Where do you live? My brother got dropped from his insurance and lost his license for 2 1/2 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker
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Where do you live? My brother got dropped from his insurance and lost his license for 2 1/2 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker
I take it you are perfectQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Well, following the sheer genius of this thread title, "Spork teh gay!" You don't have a legit complaint here, so stop bitching. Cops will look the other way on main surface streets and freeways, but speeding in a residential is going to get you nailed every time. Only 30 mph zones I've ever seen are residential with driveways, basically kid zones.
It's not about being perfect, it's about owning up when you make a mistake. I've gotten tickets before, and I've paid them every time. I've always treated the cop with respect and MOST of the time I've gotten away with a warning. I get pissed, but I'm pissed at myself, because in the long run you realize that it's not worth $180 to get to work 5 minutes earlier. Spork's pissed and he needs to rant in order to get it out of his system. I do the same thing. Just don't get pissed at the cop for doing his job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker
God you guys are all a$$holes. Someone has a bad morning and is ranting about it and you guys jump all over him. He didn't say he wasn't speeding. He just said he was pissed he go a ticket. What? You would be happy?Quote:
Originally Posted by jaeger
Anyway Spork. I know how St. Paul cops are so I feel for ya.
AND I BET EVERYONE ON HERE SPEEDS
I'm not an a$$hole...But I do have one...see: :butt:Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker
Nope .Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker
If you don't like the Fine and Bad record and all :
Don't do the Crime .
Yeah so the cop is a hero for giving a man a speeding ticket? He did his job! But maybe instaed of picking on people trying to get to work he should go like find a drug dealer to bust and "really" do his job.Quote:
Originally Posted by meatwad
The cop isn't a hero for giving a ticket, he's doing his job. He was assigned that day to do speed control, not bust drug dealers. Unless of course the guy speeding was a drug dealer. Then it's a bonus. :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker
Why bust a drug dealer? Why doesn't he really, really do his job and bust a serial rapist, or mass murderer? After all, we are paying his salary, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker
Why pick on a working man?https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
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Originally Posted by Seeker
Wait, I was on your side until that...
Cops have a multitude of responsibilities, while some of their responsibilities are limited at times. Cops in traffic control situations are there to preserve authority with respect to traffic infringements, not go looking for capital criminals …By having a presence on the roads, it’s a way of maintaining discipline among drivers, because you never know when or where a cop will be setting a trap. When someone gets pulled over, that stretch of road becomes calmer over time, especially after trapping over a full week. If you happen to be one of the ones targeted, you have your given right to fight it, and of course you can bitch. It’s also the prerogative of others to set the record straight, if you f’ed up and got caught, well, that’s just too bad isn’t it.
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This is the program they started on in the town I work in and it works. I actually feel bad knowing that I'm speeding in a slow zone and that I could kill a kid. The cops sitting there giving tickets is a deterrant to others who can't read the signs in every yard on the block.
Look, in a residential area, you have to go slow. It sucks but that's the way it is. I get reminded constantly by tickets from cops. I just retested because I went above 6 points for going 80+ in a 55 zone. I don't begrudge the cop that wrote the ticket either. I knew the law, I broke it and I paid the tickets. If you want facts - here's one - driving faster doesn't get you there much quicker.
You also have to wear your seatbelt. There's zero excuse for not doing this. Anyone who doesn't and tries to to argue against it is just damned uninformed and/or foolish.
Word of advise - You do not need to tell your insurance Co. They can find out on their own if they want. No need to pay more insurance if you don't have to. Also, do what was stated above. Fight it and/or plea down to a lesser charge. It's a pain, and you're using your time off to go to court but it might be worth it.
BTW - My 1st rant about a speeding ticket got me rants from a lot of people -people are being nice to you. The fines do suck and I can understand you being upset, believe me.
I rarely ever wear my seatbelt. Why? Personal preference... which is the way I think it should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovetheusers
I agree with that. But it doesn't mean that you can't get pissed and rant about it, right? I just find it funny how I see people all day long speeding WELL over the limit, like 20 or 30 over and there are no cops in sight. I see a group of kids in a car next to me blazing up a joint and drinking and there are no cops around. I see butt-holes run stop signs and red lights because they don't want to wait and cut in front of people almost causing a crash and there are no cops around. But speed a little while trying to get to work and you got red cherries balzing all up your a$$. Here is St. Paul they DON'T do there jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
And I didn't mean everyone on here is an a$$ hole. It was just directed at he one guy that is being one. :thumbs:
Speeding doesn't kill kids, stupidity does. The only driving related fatality in my neighborhood, for as long has it's been around, 20+ years, recently happened. A kid was sitting atop the tailgate in the bed of a moving truck, while going up a slight incline he lost his balance and fell to his death. Going thirty, even thirty-five in the same 25 MPH zone where there are no kids anywhere within proper visibility is not unsafe. Driving 40 when you see kids all over the road is...again, responsible driving is more important than lowering the limit to stupid low speeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovetheusers