Thought i'd share with you the trouble my Cadillac gets me into

$250, 60 in a 35

Feel free to share. I'm gonna go have a beer. :highfive:

Thought i'd share with you the trouble my Cadillac gets me into

$250, 60 in a 35

Feel free to share. I'm gonna go have a beer. :highfive:

When I bought my CTS I hadn't had a ticket in about 4 years. Then I got two tickets in my first 3 months of CTS ownership. Been ticket-free since though despite my ever-more-adventurous driving habits. So what were those two tickets you ask?

70 in a 55 - $125 (vacant 4 lane highway in the boonies at night, cop must have been really bored)
45 in a 35 - $150 ("technically" it was a "school zone" during "school hours" but there were no kids present so he gave me a break. Otherwise he would have had to write me up for "reckless driving" which really would've s***ed.)

And if your curious about that other "ticket" from 4 years earlier...

"speed contest" - $250 in fines, 40 hrs community service, $800 in lawyer fees :rant2:

funny, I just finished reading the book ''A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets''

Thought i'd share with you the trouble my Cadillac gets me into

$250, 60 in a 35

Feel free to share. I'm gonna go have a beer. :highfive:
damn 60 in a 35, thats about 3 points right?

funny, I just finished reading the book ''A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets''

Make sure thats sitting on the back seat next time you get pulled over. :burn:

Sorry to hear about that. I was clocked doing 49 in a 30 one year ago, but my passengers said I was going over 60 before I jammed on the brakes when I saw the cop beaming cars. So we concluded the cop got me mid braking. Spent Father's day at traffic school and paid around $100. The officer tried adding on these other bogus charges but had absolutely no idea what the laws were so that didn't last very long. Funny thing was that I was waiting to buy a radar detector when I got the ticket. But since I've gotten it, it's saved me at least three definite times...the CTS gets me in alot of trouble. Doesn't help that I live in a posh area where the cops have nothing better to do than to get out of town speeders who don't have detectors.

My biggest one:

79 in a 45 - Two page report on driving safety plus $60 in court fees. My mines didn't speak to me for like a week because I got off so easily...

My biggest one:

79 in a 45 - Two page report on driving safety plus $60 in court fees. My friends didn't speak to me for like a week because I got off so easily...

try getting clocked at 120 in a 65. that was bad.

not apples to apples though...i was on my sportbike. had it a couple weeks, 3am in the morning, no license, no collision on my insurance...only liability.

thought i was going to jail that night. was honest with the cop, he let me go. went home and parked it in the harage for a week.

on the caddy issue, i seem to be REALLY lucky with not finding cops...or they are too lazy to pull out...'cause i can tell ya...i should have a coule tickets by now. knock on you know what.

damn 60 in a 35, thats about 3 points right?

Points? Nah, your standard ticket gets you 2 SDIP steps up after your first ticket which is free.

I used my free pass up 3 years ago when I got my first ticket.

I'm gonna fight it, he was going the other direction and estimated my speed. Estimate my ticket away and i'll be happy Mr. Judge.

note to self- buy radar detector this week!

we got my mom a valentine-1 for christmas and that thing is just awesome. one of the best detectors out, IMO. when i go on little road trips i try to swipe it so i can use it in my car....

we got my mom a valentine-1 for christmas and that thing is just awesome. one of the best detectors out, IMO. when i go on little road trips i try to swipe it so i can use it in my car....
yea its a good detector as well as the Passport 8500. Both have a few strong/weak points compared to each other, but both are best buys.

Thought i'd share with you the trouble my Cadillac gets me into

$250, 60 in a 35

Feel free to share. I'm gonna go have a beer. :highfive:
I got busted (non-radar ticket) at around 90-95 in a 55 zone by CHP last year. I have postponed my court appearances twice, and now have to face the judge in February....I'm hoping the cops won't show up, well kinda hoping - the troopers were two hot female officers....lol

Points? Nah, your standard ticket gets you 2 SDIP steps up after your first ticket which is free.

I used my free pass up 3 years ago when I got my first ticket.

I'm gonna fight it, he was going the other direction and estimated my speed. Estimate my ticket away and i'll be happy Mr. Judge.
damn your system must be differnt than Michigan. Here any moving violation results in points. At about 12 points your liscnce gets suspended. After 2 years from date of convivtion for a violation, the points come off your record.

don't forget that when you reniew your license, each point is a certain amount of money extra. a guy i knew had like 4 points and i think it was going to cost him 120-ish bucks more than normal reniewal.

thats just getting owned. period.

130 in a 60

Up here in Canada we get quite a few speed traps but they don't make us go to traffic school and our insurance rates do not go up because we get a couple of speeding tickets. I have yet to get an excessive speeding ticket but never say never...

