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I received a speeding ticket tonight.

Posted on 01/18/2020 7:27:06 PM PST by ebshumidors

I received a speeding ticket tonight coming up hwy 7 from Ole Miss to Memphis. Since I haven’t had one in ten years or so, I found a few tings interesting:

1. The police were in the opposite lane and must have locked on without sitting on the side of the road with a radar gun. I imagine they have some new stuff that uses their speed against an oncoming car’s speed. Not hard to solve, but I’ve never run into it before. 2. Since it was at night, after I pulled over, I put on the overhead lights, rolled down the window and put my hands on the steering wheel. When the officer approached, he made sure to stay at my 8 o’clock. This is also new. 3. All he asked for was my license. No insurance and registration. I guess those are in the computer. 4.. There was no ticket book. It was a computer printout. 5. The officer was polite and all of my USNA parent and Ole Miss stickers didn’t help. I’m wondering if Marshall county offers a veteran’s discount.


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To: ebshumidors

I have really dry eyes in the winter and sometimes I tear like crazy when I’m having a dry eye attack.

So one Saturday morning, 8 am, I driving downhill in my neighborhood, nobody around except the cop at the bottom of the hill. I get pulled over.

A month before my mom cracked her hip in a fall right before I was suppose to renew my driver license and car registration. I spaced out.

So I get pulled over for speeding, expired driver license, expired car registration but I was tearing like crazy cuz my eyes are dry.

The cop let me off!!!! I think she thought I was crying.

Keep a Kleenex in your cupholder!!


41 posted on 01/18/2020 7:54:28 PM PST by lizma2
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To: ebshumidors

I’ve had more than my share of tickets but my favorite non ticket was on the 401 in Ontario Canada.

Years ago I used to drive my uncle to all his business meetings, one time I was driving approx 100 mph when an OPP officer pulled up along side of me and gave me a funny look, I looked at him shugged my shoulders a bit, turned up my hand and smiled, the officer made a jesture with his hand for me to slow down, hit the gas and drove off, had to listen to my uncle bitch at me the next hundred miles because I got off.


42 posted on 01/18/2020 7:54:30 PM PST by heshtesh
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To: Bonemaker
See Post #37. I can assure you (and I suspect you already understand this) that God was looking out for you...and those around you.

My 18 year old niece was killed by a drunk driver who was "well known to the police". She was the designated driver and was absolutely sober. My sister never got over her death.

Just sayin'...it's very good to see that you've seen the light.

43 posted on 01/18/2020 7:56:03 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: ebshumidors

Love my radar detector...has saved me many times.


44 posted on 01/18/2020 7:58:38 PM PST by O6ret
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To: heshtesh

Was that MPH or KPH?


45 posted on 01/18/2020 7:58:46 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: William Tell

No moving violations in 47 years of driving.


46 posted on 01/18/2020 7:58:48 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didnÂ’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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To: ebshumidors

” I imagine they have some new stuff “

They have had that for decades


47 posted on 01/18/2020 7:59:07 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: inchworm

I tried that once in Germantown and managed to piss off the prosecutor and Judge. I still got the ticket.


48 posted on 01/18/2020 7:59:55 PM PST by ebshumidors
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To: ebshumidors

Stop speeding


49 posted on 01/18/2020 8:03:23 PM PST by onona
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To: Responsibility2nd; rstrahan

One pretty important stipulation: UNLESS you are convicted of another moving violation during the deferral period. Then you are back on the hook for the original and the money you paid for the deferral is forfeit. That was nearly almost me.

Fortunately my 2nd offence was in another county, and although the county’s court clerk is supposed to check for this when you apply for deferred, they don’t give it a high priority when the clerk is overworked, like everyone else.

TLDR: If you get a deferral, drive like a noob 16 year old until the deferral period expires .


50 posted on 01/18/2020 8:03:38 PM PST by Company Man (Forget biased Reddit -- THEDONALD.WIN is the new home page for all GEOTUS supporters!)
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To: ebshumidors

The state of the art equipment used now is not radar it’s a laser. It can detect speed in either direction for up to 2.5 miles long as it’s a relatively straight line. (Would not work 2.5 miles on a curved roadway.)


