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How to get out of a ticket?

Easiest way to get out of a ticket is to wear a Nurse's outfit.

My wife used to be a nurse and was pulled over about a dozen times while coming to or from work and she claims she never got a ticket. The last thing a cop wants is to get hurt and end up in an Emergency Room being treated by a nurse who he wrote up for speeding.
 
I politely ask the clerk at the police counter if there is any bribe I can pay like "traffic school". It works every time--better than Mexico.

You can also request the speed gun calibration. Last I heard it was required weekly. You know those lazy *** cops don't do it every week. If you're hit by the slight chance that it was calibrated then I bet you could find an error in the recording. A lot of lab stuff isn't done correctly.

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Nate505 said:
When I went to court for a non turn signal ticket, I plead the charge down to a defective vehicle or some other lame charge. I still had to go in front of a judge (along with a group of 10 other people). It was odd, since every other time in every other county/city I've plea bargained a ticket I just signed a paper and paid the ticket.
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Let's see... there's photocop, non turn-signal and "every other time in every other county/city I've plea bargained a ticket". Just how many tickets have you received?!?

Sounds like maybe you simply need to repeat driver's ed. Just saying.
 
Another trick to getting out of speeding tickets, is to not speed.
Works pretty much every time.
 
Marcus said:
Let's see... there's photocop, non turn-signal and "every other time in every other county/city I've plea bargained a ticket". Just how many tickets have you received?!?

Sounds like maybe you simply need to repeat driver's ed. Just saying.
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I've received about 8 speeding tickets in my life. Taking driver's ed won't help with that (I've even taken it twice to get a couple of the tickets reduced).

And what are you, some sort of lame weenie who always has his hands at ten and two and has never had a traffic violation? Just saying.
 
Nate505 said:
I've received about 8 speeding tickets in my life. Taking driver's ed won't help with that (I've even taken it twice to get a couple of the tickets reduced).

And what are you, some sort of lame weenie who always has his hands at ten and two and has never had a traffic violation? Just saying.
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If not having gotten a ticket in over 20 years makes me a weenie then, yes, I guess I am. I'm also a weenie with excellent insurance rates and a clean driving record.

That said, I'd venture a guess that someone with a driving record more akin to yours better fits the description of a weenie. Just saying.
 
Marcus said:
If not having gotten a ticket in over 20 years makes me a weenie then, yes, I guess I am. I'm also a weenie with excellent insurance rates and a clean driving record.

That said, I'd venture a guess that someone with a driving record more akin to yours better fits the description of a weenie. Just saying.
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I could get you better ones...



Just sayin.
 
Marcus said:
If not having gotten a ticket in over 20 years makes me a weenie then, yes, I guess I am.
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Admission is the first step to recovery.

I'm also a weenie with excellent insurance rates and a clean driving record.

That said, I'd venture a guess that someone with a driving record more akin to yours better fits the description of a weenie. Just saying.
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My rates are excellent. I've never had a moving violation on my record. That's what plea bargaining is all about. That being said I'd hate to travel with you. I can't imagine following the speed limit thru Kansas when you're trying to drive all 400+ miles of it in a day. I'm more than glad to risk a speeding ticket to get there a couple hours earlier.
 
franklin said:
I politely ask the clerk at the police counter if there is any bribe I can pay like "traffic school". It works every time--better than Mexico.

You can also request the speed gun calibration. Last I heard it was required weekly. You know those lazy *** cops don't do it every week. If you're hit by the slight chance that it was calibrated then I bet you could find an error in the recording. A lot of lab stuff isn't done correctly.

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Speed gun calibration question = myth.
 
Nate505 said:
My rates are excellent. I've never had a moving violation on my record. That's what plea bargaining is all about. That being said I'd hate to travel with you. I can't imagine following the speed limit thru Kansas when you're trying to drive all 400+ miles of it in a day. I'm more than glad to risk a speeding ticket to get there a couple hours earlier.
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400 miles at the kansas speed limit (70) will take 5.7 hours

@ 85 will take 4.7

@100 will take 4 hours

So if you average 100 mph over 400 miles it will save you 1.7 hours. Are you telling us you AVERAGE 100 miles per hour over a 400 mile trip? If not then your "couple hours" is a misnomer, and probably closer to 45 minutes to maybe an hour.

And that is risking a 15 mile an hour over the limit ticket. That ain't cheap. In Kansas it can be up to $496 depending on extenuating circumstances, but 15 is typically the threshold for the major jump in fines. Minimum fine for speeding at all in Kansas is $100. And if you don't live there have fun going back to "plea bargain" it down a little. That will take more than the hour you save right there.

So if that extra hour is worth (up to) $500 bucks to you I say go for it!


[I am not arguing one way or the other, as I typically drive 8-10 over myself, but you might as well understand the risks before blindly assuming them.]
 
LogGrad98 said:
400 miles at the kansas speed limit (70) will take 5.7 hours

@ 85 will take 4.7

@100 will take 4 hours

So if you average 100 mph over 400 miles it will save you 1.7 hours. Are you telling us you AVERAGE 100 miles per hour over a 400 mile trip? If not then your "couple hours" is a misnomer, and probably closer to 45 minutes to maybe an hour.

And that is risking a 15 mile an hour over the limit ticket. That ain't cheap. In Kansas it can be up to $496 depending on extenuating circumstances, but 15 is typically the threshold for the major jump in fines. Minimum fine for speeding at all in Kansas is $100. And if you don't live there have fun going back to "plea bargain" it down a little. That will take more than the hour you save right there.
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I was also factoring in the nearly 200 miles I have to drive thru Colorado to get to Kansas, but either way an average of going 10 MPH over the speed limit comes to saving an hour. I had no idea, just going off the top of my head. FWIW, it feels like you're saving 5 hours when all is said and done.

I wouldn't bother pleaing a ticket in Kansas or any other state. In Colorado, out of state tickets are not transferable to one's record. That's where half my tickets have been made. And I still would have done it again. For all the times I've made the damn drive the time saved has been worth the $300-400 I've given the state. I figure I've made the drive (in both directions) about 30 times in my life since I moved out here when I was 16. I've got 4 speeding tickets in that time. So if I would have saved myself 26 hours (the 4 times I got stopped I obviously saved myself no time) that comes around to $15 an hour or so. Not cheap, but worth it.
 
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