OT-- Your first speeding ticket..

[NC Wayne]

Just read Wendys post below about doing 105 in a 40 zone and I know she feels crazy for doing what she did. Crazy, yes, but as the saying goes live and learn . Still we all did crazy things as kids ourselves. So, let's not leave her feeling alone in her misery. Tell us all about your first speeding ticket. What kind of car, where were you at, but most importantly how fast were you going. With some of the "old timers" on this board I'm sure there are some exciting stories to be shared. Not an "old timer" myself, yet, but my first was driving my 55 Chevy 210 wagon back to the Naval Base in Charleston, SC back in '88 or '89. I was headed down I-77 through Rock Hill, SC and had opened the four barrel on my 283 up a llttle til I was running well over 100 for a mile or two before backing off. When the blue lights came on I had already come off the gas and had been coasting for a mile or so just letting her slow down naturally. Turns out I was running 70 in a 55 zone, although I honestly thought it had turned to a 65 zone already. Fortunately the officer took pity on me and dropped the speed on the ticket down to 60 in a 55 so it didn't hurt my driving record. I'm just glad he wasn't sitting a couple of miles further back up the road than he was or I'd have been walking myself. The irony of my whole situation though was that I had made the same trip about every other weekend for over a year and until that weekend no one had ever mentioned getting a ticket to me. That weekend all I heard from everybody I talked to was "don't get a ticket", "their out there this weekend, don't get a ticket", etc etc. What did I do, I got a ticket....I think everybody jinxed me.....

 

[Anonymous-0]

First was 97 in a 51 merc. Buddy said it would run faster in 2nd overdrive than in 3rd. He was right. Cost $35 bucks IIRC. Had enough tickets since then to paper the walls in my house. BTW, it would only top out at 105. 22 MPG no matter how you drove it. Gas was 18.9 cents.

 

[Lanse]

Never had one, but I wont say if I have or havent driven before (smirks). Dont worry, I do stupid things all the time. All you can do is make sure no one saw what happened and learn something from it. You guys tend to be pretty forgiving about my stupid mistakes,

 

[Clint Youse MO]

Mine was on the back street of Mizzou caught doing 40 in a 25 been caught doing upto 85 in a 55 on the 2 lane black tops going to Columbia since then I have a lead foot and have had fewer accidents than most people I know when in HIghschool we got clocked running 110 in a buddies firebird racing his moms camaro cop stopped us in town after we had switched vehicles in to the old farm truck said it was illegal for him to chase over a hundred and gave a very stern warning it was to much work to write the ticket and he was a good guy could have throwed us in jail .

 

[Joe M(GA)]

1976 - Man that was a while ago! 72 in a 35 zone for me, had community service for 4 weekends ( picking up trash) and a $400 fine and driving school. Was driving my brothers Hurst/Olds 442
trying to impress my friends. It didn't work, but they sure disappeared as soon as the blue lights came on.

 

[buickanddeere]

While there was a pile of stuff my Father said I thought was well meaning but out of touch. I did listen to this little gem.
" Son, save up them speeding tickets, they are worth something. When you get three, you can trade them for a bicycle".

 

[Goose]

Once was 87 in a 70 zone east of Tucumcari, NM in a '57 Merc--after I'd come up hill for a mile. I told the trooper, "See that butte over yonder? I've been sitting here for an hour trying to get it to move".

Anyway, the trooper just made the ticket out for 80 in a 70 zone. As it was the middle of the afternoon, I stopped in traffic court in Tucumcari, instead of going to a roadside JP. I walked out for $15. A dollar per mile over the limit and $5 court costs.

A Nebraska State Trooper once clocked a cousin of mine at 86, towing a sprint car on a trailer behind a '64 Pontiac station wagon. My cousin said he'd heard of people having a conniption before, but he'd never actually seen one.

 

[Janicholson]

Running past the principal's office.
Snagged by the arm (1955) first grade. JimN

 

[Anonymous-0]

The first ticket I remember was one I got in the late 80's for "Exhibition Driving" Got caught spinning my tires and making a godawful racket on main street in Platte South Dakota in my 72 Blazer trying to impress some girls. Cost me 40 bucks. But you know how it is - "no such thing as bad publicity" and "women love outlaws".
The girls where still impressed. The cop was not.

 

[Steven f/AZ]

73 in a 55 zone in my 82 Ford F150 351W C-6 auto. A couple miles before it was pegged at 85 - probably didn't go much faster than that, was pretty well worn out.

81 in a 65 in my 88 Thunderbird 3.8 AOD auto. Cost me 6 points on my license.

Care required in my 98 Neon, rolled it trying to go 80 around a curve in a 45 zone, cop was a friend of mine and didn't want me to lose my license. He also appreciated my honesty.

53 in a 45 in my 94 Honda del Sol. The group of bikers ahead of me was going at least 70, but they didn't get stopped.

Pics of said vehicles here:http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/smgussey/vehicles/

 

[Goose]

This isn't a speeding ticket, but one Saturday afternoon a buddy of mine from Orange Park, FL was driving on a suspended license. We'd just started across the St. Johns River drawbridge in Jacksonville when we met a cop who recognized Scott. By the time the cop stopped us on the other end of the bridge, I was driving.

Switching drivers at 45 mph in the middle of a drawbridge isn't a stunt I'd like to try a second time.

 

[IaGary]

Not speeding but the first ticket was for running a stop sign.

Was driving a truck and trailer for a lumber yard delivering wood.

No brakes on the trailer. No lights. And no chauffeur's license.

He never noticed the other things so I just got the ticket for the stop sign. ~})

Brakes and lights got fixed that afternoon.

Gary

 

[Dan67]

many years back, Drag racing downtown Klamath Falls friday night, trying to show off for the females, local law inforcment didn't see it my way. We all have been there..

 

[mowr]

Dave, if a "51 Merc can get 105.22 MPG (miles per gallon), I"ve just got to rush out and find me one! Or maybe the oil companies bought them all up. LOL Sorry, couldn"t resist.

 

[Pair-a-dice farm]

1975 '71 chevy pickup with 300HP 350. Speedometer registered 100MPH I had it wraped around past that and back up to 10. State policeman said he didn't have any idea how fast I was going but gave me a ticket for doing 69 in a 55. I didn't argue.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Back in 1985, 46 in a 30 zone with a 49 Ford pickup that I'd swapped a 292 Y-block with 3 deuces into. Good thing he didn't catch me 5 minutes earlier when I was doing 75 in a 30 zone. I beat the ticket, got the cop to put his foot in his mouth in court.

 

[wcman]

last speeding ticket i got was in the early 70's. 110 mph in a 55 mph zone, with a chevy 327 (350hp) engine under the hood.

 

[Anonymous-0]

shoulda reread that. It only got 22mpg and would run 105.lol

 

[Allis nut]

I got pulled over for drag racing on a Honda V65 magna against a suzuki gs1000. Won the race and got pulled over doing 150 in a 55. Lucky me the state cop was a friend and he told me to take it home and sell it cause if he seen me on it again he would put me under the jail. No ticket and probably saved my life by making me sell it. I think I should go see him and thank him.

 

[Tim in OR]

I just did 67 in a 55 zone once every other year for 6 years. Just enough to mess up my insurance.
Thought I had out grown it ( 20+ years later ), I got 73 in a 55. Oh well, I guess I was getting sloppy. gotta be careful now. I have to protect my CDL, as well as the lives of my self and others in the area.
Tim in OR

 

[dave guest]

First ticket, Detroit, 1959, 2 blocks from home. Fifty four Ford, yellow light. Cop said I ran it. Ticket. Two weeks later, same light, same car, yellow light, slam on brakes. Ticket. Stopped too fast. Avoided that intersection for a very long time. No more tickets for a year.

 

[old]

Been way to long ago for me to rememeber. I do know I have been clocked doing 145 MPH on a bike and I have been up to 165 in a car but never got a ticket for doing either one of them

 

[roger roland]

been up to 160 with pedal left to go in my anni conv ls1 no ticket for tht stupidity lol but have gottn one for 105 in 55 but they couldnt prove it was me ( dark out ) didnt get plate no. till i had already pulled over to do something & cop pulled up behind i won in court since it was dark & he didnt have good vidio to prove it was me ( yaaaa ) lol but i dont do to much stupid like that anymore

 

[IH2444]

Umm over 50 and no speeding ticket yet.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Got written for 67 in a 55 in a 81 datsun pickup knew the cop , he knew and i did i wasnt goin 67 speedo stopped at 85 (I was late to work before i got stopped) mike

 

[Will Herring]

I've gone over the speed limit many a time, but never got a speeding ticket. And I'll just leave it at that. Though I have to admit I really don't speed anymore, too many cars clustered on the road. :?

 

[Walt Davies]

I bought a RED Dodge Dart in 64 got more ticket than you can shake stick at. Single young kid Red car Police can't wait to pull you over even when you aren't speeding.
Traded it for a big Ol' white Olds and no more tickets until I bought my 1968 Saab Sonett Blue this time but all the cops had to stop me just to see what I was driving.
Kids Can't win sometimes.

Walt

 

[kyplowboy]

This falls under the "yall ain't gonna belive this ,,,,," but I have not had one yet. I know say'n that I will get one on the way home from work but I have not gotten a ticket. Had a few verbal and written warnings but never a ticket. There have been many times I needed one.

