Tickets

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 03/06/2018 at 23:32 • Filed to: None

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Just curious, how many have you gotten? Do you consider yourself a safe driver? Has your insurance been affected?

I had to get a copy of my drivers record from the DMV today (online because I don’t hate myself) and it reminded me of my only ticket. I had just gotten my license a month ago, and was pulled over for doing 45mph in a 25mph zone, with my girlfriend in the car. I was polite, and the officer treated me very kindly, putting a “5mph over” infraction in the record and foregoing to mention the fact that I had another teen in the car before my 6 months of introductory driving rules was up. As I minor, I had the option to go to teen court, which cut the fine to $20 and kept the offense from affecting anything.

No tickets since then! But.... A few close calls. Most recently I was pulled over for having expired tabs in my Subaru. This was about a year ago.... I had the tabs in the glove box and had forgotten about them and the cop let me go. Three months past due...

Before that I got pulled over in the Miata for not having a front plate. This was nerve-racking, because my registration had been stolen from the car a few weeks prior, AND I had no insurance. (I waited 8 months to insure the Miata. Dumb, but I ended up saving a lot of money...) anywho, when asked about insurance and registration, I said I would have to get out of the car and open the secret compartment in my trunk to get it. The officer told me not to bother, and sent me away with a warning about the front plate.

Before that... I was pulled over at midnight in my Outback for whipping a U-turn across double yellow lines. There was only one car I’m sight, quite a ways away. Turns out that was an officer. Hooray. He said he was an investigator, and decided against ticketing me due to the fact that he would have to file paperwork and he hated dealing with traffic violations. Nice.

So all in all I’ve been pretty lucky. I used to drive with a radar detector 24/7, but haven’t don’t that for years. To me it’s just a false sense of security, and they become less and less effective as time (and technology) marches on. Plus they’re annoying, and certainly don’t help you avoid a ticket if a cop notices them. The biggest knock I have against them is they act as a crutch. I’m 100% confident that my cop-spotting senses improved markedly after removing the radar detector.

Am I a good driver?

Well... I’m good at handling my car at the limits, and know how to safely recover from just about anything. I don’t have a working speedo, which has led to a driving style that might be slightly unique - I don’t have a set speed I go on a given road, at a given time, or for a given traffic level. I drive at whatever speed feels safe while factoring in things like current fatigue level, weather, visibility, road surface, sight lines, etc. It actually doesn’t end up meaning I’m speeding all the time. There are certainly situations where I’m going under the limit.

That said, I also have zero problem redlining through gears on an empty road, or drifting an onramp on my way to work. I specifically use a GPS speedo on long trips (over 100miles) to make sure I’m going AT LEAST 15mph over the entire time I’m on the highway to save time. When there aren’t other cars around, it’s hard to determine exact speeds past 60 or so.

So, I’m an okay driver, I guess. I’m helped out by the fact that my car breeds a high level of attentiveness and constant vigilance all the time for my personal safety, and the fact that my car can stop and change course quicker than 99% of the vehicles on the road. That said, I have no problem admitting that avoiding tickets is a higher priority to me than trying to drive as safely as possible.

Oh and insurance obviously hasn’t been affected. Paying $90 a month for the Miata, mid-level coverage. Nothing fancy. About the same for the Subaru? Maybe a hair more?

What about you all, oppo?

ttyymmnn > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:35

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One (seatbelt). Yes. No.

AestheticsInMotion > ttyymmnn 03/06/2018 at 23:36

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Those are good stats.

You’re hired

ttyymmnn > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:38

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I just remembered: I got one ticket a couple of years ago for no seatbelt. Stupid, lazy mistake. No moving violations in 35 years of driving, though.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:39

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No tickets. Sometimes safe (I tend to drive tired a whole lot). No insurance affected other than being a male under 25.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:40

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I’ve been stopped exactly once. Apparently I didn’t wait at the stop sign at the empty intersection long enough for that officer’s liking. It was 11pm and someone was clearly trying to make quota. It didn’t result in a ticket.

AestheticsInMotion > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/06/2018 at 23:42

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Taking the top down works wonderfully for offsetting the effects of tiredness (to a point)

Yeah the male under 25 thing sucks. I’m looking forward to that birthday

CB > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:43

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None. I’m pretty safe (I have to be, my employer’s logo is on the side of my vehicle). And it hasn’t.

