PhilT Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Just wondering what the average number of speeding tickets is. How many tickets has everyone had in their life, not just with your Legacy. Be honest Double Award Winning Legacy GT Wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melayout Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 6 since late 03. The LGT was an accessory to half of them. Currently, I'm on hiatus. Haven't gotten one in the last 6 months. I keed I keeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeb-z Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 At least 7 but none in 5 years! Got lucky yesterday. I was busy doing a third gear pull for logging purposes and went by a cop in the median at 85 and still accelerating! Yeah for luck or wagon stealth. I wonder if my diagnostic testing excuse would have gain any traction (NOT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 2 since 2000. Ones been dropped and the second one WILL be dropped. It is the disposition of men to desire that which he cannot have, hence my un-quenchable wet desire for Shakira! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 2 in California, 1 in New Mexico, 3 in Michigan, and 2 in Ontario... but none in the last 4 years. I learned my lesson. Sort of. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. In other words: SEARCH before you post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windex Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 3 in total: 115kph in an 80 - 15 years ago in university - cop knocked it down to 15 over.93kph in a 60 - going to the airport. ticket was under the "airport traffic act" = no points off70mph in a 55 coming back from skiing in Ellicottville NY about 8-9 years ago. still haven't paid it. :knocking heavily on wood: haven't had one since, but had a few close calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDTURBO Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I got busted for 31mph over tuning my legacy gt... got pbj so I gotta be good for a year. Also, got a repair order last week for my open exhaust. Cops are hatin on me. :O) 2012 Forester XT. Stage 2+ Retired from Racing. I used to build FMIC and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emorphien Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 snake eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tytek Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 so far 5 in 9 years in the US... 3 still on record (one per year). but i drive over 30k miles a year - that's my excuse none in europe. it is so easy to bullshit your way out of a ticket - speeding is still no big deal in many places. just have to be nice, polite and funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenzo Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Zero. I've been driving since 1978. Also had a STi for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagcars26 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I had a couple in my younger days,, but none after that,,,got a few warnings though,,especially with the STi;) Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 17 total, 13 of which were speeding. Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wukindada Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 none since my sr yr in H.S................1990:eek: Toyota 6EATS .........SUCK!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintinet Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 1979- Taking a sick friend home from school: 43 in a 30 MPH zone, down a hill, in a VW Diesel Rabbit. 1990- Up hill, going from a 30 to a 50 MPH zone too soon, in a VW Golf. 2002- Round a bend, down a hill, from a 25 to a 35 MPH zone too soon in an 02 WRX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mach_six Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 17 total, 13 of which were speeding. God damn, how much those ticket cost you? Your insurance must be high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emorphien Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 17 total, 13 of which were speeding. practice makes perfect...err, something I know someone who has done better than you I think, I'm going to have to check what his record is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfd425 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I've had probably close to twenty speeding tickets, and maybe 5-6 other violations. It seems like I get about one speeding ticket a year, and if I manage to go three or four years without one, then I get a bunch right after that. Fortunately, most of my tickets were in Illinois, where they are fairly easy to get out of with court supervision. As a result, I probably had ten tickets that I plead guilty to and paid a fine, but no conviction was recorded. I've had four here in Minnesota that I can think of, and they make it a real PITA to try to keep the ticket off your record. On the last one, I had to appear twice prior to a trial being set, just to ask for a "continuance for dismissal" (similar to Illinois' "court supervision", a form of probation). I even offered to pay an increased fine, but the prosecutor refused to give me the continuance, due to my having had another ticket within the last year. At that point, I had so much time invested that I decided to go to trial, because I had nothing to lose, and there were some irregularities with the ticket. I was eventually found guilty, but that was after taking up twenty minutes of the initial hearing officer's time, probably at least two hours of the prosecutor's time, and three hours of two police officers' time waiting for the trial. All that to collect $125 from me, when I would have been willing to pay $250 right off the bat, in order to have a chance to keep the ticket off my record. I did have fun cross-examining the officers, though. Other states I've had speeding tickets in are Wisconsin, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, off the top of my head. The one in Wyoming was for 90 in a 55, because I had been in Montana for several days and was used to the no-speed-limit law (which I believe has since been repealed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldiablo Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 7 -10 range. VW GTI VR6 got me in some trouble in my youth. Pulled over last week in the LGT for the 1st time, 94 in a 65 - awesome trooper gave me a seat belt ticket and a warning! Talk about lucky. Whewwww....time for a radar detector. My VB Garage... Pumping the air back into despair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfd425 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I might point out that I'm much older than Bu11dogg, so my average per year is probably lower than his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mach_six Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I've had point violation tickets but none for speeding (knock on wood ) and that was 8 years ago when I was 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfd425 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 BTW, my parking ticket total is probably somewhere in the 50-60 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 God damn, how much those ticket cost you? Your insurance must be high! $950 in fines, 180 day suspension, and i was deemed a Habitual offender. I havent had one since 2001. 1996-2001 17 tickets. I have paid over $2000 in fines and lost my licence for a total of 6 months. I have gotten pretty good at gettin out of tickets, got pulled over in mass for 50 over, got out of it, 18 over in maine, got out of it, its all in how you present yourself..... and being on lucky SOB!! Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccorry Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 7-10 range for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDTURBO Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I have gotten pretty good at gettin out of tickets, got pulled over in mass for 50 over, got out of it, 18 over in maine, got out of it, its all in how you present yourself..... and being on lucky SOB!! It's surprising how many you can get out of when you know what to do. Make your case before they go back to their car with your license and always be polite!! I've dodged at least 5 tickets since I started using this method, for a total of well over $500 and 10 points saved from destroying my driving record... I got a need for speed lol. 2012 Forester XT. Stage 2+ Retired from Racing. I used to build FMIC and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 ^^^ you know its funny, I got a ticket in Maryland. and no lie.... the cops name was "Otis Cephus" no lie.... I almost died laughing when i saw his name badge Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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