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Old Mar 6, 2003 | 09:02 PM
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Sick of getting tickets...

how to dismiss those tickets? i got one for red light and one for speeding 75 in 55 zone. i was going 60-65 and the cop was behind on my ***, i accelarated and changed lanes in order to let him pass, and got pulled over for doing 75. my licsence will be susspended for 2 months if i even get one ticket and if i get 3 tickets i'll lose it for 1 year. HELP !!!
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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damn, u suck at driving...
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 09:22 PM
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Umm, how about you obey the law?
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 09:25 PM
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Umm, how about you obey the law?
that would be way too easy.
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 09:50 PM
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Re: Sick of getting tickets...

Originally posted by Kolyan
HELP !!!
Help you? Want us to drive for you? OMG.
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 09:50 PM
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Re: Sick of getting tickets...

Originally posted by Kolyan
my licsence will be susspended for 2 months if i even get one ticket and if i get 3 tickets i'll lose it for 1 year. HELP !!!
Phew! I thought you might still be on the road after all this.
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 10:13 PM
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Re: Re: Sick of getting tickets...

i wasn't planning on running the light, and wasn't planning on speeding, it just happaned. i used to be an agressive driver and never got tickets, and now, i drive slow and 3 tickets in 2 days...(3rd was really stupid and only warning)looks like everyone here obeys the law. u don't need maxima for easy driving...do u?
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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Dude, I know ur it sucks to get tickets but when a cop rides on ur A$$, then screw him pop on the cruise control 2mph under the limit to **** him off. Let him tail u all he wants just chill, thats all just a trick to get u to speed up (as u now know) and give him a reason to pull u over.
Old Mar 6, 2003 | 10:30 PM
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I have got 2 speeding tickets in a two week period a little while back. 19 and 21 over. That brings me to a total of 5 tickets in a years time. They are not all moving violtions. Before all this I went 2 years without a ticket.
I got a lawyer for these last two and it looks like he will be able to get me dual supervision.
You might want to look into getting some legal help. They might not be able to get them dismissed, but they can keep them from going on your record which helps with points and insurance costs.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:16 AM
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If you were already doing 10 mph OVER the Speed Limit (60-65 in a 55), then he probably wasn't tailing you to pass you... he was tailing you because he was running your tag just before he pulled you over! Trust me.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 02:22 AM
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Originally posted by Sin
Umm, how about you obey the law?
The poster can't even spell. It's like somebody saying why won't anybody give me a job? when their resume has spelling and grammatical errors on it. You run a red light, you man-up and pay the fine. If you're not a man, then you try to get away from your responsibility. Any questions?
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 04:28 AM
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Re: Sick of getting tickets...

Originally posted by Kolyan
how to dismiss those tickets? i got one for red light and one for speeding 75 in 55 zone. i was going 60-65 and the cop was behind on my ***, i accelarated and changed lanes in order to let him pass, and got pulled over for doing 75. my licsence will be susspended for 2 months if i even get one ticket and if i get 3 tickets i'll lose it for 1 year. HELP !!!
Stop speeding and you won't get no more tickets.. The posted speed limit are there for a reason...
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 05:31 AM
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Originally posted by PCGuRu2K


Stop speeding and you won't get no more tickets.. The posted speed limit are there for a reason...
you should talk
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 06:49 AM
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you broke the law, you pay for it. it's as simple as that.
I drive aggressively, and I have a lot of bonehead (101 in a 60) tickets to show for it. do I complain about the cops? no. I shut up and pay the ticket, then go on with life.

If you can't afford the tickets, then you CAN afford to slow down a bit and pay more attention while driving. you probably wouldn't have run that red light had you not been speeding, eh?

that extra 15mph you're driving across town equates to about two minutes on an across-town trip. is two minutes worth hours of court time, several hundred bucks in insurance hikes, and a couple hundred more on the tickets alone?

pretty expensive two minutes, dontcha think?
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:00 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Sick of getting tickets...

Originally posted by Kolyan
i wasn't planning on running the light, and wasn't planning on speeding, it just happaned.
Thats a pretty stupid thing to say, I mean any cop should simply just let you go under those circumstances, right?