But man... you have made a lot of stupid decisions.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:43

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3 Tickets, 1 Hit Insurance for 3 points. I hate Tennessee hick judges that give their neighbors who go 40% over the speed limit breaks by erasing the ticket for “donating $100 to the county police units fund”... when I went 15% over the limit and got a $150 ticket plus $70 in court fees.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:44

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I have 0 tickets, but i’ve also only been driving for three years.

(i have had a few close calls tho)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:46

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Instructions unclear. Top can’t go down.

AestheticsInMotion > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/06/2018 at 23:48

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I’m genuinely curious how many officers would except a bribe, and how many would tack on extra charges for the offer

AestheticsInMotion > CB 03/06/2018 at 23:50

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Have I? Seems to be pretty low compared to most drivers my age

I hear that. I haven’t been pulled over in a work vehicle. None of. You employees have either, thank God. The Rangers have speedos that read about 4mph high at 30mph, and 7mph high at 70mph which helps avoid speeding (especially if you don’t realize they’re high)

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:50

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One, careless driving from rear ending a Volvo. Mostly. Not yet.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:50

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The first 2 tickets were in my home city by POs. The 3rd was a Tennessee Highway Patrol Agent... We had a good conversation but that judge makes me remember I still live in a goofed state once I leave the one of the relatively richest counties in the entire country...

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/06/2018 at 23:50

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Poor Volvo

pip bip - choose Corrour > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:51

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So many tickets over the years I’ve lost count

Lucky for me they have no effect on insurance here

AestheticsInMotion > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/06/2018 at 23:51

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The front page Virginia stories still terrify me. At least cops near me are (mostly) decent in terms of traffic work

AestheticsInMotion > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/06/2018 at 23:52

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Press harder!

You’ll figure it out

CB > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:53

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Yeah... admitting to driving without insurance for eight months in order to save money is a pretty dumb thing to do. Driving without a working speedometer and driving at what “feels” right. Making sure you’re doing 15 over on long drives to save time. All of that is pretty dumb when you say it out loud.

Wagon Guy drives a Boostang > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:53

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

I had 10 speding violations in a one year period. I was living in the Chicago suburbs, and every time you crossed a town border there was another cop. At the time State Farm even cancelled my insurance because of it. There were no accidents, just speeding tickets.

A couple of years ago I got a couple of tickets for expired inspection stickers here in Texas, but that really has nothing to do with driving.

Currently my driving record is clean. I consider myself a good driver, and I have full coverage plus on my car at a reasonable rate.

Of course I don’t consider speeding tickets to be the sign of a bad driver. I consider tickets for failure to yield, failure to maintain a lane, failure to obey traffic signal, reckless driving, etc. to be the signs of a bad driver

Spanfeller is a twat > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:53

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I once drove a motorcycle without a helmet and without the registration, and expired plates.

Granted, I only drove it 100m to get the helmet and then I drove it without registration and expired plates only

In terms of my jeep, I have four pending infractions but I don’t need to pay them because the license plates are from another state, so they can’t really do anything to me... My Kia surprisingly has no fines... yet.

Though I did abuse of the temp permit as I used the elevated highway 40km/h above the limit... it felt like justice.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:53

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I will admit, even as a Tennessean, a Georgian and I drove an extra 200 miles and an hour and a half to avoid Virginia. That states sucks. Tennessee is like heaven compared to Virginians.

lone_liberal > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:53

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Zero. I got pulled over for doing 45 in a 30 but I don’t think he actually had me on radar since he was going in the opposite direction. Also got pulled over for no front plate (the plate was on the dash because I needed a bracket for it) after the cop did a U-turn and followed me for miles. I was in my old Camaro and I’m sure he was expecting me to either do something or have something in the car. He struck out. I think I’m an adequate driver, but very safe.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:53

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Yeah I totaled what was left. I wasn’t the first impact to happen to that S60.

Berang > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:54

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I haven’t had a ticket since 2009, other than once getting a red-light camera ticket five or so years ago.

ToyotaFamily > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:55

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Only 1 ticket in 6 years I’ve been driving.