My biggest worry is my sportbike. It is just too easy. What kind of sport bike do you have TripleOught?

Not in a CTS but...
203KM (sort of) in a 100KM zone.
Had to walk for a month, over $500 bucks (1982 money!) and take a road test again. The officer figured I was going over 230KM ( I was faster) when I passed him sitting behind an underpass. He couldn't even get a good lock on me and had 203 for a second or two but it wouldn't lock in. We agreed at 160KM (for the crown) for an out of court, instead of him sitting there telling the court about how few seconds it took for me to disapear from sight and what his *expert* opinion of the speed I was going.

I beat the radar waves - but not the radio waves. I had already slowed back down miles later but - too late, another unit was waiting for me.
Memories of Mustangs... :) (And then there was the Memories of IROC Z's too!)

Live and learn mode. Now I take it to the track if I feel the need for speed.

I just drove down the same road as I did last night... the "posted" signs say 35mph... then 250ft down the road it says 40mph and then about 1/4 mile down the road it says 25, and another 500ft it says 35mph again...

I'm most certainly fighting this one, I was in a 40mph zone, he estimated, and I wasn't doing 60, regardless.

Up here in Canada we get quite a few speed traps but they don't make us go to traffic school and our insurance rates do not go up because we get a couple of speeding tickets.

Maybe BC is different... I know a couple of guys here in Ontario who went the "driver's ed" route. Fee is exactly the same as your potential fine (co-incidence?), you spend a day in a classroom, no points, and you make the check out to the city instead of the court. Works out well for the city and the driver...

elevation, it's a 94 but i got it cheap from my buddy so i was able to put a jet kit, vance and hines racing pipe and headers and an ignition advancer on it...she can hang with bikes much newer than her. it's a suzuki rf600...

i'd like to get an MV Augusta in the future, and a custom cruiser for longer joy ridess...

bike (http://www.msu.edu/~cronkmic/rocket6.JPG)

I've only been pulled over twice, with no tickets, luckily! Once in my 1994 Concours doing 74 in a 55. The NY State Trooper told me to keep it under 70! Then last Summer I got pulled over on a state highway in NY by a small town cop! I passed the town cop on the highway doing about 57 in a 55 and he pulls me over! He said he paced me at 70! Whatever! He only gave me a warning after having me sit there for at least 30 minutes while he ran all his checks on me.....cause I'm such a criminal! :)
Maybe it's something with NY! I guess I'll just stay in CT and speed!

130 in a 60
Did you get arrested? That's 70 above the limit....In CA 40 above can get you a night in jail

no i think it was only because i was less than a mile away from my house... but iv seen some cops in my day but nothing as heated as this guy was. i was on a highway where i knew no cops were and when i got up to 130 i saw him on the side around a turn and pretty much kept goin that fast because there was no way in hell i was going to stop. wrong place wrong time, definetly learned from it though............. keep it under 100

no i think it was only because i was less than a mile away from my house... but iv seen some cops in my day but nothing as heated as this guy was. i was on a highway where i knew no cops were and when i got up to 130 i saw him on the side around a turn and pretty much kept goin that fast because there was no way in hell i was going to stop. wrong place wrong time, definetly learned from it though............. keep it under 100

California Law:

Reckless Driving (continued)
Other: (continued) III. Impoundment. If the reckless driving offense involved motor vehicle operation at a speed ≥100 MPH, the vehicle owned and driven by the offender may be impounded for a 1st offense not more than 6 months and for a 2nd offense not more than 12 months. Veh. Code ''23524 & 23592
IV. Special State/County Penalties (Fines).12

110 ina 65 on 78... good thing it was an oside cop... i hear they dont get paid to go to court so most times they dont go... i go on the 25th of jan any input?

California Law:

Reckless Driving (continued)
Other: (continued) III. Impoundment. If the reckless driving offense involved motor vehicle operation at a speed ≥100 MPH, the vehicle owned and driven by the offender may be impounded for a 1st offense not more than 6 months and for a 2nd offense not more than 12 months. Veh. Code ''23524 & 23592
IV. Special State/County Penalties (Fines).12

Hey SoCad, I don't think an officer in CA can impound a car for more than 30 days. ?? This is only if you are involved in a pursuit. Not just going over 100 mph. The court can but that would be during sentencing and way after the fact. Someone going to go to his/her home and impound the car??

I got off the hwy today and the exit starts a new lane on the road I take to work so I never stop just have to slow to 10 mph or so to make the corner, for no reason other than to hear her open her throat; I see out of my perephial a white fender starting to go past me at about 45 in the existing other lane; I say to myself their rear bumper wont make it alongside my door, so I hammer it. growl's up to 4 grand then opens up 4 to 6 when the cam comes in (no vvt) I slam second and get a probably the nicest scratch I have got yet, not just a bark from the tires it was a certified scratch with a little horizontal ass kick. About this time i notice the other car hammered it right with me. I look over grinning only to see its a cop in an unmarked car :tisk: shaking his finger at me. my grin dissapeared and im sure I had a stupid look on my face.:suspense:

110 ina 65 on 78... good thing it was an oside cop... i hear they dont get paid to go to court so most times they dont go... i go on the 25th of jan any input?


if cop dont show up they will bargin it down if they see fit to make more money and less points for ya ... atleast thats how they did it with mine which i was not guilty anyways so i just took the 2 failuer to signals over the speeding and fishtailing and wreckless driving

I grew up riding. at a buck twenty you dont stop you twist the grip.....
Now that I live in SoCal different story. Helicopters....

a car show i go to at the beg of the season last year they closed down the lot 2 choppers 10 tow trucks one by one cars where let out ... illegal mods on the truck :hmm: ... good thing i had my old camaro haha :)

funny, I just finished reading the book ''A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets''

I have the same book. Talked my way out of three tickets:lildevil: : 1 expired registration, 1 failure to stop at a stop sign, and one speding (45 in a 25 in my newly purchaced CTS), using what I learned.

I have the same book. Talked my way out of three tickets:lildevil: : 1 expired registration, 1 failure to stop at a stop sign, and one speding (45 in a 25 in my newly purchaced CTS), using what I learned.
definitely. Very valuable tips, even touched over some mistakes ive made in the past where I have gotten tickets.

Hey SoCad, I don't think an officer in CA can impound a car for more than 30 days. ?? This is only if you are involved in a pursuit. Not just going over 100 mph. The court can but that would be during sentencing and way after the fact. Someone going to go to his/her home and impound the car??
I just quickly pulled that from some California code, but my son rents with a Police Officer, so I will ask him for more specifies and report back. I do know that 2005 (not 2006) ushered in some harsh traffic violation laws.

pulled over today as a matter of fact.

68 in 50

cop was nice and let me off after telling me that I had illegal tint

phew!

59 in a 45 just a month ago. I have a SOLO S2 radar detector, but the cop got me with laser as I crested a hill. Detector lit up like a Christmas tree, as appropriate for the season, but by then it was too late. Cop cut me some slack and only gave it to me for 5 over.

Haha, so I talked with a friend who's aunt works in the police department that pulled me over..

her aunt asked the cop "hey, did you pull over someone on reed road the other night around 11?"

to which the cop replied "yea, some punk kid from the cape in a cadillac"

Stereotyping motherfraker... My liscence has my old adress, my parent's house on the cape, it's a modest 2 bedroom, not some million dollar mansion on the water. I was nothing but polite to him, yes sir, no sir... :suspect:

I'm so pissed, I bet he figured I was some rich kid who's parents bought my car for me, i'm a hard worker and go to school full time! Arghhhh. :mad2:

Haha, so I talked with a friend who's aunt works in the police department that pulled me over..

her aunt asked the cop "hey, did you pull over someone on reed road the other night around 11?"

to which the cop replied "yea, some punk kid from the cape in a cadillac"

Stereotyping motherfraker... My liscence has my old adress, my parent's house on the cape, it's a modest 2 bedroom, not some million dollar mansion on the water. I was nothing but polite to him, yes sir, no sir... :suspect:

I'm so pissed, I bet he figured I was some rich kid who's parents bought my car for me, i'm a hard worker and go to school full time! Arghhhh. :mad2:
one valuable tip I read in the book I mentioned earlier, is that dont use Yes sir No sir...cops hate that. The cop he wrote the book said it sounds very forced and very fake.

one valuable tip I read in the book I mentioned earlier, is that dont use Yes sir No sir...cops hate that. The cop he wrote the book said it sounds very forced and very fake.

woo, what about judges? does it work to say yes your honor? hahaha

woo, what about judges? does it work to say yes your honor? hahaha
''your honor'' works...

here is a direct quote from the book

''I have always gotten a kick out of peopel who have tried to "show respect" by repeatedly calling me "Sir." It always sounded so phony. Unless you happen to be in the military, the term "sir" is no longer commonly used and sounds so out of place. I know you mean well by limit your "sir" to one time, if you must use it at all."

I always used to make that mistake^^^

These are some might entertaining tales. Beat this: When I was 17 I got pulled over for doing P on a 55mph stretch of highway. I was driving a '79 Chevrolet Caprice 350ci V-8 and the speedometer only went to 85mph, the needle was inbetween the M and H in MPH. I was following a friend out of town and he had a radar detector so we considered ourselves invulnerable... until a cop came off another freeway into the left lane behind me. When I saw the lights, I was certain he was going for the car running point. No such luck.

