't even show, but "flow of traffic" doesn't work as an excuse.

I have been pulled over once in my life. Was doing whopping 36 in a 35. Cop thought the speed limit was 30, unlucky he pulled me over right next to the 35 sign.

Didn't apologize or anything and made fun of me for mumbling. Still remember and hate that fat fuck.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

Going 7 over, hot rodding lol

I think we've spotted the people that either don't have a car or can't drive.

7 over the limit is driving WITH the traffic. But let these kids troll....it's all they have.

I always set my cruise control 4 over the limit. So Ill go 69 in a 65 and 59 in a 55. Its an unwritten rule where I live they will let up to 5 over go but anything beyond that you risk a ticket. Id be bummed if I got one for 7 over, but Id also know I was at fault.

archizzy posted...

So Ill go 69 in a 65

Nice.

ALWAYS plead not guilty to ANY moving violation ticket that didn't involve an accident or a DWI/DUI.

Most times they will get bargained to a non-moving violation. Usually something like an "unsafe stop on the shoulder".

Either that, or if you fight it further, there's a good chance the officer doesn't show, and it gets thrown out.

bigblu89 posted...

ALWAYS plead not guilty to ANY moving violation ticket that didn't involve an accident or a DWI/DUI.

Most times they will get bargained to a non-moving violation. Usually something like an "unsafe stop on the shoulder".

Either that, or if you fight it further, there's a good chance the officer doesn't show, and it gets thrown out.

I got trapped by a cop waiting in a new 25mph zone about a year ago. For the longest time it was a 45mph zone but they added a roughly 100ft 25mph zone in the middle of it which was total horseshit lol

Instead of giving me a ticket for speeding, he gave me a ticket for "obstructing traffic". Ironic because I was only obstructing traffic (not that it was even a busy road) because he stopped me lmao but I mean, no points and a cheaper ticket... It's just funny when you think of it that way.