Speeding Tickets

[Mustangman25]

I've got it pretty good in my town; it's not massive, just a suburb, but the town makes somthing to the tune of $2million in revenue from tickets. Unless you kill someone in an accident, any ticket, show up to the court, talk to the prosecutor for 30 seconds (seriously, I timed no more then 45sec) and they'll reduce your tickets to a parking violation. You pay a little more, but no points, no insurance increase, and the town gets to keep all of the money from the ticket, instead of giving it all to the state, as the case would be if it were a normal ticket. I got a ticket in August for rolling past a stop sign, showed up to court last month, told the prosecutor that I was sorry, and he reduced it to a parking violation. No points, insurance, and I only had to pay $100 U.S. Same applies to speeding tickets, though the fine increases slightly (I think around $125) Good country America.

[Mustang-man]

145 km/h in a 100 km/h zone = $410.

Was driving the Skyline while passing a truck going downhill (and of course the truck sped up so i had to as well seen as i was already halfway past him).

[george536]

61mph on a 35mph. Got a $170 ticket, and a point on my license.

[indyram]

central mn 108 in a 30 $220. I hear tickets in wisconsin are pretty spendy.

[deedlit]

77Km/h in a 50Km/h zone --> €175
117Km/h in a 70Km/h zone --> €500 + 1 month without my license

It sucks living in Belgium

[slave]

180 in a 50 zone, in an unregistered vehicle cost me $0.

15 km's over, twice in NZ cost me $0.

[Schister66]

Originally Posted by ridestreet84

well in North Dakota 71 in a 55, 16 mph over ticket was 17 dollars

I agree in that respect North Dakota is pretty sweet, but lately in Grand Forks there seems to be a lot of asshole cops out there. IDK what it is but they need to lighten up a bit. Don't know about speeding tickets, but my buddy Andrew got two tickets: $101 for exhibition driving and $101 for careless driving.....could be worse

[ridestreet84]

Originally Posted by indyram

central mn 108 in a 30 $220. I hear tickets in wisconsin are pretty spendy.

yes tickets in wisconsin blow i used to live there actually i still have a wisconsin dl i got a ticket for 93 in a 65= 28 over which = 400 some odd dollar ticket it sucked. cops in wisconsin try to be hard asses the state patrol gave my mom a ticket in my car while she was in uniform(keep in mind my moms a federal cop) and made her sign the written warning for a car with out of state tags cuz i had clear turn signals, so my mom bitched at his boss for giving another cop a ticket while in uniform, you just dont do that.

[Oz]

Originally Posted by slave

180 in a 50 zone, in an unregistered vehicle cost me $0.

15 km's over, twice in NZ cost me $0.

[TankMMC]

i think when youre doing 180 in a 50 there's no real need to stop for the red and blue is there...

and 15km over in NZ, 80% of the time will be a warning, unless youre a dickhead with an attitude, or your car is a cop-magnet.

[supratuner]

80 mph, hit the brakes around a curve in a truck, stupid me, brakes locked up, took out about 10 trees.

Got a ticket for wreckless driving, since my neighbor is a cop and knows the trooper that gave it to me, got it reduced to unsafe movements.

Courtcost, $100
Insuance, $3000 a year

[aloharocky]

I look at traffic cops as taxpayer-funded fund raisers for the insurance industry.

[slave]

Well the 180 WAS caught, ages after, thought I was clear, let me off saying "If I was in a squad car and had to chase you there's no way I could have fucking caught you, so take the warning and bugger off home" and the two NZ fines were cameras, doesn't mean I paid them, or had to. Damn I love big comapnies.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by TankMMC

and 15km over in NZ, 80% of the time will be a warning, unless youre a dickhead with an attitude, or your car is a cop-magnet.

I'd disagree.
Sunday afternoon drive.Dry and sunny,visibilty excellent.
Standard vehicle
Brand new stretch of bolt straight road
No other vehicles in sight
15 km/h [10mph] over the limit
Cop comes over the brow of the hill 200m ahead with his radar on,
has his red and blues flashing before I can check the guage and lift my foot.
I'm pulled over and stopped several seconds before he reaches me.No attitude,family in the car

"You were going a bit fast there sir,I'll have to write you a ticket."
$80 fine. 2 hours overtime wasted because some cock in a blue hat thinks in terms of quota rather than road safety.

[Mustang-man]

My brother has about 20 demerit points left as he's been caught speeding a bit in his RX-7 (i'm in New Zealand).