Every lane I moved to get out of the way so he could bust my friend he followed. Next thing I know I am on the side of the freeway wondering how I am going to explain this. The requisite exchange ensued, but when he asked if I knew how fast I was going I decided to be straight up and honest. "Well, officer, I was going P," which of course required lengthy explanation. I elaborated, explaining how I raced my friend's 280Z which had a speedo that went to 130 and that P pretty much equalled 110 or thereabouts.

"Where are you going at that speed at this time of night?" he asked. It happened to be about 2-3AM and on an urge my friends and I decided to head to the beach to ride the ferry and see the stars, which I tried to convey.

"Don't you know that there are speed traps, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here on the way down there?" the officer asked. Until then, I was oblivious to the exact locations of those dangers, hence the pointman with the radar detector. We did file that information away for future use, as needed.

"Uhm, no, I had no idea about that officer," I replied, then turned to my copilot and muttered, "Did you get all that?" for which I received a thumbs up.

The police officer ran my plates, license, and insurance, then came back to the car. At which point I was pretty much ready to be pulled from the car for reckless endangerment and a short trip to jail. Instead of arresting me, the officer said, "Ok, I will make you a deal."

Deal? I thought, I can take a deal, regardless whether or not it involves him beating the crap out of me with his nightstick, I will take a deal over instant arrest.

"I will let you off with a verbal warning, if you promise not to exceed 65mph for the rest of the night," was his deal. I quickly agreed and swore on my honor that we would abide. And we did, even though we cruised through downtown Galveston at 64mph in a 35, we never broke the deal. Talk about lucky!

So far, no tickets in the CTS even though it begs to be ticketed with the unlimited power on demand! Knocking on wood because I doubt I will ever be so lucky again. Ah, the brash foolishness of youth...

I have had 2 significant tickets...

The first when I was 17 -

"Exhibition of Speed" $220 fine, 1 year suspended jail sentence and 1 year probation. Judge was a real ***** and was trying to stop cruising. That was $220 in 1986 money :crying: - to a 17yr old. 1969 SS Chevelle

:burn:



Speeding - 93 in a 70. Was in my Corvette and fortunately he caught me slowing down because I was easily over 110 with plenty of room left in 4th gear. That one cost me $235.

Well I have to face the judge next week Friday for my 90 in a 55 mph zone ticket...unless I post pone it again...Since it was not a radar ticket, I'm using the difference in wheel size/incorrect speedo defense...lol (I hope they didn't have me on video)

Well I have to face the judge next week Friday for my 90 in a 55 mph zone ticket...unless I post pone it again...Since it was not a radar ticket, I'm using the difference in wheel size/incorrect speedo defense...lol (I hope they didn't have me on video)
I'm not lawyer, but from experience that won't work. The problem is you were doing 90 in a 55. You know what they will say? They'll tell you dosnt matter if your speedo was a bit off, 90 in a 55 is a HUGE differnce in speed and you should have known you were going way too fast.

I tried the whole speedo off thing, even had a workslip made by a mechanic who is a freind stating they replaced some faulty chip. Cop wouldnt buy it. Told me ive been driving for 5 years and that I should know the differnce between 92 and 70. And if I dont, I shouldnt be on the road. He said if it was 80 in a 70 he could understand a faulty speedo, but 92 in a 70 is a big difference and he was right, he did eventually drop it down a bit, but didnt throw out the ticket. Even in the book I bought, the retired officer who wrote it brought up speedometer excuses.

''The next frequently used gem is, "My speedometer is broken." It is heard so often that the officer just assumes you are lying."

"In addition, it is no excuse and if you were seen to be passing other vehicles by the cop, he will only be irritated by that comment"

"How many times has someone told me, "I had my cruise control set at sixty-two," when they had been pulled over for seventy or more in a fifty-five zone! The sensation of speed at sixty-two is nothing like seventy and anyone driving a car who does not know the difference has no buisness on the road."

I'm not lawyer, but from experience that won't work.
I'm a lawyer - - and I know that would not work, that's why I wrote "lol"....I really have no defense to this tkt...I'm basically hoping that I can just make a showing that their estimate was inaccurate and they basically have no hard evidence (radar, video, etc.) of me doing 90...

I'm a lawyer - - and I know that would not work, that's why I wrote "lol"....I really have no defense to this tkt...I'm basically hoping that I can just make a showing that their estimate was inaccurate and they basically have no hard evidence (radar, video, etc.) of me doing 90...
oh sorry, i didnt see that 'lol'. So I didnt know if you were serious or not. Must be nice being your own lawyer in traffic court. :D