It was for expired state inspection of all things.

AestheticsInMotion > CB 03/06/2018 at 23:58

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1Oh, the insurance thing is definitely dumb. I’d forgotten about that. But as far as money goes.... It’s a $500 ticket for driving uninsured. At $100 a month for insurance if I had gotten a ticket I still would have been in the green (and I had cash for anything insurance would have needed to cover, assuming I caused an incident and the other parties insurance didn’t cover it).

The speedo thing... That honestly doesn’t worry me in the slightest. Using an accurate GPS I’ve found that I can approximate my speed to within a couple mph without a gauge. Once past 60mph, that changes to about a 3-4mph difference.

The 15mph over... Do you go the speed limit on highways? Genuinely curious. It’s standard in every place I’ve ever driven in the US to go AT LEAST 5 over, and most places more like 10-20mph over. Flow of traffic. I’m willing to accept the risk of an occasional ticket to improve efficiency

wafflesnfalafel > AestheticsInMotion 03/06/2018 at 23:59

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Ha - we convicted a DUI case in that court when I was on jury duty - the dude was double the limit...

No tickets, (knock on wood,) but pulled over twice. Once for not removing my temp plate right after I had put on my replacement after my truck was stolen and recovered and once for rolling a stop at night in the middle of nowhere (and I was a bone head and didn’t see cop in the parking lot across the street with his lights off..) I don’t drive slow, but I really try to avoid things that draw attention especially with what I’m driving currently. And I use cruise a lot, even off the hwy. Regarding insurance - carriers do not immediately know about activity until they pull and MVR (which costs them). You might go several years w/o the carrier pulling an MVR and maybe never find out about a cite until after it’s 3yo.

AestheticsInMotion > Wagon Guy drives a Boostang 03/07/2018 at 00:01

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I’m of two minds. I think speed laws are in need of a major overhaul, but... 10 tickets??? Yikes. Insurance must have been crazy.

I guess if money wasn’t a concern (and assuming loss of license wasn’t an issue) it wouldn’t really bother me to rack up speeding tickets.

AestheticsInMotion > Spanfeller is a twat 03/07/2018 at 00:03

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Mexico seems like an interesting place. I always love hearing from you to see how things like this differ from what I’m used to.

LOREM IPSUM > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:03

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I got nailed in VA years ago. Speeding and having a radar detector. Didn’t get arrested but got a pair of tickets, neither of which had fine amounts listed on them. Instead I had to call a phone number, long distance, and listen to a pre-recorded message listing every conceivable ticketable offense and it’s current cost.

Fishing without a license, hunting after dark, animal husbandry without a permit...

Never drove through VA again.

AestheticsInMotion > lone_liberal 03/07/2018 at 00:04

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Front plate is the only thing I refuse to do, despite legality. Thankfully most cops nearby don’t seem to care...

interstate366, now In The Industry > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/07/2018 at 00:04

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For all the insane stuff I’ve done on Virginia roads over the years, in high-profile cars at that, I’ve never even gotten pulled.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/07/2018 at 00:05

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I’ve driven through Virginia once... Drove 5 miles in the state and saw more than 1 fuzz per mile.

CB > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:06

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Yeah, but imagine getting in an accident where a $30k car was written off and you were at fault, to say nothing of injuries or medical bills of anyone in the accident. I don’t think pocket money would cover that.

Part of your car isn’t working how much could it be to fix it?

I usually do 5km/h over long drives. I’m in no hurry.

Wagon Guy drives a Boostang > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:07

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The chicago burbs are an interesting ecosystem. Because they were all in different jurisdictions, I never had more than one in front of any single judge. It took the insurance people two years to figure it all out and cancel me. It was 10 total, but I got 4 of them deferred. Of course I was 18-19 at the time and I’m not now. Nor am I in a ticket hungry jurisdiction.

Spanfeller is a twat > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:08

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It’s just Mexico City really... you see

We’re the only “Chardonay socialists” around here, and the government next door in Estado de Mexico (where my car is registered because we have a home there) hates us... like they fucking hate our guts.

