Just recieved my first speeding ticket...

"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection) 09/14/2016 at 06:17 • Filed to: None

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... for doing a staggaring 36 km/h in a 30 km/h zone downhill. All that because I want to reduce wear on the breaks. Ugh.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 06:25

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You maniac, think of the children!

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 09/14/2016 at 06:41

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I’m a monster

duurtlang > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 06:50

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It’s weird, really. The last speeding ticket I got in my own country was in 2012. Yet in Germany I’ve had several since. Twice 119 in a 100, a 44 in a 30 and I believe another one where I did something over the 70 I was allowed to go. And yes, I received all of those tickets at home, despite my yellow license plates.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > duurtlang 09/14/2016 at 06:53

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Open borders I guess. There are only a few countries in the EU where you can evade the ticket.

shop-teacher > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 07:01

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36 in a 30? Jeeze, that’s a strict cop!

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > shop-teacher 09/14/2016 at 07:07

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Wasn’t even a cop lol. It was some municipal mobile radar control. I just got the ticket in my mail ans had to laugh hard. My town seems to desperately want to earn some money.

shop-teacher > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 07:16

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They gave you a robo-ticket for 6 kmh over!!!! Dayum! That’s like, less than 4 miles per hour over. My state has radar vans in construction zones, but they’re set to only go off when you hit 14 mph over the limit.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > shop-teacher 09/14/2016 at 07:20

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It’s just so pathetic but in a silly way, I just laughed hard when I saw the letter all looking serious and official and then I was only 4 miles over the limit.

Echo51 > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 08:00

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But really you’re still the one to blame for not downshifting again once it started creeping over.... Unless you drive an auto, in which case, SUE THE CAR MAKERS!!!!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 08:28

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Thats like less than 4 mph over the speedlimit!! Shit, in my area you will get run off the road doing less than 10 mph (16 km) over and you can EASILY get away with 15-20 mph (25-30 km) over on most roads, most of the time. In Europe, I have only driven around in Italy. They definitely don’t seem to enforce the speed limit nearly as much. I was getting blown off the road most of the time.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/14/2016 at 08:33

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It’s just a money making machine for the city/county, a really pathetic one, downhill. Assholes. 5 over is the norm here.

Urambo Tauro > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 09:57

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I guess that kinda makes more sense. Human cops have to make decisions about whether one’s speeding is egregious enough to perform a traffic stop, when their time might be better spent nabbing really bad drivers. But if it’s an automated system, then there’s no need to single out just the worst offenders.

It would certainly keep me on my toes.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 10:08

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Lame!

yitznewton > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 10:13

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Yeah, my only speeding tix was because I was going uphill in a little Civic hatch and didn’t want to downshift, so I gathered speed instead. Luck of the draw.

Pilot of the Clown Shoe > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 10:17

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them’s the brakes.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Urambo Tauro 09/14/2016 at 10:28

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It was actually an employee of the city doing the radar control, real cops wouldn’t have stopped me lol. They seem desperate to earn money.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/14/2016 at 10:29

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I know, it’s rather funny. I did way worse things while driving but I only get the consequences for the lamest offense.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > yitznewton 09/14/2016 at 10:31

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Radar controls on both uphill and downhill are backstabbing bullshit.

Urambo Tauro > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 10:31

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Huh. I’ve never encountered anything like that. So it was still manual, like a guy holding a radar gun and typing into a computer or something?

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Pilot of the Clown Shoe 09/14/2016 at 10:32

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I prefer downshifting when possible.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Urambo Tauro 09/14/2016 at 10:35

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Probably one of these sneaky mfs parked on the side of the road.

shop-teacher > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 10:50

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Really all you can do is just laugh at it.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > shop-teacher 09/14/2016 at 11:23

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The fine is only €15 so I don’t really care too much.

shop-teacher > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 11:30

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Yeah, that’s not too bad. No points on your license, I hope?

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 11:32

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These things are totally ridiculous. Is it a big fine? You can go to court and probably knock down the amount you owe a significant amount. I once got a red-light camera ticket for not coming to a complete stop before making my right turn (lesson learned). $300... but I show up and without really saying anything the Justice of the Peace says “k, $90 sound good?”.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > shop-teacher 09/14/2016 at 11:35

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Thank god I didn’t get points or else I would have to hand in my license because I was in my 2 year probation period at that point (three days before that period was over actually lol). If you’re 21 km/h over the limit and get caught you’d get points.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option 09/14/2016 at 11:40

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It’s just €15 so no big deal here. It’s rather funny but yeah, at the end of the day it was my fault.

shop-teacher > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/14/2016 at 11:55

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Good!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/16/2016 at 12:18

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YOU REBEL THINK OF THE CHILDREN

xyzabc > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/17/2016 at 07:29

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Traffic signs are just “suggestions”.