Speeding Tickets

[dugie6551]

How much are speeding tickets where you live?

A little history: I live in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada and we have twin bridges that croos the St.Clair river going in the US. Every week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are transport trucks backed up at the bridge for kilometers (roughly a 1-2 hr wait to cross). Recently there have been truck drivers getting into accidents and killed because they are driving too fast and slamming into the back of parked transports. Because of this they have dropped the spped limit from 100km to 70km in hopes of slowing everyone down. But, no one has and they are giving speeding tickets. The average cost of a ticket here is about $100.00 / 10 km over.

[clawhammer]

Live in Michigan, I got one ticket, was clocked 76 in 55, officer cut me a break wrote the ticket for 65 in 55. Ticket cost: $85. Decided to fight it, and lost, cort costs: $20. Insurance increase: $$$

[lamehonda]

Gotta love wyoming.

16 yrs old 91mph in a 55(according to the ticket)

$218 and waived court costs because I paid right away.

[ridestreet84]

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

[lamehonda]

Originally Posted by ridestreet84

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

Guess you had to give up going to the movies for a week. bummer

[ridestreet84]

yeah i know i got the ticket and for a moment kinda chuckled and asked if i could give him a 20 and call it good haha but later that summer i got a ticket for exhibation driving which was 120 dollars and the cop said i chripped my rear tires in a slammed honda civic went to court for it thought i had it won and i well i didnt was quite upset didnt prove beyond a resanable doubt in my opinion but oh well shit happens

[lamehonda]

Originally Posted by ridestreet84

....... and the cop said i chripped my rear tires in a slammed honda civic .....

you shoulda gotten a better lawyer

[ridestreet84]

actually i was reppin myself im a broke ass airman in the USAF all my money goes in my car i was going off of everything i learned while in law school and from my mom which is a fed marshall

[lamehonda]

Wouldn't the fact that you have a front wheel drive car totally dissprove everything that the cop said?

[ridestreet84]

yeah thats what i said then i askled him if he remembers if his window was up or down and if his radio was on and we could remember so in my closing statement i asked if he doesnt rememeber if his window was down or if his radio was on how could he be 100 % sure it was my car and not the car behine me one of my friends that chripped his front tires giving the impression that my back tires chripped

[ridestreet84]

every teen should know the court system in america is corrupt and that your guilty until proven inoccent which is shit i bet if i was older i would have gotten off but oh well and my friend admitted to chripping his tires in court and i still lost was a bunch of bullshit

[Oz]

135 in a 100 zone, $600-700 from memory.

[KustmAce]

52mph in a 35 (4 points)= $80 (+$50 for the class I had to take thanks to the plea bargain)
45mph in a 25 school zone (6 points) = $92 with court costs.

The costs dont reflect how serious they actually were. Well, the second one anyway. It was 6 points, and I now have a probationary license for 6.5 months.

The costs all depend on which county or area cop you get pulled over by.

[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by ridestreet84

...chripped my rear tires in a slammed honda civic ...

What was that cop smoking? Doesn't he know that civics are FWD.

[freakray]

Originally Posted by ridestreet84

the cop said i chripped my rear tires in a slammed honda civic

What clawhammer said.....