So, if I roll around Mexico City with every infraction on the book, the local police can do nothing about it if I’m there, whenever the car needs to get smog checked I need to smog it in Estado de Mexico, normally they’re meant to deny you if you don’t pay the transit violations pending... but since they don’t count the ones in Mexico City, well, it’s open season on these fuckers... I only owe 160 dollars but I’ll be dammed if I pay it!

Some states get even more leverage, Morelos for instance, the cameras here don’t even detect their wierd plates, so it’s tipical to see their cars storm past you doing a million billion km/h.

gettingoldercarguy > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:09

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I think insurance companies jack up your rates if you’re caught without it. The speedometer thing isn’t really a big deal I think. Anybody who’s ridden a motorcycle essentially goes without one. If your eyes are constantly checking the speed, you’re not scanning the road as you should be.

I think the last time I had a ticket was in 2002 or 2003, taillight out and officer was bored.

Congrats on the new job man! Are you still looking into welding?

AestheticsInMotion > wafflesnfalafel 03/07/2018 at 00:10

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Such a convenient location. I haven’t been inside the new one yet. And I have mixed feelings about the police station being there too haha

Huh, never knew that about the insurance. I miss cruise control. For some bone-headed reason, I removed it from the Miata a few months after I bought it. So much regret

/rant

Even seeing the words “jury duty” makes me angry. I was called in the day after starting my first real job, flat broke and in need of cash for bills. They didn’t let me leave despite hardships. They let the Microsoft execs go the first day though. Two weeks of transit to Seattle later, wasting ten hours a day, I was finally finished, with a whole $15 for my time, and a boss that was very much not happy.

Rant over/

atfsgeoff > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:10

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Six citations over 17 years and ~400,000 miles (conservatively). One in the past year (speeding, 60 in a 50 zone; cop must have been mighty bored).

facw > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:12

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One ticket for me. Got caught in a mega-speed trap in Castle Creek, NY (they had at least a half-dozen cruisers out pulling people over, maybe more). Cop said he clocked me at 83, and there’s no way I was going that. I was almost certainly going over 75 though, which put me in the same punishment bracket so figured there was not much point in arguing. Also didn’t seem worthwhile to take off work and drag myself out to the middle of nowhere to challenge the ticket (which I’m sure they knew), so I just paid it and took the 4 points. Think the ticket was somewhere around $150. No change to my insurance rates.

I have also been pulled over on the Masspike for doing 73 in a 65 (really?). Trooper for some reason walked out in to the middle of the interstate and I guess expected me to stop (I had no idea what he was doing so I just slowed way down to make sure I didn’t hit him), after he got back in his car and hit the lights, I pulled over. He was angry at first, but then asked if I had a radar detector. I did not, and somehow that changed the situation? He let me go with a warning to keep it under 70.

I had another encounter with a Penn. state trooper after a crash. I had fallen asleep at the wheel, and bounced of guard rails on both sides of I-81. He easily could of written me up for something (failure to maintain lane, speeding, out of date inspection (though I don’t know if PA police can issue tickets for out of state inspections), missing up-to-date insurance cards). However I guess he decided that doing a couple thousand dollars worth of damage to my car was penalty enough, and just told me to fax my proof insurance to his office (I had recently expired cards in the car) or he would ticket me for that, said the accident was “non-reportable” whatever that means, and escorted me to nearest exit to make sure my car was driveable.

RangerSmith > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:13

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I’ve had two. The most recent was about ten years ago, just outside of Pullman, 74 in a fifty-mph zone. Go Cougs.

Radar detectors are really only effective for long open stretches of road. Theyare amazing when it’s dark and you are driving long distances at about 15-20 over the limit. I have a soft spot for the Valentine One. Tells you what band, plus tells you what direction the signal is coming from. Plus as the times change, they will upgrade your unit.

ranwhenparked > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:13

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Two, one for speeding in New Jersey, and one for inattentive driving.

The first one was because my GPS was sending me a weird route to the Poconos and I crossed the river a couple of times and lost track of what side I was on, I usually know better than to speed in perpetually cash hungry New Jersey. The other one was probation before judgement for the amount of time it took to walk from the judge’s chambers to the front door of the courthouse, so it didn’t go on my record or anything, but, lesson learned, don’t check your phone at a red light next to a state trooper.

I guess that isn’t so bad for driving about 17 years, considering I’ve been doing over 40,000 miles a year for the past 4-5 of those years, but, could be better.

