Florida troopers profiling porsches and sport cars
#16
Originally Posted by turbo187
you're right how dare they pull you over for breaking the speed limit!
#17
Originally Posted by phaphaphooey
this is true, but can you not see the hypocrisy in specifically pursuing exotic cars whilst letting other cars traveling the same speed go free?
Last edited by turbo187; 06-22-2007 at 01:03 PM.
#18
1. air traps suck
2. i was once told by a pooper-trooper that "we can't ticket everyone, just like you cant catch every fish in a stream". Meaning he picked the biggest fish to catch.
3. if you don't want a ticket, don't speed
2. i was once told by a pooper-trooper that "we can't ticket everyone, just like you cant catch every fish in a stream". Meaning he picked the biggest fish to catch.
3. if you don't want a ticket, don't speed
#19
I've been pulled over at least 10 times in Cali, WA and Oregon and I've talked my way out of every one. Never had a speeding ticket in my life. I got it down to an art. Last summer I had a Dodge Charger on my ***. After getting annoyed, I gunned it at a stop light - 70 mph in a 35 zone. Guess what? The charger was a cop and he baited me into a race! Couldn't believe it.
Cops comes by and the process goes like this:
1. As soon as the cop gets to the car, I call him sir, I apologize and admit I was speeding.
2. I apologize again.
3. I say I have never had a speeding ticket before (which is true lol - just been pulled over a ton)
4. I apologize again
5. I suck up to the cop and say I am sorry for wasting his time.
6. I apologize again.
It works EVERY time. Here is why: Cops put up with so much bullcrap that it actually surprises them when someone is actually nice to them. I just suck up big time, call them "Sir", and basically just beg for mercy. I think they really appreciate that I am not discrespectful and trying to argue with them. Each time, they say, "ok..just a warning." When the charger pulled me over, they wrote me up for not having a front license plate (still don't have it on, I refuse), and let me go.
I also got pulled over for speeding and suspicion of DUI. I followed my tried and true formula, AND I made a bet with the officer: if I pass the sobrietary test.. let me go without a ticket. He agreed, and of course I passed.
Cops comes by and the process goes like this:
1. As soon as the cop gets to the car, I call him sir, I apologize and admit I was speeding.
2. I apologize again.
3. I say I have never had a speeding ticket before (which is true lol - just been pulled over a ton)
4. I apologize again
5. I suck up to the cop and say I am sorry for wasting his time.
6. I apologize again.
It works EVERY time. Here is why: Cops put up with so much bullcrap that it actually surprises them when someone is actually nice to them. I just suck up big time, call them "Sir", and basically just beg for mercy. I think they really appreciate that I am not discrespectful and trying to argue with them. Each time, they say, "ok..just a warning." When the charger pulled me over, they wrote me up for not having a front license plate (still don't have it on, I refuse), and let me go.
I also got pulled over for speeding and suspicion of DUI. I followed my tried and true formula, AND I made a bet with the officer: if I pass the sobrietary test.. let me go without a ticket. He agreed, and of course I passed.
#20
Originally Posted by ZEMDOGG
THAT PISSES ME OFF SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! 11 OVER IS NOTHING THESE GUYS NEED TO GET A LIFE!!!! I feel your pain. Is there any way to detect the planes? They dont use radar do they?
#21
Originally Posted by 19000rpm
I also got caught going 5 over in a 70 and a crown vic off roaded across the median on I-90 just to chase me down and ticket me. It wasn’t one of those u-turn spots either, it was like a ditch with weeds up to the windshield, all for 5 over. Next time ill have a lawyer or car faster then a plane.<o></o>
#22
In the Seattle area there is a lawyer family (last name Mucklestone or something like that) that, for $350, will get the judge to dismiss your ticket or you get your money back. They have like a 99% success rate. It is crazy, I don't know how they do it. People obviously use them because they don't want the insurance hit or they are on a last strike or something. Every person I know that has used them has gotten off. AT my former firm we'd have clients get tickets on their way to our office. We'd have them give us their ticket, write a check for $350, and then we'd forward along the cash and ticket to this family firm to take care of it. I don't think we ever had a client that didn't get the ticket dismissed.
#23
You haven’t got any tickets yet because you need to get the turbo. I had a genuine excuse for my last ticket but the mistaken cop didn’t pass English class so it was only reduced. One of the lawyers that went before me got off someone in the exact area my ticket occurred, probably same cop, by checking the radar gun certs only to find the ticketing officer didn’t have one. Too bad I didn’t know how to go about checking all the records and certifications. The people before me were absolutely pathetic. Stupid excuses like going with the flow, didn’t know the area, etc. All lawyer presented infractions were dismissed, only one was rescheduled and the attorney pissed off the judge really bad right before I went.
