My first ticket : (
01-03-2004, 08:37 PM
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My first ticket : (
yes yes yes...6 months into having my license i get pulled over by highway patrol at night. I was goin 80 in a 65. The highway CHP said that i dont have enough xperiance drivin on wet roads to be goin 80...so about after about 30 min worth of talks about how i shouldnt drive that fast, here i am. pissed off that i got a ticket...lol...****... well im planin on takin traffic school so at least it wont go on my record :/
rob
rob
01-04-2004, 03:57 PM
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That need for speed
Well congrat's on your 1st driving award, bad thing was the cop was right. I know from experience what happens going 80 on wet pavement. Z cars are not that heavy and 80 in the rain will sooner or later let you experience the dreaded hydra plane. I did 360's for about 2/10's of a mile going down the interstate before sliding into the meadian and damn near into north bond traffic. That was all it took to get me to slow down in the rain. Dry roads are another story, last ticket was 3 years ago going through Atlanta, got me doing 85 in a 55. Cost me $328.............
01-04-2004, 06:08 PM
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Lawyer up....
Cost more up front, but less than the increased insurance cost during the next three years (or more).
A connected lawyer will simply make it go away.
And you need to slow down.
Interesting fact... Approximately 3000 souls perished during the terror attacks on 09.11.01 The loss of those 3000 lives mobilized the USA and the rest of the world. Since 09.11.01 approximately 100,000 lives have been lost in automobile accidents. So, where is the "War on Accidents"?
Cost more up front, but less than the increased insurance cost during the next three years (or more).
A connected lawyer will simply make it go away.
And you need to slow down.
Interesting fact... Approximately 3000 souls perished during the terror attacks on 09.11.01 The loss of those 3000 lives mobilized the USA and the rest of the world. Since 09.11.01 approximately 100,000 lives have been lost in automobile accidents. So, where is the "War on Accidents"?
01-05-2004, 07:33 PM
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Im inclined to agree. I remember my first ticket. I was and I was driving a Nissan Pulsar Gt-I. My grandfather had bought it from some guy from Canada on eBay. I guess he didn't know what he was giving up.
Anyway, I was doing 57 in a 35. My dad is SWAT so he got the ticket down to 185. At the time I thought that was a butt load but know I know I got off easy.
Anyway, I was doing 57 in a 35. My dad is SWAT so he got the ticket down to 185. At the time I thought that was a butt load but know I know I got off easy.
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01-08-2004, 04:08 PM
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My first ticket was doing 80 in a 35 out on Mission BLVD by Ohlone College. I was driving my 70 240Z at the time. I was just having a leisuly drive. Those dam Fremont cops dont like that very much. They made me walk home. I lived off Farwell so it was a very long walk. Then I had to explain it to my mom. She was pretty cool anout it. The ticket I dont remember the cost. I know I went to traffic school. I was only 16. Man that is when I decided I loved Z cars. I have had 16 since then.
My worst ticket was doing 110 in a 55. That cost me about 600. I will never do that again. I was in my GTA outside of Vegas going down Nellis towards I-15.
I got pulled over back in 87 driving my70Z again. I was driving down highway 99 from Modesto to Sacto. An interceptor mustang picked me up in Stockton but didnt pull me over until the Sacto city limits. He said he had to give me a ticket cause he called me in. He said he had a blast trying to keep up. We got up to 120 in some points. He was impressed on how well I handled my Z. He said he follows a lot of people but know one has ever been so smooth at such speeds expecially in traffic. So he gave me a ticket for 65 in a 55 cost me like 50 bucks. He also said he had a 260Z and liked the looks of mine.
I think this shows that Z owners look out for each other.
Later
My worst ticket was doing 110 in a 55. That cost me about 600. I will never do that again. I was in my GTA outside of Vegas going down Nellis towards I-15.