AestheticsInMotion > CB 03/07/2018 at 00:14

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Yikes. You’d be in the slow lane. Not that there’s anything wrong with that (just please stay out of the left lane :) )

Mmm a couple hundred dollars from a shop? It’s a surprisingly annoying job (this was originally a high priority upon purchase) but I could do it myself after sourcing the part for roughly $50. But there’s nothing that makes me want to to. Heavily modified car, so a stock speedo would be very inaccurate anyways. And I feel safer driving at speeds I’m comfortable with rather than relying on (somewhat) arbitrary speed limits set with a varying level of relation to the actual speed the roads were designed for

Urambo Tauro > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:14

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A few, early in my driving career. Not sure how many, but I racked enough points to trigger Michigan’s “Driver Responsibility Fee”, which was basically an extra ticket that says “wow, you’re a REALLY bad driver”. My insurance shot up like crazy, to something like $400/mo, and I had no choice but to switch carriers or stop driving.

So I got some new insurance, got my shit together and discovered a newfound interest in trying to be a good driver. I soon developed an actual interest in cars, which was never really my thing before then, and stopped attracting tickets.

I’m a completely different driver now. The only ticket I’ve had in the past few years has been a seat belt ticket, on account of the cop not noticing that the belt color matched the hoodie that I was wearing. That’s the only ticket I’ve ever fought.

sony1492 > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:15

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One speeding ticket when I was 17, bit of a long story but no points on my license and no insurance increase.

Been pulled over recently for no plate on the Lexus. Within that month(last month) got pulled over for speeding in an 83 300sd (diesel mercedes) which resulted in a notice to get tags put on my plate(not a ticket). Which was very generous because I didn’t have real registration yet, no insurance, and speeding. So I guess two 1 ticket, 1 notice to correct.

Am I a safe driver? No, sliding (not using the other word because it makes people more angry to see,”drifting”, [defeats what I was trying to do by explaining why the word wasn’t used, which resulted in the use of said word]) makes you unsafe by pretty much everyone’s standards. I used to do alot of speeding on the back roads but over time it’s toned down, still not great by most standards though. My city driving is very cautious and I’m never speeding in urban areas.

gettingoldercarguy > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/07/2018 at 00:18

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Welp, we know what your post is going to be about tomorrow, provided you still live there.

AestheticsInMotion > gettingoldercarguy 03/07/2018 at 00:18

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Really? I will be sure not to mention that... My agent at least is an enthusiast, she has a homebuilt Supercharged Terminator Mustang parked at work and we always shoot the shit about the latest and greatest autos.

Yep, that’s my takeaway. Now not having a tachometer on the other hand drives me crazy... Damn Rangers.

Welding, yes. But there’s a lot on my plate at the moment. I just finished about 5 minor certifications today haha. I’m thinking I may wait until I’m out of my condo and into a house before I get into welding...

AestheticsInMotion > LOREM IPSUM 03/07/2018 at 00:19

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I used to fish without a license with my dad. Or I guess he did, I was a minor so I would have been fine. I wonder what the fine would have been....

And stay away from the bears.

lone_liberal > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:20

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I mostly don’t care about the front plate requirement but for a car like my ‘71 Camaro I’d rather not. Luckily since that’s “vintage” now it isn’t required to have one.

interstate366, now In The Industry > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/07/2018 at 00:21

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Yeah, they do camp around the border. But when I went to Charlotte I saw more cops on the North Carolina side than the Virginia side.

AestheticsInMotion > lone_liberal 03/07/2018 at 00:21

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That certainly helps. I think my car technically hits the vintage requirement for Washington now... Maybe I’ll jump through the hoops and get in on that

facw > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:22

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VA’s 80mph reckless driving limit scares me. Maybe that makes sense in the age of 55mph limits, but VA has highways with a speed limit of 70. 11 over should not risk jail time. That said, I drove the entire length of I-81 through VA, and only saw one trooper, and he was watching the other direction.

Edit: It looks like VA raised their reckless driving limit to 85 at the end of January, which wile an improvement is still really low. Seems like they should have just set it at 20 over (which was already part of the law).

facw > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/07/2018 at 00:23

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I’ve only been in TN twice, but both times I drove across the full length of the state, and definitely felt like you guys have a lot of police on the highways. Granted none of them seemed especially interested in pulling anyone over, but there were a lot of speed traps.