51 posted on 01/18/2020 8:04:22 PM PST by just Grace
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Waze it one of the most intrusive apps ever. Dump it.

There's a reason Google bought WAZE.

figure it out.

52 posted on 01/18/2020 8:04:31 PM PST by onona
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To: Gay State Conservative

People have accidents and die doing the speed limit. Saving you tickets, yes. Not a guarantee you’ll live.


53 posted on 01/18/2020 8:05:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ebshumidors

I got stopped about 7-8 years ago. Alabama State Trooper got me. I topped a hill going WAHY too fast and thought he looked like a state trooper. He was about 1/4 mile ahead of me going the same direction I was. He pulled over and waited on me to pass, then pulled me over.

Got my license, went back to his car and came back about 1 minute later. He told me his in-car computer malfunctioned and gave him the blue screen of death. He let me go with a warning.

I guess it was my lucky day.


54 posted on 01/18/2020 8:06:30 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: old curmudgeon

If you get a ticket from. Memphis cop, you can opt to go to 201 Poplar and stand in line with the other dregs of society and plead your case. If you plead guilty, they just take your money and don’t put points on you. The last time I was there, ten or more years ago, I lined up iin what I thought was the proper line. A gal came by and looked at my ticket and said, “No, you should be in the other line.” I got in the line she directed me to and finally got into the court room. After spending my afternoon watching many entertaining things, I was the only one left. A court official asked me what I was doing there. I told them that this is where the gal sent me. They said, “Oh, never mind. Sorry for wasting your time. No charges.” Ok, bye.


55 posted on 01/18/2020 8:08:30 PM PST by ebshumidors
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To: ebshumidors

Yeah, don’t speed.
Makes it harder on other drivers- who can berely haandle what they have to anyway,


56 posted on 01/18/2020 8:09:44 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“....In Texas you can plead to deferred adjudication. It’s basically the same price as a speeding ticket but it does not go on your record. Furthermore you do not have to spend all day in a defensive driving class....”
Yep....except for the upstanding, sovereign state of McMullen County. There, it is “cash only” at a payment booth that’s only open two days/week for short hours, and IF you want to plead Deferred Adjudication, they will double the fine for the ticket. That happened to me back in 2014 during the oil boom down there. Ticket was for 81 mph in a 75, but I was actually doing about 78-79 mph. It may be different there now...but I doubt it. Rumor was the sheriff and judge were brothers, and their sister was the Clerk of Court. Heck of a combo.
Rather than pay double the amount, I decided it was better to just pay the original fine, in cash as demanded, and be done with it. I, then, asked her if it didn’t cost me any extra, could I get a receipt for the payment? She took a lead pencil, scratched the amount on to a small yellow sticky pad sheet, scowled at me and pushed it under the bullet-proof glass to me. She then hollered, “NEXT!!”. The payee line extended from the little booth out to the parking lot.


57 posted on 01/18/2020 8:12:39 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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To: ebshumidors

Get the CIA to surplus one of the gadgets described in this article.

You may succeed in getting the officer to write the ticket on himself!

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58 posted on 01/18/2020 8:13:40 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: ebshumidors

Pro tip. If you ever find yourself passing one car after another, when you usually only keep pace with traffic, you are probably going well in excess of the speed limit. It’s just that some towns are really sneaky about where they place speed limit signs - especially in construction zones. Gotta keep those ticket revenues coming in. Who do you think pays for those shiny new patrol cars?


59 posted on 01/18/2020 8:15:19 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: PAR35; ebshumidors

I had a collision with a bicycle last summer. I was driving to work-I didn’t get cited, and the thing that was odd was that they never asked me for my license and registration.

I offered it and the officer said “We don’t need it”.

First time that happened to me. One of the worst days of my life, but that was an odd detail.


60 posted on 01/18/2020 8:16:00 PM PST by rlmorel (Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
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