Its a shame if we loose all the good info cause a few can't play by the rules.

 

I'm noticing a common thread here. That's where I got mine.

 

http://www.speedtrap.org/


http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/...CA&city=Malibu

And how to fight that ticket.

 

tickets cut into the modding budget... just remember that :D

 

LUCKILY, that's not reckless driving in Indiana so it shouldn't be excessive. However, such posts are becoming so prevalent lately, I would suggest to Mark and the moderators that instead of having that rule buried in guidelines that that particular rule be promptly displayed at the top of the home page .... just a suggestion because it is getting old.

 

True enough, but insurance premium surcharges (because of the moving violation on your record) make an even greater dent in the mod budget.... The surcharges will generally be levied for 3 years following the posting of the moving violation.

Here is another ploy that I have heard about in California. No personal experience whether it works or not, but....:

When you get the bail notice, pay the amount + $5. The court is required by law to refund the overage. When the check arrives, don't cash it. Your "conviction" will not be final until the overage has been resolved (by you depositing the check for the overage). If the overage check is not deposited, there is an unresolved issue in the action and the "conviction" can not be processed. And without a final conviction, the information can not be published to your driving record. No information in your driving record, no insurance policy premium surcharge....

As I said at the start, I don't have personal experience with this; and I am passing it along with that qualification.

 

I got pulled over after just 6 days of ownership! I got "clocked" at 54 in a 35 around a turn but he let me off! The cop said if I was going 55 he would have given me a ticket! 20 over would have been a hefty fine I imagine, needless to say that scared the crap outta me and I watch myself a lot more now!

Funny thing is that I'm going into Law Enforcement, and I want to go SWAT, so I can't get ANYTHING at all, or else that's down the drain!
-Cody

 

Not even one moving violation? (Like rolling a Stop sign? Or, driving with a light out?) If so, that is f**ked up big time. In California for example, the CHP have to have a valid drivers' license to keep their job, but I am not aware that it must be pristine with no moving violations at all.

 

Oh Boy !
<img> a MINI driving school !
Can I go !
Any High speed driving , Collision Avoidance ?

 

this is actually an urban myth....I am in NYC and someone sent it to me ..checked it out and national MVB's report it is not true in any state...sorry to burst your bubble.....lol

 

Go to driving school ON LINE! Its easy and you can stop and restart at your whenever you want. When you pass they mail you your certificate the next day. You don't waste a whole day in an inane class. I finished mine in three sitting, taking up about 4 hours. EASY!

 

Well, in MD I got pulled over and the Trooper clocked me, slowing down, at 92 in a 55. After about 20 min, he came back and gave me a 64 in 55 ticket. Sure, it is still a ticket, but not reckless driving! It only cost me $70. I am not even going to bother going to court for that one.

 

they apparently have some defence strategies... I cannot personally endorse them [ yet] ...

http://speedticketbeaters.com/

 

You might get away with a moving violation, but I know it's hard to get in if you have even one speeding ticket. A person I know was telling me a story how her friend was going into the FBI. Well, they looked back at his record and saw he had a speeding ticket. Now, I'm not sure how much he was speeding, but I do know it stalled him for a couple of months. I'm still not sure if he actually got in or not.

-Cody

 

A good one for california...

http://www.ticketassassin.com/

 

As I said in my original post, I have no actual experience with the ploy and was offering it up with that qualification.

 

Ok wow, ive heard this in the M3forum and the Prelude forums I used to be on but nobody can ever confirm it. Is it true? or just a Urban legend?

 

Admiitting your driving 37 MPH over the speed limit??? Does anybody at all read the multiple warnings already posted in this tread? Your really lucky the state trooper was kind to you because that would have been worth 5 points and a mandatory appearance before the DMV explaining why you should keep your license ... not a pleasant experience, I am sure

 

I think this has turned from a "court support" thread into a "oh yeah... I drive too fast too! Look at how fast I was going".

I'm marveling at why this thread is still open.

 

I think you should double check on not paying the fine. About the time I got my last ticket, sometime last century, California was, again, short of money. Someone noticed that almost no one ever paid a moving violation fine since very few ever got caught more than once every 2 years. As a result, the law was changed so that you must pay the fine. Traffic school keeps it off your record so your insurance does not increase. There are restrictions on what violations are eligable for traffic school.
Back in the dark ages when the limit was 55 as I was waiting my turn in traffic court, a defendant stood before the judge and requested traffic school. "At that speed you're lucky I let you keep your license. Pay the fine: $1300."
I know that around here they are always surveying and changing the speed limits. I think that in residential areas the 85% rule does not hold, otherwise, based on traffic around here, the limit in the school zones would have creeped up to about 60.
Has anyone noticed that the MINI, when observed from the side of the road, seem to be moving faster that it is? This morning, heading down a hill about a block from our house, someone started mouthing "Slow Down" and gestured with their hands. I was doing the limit (25). The hill is steep enough that I can coast at 23+ on a bicycle, maybe they assume that everyone speeds?

 

You don't even have to go to court to "ask" for traffic school. When you get the letter from the DMV it should say whether you are eligible or not. If you want to do (online) traffic school you MUST pay the fine to the courts and pay the school fee (about $20). The benefits of doing traffic school are no points on your driving record, which in turn means your insurance doesn't go up and you don't have to sit in court all day.

When doing the traffic school online, there is no time limit (at least not with the service I used) and you DO NOT have to do the entire thing in one sitting. After finishing the little "classes" you pay the school fee and then they will mail you a final test which you must pass with an 80% and you need to have it stamped by a notary, basically meaning that you, and only you, took the test and no one took it for you. You mail this back to the school and if you pass they either send the paperwork back to you or straight to the court (can't remember which).

 

That really blows. I get a ticket atleast once every month every since last october when i took delivery of my 2006 MCS,
I actually found after the first two that the cops (escpecially rookies) in rural areas, like when i was driving to indiana and was in illinous, just pull me over for being ten over the limit so they can see the car
Now while this is great only once was that my fault, i was breaking my baby in and i hit 110 in a 65mph zone, lol I guess I deserved that one

 

Even that's too much work! With HomeTrafficSchool.com you just take the mini tests, then the final exam...online. The mini tests you can go back and review the notes, but not on the final exam. Once you're done, you're given your score, and everything is done for you. No need to get anything notarized!

Anyways, this past weekend I was on a group run with my local club--we covered some 600 miles over the weekend. In that time, only 1 ticket was issued and that's cause he didn't have a radar detector. Same thing happened last year. Someone broke away from the group, didn't have a detector and got a ticket.

If you're afraid of getting a ticket, get a good radar detector, and learn how to use it well. This advice isn't to condone speeding, but rather to even the odds so you don't just unknowingly wander into a trap the next time you let your guard down.

Richard