#24
Originally Posted by johnww
Picked my turbo out of large numbers of semis and suvs in left lane going ahead of me. Officer even omitted they are picking out sportcars because easy to see from the air. Officer asked why I was doing 81 in 70 mile zone on interstate 75 just north of Tampa, Fl..... said just keeping up with the semis in left lane. The speed-trap was out there for revenue, they could care less about slowing traffic down in the left lane. A trooper's car picked me up some 15 miles down the road, had 10-troopers working the area. No semis pulled over, just cars. Quite a little cash generator going on.
Now my cousin just got a ticket from a HCS on I275 through Tampa for going 2 mph over speed limit.....only because he passed the cop. I would have fought that one.
#25
Originally Posted by turbo187
boohoo. You speed... You get a ticket. If you weren't willing to accept the fact that you might get a ticket, you shouldn't have sped. Sorry, but that's how I feel. YES, i do speed. But I know it is MY fault and only my fault if I get a ticket and don't try to blame it on someone else. No one said life was going to be always fair.
#26
I found this in the FL code. I thought this was a fact in Florida and wanted to check.
Florida Speeding Ticket Fine
For moving violations involving unlawful speed, the Florida speeding ticket fines are as follows:
For speed exceeding the limit by:
Fine:
1-5 m.p.h. Warning
6-9 m.p.h. $ 25
10-14 m.p.h. $100
15-19 m.p.h. $125
20-29 m.p.h. $150
30 m.p.h. and above $250
Florida Speeding Ticket Fine
For moving violations involving unlawful speed, the Florida speeding ticket fines are as follows:
For speed exceeding the limit by:
Fine:
1-5 m.p.h. Warning
6-9 m.p.h. $ 25
10-14 m.p.h. $100
15-19 m.p.h. $125
20-29 m.p.h. $150
30 m.p.h. and above $250
Court costs imposed under this subsection may not exceed $30.
So, you cant get a ticket in FL going less then 5 MPH over the posted speed limit. Thats the rule here in Brevard County and all the local cities around me.
Don
So, you cant get a ticket in FL going less then 5 MPH over the posted speed limit. Thats the rule here in Brevard County and all the local cities around me.
Don
#27
Fines have been upgraded..shown in red
Originally Posted by cabman4007
I found this in the FL code. I thought this was a fact in Florida and wanted to check.
Florida Speeding Ticket Fine
For moving violations involving unlawful speed, the Florida speeding ticket fines are as follows:
For speed exceeding the limit by:
Fine:
1-5 m.p.h. Warning
6-9 m.p.h. $ 25 ...............now $83.50
10-14 m.p.h. $100...................$158.50
15-19 m.p.h. $125...................$183.50
20-29 m.p.h. $150 ..................$208.50
30 m.p.h. and above $250 ...Now a Mandatory Court Appearance
Florida Speeding Ticket Fine
For moving violations involving unlawful speed, the Florida speeding ticket fines are as follows:
For speed exceeding the limit by:
Fine:
1-5 m.p.h. Warning
6-9 m.p.h. $ 25 ...............now $83.50
10-14 m.p.h. $100...................$158.50
15-19 m.p.h. $125...................$183.50
20-29 m.p.h. $150 ..................$208.50
30 m.p.h. and above $250 ...Now a Mandatory Court Appearance
Court costs imposed under this subsection may not exceed $30.
And too.....20-29 over in school zone $358.50...note also, you can go to class and spend about the same cash-fine (-$10 at most), but you cannot use this school again within 12 months and are only allowed 5 school visits in your life time. And for some that is a lot of years, for others not that many, but class should be reserved for major speeding mistakes, i.e., speeding +30, imo .
And too.....20-29 over in school zone $358.50...note also, you can go to class and spend about the same cash-fine (-$10 at most), but you cannot use this school again within 12 months and are only allowed 5 school visits in your life time. And for some that is a lot of years, for others not that many, but class should be reserved for major speeding mistakes, i.e., speeding +30, imo .
So, you cant get a ticket in FL going less then 5 MPH over the posted speed limit. Thats the rule here in Brevard County and all the local cities around me.
Don
#28
Thanks for the update.
I always go 4 or 5 over on the city streets and at least 75 on the highways.
But,, 76 can get you a ticket. I doubt it tho. Over 82 will definitely get you one.
I ve been thru radar at 80 mph and the cop never looks up. SO, 81 and up on the major highways must be the magic number. IF less than 81 got a ticket ,, all the cars in FL would be ticketed and the courts jammed. At least in Central eastern FL.
I always go 4 or 5 over on the city streets and at least 75 on the highways.
But,, 76 can get you a ticket. I doubt it tho. Over 82 will definitely get you one.
I ve been thru radar at 80 mph and the cop never looks up. SO, 81 and up on the major highways must be the magic number. IF less than 81 got a ticket ,, all the cars in FL would be ticketed and the courts jammed. At least in Central eastern FL.
#29
If you use the Florida school route, the ticket never gets entered into the system/wiped off the books without a record (your insurance will never know). You still pay the fine ... just no points.
Fines are doubled in school and construction zones.
K
Fines are doubled in school and construction zones.
K