got a speeding ticket tonight
07-09-2009, 10:30 PM
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got a speeding ticket tonight
in my 99 concord non the less ],,,,,guy says "you were doing 76 in a 65" i says did you check my record officer? hows about a break for a guy with a clean one? cop says i didnt check your record and hands me the ticket.
Along with the ticket is some "officer signed" paper work about getting a diversion for it. I thinks to myself something dont add up here? I thot you had to have a clean record to get a diversion? but he stated he didnt check my record. HMM?? in another town an hour away on my way home. I should of tried to pay him under the table. What a meaningless weiny ticket and really just more of a pain in the *** then anything. paul AKA "the speeder"
Along with the ticket is some "officer signed" paper work about getting a diversion for it. I thinks to myself something dont add up here? I thot you had to have a clean record to get a diversion? but he stated he didnt check my record. HMM?? in another town an hour away on my way home. I should of tried to pay him under the table. What a meaningless weiny ticket and really just more of a pain in the *** then anything. paul AKA "the speeder"
07-09-2009, 10:36 PM
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Drifting
Bummer 
Times are tight everywhere. LEO's aren't giving too many breaks, anymore. Good thing you weren't in the Vette, he might have hauled you in.
Times are tight everywhere. LEO's aren't giving too many breaks, anymore. Good thing you weren't in the Vette, he might have hauled you in.
07-09-2009, 10:43 PM
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07-09-2009, 10:45 PM
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A Concord?? I thought Air France grounded all of those ??
I would be willing to bet he ran you for active warrants . . .no worries . . I assume "diversion" is the Kansas equivilent of traffic school?
I guarantee you if you'd tried to slip a c-note behind your drivers license, you would have earned yourself a free ride in a po-lice car . . better to sign the acknowledgement and smile for the nice officer. . .
I would be willing to bet he ran you for active warrants . . .no worries . . I assume "diversion" is the Kansas equivilent of traffic school?
I guarantee you if you'd tried to slip a c-note behind your drivers license, you would have earned yourself a free ride in a po-lice car . . better to sign the acknowledgement and smile for the nice officer. . .
07-09-2009, 11:17 PM
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07-09-2009, 11:23 PM
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Never ever try to pay off the cop. What starts out as a minor traffic violation will end with you in jail. Remember most agencies now have the dash cam which pretty much precludes bad behavior on all participants part.
Everyone gets stopped occasionally. I generally get stopped once a year. I have been lucky and only recently received one citation in the past 30 plus years from a State Trooper. (Which I was fortunate to beat in court.
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When I was a cop we were told that the average motorist will violate over a hundred traffic laws per week. I seldom wrote citations because of my job, but it is easy to find violators.
After I have been stopped I try to evaluate my driving habits to not get stopped again, usually works for a while.
Everyone gets stopped occasionally. I generally get stopped once a year. I have been lucky and only recently received one citation in the past 30 plus years from a State Trooper. (Which I was fortunate to beat in court.
)When I was a cop we were told that the average motorist will violate over a hundred traffic laws per week. I seldom wrote citations because of my job, but it is easy to find violators.
After I have been stopped I try to evaluate my driving habits to not get stopped again, usually works for a while.
07-09-2009, 11:36 PM
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I bet enforcement is up in most parts of the US.
At the risk of sounding too preachy, keep it slow if you visit Colorado. I've read several posts that enforcement is WAY up -- and not just for speeding. Unbuckled seat belts and missing front plates are fair game:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/moun...se-plates.html
Sad to think that the impetus behind this increased enforcement is the need to generate revenue.
Whatever the reason, I drove pretty slow on my 4K mile April trip. No tickets but several close calls. And I plan to take it easy on an upcoming trip to California.
At the risk of sounding too preachy, keep it slow if you visit Colorado. I've read several posts that enforcement is WAY up -- and not just for speeding. Unbuckled seat belts and missing front plates are fair game:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/moun...se-plates.html
Sad to think that the impetus behind this increased enforcement is the need to generate revenue.
Whatever the reason, I drove pretty slow on my 4K mile April trip. No tickets but several close calls. And I plan to take it easy on an upcoming trip to California.
07-10-2009, 12:06 AM
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Maybe the information about diversion isn't a 'get out of jail free' card....perhaps it merely explains who qualifies and who doesn't?
In these dire economic times and in the new entitlement society the government needs all the money it can seize. Those weiny tickets can add-up for a jurisdiction...for a defendant too.
In these dire economic times and in the new entitlement society the government needs all the money it can seize. Those weiny tickets can add-up for a jurisdiction...for a defendant too.
07-10-2009, 12:10 AM
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07-10-2009, 12:14 AM
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During my career, I do not recall ever discussing the revenue produced by citations or demands from the City manager's office that the department needed to increase citations to produce more revenue. I do recall hearing discussions of the revenue produced at budget hearings because the revenue stream remained fairly constant.
I am certain there are probably conversations between the City Manager and the Chief to monitor the citations issued and maximize the amount the officers are writing, but it would be very dangerous to openly encourage general police officers to write citations for budgetary reasons.
State Troopers on the other hand are ticket writing machines and are in business to mainly handle accidents and write traffic citations. There would be no reason to encourage a Trooper because they are orientated to write traffic to start with.
I am certain there are probably conversations between the City Manager and the Chief to monitor the citations issued and maximize the amount the officers are writing, but it would be very dangerous to openly encourage general police officers to write citations for budgetary reasons.
State Troopers on the other hand are ticket writing machines and are in business to mainly handle accidents and write traffic citations. There would be no reason to encourage a Trooper because they are orientated to write traffic to start with.
07-10-2009, 12:25 AM
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Probably are, but sometimes it doesn't seem that way.
I frequently drive between Nashville and Murfreesboro TN on I-24 where the speed limit is 70. Most times, you have to drive 76-77 just to keep up with the flow of traffic.
This past Tuesday, traffic was moving at 80-81 mph. A TN state trooper was in the median just as we got to Murfreesboro. He never moved as 4 lanes of traffic went by him.
This past Tuesday, traffic was moving at 80-81 mph. A TN state trooper was in the median just as we got to Murfreesboro. He never moved as 4 lanes of traffic went by him.