AestheticsInMotion > facw 03/07/2018 at 00:23

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Oh man. The falling asleep thing sounds terrifying. I’ve had one close call there (offroad, mmiles away from civilization for better or worse) and now I make sure to hop off the freeway and rest for twenty minutes or so if I need to 

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/07/2018 at 00:24

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I’ve driven from Knoxville to Nashville more times than I can count and I have seen everything in that 2.5 hours from 0-2 cops to 16(I got so stressed seeing that many cops I nearly cried. It was that weird. Like the gastapo was chasing me). It was really bad.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > facw 03/07/2018 at 00:25

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That is extremely true. When is the next time you are coming through? Sorry our state is so long.

AestheticsInMotion > sony1492 03/07/2018 at 00:25

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I find it hilarious how I could be doing the exact same thing, but get completely different responses based on whether I called it drifting, or sliding/kicking the tail out/controlled oversteer.

lone_liberal > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:25

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Just has to be 30 years old. They say you’re not supposed to daily it but there’s no maximum mileage and you don’t have to buy tabs anymore.

AestheticsInMotion > Urambo Tauro 03/07/2018 at 00:26

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That would piss me off so much. Did you get the ticket dismissed?

interstate366, now In The Industry > facw 03/07/2018 at 00:27

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Unfortunately it didn’t pass. It did pass the Senate but not the House of Delegates.

AestheticsInMotion > ranwhenparked 03/07/2018 at 00:28

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Certainly not terrible. Washington state now has E-DUI for electronics infractions. I’m all for less distracted driving, but I think drawing a parallel between taking a call while driving and pounding ten beers while driving is a bit.... Overbearing to say the least

interstate366, now In The Industry > gettingoldercarguy 03/07/2018 at 00:29

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Probably just my dog.

AestheticsInMotion > atfsgeoff 03/07/2018 at 00:30

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Not awful, not great I guess. I would love to see driving stats when I die. How many times did I exceed the speed limit. What was my max speed on each road? Miles driven overall? Miles per vehicle? How many people gave my car a thumbs up?

Post-death stats - Basically my idea of heaven

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:30

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Oh wait... I did a this!

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-managed-to-get-two-tickets-today-1823087622

But I haven’t had an at fault accident in about 13 years (and even then I just backed into an illegally parked car) and consider myself a pretty safe driver. I actually enjoy the act of driving, so I don’t tend to get distracted much.

AestheticsInMotion > RangerSmith 03/07/2018 at 00:32

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I could see it for that situation. I normally try to stick to 5mph over once it’s dark since I can’t make out cops.

My one trip to Pullman I saw zero cops, until I was in the city itself. Must have seen ten in a mile

promoted by the color red > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:32

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Got a bunch of parking tickets as a delivery guy, but my company paid them off per their policy at the time. They’ve since changed it to something less lenient, which sucks for the guys out there.

No speeding tickets, though a Marin County sheriff pulled me over for doing 72 just to warn me.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:33

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I’ve gotten two speeding tickets in my life. First when I was 16, 98 in a 70 but since I was on my parents insurance, it wasn’t affected too much. Second was doing 80 in a 55, at the age of 22 (since I was still in college I was still on my parents insurance) our insurance didn’t go up. I did get a ticket in the city a few years ago for failure to stop, turned right on a yellow that change to red. Those tickets in Chicago were all (literally all) dismissed though, there was a whole bunch of shady shit going on with the camera tickets and businesses behind them.

Urambo Tauro > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:34

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You bet I did. I’ll be damned if I’m gonna pay just because he wasn’t paying close enough attention. Walked in there with a signed eyewitness statement from the passenger that I had with me at the time, but the cop didn’t need much convincing, because he soon asked the judge to dismiss the case for me.