 

[Leland]

02 Freightliner Cat set at around 600+ hp 18sp with 3.33 rears ,heck 140 was nothing flying on I-40 out west with still plenty more pedal to go

 

[Midwest redneck]

My first "speeding ticket" I got was a 35 in a 25 zone, I was really going 42MPH and this young female cop gave me the ticket. I had another ticket for an illegal left when I was 19 years old. Knock on wood only 2 tickets in 22 years. It helps to have a slow car too.

 

[Anonymous-0]

should have asked him where he bought gas for 19 cents in 1997..... he he


MAY GOD BLESS THE USA

 

[John M]

Never had one. Did get a couple of warnings, but never fined for speeding. Work for a wrecker service and see some of the things Ive seen when I was younger and you tend t oslow down and do the speed limit.

 

[VADAVE]

1962 Chrysler 300H, 2 4 barrel carbs generating 390 hp and 400 lb of torque. More ticket then I can remember but none were less then 15 over. Oh for the good ole days

 

[Anonymous-0]

Been lucky over the years, no speeding tickets, but a couple for other things. The most embarrassing was for "operating left of center", while gazing off at some woman beside the road. The cop that wrote that ticket had to change his shorts first, I looked up just in time to swerve and miss him.

 

[Mathias NY]

77 in a 65 on the interstate. Note to self: when the pack of cars you are following suddenly slows down, follow suit. I didn't. Instead I went flying past all those cars that slowed down. I was still cursing the other drivers for slowing down when then those pretty blue lights pulled out behind me. It was also the last day of the month, I should have known...

 

[Tim...OK]

ya had to ask,didn't ya..(grin) 18 years old and bulletproof.. 64 chevelle malibu SS..327 with tunnel ram intake and two 600cfm holley carbs,muncie 4-speed,3.23 gears..ticket was for 142 in a 55

 

[Anonymous-0]

140 in a truck? Sounds like you should try for a record on the Salt Flats.

 

[GeorgeH]

Mine was long before there were Interstates - therefore don't remember the details.

 

[RodinNS]

Mine was handy 10 years ago, and the only one I've had... Was doing 122 in a 100 KM. I saw him, but not in time. Was doing about 140 only moments before.
Now I watch a lot closer. That's saved me more times than I can count. Get a lot of dirty looks from cops when I go past and they know I was speeding... but they just didn't get a fix quick enough.
I think the one ticket I did get cost me 157.50, 4 points and a week on foot...

Rod

 

[Dandy Don]

mowr, after reading his post and then reading yours, I guess you failed reading too.
Don

 

[Fordfarmer]

Never had one yet... but I've done enough stupid stuff to deserve a few. 2 verbal warnings, one drivng my '67 Mustang to see a girlfriend 2 hours away at college (abut 12 yeares ago) and one on the way back to tech school,(15 years ago) -both for 10 over in a 55 zone. Somewhat older and more careful now, (best friend is a cop, I got married, and am a father...)but still get going a little too fast now and then. The night Luke was born (7 weeks early and breach), Anne was taken by ambulence from the local hospital to a bigger one a 2 hour drive away. I was sent home to get some clothes and stuff, but almost beat the ambulence there, even with a bathroom and caffiene stop half way there and slowing to close to the speed limit thru towns. Left home at 2:45 AM, got there 1 hour and 20 minutes later. You do the math. Anne's Buick got me from the hospital in town to our house, but the '00 Mustang took me to the other hospital.

 

[Walt Davies]

My wife was stopped in this car for doing around 90 in 55 she told the cop she had to go to the bathroom and was in hurry he let her go but followed her into the station where ran for the Toilet.
It is a 1968 Saab Sonett and I still have it out in the barn. With a lifetime Warranty on the engine and running gear. Car would easily do 130 MPH.
Walt
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[KIP in MX]

1975, I just turned 18, driving 1968 Mustang GT. Speeding ticket for 105mph in 55 zone with 4 other worse tickets. Night in jail, $400 bail. The cop was fired for it and all 5 tickets were dismissed by judge. Got bail money back and went to El Paso and Jaurez for a $400 weekend with a buddy. (Dad was not happy about that!)

BTW, I wasn´t speeding.

 

[Dan-IA]

Never got a speeding ticket. Had a few others though:

Failure to maintain control
Snow on rear license plate
Seat belt violations galore
License plate lights out
No license plate
No proof of insurance ($340 fine. ouch!)

That's not to say that in all my years driving, I haven't had excessive speed. Indeed, for years I drove the same stretch of road, about 35 miles and to be on time I had to do it in 30 minutes. Drove it everyday with my foot to the floor, seat belt off, and changing into my work uniform. Periodically saw a cop or state trooper, but they were always hiding behind a semi and I just blew past them in the other lane. All I know is the speedometer went to 85 in my first 3 cars, and on this journey I never could see the needle.

