Well, I bought the red miata I was looking at. Its a great car, love it. I've had it for a little over a week now. Yesterday, I got a ticket. I was on my way to work, traffic was moving at 80-85, I was going with traffic and had to speed up to get around some moron that was totally oblivious to what he was doing....all of a sudden....flashing lights. He could have pulled any one of those people over, he chose me. The one person that was probably paying the most attention to what they were doing and was probably the most aware of the other cars around them. Grr. Anyway, he busted me for 90 in a 65 and no front plate. I called the lawyer today, sounds like the possibilities are good.

I've had my celica here in dallas for just over 8 months and I've never gotten a ticket. Go figure.

Its sad that because I feel that I NEED to drive faster than traffic to keep myself safe from the 'others'(thats another topic) that I am penalized. Its even more sad that when I am penalized and have to pay someone money, that I would rather pay a lawyer than the government. What the most sad of all, is that the reason I'm paying the lawyer is so I don't have to pay the government AND the insurance company even more. Thats messed up.

-SpedToe169+Feb 6, 2004 - 1:55 PM

Amen, gh0st....our state has some horrible drivers in it, and im in the same boat as you. I try to go with the flow as much as i can to not be a victim of their stupidity.

That really sucks about getting a ticket though. I think with your driving experience/expertise and the situation at hand you'll hopefully be able to fight it or at least reduce the penalty.

Red cars... I feel ya. I however, am just lucky I guess. I never actually *got* a ticket, but have been pulled over before... for obviously stupid reasons... "how ya doin, a little fast, tone it down..." that sort of crap. Sucks for you Spedtoe... a 90 in 65 is like around 150 bucks I think... good luck with your defense...

That's how I got my seatbelt ticket. i was driving home from school and this cop comes from no where tailgated me for 2 minutes and then switched lanes and travelled the same speed as me for 2 minutes and stared at me. He passed 4 cars and changed 2 lanes. Finally he pulled me over, and he wrote me a ticket. Out of all the other cars, he chose me and I wasn't doing anything crazy either. Stupid ass popo

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-gh0st_d0g+Feb 6, 2004 - 2:58 PM

25 over is only $150???
im moving over there. here it is 130 for only 10 over.
my friend got a ticket for 30 over and it was for $297

I'm sure the cop is thinking that you could have just slowed down instead of speeding up. But the way I see it, if you're goin over the speed limit then sometimes you're gonna get a ticket. Probably a few othertimes the cop decided to pull over somebody who wasn't you when you were all going fast.

Wanna talk about some crappy drivers...come here to Washington State. Let me tell you, they can't drive in the Rain, Snow or Sunny weather they freak out too much. Hah, oh well but at least it isn't Virginia where they give you a ticket for doin .000005 mph over the speed limit. lmao oh well im done sucks u got a ticket and try to fight as much of it as possible...latazz

all i have to say is that i am from dirt jerz and the system they have goin on over here is rediculous...over here the cops don't know thier heads from thier a$$e$

-macavely+Feb 7, 2004 - 12:41 AM