10 Ways to Avoid Speeding Tickets »
Posted By prevgofreka 1 year, 3 months ago in StyleThe worst possible thing you can do is combine all the no-no's in this list by driving a flashy car too fast, late at night when you're the only car on the road while looking like you just robbed a bank. If you do that, expect a ticket. And expect no mercy.
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ETproductions1 year, 3 months ago
Rule 1 should simply be, "Don't speed." Follow that one and you are safe.
Now, if you elect to ignore rule 1, rule 2-11 above MIGHT get you through a time or two, but they will also fail you all too often.
As far as rules 2-11 go, the best protection against a speeding ticket is probably rule 3: "Try to stay in the middle of the pack. If you're the lead car, logic says you'll be the first car to run past any radar trap up ahead. And if you're the last car, you'll be the one the police officer rolls up behind. That means the safest place is in the middle -- just like a gazelle fleeing a hungry lion by seeking safety in the middle of the herd."
Problem is it might save you a ticket but cost you your life. Rule 1 of defensive driving is, if possible, stay out of the pack and on an outside lane with a drivable shoulder so if some Kimakaze driver decides he wants to occupy the exact space your car is currently in, you have someplace to go to escape the loonatic.
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el-jefe1 year, 3 months ago
Bull. I make it a point to speed, each and every day. That's hundreds of offenses every year, all of them deliberate. Since 1986, I've gotten 3 speeding tickets:
One for going 62 in a 55. This was in the years of the 55 mph speed limit. The speed limit on that same stretch of road is now 65.
One for going 52 in a 35. This was bogus, I'd just pulled out of a driveway and accellerated to match traffic. My supervisor (who is a Sunday school teacher) was outraged, and pointed out to me several times that "That police officer was lying!"
One for going 35 in a very poorly marked 20 mph school zone. Technically, there is no school nearby, but that's irrelevant, since legally that stretch of road is a school zone.
That's it. In over 20 years, and a minimum of over 7000 speeding violations, I've gotten 3 whole tickets, at least one of which I definitely didn't deserve.
Oh, and thanks to the author for collecting many of my secrets in one article.
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libsRfunny1 year, 3 months ago
Do these "authors" get paid for writing this crap? Who the hell would waste print space on this drivel?
Avoiding speeding tickets means: Drive the speed of traffic and don't be the fastest vehicle on the road, don't go more than 5 over in town or 10 on freeways, and use your damn cruise control to keep from accidentally lead-footing it or gaining speed going downhill (also helps save on gas).
That's it. Pretty friggin' simple. Where's my check from aol? lol
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ETproductions1 year, 3 months ago
Just responding to the Headline the author chose. "10 Ways to Avoid Speeding Tickets". Given that topic, rule 1 should be don't speed.
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jaern1 year, 3 months ago
Me too! My first thought before reading the article was isn't there just one way: don't speed. Yesterday we were driving to home improvement store and this guy in his SUV was flying by us and got stopped by a light. He took off again darting in and out of traffic and there was another light and then another. He was probably driving 65-70 on a 40 MPH road. Funny thing was we did the speed limit, made all the lights and both our vehicles pulled into the same parking lot at the same time. Maybe he thought he needed to lower his gas mileage...who knows? ;)
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saneman1 year, 3 months ago
But if you need to drive over the speed limit for some reason, then get yourself a good radar blocker, not a radar detector because the highway patrol may still get you before you are able to react quick enough to slow down. I bought one several years ago and have not gotten a ticket even though I have met the highway patrol many, many times sitting on the highways with their handheld radars and I had been going 10 mph above the posted speed.
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ejm6041 year, 3 months ago
Good advice! It helps too if you are an instate driver and not the one with the out of state plate.
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el-jefe1 year, 3 months ago
Yes and no.
If they're running radar, they'll pull someone over, then check the tags.
But if they're just "driving around on patrol", they'll run tags on anyone who catches their eye, in hopes that they'll be the one to make that big stolen car bust that night. Speeding, of course, is one way to catch their eye. And if they find outstanding warrants for something, no matter how trivial...
And I should know...I've done ride-alongs with cops, and this is how they operate, at least some of them.
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MyCampingMall1 year, 3 months ago
You forgot the most important ways to avoid speeding tickets: DON'T SPEED! We'll call that one number 11 but it really should be number 1.
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Poodledo1 year, 3 months ago
I love the part about what kind of cars not to drive to avoid getting tickets, that's not true in my case. I've had Mustang GT's,a Thunderbird Super Coupe, and a Camaro, I was never pulled over in any of those and I drove like a maniac on our city streets with those cars, I do not speed on the X-ways. After those cars I needed something with better gas milage for work and drove a Cavalier and a Tempo and received a speeding ticket with both and did not drive them like I did my other cars. My husband got a ticket with his SUV on X-way near our home, for just a few miles over the limit of 70 MPH. So who knows why some police give tickets to certain people on some days and not others????????
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HMMace1 year, 3 months ago
Any one ever bought a cop off?? In Chicago, I did, and I was leading the pack, and he caught me from behind..a long time ago, but, cops are still dirty..is there any other kind??..I think it has something to do with "power corrupts"..
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AntiNeoCon1 year, 3 months ago
Why speed, just leave a few minutes earlier and you won't need to speed. I do not like tickets. :)
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GOBUCKEYES1 year, 3 months ago
Hey speed your head off, who the hell cares if you get a ticket. Just don't do it in my neighborhood where we actually care about our kids. Oh that's right, one for all and all for me because where I'm going is much more important than saving lives or saving gas. Glad you have a fat wallet..guzzle guzzle goes your gas. Stupid
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KSUmarksman1 year, 3 months ago
well, what about "speeding" on a straight segment of perfectly level interstate, on which you are sharing 1 mile of road with 5 other cars (pretty typical in Kansas and other western states)
I don't see a point in following an arbitrary number on a sign when road conditions dictate that you can go much faster.
Conversely there are times when I will drive BELOW the speed limit because road conditions are sh**
I love to drive and have the experience to recognize what my car can handle and when a situation allows or prohibits a given speed.
By the way, those folks speeding through your residential area...would they by any chance be driving Japanese cars with a 3ft wing and fart muffler bolted on? In my experience "ricers" have the IQ of an ant and will drive "hammer down" in a traffic jam! I've proposed shooting their cars up, but the city council denied my request ; )
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KSUmarksman1 year, 3 months ago
Further on the subject of road conditions:
In Germany many Autobahns (the original "Interstate" highway) are regulated by variable speed limits. They have electronic signs that are controlled by police based on traffic data (cameras or pressure sensors)
If the road is largely empty they have a high limit, or no limit at all. When traffic gets dense or road conditions are crap (rain, sleet, etc.) they will reduce the limit from the control post.
If there is a traffic jam (Stau in German) they will progressively reduce the limit several kilometers before the jam in order to prepare drivers for a nasty situation.
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chippie1 year, 3 months ago
Speeding doesn't cause accidents. People traveling at much different speeds, cutting in and out of lanes, weaving causes accidents. Years ago when a couple of midwestern states decided to raise the speed limit to 65 from 55 (the first to do so) the Dept of Highway Safety predicted dire consequences, a 10-15% increase in accidents and deaths, and did a lot of publicizing this fact. One year after the increase in speed, the results were a 15% DECREASE in accidents on those roads. More cars were going at a similar speed, many less were weaving. If everyone went 80 miles an hour and just followed along, that would be safe. If some go 50, others 55, others 60 etc, you have a much greater chance of an accident with constant braking, passing.
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