I never did claim to be a particularly bright light bulb in the pack!

 

[Rick Kr]

Well just a few I remember....

94 in a 45
85 in a 35
improper equipment (drag slicks, exhaust (also have 2.5" zoomies)
drag racing
reckless driving
and on and on
many threatened citations for Nitrous, Officers claim a 2000psi bottle in the truck is dangerous and illegal.

I have a love for racing, especially street racing.

still have the car, but the two little passengers have taught me I need to learn to drive smarter.
No more racing. Car was great for racing against guys on the import bikes that dont know how to drive them.

Took the supercharger and the nitrous off the motor and now it is actually controllable when driving.

Rick

 

[Dick L]

It was 1955. 80 in a 50 zone. First of only three in my life time.

 

[495man]

The neon looks like an ACR....alloys, no spoiler and empty fog light holes. Must of been quite the curve for one of those to "jump the rails"

 

[rustyj]

Well, i didn't get the ticket, but, leaving Columbia, SC, one very early, dark morning, and about 10 miles on Rt.(then)26, toward I-95), some nit-wit passed us at a high rate of speed!
Tweren't very long until i saw a faint flashing blue light approaching fast. Went past us, and disappeared. About 5 miles down the road, there was the speeder, getting a ticket.
Of course, we went on by. Later on, i saw headlights approaching from behind, and soon, the same speeder blasted past us! (Guess he was a slow learner!) And soon, i saw the blue light coming up from way back! We kept going at the speed limit. And, some miles down the road, again, was the speeder in hand-cuffs, and being invited to sit in the police car!

 

[John N Mi]

Not speeding but for driving. It was 1942 and I was 10 years old and I drove the truck loaded with wheat to the elevator. Got stopped by the sheriff and spanked and told to not bring the truck to town again. Did drive the truck again but did not get caught.
John
PS That was world war 11 time.

 

[NC Wayne]

Don"t know what those guys in Columbia do for patrol cars but they seem to find some fast ones. I remember heading back to Charleston one night (sometime in "86 or "87) and was right outside of Columbia when the same thing happened. Guy flew by me like I saw standing still and a minute or two later I see the blue lights fast approaching and thought he was coming for me since I was running over 70. Like you said he flew by me and a few miles down the road had the other guy pulled over. I think tat the time the cop I saw was driving one of the new Mustang 5.0"s but whatever it was it was FAST.

 

[Leland]

140 is nothing anymore for a big truck ,the nascar team haulers go by me like I am backing up out west roger penskes nascar trucks have c-16 cats that put out over 800 hp stock and are not epa approved for on road use at least unless you know somebody important

 

[Leland]

A friend of mines mom had a job out of town with a 22 mile drive ,she worked nights and she had to be there at 11:00 pm funny part was she usually always left home at around 10:40 pm she had a hot F-150 with one mean 460 . oh she never was late either .

 

[Anonymous-0]

Wow. I did not know that. does anybody ever get caught at that speed?
What kind of fines are they getting?

 

[Leland]

unless your doing something stupid they mostly leave you alone since there is nothing for hundreds of miles in places in the desert .besides if they pull you over then they have to get out of an air conditioned squad car .

 

[Anonymous-0]

My Dad was a radio dispatcher for the State Patrol. One morning he told me that one of my classmates had gotten a ticket. He had been doing ok at the top of the hill, but had let the horses run going downhill. He must have been doing about 100.


"I know" I said,"I was in the backseat."
SDE

 

[Anonymous-0]

My son is now 19 years old. When he was a baby, his mother got caught speeding by "Uncle Ray". He was our neighbor and I consider him a friend.
He let her go with a warning because Michael was crying and she was trying to get him to Grandma's house.

You would cry to, if your mother pinched you.
SDE

 

[Mike (WA)]

1974 or 5, I think- ticket was unremarkable (35 or 40 in a 25, in a typical small town speed trap- you think you're out of town, but still 25 limit- good revenue source for these little burgs). What was funny was when I told my wife- she smiled and pulled out her first ticket, too- written within 5 minutes of mine, in a town 25 miles away. We've each averaged about one every 10 years since- but not on the same day.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Ever check your fuel mileage at 140?
Just wondering if it takes more than a gallon to go a mile at that speed.

 

[Leland]

never really checked probley cut it down to 2-3 mpg

 

[David, Surrey UK]

Been driving 40 years and I haven't had a speeding ticket yet.

The secret is: always know the speed limit and always drive within it. Then you never have to worry. 8)

For some reason when I say that people usually end up shouting at me, I've no idea why. :roll: :wink: :lol:

David