OT: Speeding ticket

[Dan in CO]

Yesterday, I took a trip to southern Colorado to look at the area Mutt & I will be Elk hunting this November. Along I-25 south of Colorado Springs, there was a work zone where the speed limit dropped to 65 mph. I ignored it & just kept going 76. Got a ticket that is going to cost me $162!!!

I guess I made a mistake:

 

[Sean (TX)]

Did they tack on a gas surcharge? Last one I had cost me about that. 46 in a 35. I took a online defensive driving coarse and kept it off my record.

 

[Dan in CO]

Yep, included in the total of $162 was $27 of surcharge. If I pay promptly & don't go to court, they reduce the points from 4 to 2. (in Colorado 12 points takes the license away)

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 16:55:01 09/28/08) Yesterday, I took a trip to southern Colorado to look at the area Mutt & I will be Elk hunting this November. Along I-25 south of Colorado Springs, there was a work zone where the speed limit dropped to 65 mph. I ignored it & just kept going 76. Got a ticket that is going to cost me $162!!!

I guess I made a mistake:

Were there workers present? In Texas, 'work zone ' alone doesn't count unless workers are present. Don't know about CO.

 

[John730D]

Watch it in Illinois. $375 MINIMUM in work zones. Speed limit in work zones is 55 or if workers present 45. Illinois also has cameras that will take your picture, then they send you a ticket in the mail.

I work road construction, and trust me 45 is WAY too fast. PLEASE be careful out there.

I'm Sorry you got a ticket, but if it saves one life it is worth it.

 

[Dan in CO]

John;

I agree with you. I deserved it. There were no workers on Saturday, but no excuses, I got what I deserved.

 

[Sean (TX)]

ONLINE COARSE

 

[osduck5]

At least you had a human being write you a ticket, here in TN, they have installed red light cameras! It really hurts to be paying when the police didn't even have to get out of their car and earn the money!

 

[Dan in CO]

(quoted from post at 17:52:33 09/28/08) At least you had a human being write you a ticket, here in TN, they have installed red light cameras! It really hurts to be paying when the police didn't even have to get out of their car and earn the money!

Hey osduck5; talk about the cops having an advantage:

 

[Kevin in MN]

Minneapolis had those cameras and sent 1000's of tickets. Then it was proved in court to be illegal and all the tickets had to be refunded.

 

[Dunk]

May need to take lessons from this fellow...

Unexplained Ghost Car Disappears During Police Pursuit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcFMyHnyc0U

I think he went "Back To The Future".

 

[eric lb]

im always speeding, i always neeed to be someplace other than where i am, and i need to be there 10 minutes ago, seems to me that speeding is kind of like poker, its a gamble, but if you take cards in the game, sometimes you got to pay up,although the last ticket i got for speeding i was going a blistering 45 mph! [ grin the speed limit was 35]

 

[JES1 SWOH]

If you have another $162 that you would like to give away, I will take it.

 

[souNdguy]

I used to have a bit of a lead foot.. but have gone back to driving near or at the speed limit. Working for a GC for the last 15ys has also made me mindfull of driving in a construction zone... not only do you have to look out for the people.. but every now and then an errant operator will swing a piece of equipment around and encroach on a driving lane...

soundguy

 

[gahorN]

(quoted from post at 06:57:59 09/29/08) im always speeding, i always neeed to be someplace other than where i am, and i need to be there 10 minutes ago, seems to me that speeding is kind of like poker, its a gamble, but if you take cards in the game, sometimes you got to pay up,although the last ticket i got for speeding i was going a blistering 45 mph! [ grin the speed limit was 35]

Try leaving for wherever about 25 minutes earlier. That way you won't insult the folks waiting on you whose time you don't respect, and you won't endanger the rest of us. We lost a 2 month old baby to a speeding cement truck. He was someone who just didn't want to have to wait his turn in line to unload at some jobsite.

Others who speed, sometimes steal more from us than simple peace-of-mind.

 

[keennt]

In Minn., fines double in work zones........

 

[Anonymous-0]

Modern day revenuer’s making a buck for their city or state so they can keep their jobs.

 

[MR in MN]

You"re not given a speeding ticket, you earn them.

 

[NYC Charlie]

Fines are bad, but incarceration is worse. One of my friends passed a truck in a work zone. It was 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of a 3-day weekend--no work crew in sight. Nicest lady you would ever hope to meet. Picture a quiet, respectful, matronly Christian lady in a three-piece suit. Zero points on her license. No outstanding warrants. She was driving a state-issued car with proper paperwork, and ID that identified her as a state employee.

Unfortunately, her driver's license had just expired. Cops handcuffed her, and put her in county lockup from Friday night until Tuesday morning. 10 year old son at home, nobody to look after him. Not even the chief attorney of the state department who employs her could get her out.

Welcome to work-zone justice, Oklahoma style.

 

[old-9]

Subject: Nevada High




Subject: Nevada Highway Patrol vs. USMC







Two Arizona Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement near the Chocolate Mountains outside Yuma, Arizona. One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill.

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then turned off.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.
Back at the Highway Patrol Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the USMC Base Commander at MCAS Yuma.



The reply came back in true USMC style:

Thank you for your letter. We can now complete the file on this incident.

You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down.

Furthermore, an Air-to-Ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your radar equipment location.


Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position.

The pilot also suggests you cover your mouths when cussing at them, since the video systems on these jets are very high tech. Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar. It appears the filling is loose. Also, the snap is broken on his holster.

Thank you for your concern.

Semper Fi.





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[Dan in CO]

Yep, those jarheads sometimes need to keep a sense of humor about them.

 

[OKDAD]

Speaking of Oklahoma justice ODOT has just passed new fines for speeding in construction zones:

Speeding - $1,000 :shock:
Speeding involving an accident - $5,000 :shock: :shock:
Speeding involving a fatality - $10,000 :shock: :shock: :shock:

I suggest when in OK don't speed in any construction zones!

Lastly...I view traffic fines as "voluntary taxation". It's your choice!

Ike....The Slowest Tractor Mechanic in the USA

 

[Anonymous-0]

Dan, Can you send me the link to these pictures?

 

[Dan in CO]

(quoted from post at 16:27:54 10/01/08) Dan, Can you send me the link to these pictures?

Send me an email at: [email protected] and I will send them all to you via return email.

 

[redleg]

One more piece of trivia for ya. Much of the time, the officer working the construction zone is on grant time to only work traffic in that zone. Their overtime is being funded by USDOT. If they give too many breaks to people, they lose future grants which will be awarded to other agencies to work construction zones. Same deal when they do the redlight or seatbelt enforcement zones.