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speeding ticket on 81 - l33t Mr2 - 05-01-2008
So, I got a speeding ticket on 81 last week driving to the verona autocross. I was doing 78 in the 60mph 18 over the speed limit. What sucks is I wasn't really consistantly speeding, I just went around to pass a guy and at that 5 second interval where I was speeding I went passed a freaking copper whom then gave me a ticket. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do or tell the prosecutor to possibly get this thing reduced... a lot.
-Matt
- .RJ - 05-01-2008
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- Mike - 05-01-2008
18 over isn't worth a lawyer... just pay it.
- ScottyB - 05-01-2008
81 is always a gamble....even passing, i try to never do more than 5 over
- HAULN-SS - 05-01-2008
I drive it all the time, and must just get lucky. I keep it about 10 over usually and have only gotten one ticket in like 5 years, and that was a B.S. legitimate 72 in a 65
edit: btw, where is the 60mph zone? are you talking about the one right there at JMU?
- Andy - 05-01-2008
HAULN-SS Wrote:I drive it all the time, and must just get lucky. I keep it about 10 over usually and have only gotten one ticket in like 5 years, and that was a B.S. legitimate 72 in a 65
edit: btw, where is the 60mph zone? are you talking about the one right there at JMU?
From my experience, if you're driving a good ole boy special, you won't get ticketed. It's the imports that get tagged.
- .RJ - 05-01-2008
Andy Wrote:From my experience, if you're driving a good ole boy special, you won't get ticketed. It's the asians that get tagged.
Fixed that. Avoid that DWA...
- CaptainHenreh - 05-01-2008
Does a lunchbox count as a domestic? I don't think RJ should be giving advice about how to get out of a speeding ticket.
- .RJ - 05-01-2008
The guy I posted a link for got a reckless ticket knocked down for me last year to 9 over and a $100 fine.
- Mike - 05-01-2008
.RJ Wrote:The guy I posted a link for got a reckless ticket knocked down for me last year to 9 over and a $100 fine.
reckless is understandable. the difference between 9 over and 18 over is negligible. if he's trying to save money, he should just pay the ticket.
- l33t Mr2 - 05-01-2008
HAULN-SS Wrote:I drive it all the time, and must just get lucky. I keep it about 10 over usually and have only gotten one ticket in like 5 years, and that was a B.S. legitimate 72 in a 65
edit: btw, where is the 60mph zone? are you talking about the one right there at JMU?
mile marker 244
- flintster55 - 05-01-2008
So is the ticket in Rockingham County/Harrisonburg or another jurisdiction?
Re: speeding ticket on 81 - lillitnn92 - 05-01-2008
l33t Mr2 Wrote:So, I got a speeding ticket on 81 last week driving to the verona autocross. I was doing 78 in the 60mph 18 over the speed limit. -Matt
that very same thing happened to me, all of it, down to the 78mph. only i was just trying to get my 92HP up the damn hill. eh, i'll call ask to find out how much and pay. my mistake, no use in fighting it.
- WRXtranceformed - 05-01-2008
Find out before you get a lawyer. Some insurance companies consider 15+ over the speed limit as reckless in their book, even if you don't get a reckless ticket from the cops. It's lame. I forget which company I had to deal with that did that.
- Sijray21 - 05-01-2008
WRXtranceformed Wrote:Find out before you get a lawyer. Some insurance companies consider 15+ over the speed limit as reckless in their book, even if you don't get a reckless ticket from the cops. It's lame. I forget which company I had to deal with that did that.
i've seen some of the reports from my insurance company, they classify speeding in a few categories, 1-5, 5-10, 11-15, and 15+. Reckless is a speparate category.
I'd just pay it if it's not reckless - unless you can find a cheap/free lawyer
- JackoliciousLegs - 05-01-2008
I drove up and down from NoVa like twice a month for 4 years. I kept the speedo pegged at 13 over the whole time. No tickets.
- JustinG - 05-01-2008
yea i got hated on to on the way to the Auto-X.
Exhaust ticket #5 on the stretch of 81 from JMU to 64.
- ViPER1313 - 05-01-2008
white97dsm Wrote:Exhaust ticket #5
el oh el - ricer
- flintster55 - 05-01-2008
white97dsm Wrote:yea i got hated on to on the way to the Auto-X.
Exhaust ticket #5 on the stretch of 81 from JMU to 64.
Haha wow thats a little much. I drive to Roanoke and back (100 miles of 81) at least once a month and I've never had any problems.
No exhaust tickets or speeding either averaging 10-12 over
- JustinG - 05-01-2008
they be hatin.....2 in the RS, 3 in the GSX