Wow, I've probably driven back/forth cross state on I-80 in WY 10 times and have only seen a cop on the highway twice.

 

There isn't any rule about talking about getting speeding tickets, just about speeding in general.

One would assume if someone got a ticket for speeding, they've been "Caught" and the forum would be off the hook.

 

How can get a ticket for "Running a yellow" . Yellow means you can go if it's safe... you don't have to stop.

 

I thought yellow meant go like hell its about to turn red.

Dean.

 

[FONT=&quot]The only time I was stopped for speeding was my first year the US. This is how it went down...

me - cruising doing a solid 93 on I-87 (55 limit)

- flashing red lights behind me, I pull over -

officer - "do you know why I stopped you?"

me - sweet smile handing over Passport, International Driver's License, registration and insurance using the thickest accent I think I can get away with "sorry - no English"

officer - (somewhat loudly) you were speeding

me - another disarming smile "no English"

officer (somewhat exaperated) pointing at the speedomer and yelling - "S P E E D I N G 9 3"

me - with a look of recognition and pointing "nine... three... kilometers.."

officer - frustrated look on his face and very loud "NO... NO... KILOMETERS... MILES..."

me - smile "beautiful... road... drive..."

officer - yelling and pointing at the 55 on the speedometer: SLOW DOWN! FIFTY FIVE"

me - concentrating and pointing "five... five... kilometers... slow..."

officer - smiling at the big break through "yes five... five... !"

got an RD after that!
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I've had 4 speeding tickets and a failure to lead the right of way resulting in an accident. At 5MPH none the less. All this in my 93 Mustang Convertible. This was back in my old town and since I moved the only other time I got pulled over I got arrested within the first 5 minutes of my first drive of out eclipse. Worst car EVER!

 

Funny, I never thought of blaming the car -- I'll have to try that.

 

Not in Kansas. You legally have to be entirely through the light before it turns red.

Not that it's enforced...even red light running is rampant in the KC area...to the extent where there are some intersections I will go on side streets to avoid.

 

After 20+ years of ticket free driving, at the end of March, I got nailed by a MDPD motorcycle cop doing 60 on a 40MPH 4 lane road early on a weekday morning (I was dropping off my son at Grandma's house). I was his first catch of the day. $226 speeding ticket. The cop was polite but he already had made the decision in his mind to give me the ticket. I told him this infraction was the first ever..... No dice. The MDPD is going through county budget cuts, so the cops need to help out by setting up speed traps in full force and maintain their coffers filled up.

In twenty some years of driving that road up and down, never ever I had seen a cop there checking for speeders. I was only like less than half a mile away from my mom's house

The road is a long stretch so I had no way to have spotted him on time. He was using a LIDAR gun and those are pretty damn accurate.

Anyway, that was enough to ruin the day. I was so annoyed with the whole incident that I took the option of a 4 hour online driving school class (Here in Florida you can take a 4 hour driving course to avoid points in your license and withhold adjucation) that same day and by 5PM I already had my "Pass" course certificate on hand.

Got the ticket reduced to $205. Paid $39 for the online course and an additional $9 to get the certificate sent to me over the email.

Ever since then, I decided to slow down, save gas on the process and generally take it easy behind the wheel. My days of 15-20 over the limit are OVER. I lucked out for 20 years, but no more of this BS.

 

So then isn't the light red when the car is going through and it'd be called running a red light?

 

I went 12 years without getting a speeding ticket. Then around the year 2001 I started making up for lost time. That's all I'm sayin

 

Ive had a few speeding tickets, acceleration, red light, parking, no front plate a couple times, but no tint ticket or exhaust ticket on any of my cars.
ive had the MINI for a year now and all ive got is a no front plate, which i got removed.

 

I can honestly say I cant remember when I got my last speeding ticket, it's been that long (and my memory is getting that old). I last used any sort of radar detector in '88, since I got tired of the constant false alarms coming from alarm systems and door openers. I had not gotten any tickets since then, and it was a good while prior to that time when I got the last one. Not from a lack of trying, mind you.

 

80 in a 65 while trying to not fall too far behind a car who was doing 140 mph in a wrx, according to my friend sitting passenger seat.

 

Never gotten a ticket (knock on wood!), but been pulled over 3 times in my old MINI. My Valentine 1 has saved my butt from probably going to jail numerous times though.

1) Was doing probably 65-70 on a straight road, but speed limit was 35. It was considered "residential" but it is a pretty major road (Culver Blvd, in LA near Sepulveda), no one else was around me at the time. When I came to the next stoplight where I was making a left turn, I look behind me and there is a cop in the turn lane RIGHT behind me. I knew I was screwed! Sure enough lights come on after the light turns green, he pulls me over.
Cop: "Lic, reg, blah blah"
Cop: "Do you know what the speedlimit is back there?"
me: "umm...not exactly sure to be honest with you, but I'm guessing about 40?"
Cop: "ok, yea your close enough, its 35...do you have any reason why you are traveling between 65-70???"
me (with a guilty smile): "umm, nope, no reason really"
Cop: "ok, well I see you're from AZ, how long you been out here?"
me: "moved out here 3 days ago"
Cop: "ohh I see, well I guess you don't need a ticket then?"
me: "no, not really........."
Cop: "Ok, just slow down for me ok!"

Very nice gentleman.

2) It was about 1am, was NOT speeding at all, and was dead sober, had just turned onto Venice Blvd (a 35 zone), was in 2nd gear probably going 30. A motorcycle cop comes out of no where with lights on, so I slide on over to get out of his way assuming he's passing me, since I did nothing. Well, he moved over too and it became obvious he was pulling me over.
Cop: "You were going pretty fast back there..."
Me: "What? Where was that?"
Cop: "Right back there where I first turned on my lights...thats a 35!"
Me: "Yea I know it is...I had just turned onto it, I was probably going about 30!"
Cop: "No you weren't. Have you been drinking tonight??"
Me: "No I haven't"
Cop: **Shines flashlight in my eyes** "Focus and follow my pen tip"
Cop (after the pen sobriety test): "Ok then...do you wanna share with me how many hours it's been since you had your last drink??"
Me: "Umm...4 days."
Cop (Looks at me like 'ya right'): "I'll be right back."
Brings his handy breathalizer back to me...I literally started laughing out loud like it was a big joke.
Cop: "Ok blow steady until it beeps"
Sure enough. 0.000%.
Cop (In an embarassed, hurried tone): "Umm well ok...just try to slow down for me"
Me (still kind of laughing at what just happened): "yea...ok...ill do that"

3) Was driving in LA during the day, not speeding or doing anything wrong, a motorcycle cop motions for me to pull over. I pull over. He explains to me that he pulled me over because I have out of state license plates. I explain to him that I'm from AZ and my permanent address is in AZ, but he insists that is not allowed and that I must have a California DL and register my car in CA. I listened to him like I cared, and after a long lecture about it, he sent me on my way. "Ohh gosh officer, I had no idea, where is the nearest DMV location, I'll go do that right now!"

Other than those fun stories, I've been pretty lucky!

 

Yep, you can get nailed for it. But like I said earlier...snowballs chance with the lack of enforcement here.

 

My first speeding ticket in 14 years:

I-15, just north of Las Vegas, on the way to AMVIV this year. Nice enough State Trooper though. I put a copy of the ticket in the trip scrapbook.

 

haha what an idiottt!

 

As a former LEO I can offer only this little bit of info:
When you get pulled over it is much easier for the officer to give you a verbal warning
than it is to start writing a ticket that may cause him to go to court on an off day.
So with that in mind, try not to be a smart a** and don't mouth off.. It's not going to get you anywhere but in trouble.
Don't point out that there are other more important crimes being committed.
Don't argue that you didn't run the stop sign when you know you did.
Don't demand to see the radar readings and records right away (the officer may not being giving you a ticket but if you act all cocky about it, then you probably will).
Treat the officer with the same respect that you would show your grandmother and you should get the same in return.
If you're not clear as to why you got pulled over don't guess, just ask.
When asked for your drivers license, registration and proof of insurance just get it first before you start asking questions.

I have never given anyone a ticket that treated me nice and at the same time I have nailed them for everything when they treated me like trash.

I haven't been a LEO for over 20 years but I can tell you that I myself have gotten out of tickets by following some of my own advice.

After all it is very hard not to get a little squirly in your MINI once in a great while.

 

Yellow in many states means "Start Stopping" not "Accelerate", if youre observed entering an intersection that was already yellow and you made no attempt to stop...
That would be running a yellow.

Here's one many are not aware of:
You approach an intersection that has a stop sign 20 feet from the actual intersection and you don't stop till you reach the painted stop bar, you just ran a stop sign.
The law is that you stop at the sign then proceed with caution to the stop bar.

 

Cabrio Pilot, The officer that stopped me was very polite but I could tell right away that he had pretty much made up his mind about writing me a ticket. In fact he had 2 cars stopped (Including mine) and was doing the paperwork for both. When he was finished, he stopped 2 more and so on. That morning he stopped about 10 cars total.

I was very, very nice to him but that didn't get me off the hook.

Another time I was stopped (53 on a 35) but the officer was polite and he asked me if I had been given a ticket before and I said not a single one in more than 20 years. He said "that is probably a very good thing. With me is 2 warnings and after that I'll write you up".

I guess it all depends on the officer and how they approach their duty.

 

yeah my insurance was $280 a month, before the ticket.

 

Man, I wish cops were as nice as you here..

 

Wow! Full coverage on my fully loaded Jeep Grand Cherokee is only $840 a year.

 

wow that'd be nice.
i no longer have insurance on my mini because i can't drive it anymore.