I got pulled over back in 87 driving my70Z again. I was driving down highway 99 from Modesto to Sacto. An interceptor mustang picked me up in Stockton but didnt pull me over until the Sacto city limits. He said he had to give me a ticket cause he called me in. He said he had a blast trying to keep up. We got up to 120 in some points. He was impressed on how well I handled my Z. He said he follows a lot of people but know one has ever been so smooth at such speeds expecially in traffic. So he gave me a ticket for 65 in a 55 cost me like 50 bucks. He also said he had a 260Z and liked the looks of mine.
I think this shows that Z owners look out for each other.
Later
01-08-2004, 04:35 PM
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oo oo are we sharing 1st ticket stories? I had just bought a Ford Probe, and up to that point the fastest car I had ever owned. I was on my way home from a club in SF like a 4am and no one was on the freeway. I had no idea I was going 85, than all of a sudden a CHP officer is on my ***. I was sooooo tired. and my shirt was still off. he didnt wonder about that or ask if I had just been drinking(which I hadnt). just wrote the ticket and left. never had a ticket in my Z. Im a smart speeder now
PS I used to live in fremont, I know how those cops are!
PS I used to live in fremont, I know how those cops are!
01-08-2004, 06:40 PM
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Well...never a ticket in my Z....yet. But My first one was on I-5 South. I had a '78 Jeep (AMC) Cherokee Sport. I just put a dual 4bbl intake on the 360 under the hood and was trying it out. As I was approaching Buttonwillow (just a truck stop back then) a CHP in one of those mustangs pulled up beside me and pointed at his dash, so I looked at mine. My speedo stopped at 100mph, but had no peg. It looked like I was doing about 20. If I had to guess, I was doing about 130. He then chirped his siren to get my attention, wagged his finger at me and took off. Needless to say, I went back down to 55 (legal limit in '85).
01-10-2004, 02:35 PM
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I just got my first ticket last night...I was racing my buddy in his turbo 2 RX-7 ...The cops pulled out and nabbed us both. Luckily we werent speeding it was all first gear. I got a $173 ticket...They could have impounded my poor Z and taken my license away but they let me off, thank god.
01-14-2004, 09:26 PM
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First tickets huh?
My first ticket was for doing 87 around a 35 mph corner in a Plymouth 4 cylinder. It was the car I had between my 400 big Block 4 banger and my Z31. The officer said that I was still accelerating when he got the radar on me, even the the corner banks out and doing anything over 70 on it is impossible. Of course getting a tickets one thing, getting a ticket that isn't factual is another. I challenged it in court.
Tune in next time to hear about my ticket for running a green light (Seriously).
Tune in next time to hear about my ticket for running a green light (Seriously).
01-14-2004, 10:02 PM
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Were you on the wheels or the roof of that Plymouth doin' 87 through that corner? I'd have to ask how any Plymouth 4 banger could even get to 87MPH, let alone turn through a 35 MPH corner doing 87MPH. I hope that was what you argued in court.
01-14-2004, 10:41 PM
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Thats why I challenged the ticket..... I topped it out in the gorge at 101, running way higher then it's redline, and I'm pretty sure it was down hill. The cop was out of his mind when he wrote the ticket, and the judge dismissed it without even hearing from us.
01-16-2004, 09:58 PM
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Sorry to hear that Rob. I, on the other hand, haven't received a ticket (parking, speeding, or otherwise) in over seven years!~ But now that I've said that, watch me get pulled over tomorrow morning and get a whole bundle all at once! 
Knock on wood...
Knock on wood...
01-17-2004, 07:02 PM
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seven years and no tickets? good job copper, I'm at about 1 and a half years with no tickets or accidents. 1 z31 na and now a z32 na, with the way I drive my friends say I'm the luckiest 17 year old because I have yet to get a ticket..... hopefully I don't get one anytime soon too. the thing is to know where the cops sit out of view so you can slow down in time
01-17-2004, 08:15 PM
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Yeah, but now with my work schedule, I'd be lucky to get out of the house once a week to hang. So considering how my workplace is only less than 15 minutes away from my house, there really isn't much opportunity for the police to catch me. Again...knock on wood!
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