Perhaps a driving course would do you some good.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:07 AM
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Acting a little high and mighty aren't we guys??
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:08 AM
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did the court day passed for all of them? If your record was OK before these tickets, may be the judge will go soft on you (or at least on the first one).

where I live if u get 1-2 tickets a year, there is a 70% chance that none of them will be on your record. (given that the tickets are not close together)

my advice is: go to court, see what u can do
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:10 AM
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Really?
you break the law, expect to pay for it. I do on a regular basis, and I pay for it on a regular basis. I'll freely admit that. Do I think I should take a driving course? no. I know how to drive properly, I just make a conscious choice not to.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:12 AM
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:33 AM
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These "I broke the law...what should I do?" threads are getting old.

Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:42 AM
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These "I broke the law...what should I do?" threads are getting old.

Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:54 AM
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Ok, I have a ticket no one can beat..

109 in a school zone.

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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:59 AM
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There have been a lot of right-on comments in this thread, but Matt93se summed it up perfectly. If you speed, expect to get tickets. It's nobody's fault but yours. I continually fight my "speeding addiction" but unfortunately lose to the police from time to time. It's my fault and my fault only. On the bright side, here in Texas you are allowed to take one driver improvement course every per year. I've taken it once each of the past two years. I consider it a "speeding surcharge", or the cost of my addiction. The good thing is these tickets don't go onto my permanent record, I just have to pay the $40/60 or whatever it is to take the course. Not that I want to pay, but I CHOOSE to speed so that's the price I have to pay.

You have to live by the laws of the land. You can try as much as you can to justify whether you are right and the speed limit is wrong, etc, but in the end it makes NO DIFFERENCE. Doesn't matter how good of a driver you are or think you are, the law says everyone must obey certain driving rules. Laws are laws and you must obey them or else face the consequences. Technically, doing 56 in a 55 is speeding and you could get a ticket for it, but most officers would never ticket you for that because a judge could throw it out because of his/her discretion. There is no "built-in grey zone" for speeding laws...the reason why you don't get pulled over for most of your "grey zone" violations is due to officers' discretion, ie they are giving you a break.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 08:53 AM
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Jim Carey said it pretty well in Liar Liar:

"Stop breaking the law, *******!"
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 08:53 AM
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Originally posted by Keven97SE
There have been a lot of right-on comments in this thread, but Matt93se summed it up perfectly. If you speed, expect to get tickets. It's nobody's fault but yours. I continually fight my "speeding addiction" but unfortunately lose to the police from time to time. It's my fault and my fault only. On the bright side, here in Texas you are allowed to take one driver improvement course every per year. I've taken it once each of the past two years. I consider it a "speeding surcharge", or the cost of my addiction. The good thing is these tickets don't go onto my permanent record, I just have to pay the $40/60 or whatever it is to take the course. Not that I want to pay, but I CHOOSE to speed so that's the price I have to pay.

You have to live by the laws of the land. You can try as much as you can to justify whether you are right and the speed limit is wrong, etc, but in the end it makes NO DIFFERENCE. Doesn't matter how good of a driver you are or think you are, the law says everyone must obey certain driving rules. Laws are laws and you must obey them or else face the consequences. Technically, doing 56 in a 55 is speeding and you could get a ticket for it, but most officers would never ticket you for that because a judge could throw it out because of his/her discretion. There is no "built-in grey zone" for speeding laws...the reason why you don't get pulled over for most of your "grey zone" violations is due to officers' discretion, ie they are giving you a break.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 09:02 AM
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Re: Sick of getting tickets...

Originally posted by Kolyan
how to dismiss those tickets? i got one for red light and one for speeding 75 in 55 zone. i was going 60-65 and the cop was behind on my ***, i accelarated and changed lanes in order to let him pass, and got pulled over for doing 75. my licsence will be susspended for 2 months if i even get one ticket and if i get 3 tickets i'll lose it for 1 year. HELP !!!
Slow down!
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 09:13 AM
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Originally posted by Tapio
Ok, I have a ticket no one can beat..

109 in a school zone.

I own!
and you're proud of that?! think of the danger you're putting on the children
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 09:34 AM
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Originally posted by Tapio
Ok, I have a ticket no one can beat..

109 in a school zone.

I own!
Your a$$ should have been thrown in jail. That's got to be one of the dumbest things I ever heard.
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