AestheticsInMotion > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 03/07/2018 at 00:35

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I saw that! Sorry... I guess I used your warnings :/

I have no at fault anythings, but I did break my old Mercury Sable’s mirror off against a pole backing out of an apartment complex garage...

facw > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:37

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Yeah, I hadn’t slept enough. When I started feeling tired I stopped and got some food and a caffeinated drink, and felt better for a bit, but obviously it was not enough. I had decided to get off at the next exit and rest some more, but then I nodded off for a second and missed the exit. Obviously in hindsight, at that point I should have pulled over on the shoulder, which while not especially safe is undoubtedly better than driving while nodding off, but I decided to press on to the next exit. Not long afterwards, I was awakened by the rumble strip, tried to get back on the road, but the car slipped on gravel on the shoulder, barely hit the start of a guardrail segment, which kicked it across and hit hard into the guardrail on the other side, at which point I was able to regain control. A trucker stopped to check that I was ok, and called in the crash, so then I had to wait around for the fire and police departments. In any event, bad news for my car, but the good news is I was no longer feeling even a little bit tired.

I’d like to think I’m smarter about drowsy driving now.

AestheticsInMotion > facw 03/07/2018 at 00:37

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Yeah that’s absolutely rediculous. When highways and cars are all designed for speeds higher than the “jail time speed” that’s an outdated law at best and a dirty cash grab at worst

AestheticsInMotion > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 03/07/2018 at 00:38

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Just think. If you were in Virginia, you would have been sent to jail twice

interstate366, now In The Industry > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/07/2018 at 00:38

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The stretch of I-85 between Greensboro and Charlotte had the most cops I had ever seen in my entire life. At one point there were four in the span of half a mile. That said, I think, regardless of state, police tend to go after out-of-state vehicles first since they’re less likely to be aware of whatever intricacies their driving laws have.

facw > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:42

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We had a ETS2 post earlier today, and I’d love a map like the ETS2 one that highlights every road you’ve driven on:

I guess the Google Maps history is kind of like that, but in addition to being a bit creepy, it’s not quite the same.

AestheticsInMotion > facw 03/07/2018 at 00:44

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I only remember Googles location history a few times a year but it is incredible, in a scary kind of way.

You can literally look up every single place you’ve been, with rediculously good accuracy, backed up for months. I once used it to track down a phone a friend has lost two weeks prior while on vacation. After that she turned off location services

AM3R, lost another burner > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:51

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Virginia stories are all overblown. For every FP story about VA sucking, I can tell you a story about myself or my friends being let off of reckless tickets driving way too nice cars as teens. Everyone speeds here in NoVa, everyone.

smobgirl > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:51

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In 20 years of driving, I once got a ticket for an expired inspection (Virginia), which I had deliberately let expire since I was moving out of state in 2 weeks. $75.

(They had set up a sting at a toll booth on my way to work).

facw > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:52

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Yep. Every time I look at it, I think that it’s extremely cool for me to be able to do this, but it’s not anything I’d want anyone else to be able to access.

AestheticsInMotion > smobgirl 03/07/2018 at 00:54

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I’m equally glad and surprised I don’t have to deal with inspections in Seattle

AestheticsInMotion > AM3R, lost another burner 03/07/2018 at 00:56

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Okay, I’ll take your word for it, but.... Even the possibility of jail time for going 80mph on a highway is enough to put Virginia into “I never want to drive here” territory. Also the whole radar detector thing.

smobgirl > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:57

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I’m just happy I was never the one pulled for speeding in VA. I learned quite early to hide behind someone faster than you and always assume people ahead are braking for a reason.

interstate366, now In The Industry > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 00:59

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They aren’t even hiding the fact that it’s for revenue generation anymore.

interstate366, now In The Industry > AM3R, lost another burner 03/07/2018 at 00:59

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You get out of here with your facts!

gmctavish needs more space > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 01:02

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I’ve done some dumb shit that I don’t feel like putting in writing on the internet, but I’ve only ever had one ticket for failure to display an ‘N’ sticker when I had a Novice license. I had 3 more people in the car than I was allowed, but the cop didn’t mind that, or decided the ‘N’ ticket was enough. $75 or so, not on my record, didn’t affect insurance.

I would say by now that I’m a safe driver, but I wasn’t as safe when I was a teenager. And I wasn’t nearly as bad as some people I know, I thought I was an amazing driver at the time. Ugh.

