Your biggest speeding ticket or highest fine

In 1992 I had a Dodge Stealth Twin Turbo and a wild girlfriend. I went down a highway with a 2 mile straightaway turned around and floored it. I was going 160 mph when I saw a car on the other side. Then I saw his light go on. For a brief moment I considered running, but instead I pulled over before he crossed the median and waited. I got my ticket and decided to fight it. He ticketed me for 135mph. At the hearing I learn that I set a record in PA for the highest speed that was caught. I also found out the radar detector was calibrated to 135 mph. If he listed my actual speed the case would have been thrown out. I got a $300 fine and 30 suspension. I haven't gotten a ticket since, 17 years

Arise, dead thread! Arise! :flames:

Bwa, ha ha, ha ha!

Only speed ticket was for 54 in a 35 zone, $191. Fought it and it got canceled without going to court.
Speaking of which I am yet to buy a new detector, my old one apparently doesn't work properly anymore (realized in few instances).

When I was a youngster, 127 in a 55, evading and eluding, Wreckless operation, failure to contol, 14 stop sign violations, destruction of public property, destruction of private property, failure to obey a lawful order, speeding violations from 3 different cities, (speeding through all 3 cities), open container, possesion of mary jane, open container, resisting arrest, paraphenalia charge.
I was a minor, 17, so I had a big break. I had to pay for the damage that I caused, 50.00 per violation, the open container, mary jane and resisting arrest charges were dropped.

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Originally Posted by El_Squid

Arise, dead thread! Arise! :flames:

Bwa, ha ha, ha ha!

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Wow! It looks like a tusk! Great choice for the Necroposting award, by the way! :thumbs:

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Originally Posted by MobilePCPhysician

When I was a youngster, 127 in a 55, evading and eluding, Wreckless operation, failure to contol, 14 stop sign violations, destruction of public property, destruction of private property, failure to obey a lawful order, speeding violations from 3 different cities, (speeding through all 3 cities), open container, possesion of mary jane, open container, resisting arrest, paraphenalia charge.
I was a minor, 17, so I had a big break. I had to pay for the damage that I caused, 50.00 per violation, the open container, mary jane and resisting arrest charges were dropped.

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Nice work! My respect for you just shot up several notches! I can't top that, so I'll have to settle for telling y'all about my most satisfying traffic ticket and fine. While living in Virginia, I had to make a middle of the night drive from Alexandria to Fredericksburg to pick up a truck. I wasn't happy about having to do it, and I was anxious to expedite the trip.

Wouldn't you know, I got behind a car doing 20 mph under the speed limit. It was in an area where construction had I95 necked down to a single lane, and I was stuck behind this guy for over 30 minutes. When the lanes opened up again, I punched the throttle, roared around, and gave him the finger.

Right after that, the lights on the unmarked Virginia State Police vehicle I had just passed came on, so I pulled over. The cop proceeded to write me a ticket for Reckless Driving (not speeding) and then said, "I bet you wish you hadn't flipped me off now!" My response was to smile and give him the finger again. Which cost me $300 on top of the $250 fine for Reckless Driving.

That's a good one. You got off cheap. The owner of the Tennesee Titans got fined 125k per bird, for a total of 250k.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4659318

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Originally Posted by jj nobody

132 in a 25mph school zone.

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you should have had your driving license suspended for life.

XP, I don't think you're getting into the spirit of the thread.

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Originally Posted by slgrieb

XP, I don't think you're getting into the spirit of the thread.

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Soo Sorry you are right:)Got caught in all that about kids being ran over.

I had bought a nickel of whites and was pulled over later on (this was years ago) They found them in consol, Me and another guy pleaded innocense
Was logged in to county jail over the weekend. They could not put anything on us it was caffine I had been ripped off. Thank goodness.

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Originally Posted by xpuser357

Soo Sorry you are right:)Got caught in all that about kids being ran over.

I had bought a nickel of whites and was pulled over later on (this was years ago) They found them in consol, Me and another guy pleaded innocense
Was logged in to county jail over the weekend. They could not put anything on us it was caffine I had been ripped off. Thank goodness.

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Wow. Here they can still charge you, because your intent was to buy the real thing.

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Originally Posted by MobilePCPhysician

Wow. Here they can still charge you, because your intent was to buy the real thing.

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Heh I was in Ontario, California in the year 1972 or 3 kinda hazy exactly.

Yeah, The seventies are kind of fuzzy for me too. :)

The 70's are very fuzzy to me too... and for some reason I can only remember things from the second half :rolleyes:

Not me! I remember the '70s in minute detail. Each moment, each second a vivid burst of dazzling color and shifting, polymorphic shapes. Every one connected by iridescently glowing streams of radiance like the streams of Karma and Cosmic Awareness which bind all organisms across the Multiverse. These memories are as persistent as though they had been etched into my brain with acid.

These memories are as persistent as though they had been etched into my brain with acid.
if i remember right acid was quite popular in those years,but then i could be wrong

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These memories are as persistent as though they had been etched into my brain with acid.
if i remember right acid was quite popular in those years,but then i could be wrong

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Yeah it was window pane,purple double dome,little dot on paper, a couple of other names I cannot remember, but it was there

you know i lived the 60`s and the 70`s and i cherish all those memories, those were the days,

The big difference was that you could almost depend on your stuff to be relatively "pure" in those days, not cut with some deadly crap that was going to drop you right there. When "acid" was straight, fresh from a lab in some university, not some nasty fly-by-night lab in a shack. :eek:

Let's hear it for our government and their lame policies and Agencies who have failed miserably to even diminish the "drug problem". They are major reason we have the enormous gang issues we have today, the multi-national cartels and self-sufficient terrorist organizations, as they have turned a relatively small problem into a major revenue-generating industry that dwarfs the GNPs of most countries. Go Team! :rolleyes:

you know what was the best part of living in th 60s 70s ?we were young then and that by itself is great

Young and clueless, those were the days! Zoning out to Emerson, Lake and Palmer, or the original Black Sabbath, or my personal favorite: trippin' to Pink Floyd's Umma Gumma! :thumbs2:

Sadly, now I see much more clearly what is really going on :eek: and wish I had the luxury of being able to zone out again. :thumbs:

I ran a red light several months ago - $450 when all was said and done.

Ouch! What did you do? Run over the traffic light?

haha, I wish. It was a major intersection, with a sign saying minimum fine of 370$. Well, by the time all the agencies got their little charges and fees added in, the price went up. Considerably. Needless to say, my brakes get more of a workout now. And don't tailgate me near an intersection when the light is changing. :)

I got caught with one of those red-light cameras in Phoenix, AZ. I was from outta state and when the light turned yellow, ALL of the other lanes people were slamming on their brakes. Evidently, they all knew about this intersection. The traffic light immediately turned red (a lot quicker than normal) and flash bulbs went off. About a week later, I received a pic of my smiling face and all of the details of me running that red light.
They offered defensive driving course locally to clear the ticket but they said they never received my paperwork. So, they declared me guilty, suspended my license (notified my state which suspended my license here since they must honor other states requests). I ended up paying the fine, plus court costs (over $400) and had to go to local court to get my license reinstated.
Like GE stated above, don't dare tailgate me NOW when the light is changing, as I will slam on those brakes.

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...got caught ...in AZ. I was from outta state ....

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My ball & chain went to a conference in AZ, rented a car and exceeded the speed limit on the highway. He got something in the mail from them, had to send money. They got some fancy technology in AZ to collect fines without even pulling you over.

I recommend avoiding AZ.

:)