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got a speeding ticket tonight, on my way to thunderhill raceway ... |
SirAndy |
Jul 26 2007, 11:40 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
don't try this at home.
i *completely* spaced out. going from 505 onto 5. it's central valley boredom, completely empty freeway in the middle of flat nothingness. i didn't pay attention to my speed and was doing what i thought was just casual cruising. i see the cop sitting on the other side of the freeway on an offramp and i look down on my tach, 4200 rpm, oh shit, that's gotta be too fast. 15 minutes later he catched up to me and pulls me over. had me clocked at 96 (!) ... i got lucky, the cop turned out to be a car nut. he aksed if i was going up to the raceway. so we talked cars for some 15 minutes or so. he wrote me up for 80, which is the minimum he could do (short of letting me go free) ... so here's to the cop on I5, whatever your name is, i owe you a cold one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Andy |
fiid |
Jul 27 2007, 08:06 PM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California |
Don't forget you have options.
1) You have the right to a trial by written declaration. See ticketassassin.com for info on this and how to fight it. If you don't like the outcome of the written declaration trial, you can still go to real court. The risk of the cop showing up decreases with each step here. When I got my ticket about 2 yrs ago - nobody made me aware of this right. 2) Traffic school will get the point off your license, although you won't be able to do that again for a while. You need to have had no tickets for a while though. I'm inclined to fight all tickets just in case, and if you don't like it, go to court with your tail between your legs and ask for traffic school. If you do get off then you might maintain the ability to go to traffic school next time. I have a point on my license at the moment, and it pretty much doubles the cost of whatever vehicle I'm "associated with" on our insurance policy. TicketAssassin actually recommends that you ask the cop for a warning at the scene because if you're able to get off at that time, it's your best bet. Lucky though - it could have been a lot worse. |
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