Dusty Ventures > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 01:15

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I’ve had one (deserved) $300 speeding ticket for doing 83 in a 55 in 2010, and one bullshit cell phone ticket courtesy of a financial shakedown checkpoint in 2008. They had lookout officers down the road from the checkpoint in each direction, looking for violations. The officer would radio ahead to the checkpoint and tell the others which cars to stop. When the officer saw me with my phone in my hand I was stationary in gas station parking lot with my phone closed (it was a flip phone). I was moving it from my pocket to the cupholder so the antenna wasn’t stabbing me in the side. Put it in the cupholder, pulled out of the parking lot, got stopped at the checkpoint and given a $100 ticket. Still salty about that one.

sony1492 > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 01:22

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That is a funny part of this forum. Hooning seems to be a particularly touchy subject because most of us do it or have done it, all of us know it’s fun, all of us know the risks, and a select group will ride a very high horse talking down to you from the intellectual high ground where everything’s black and white.

I’d wanted to make post detailing some street sliding* lessons, but it was scratched off the board because the reaction would be a shitshow. As great as people say this forum is, we still have much room to grow.

*(still doing that so someone skimming dosent see the trigger word)

RPM esq. > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 03:32

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Some, yes, and somewhat—the effect was more significant when I was younger and the effect of a normal traffic offense is not nearly as much as any accident claim.

interstate366, now In The Industry > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 03:45

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I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve gone 80 or even 90. Never even been pulled. There are definitely spots to avoid (Hopewell), but we certainly don’t live in fear like the FP would have you believe.

Long-Voyager > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 07:18

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In all my years since getting my license:

1 Speeding ticket (clocked at 132 mph in a 92 chevy 1500).

Disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle (pulled 3 gears of rubber in front of a cop in a Sentra Spec V).

Unnecessary display of power (in an 87 Buick Century!?!).

Numerous loud exhaust warnings/tickets.

Last 5-6 yrs have been clean.

Long-Voyager > Wagon Guy drives a Boostang 03/07/2018 at 07:22

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God it seems it would have been easier/cheaper to just slow down.........

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 07:51

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One. 15km over, knocked down from 20 over. No points, but yeah of course it affected insurance because I was 17... at least it did 2 years later when I got my truck.

Do I consider myself a good driver? Most of the time, but every so often I catch myself doing something really stupid because I got pissed off at someone. I’ll settle at OK driver

404 - User No Longer Available > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 08:19

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One, in New York State, speeding 90 in a 55 zone. Mails back and forth with the ADA, dropped it to a Parking in front of Hydrant and $225 fine, no insurance impact (which is VERY important in Ontario, rates skyrocket).

Clean ever since.

Wagon Guy drives a Boostang > Long-Voyager 03/07/2018 at 08:56

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no, it wasn’t. Here’s how some of them happened.

You’re traveling along nicely doing 45 in a 45 zone through your local town, when you get to the city border. The next town has set their speed limits to 35, but there are no transition signs, so you get pulled over. You get used to that inconvenience, but then have to go three towns over for some reason, and pass through three more instances of this exact same thing, but since you’re unfamiliar with the road you get pulled over in yet another town. Travel north, south, east or west from the roads you normally travel and the same scenario happens over and over. Now because the fines are only $50, and you never get more than one a month, they never feel like a big deal. Until the insurance cancellation...

Long-Voyager > Wagon Guy drives a Boostang 03/07/2018 at 10:04

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So there’s posted limit signs right?

Seems to me you should be able to see the sign before you get to it and slow down.......

AM3R, lost another burner > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/07/2018 at 11:10

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I make the trip down from NoVa to Richmond every few months and I’m usually getting passed while I’m doing ~85.

interstate366, now In The Industry > AM3R, lost another burner 03/07/2018 at 11:50

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Yep. I see 80+ all day around Richmond, except for the Hopewell speed trap on 295 where everyone drops down to 70. Hampton Roads generally has too much traffic for that to be a common thing, except for certain sections of 664.

daender > AestheticsInMotion 03/07/2018 at 18:00

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3 warnings so far over the span of 8 years. One for turning left after the light went red in order for me to keep up with my parents as we drove a 2-vehicle convey from Las Vegas to South Carolina, one for speeding too soon before the speed limit sign, and one for turning right at a red when there was cross traffic starting to accelerate into the intersection.