I managed to get out of a speeding ticket yesterday. I was doing 60 in a 35 and got clocked at 56. The traffic conditions were light, and the road conditions were great. I came around the corner and saw the motorcycle cop. He saw me and then looked down at his radar gun. I knew I was going to get pulled over at that point.
I turned on my signal and started slowing down. He came up behind me and just turned on the lights, didn't even bother with the siren. I pulled over, killed the engine, and put my hands on the steering wheel to wait for him.
He came up alongside and asked me if I knew why I was being pulled over. I told him that I was going faster than the posted speed limit. He then asked if the car was mine, and I responded that it was, and then proceeded to get my license, registration and insurance for him. I explained that my insurance card was expired, but that the policy is still good.
At that point, he told me that I seemed like a pretty upstanding guy, and because I started to pull over before he was going to only write me up a warning for the insurance card being expired. Although he did check to make sure that I had a front license plate, he didn't say anything about the 3 inch exhaust.
All things considered, I think that I got off because I respected his authority, and made things easy on him. Although it wasn't said, I think we both knew that even though I was going 25 over the limit, I was doing it safely. It's nice to be a little bit older. I don't think I would have gotten out of the ticket if I had been 18.
Dodged a Speeding Ticket
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[ZERO-S] wrote:You're very lucky bro. Did he ask you WHY you were speeding?
Nope, the speed wasn't really that big of a deal. The guy next to me was doing about 55. There wasnt' much traffic out at all.
From what I've learned, cops look for the drivers who are out of place. If you're just going along with the flow of traffic, you'll be okay.