Any speeding ticket stories?
06-27-2003, 12:31 PM
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Any speeding ticket stories?
Received a speeding ticket this morning while returning home from the gym at 7am (the weather was perfect). Didn't have the top down so I accelerated slightly to increase the flow of cool air through the car. Bums me out but at least he wrote it for the mimimum so I can get it erased if I attend a class. The worst part is I no longer have that "freebie" in my pocket.
Some of you must have some interesting stories - anyone??
Some of you must have some interesting stories - anyone??
06-27-2003, 02:33 PM
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Just got one changed to "faulty" equipment, higher fine but no ticket on my record. How easy it was to change this speeding violation to a non-moving, but higher fine charge is just further evidence that speed patrols are nothing more than revenue generation. Safety is not the primary concern, IMO.
06-27-2003, 06:29 PM
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This actually brings up a question to me. Has anyone asked the officer giving the ticket for a non-moving violation at the time of the stop? Or does everyone wait until you get to court. Just wondering how the officer would react...
06-27-2003, 06:41 PM
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Good question Labatt. I was doin' 20+ over the 45 limit so I was just happy he didn't slap $500 on me and impound my car. It was early and I was the only one on the 5 lane road so he let me off easy, so to speak. And he also was interested in my car. I guess he let up on the fine because I wasn't reckless like all the rice-burners mowing down the streets. I guess they're giving the police a lot of problems.
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06-27-2003, 08:25 PM
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In 1985 or so, I owned a sweet, white '83 911SC - a wonderful little car. One Saturday I spent the entire day tuning and adjusting. The car had a fresh alignment and was filled with 98 octane. The next morning, Sunday, I got out about 6:30am and I was headed east on I30, five lanes, slow banking curve and not a single soul on the road. I couldn't help myself....110..120..130..140 CRUD, there goes my radar detector. There's the local PD with instant-on radar sitting on the inside of the long banking curve.
Boom! I'm shutten her down, on came the red lights and I pull over. The officer walks up to the car and says, "license and proof of insurance please." He stands there a few seconds and then says, "Mr. Roberts, do you have any idea how fast you were going?" I paused and said, "Officer, when I'm going that fast, I keep my eyes on the road." The Officer then says, "Mr. Roberts, please step out of your vehicle". I'm thinking...he's fixin' to slap the cuffs on me. Then he said, "Would you mind poppin' the hood on this thang?" Well, we started talking cars. After a few minutes he says, "Do you realize you were doing 147 in a 55?.....You do know I can't let you off on this." Of course I look at him and say, "Yes, Officer". Well, he writes the ticket and hands it to me, wishes me a good day... and I hop back in the car look down...65 mph in a 55mph posted zone!!!!
Boom! I'm shutten her down, on came the red lights and I pull over. The officer walks up to the car and says, "license and proof of insurance please." He stands there a few seconds and then says, "Mr. Roberts, do you have any idea how fast you were going?" I paused and said, "Officer, when I'm going that fast, I keep my eyes on the road." The Officer then says, "Mr. Roberts, please step out of your vehicle". I'm thinking...he's fixin' to slap the cuffs on me. Then he said, "Would you mind poppin' the hood on this thang?" Well, we started talking cars. After a few minutes he says, "Do you realize you were doing 147 in a 55?.....You do know I can't let you off on this." Of course I look at him and say, "Yes, Officer". Well, he writes the ticket and hands it to me, wishes me a good day... and I hop back in the car look down...65 mph in a 55mph posted zone!!!!
06-27-2003, 10:00 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">I got caught doing 87 in a 35.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Don't expect much sympathy from this forum. Unless this was a country road in the middle of nowhere, there's a difference between doing 90 on the freeway and 90 on a surface street. That's plain reckless if you are going that fast anywhere near a residential area.
06-27-2003, 10:20 PM
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Great story.
Another:
State Police Officer pulls over a guy in his 993.
Cop says "look, it's friday evening, I'm tired, I just want to home. Tell you what... Tell me an excuse I've never heard before and I'll let you go."
Guy doesn't miss a beat, and says "I'm sorry officer I know I was speeding, but last week my wife ran off with a state trooper."
The cop replies "So?"
"Well, I thought you were him, bringing her back."
Cop says "Have a nice weekend, sir."
Great story.
Another:
State Police Officer pulls over a guy in his 993.
Cop says "look, it's friday evening, I'm tired, I just want to home. Tell you what... Tell me an excuse I've never heard before and I'll let you go."
Guy doesn't miss a beat, and says "I'm sorry officer I know I was speeding, but last week my wife ran off with a state trooper."
The cop replies "So?"
"Well, I thought you were him, bringing her back."
Cop says "Have a nice weekend, sir."
06-28-2003, 04:23 AM
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Freeway - summer evening 10:00 PM - four lanes - 30 degrees Celsius - coming down a hill - driving my bride's Boxster - speed limit 110 km/hr - clocked me at 158 - two kms more and I had the big house - said I was driving dangerously - asked if either had ever driven a P-Car - they agreed it wasn't dangerous - gave me the minimum fine.
Drove on with a smile!
Drove on with a smile!
06-28-2003, 07:04 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">None worth repeating here; ask on "Off Topic" for such baloney</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Maybe what Ray was trying to say is that this is a 993-specific forum i.e. threads appearing in this forum should be specific to the 993 model.
Threads about speeding belong in the 'General' or 'Off Topic' forums. Not only will you be posting in the correct forum, but a lot more Rennlisters will be able to see your thread and respond to it (which is what you want, right?)
Threads about speeding belong in the 'General' or 'Off Topic' forums. Not only will you be posting in the correct forum, but a lot more Rennlisters will be able to see your thread and respond to it (which is what you want, right?)
06-28-2003, 09:21 AM
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Woops <img border="0" alt="[icon107]" title="" src="graemlins/icon107.gif" /> .......I thought we were talking about 993 owners experiences <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" /> . Sorry <img border="0" alt="[icon501]" title="" src="graemlins/icon501.gif" /> !!!!!
06-28-2003, 11:26 AM
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Well, this did not happen to me, but another 993 owner I was following to a DE...
I'm on a backroad headed out early that morning and find myself behind another 993. We're both cruising at moderate speed on a two lane road when we come up to a slower moving vehicle. The driver in front plays it cool until the solid center line breaks up to a passable lane. The guy in front hammers it down for an oncoming lane change and then, BEEEEEEEEEEEPPP! My V1 goes nuts! I look down the road a bit and see one of our finest. The smokey passes and I gaze into my rear view mirror to see him turn around. He hangs behind me for a bit (checking my record) and then speeds off after the 993 in front. I see the guy getting pulled over, and driving off seeing the lights in the rear view mirror I think, "he won't be getting out of that one".
I'm on the grid getting ready to go out on a session when an instructor comes up to me and asks if that was me following him that morning. He begins to tell me how it all unfolded. The officer asks, "isn't it a little early for you guys to be out playing"? The 993 driver says, "you know it's funny because I'm supposed to be out at the track, teaching safe driving to students". The officer at that point notices the instructor's shirt and says, "that's the best one I've heard yet!" He lets him go with a warning.
I'm on a backroad headed out early that morning and find myself behind another 993. We're both cruising at moderate speed on a two lane road when we come up to a slower moving vehicle. The driver in front plays it cool until the solid center line breaks up to a passable lane. The guy in front hammers it down for an oncoming lane change and then, BEEEEEEEEEEEPPP! My V1 goes nuts! I look down the road a bit and see one of our finest. The smokey passes and I gaze into my rear view mirror to see him turn around. He hangs behind me for a bit (checking my record) and then speeds off after the 993 in front. I see the guy getting pulled over, and driving off seeing the lights in the rear view mirror I think, "he won't be getting out of that one".
I'm on the grid getting ready to go out on a session when an instructor comes up to me and asks if that was me following him that morning. He begins to tell me how it all unfolded. The officer asks, "isn't it a little early for you guys to be out playing"? The 993 driver says, "you know it's funny because I'm supposed to be out at the track, teaching safe driving to students". The officer at that point notices the instructor's shirt and says, "that's the best one I've heard yet!" He lets him go with a warning.