Two Tickets Agh!

[Wassup350]

Jeeze tonight aint so hot for me. I was rippin up alongside the road just warmin my shee up and as soon as i get to the end of this stretch alongside the lawn i go to turn around then a cop pulls up and gives me a ticket, luckily it was only for no helmet. Then i pick up a buncha my friends to go ice skating and i was doing about 85 down the highway and im just talkin not realizin my speed. Then im like it would suck if i cop was pacing me and pulled me over going 100 or something. Sure enough god damn lights flash behind me and i get pulled over. Thank god i was only doing 85. Has anyone here ever got a ticket going that fast in NYS?? if so how much was it?

[boonman]

Well, it depends who you know. I have had well over 35 tickets in NYS in the last 8 years that I have been driving. i can tell you that you are in danger of losing your liscense. 30 MPH over the limit is not a good thing. That is provided you were in a 55 zone. 12 points, and you lose your liscense. It may even be 11 now. I don't know.. The one that I am most proud of getting out of is when I was on my ZX-7R with my buddy who was on his F3 honda. We both leave a light on the back wheel for a bit, (untill 3rd gear) and upon cresting the top of the hill, in the other lane is an officer going the other way. We were going about 70 in a 45. He turned around and flipped the lights on. We glance at each other, and drop a couple gears and rail on it. Splitting lanes, and running for all we were worth. (Not too much...) We got away, untill we were on a side street, and my buddy takes a turn on another side street and I didn't see him in time. So, I go past the street, and turn in the church parking lot, and go around back to connect with the side street. (We had ALOT of room between us and the cop by this time). Wel, my buddy sees me go in there, and he turns in there from the side street. We meet up in the bac, and decide that we are secluded from anywhere to be seen. So, we take off our helmets and wait. About 3 minutes go by, and all the sudden the cop comes flying in the lot, jumping the curb, hubcaps flying and motors on in to catch us. We had nowhere to go, (our helmets were off) so we sat there..... After listening to a 5 minute ass chewing session, he starts writing. Reckless driving, reckless endangerment, unsafe passing, speeding, evading, and disobeying traffic device. Well, he let us go on our own, (he didn't tow the bikes). I don't know why he didn't tow them, perhaps because we didn't bitch at him, we were honest, and didn't try to F with him. Well, it came time for court, and we went in, and got 2 points on our liscenses, and got whacked a $35 surcharge. No fine. Now, on most of my other tickets, I did not fare so well. I was seriously in danger of losing my liscense several times, and I have to this day 6 conviction stubs. I played them back and forth between traffic courts, so one wouldn't know about other previous violations. Dirty, but I did it. I went to traffic school, once a month for 6 months, I have gotten tickets on my way to traffic school, and on my way to traffic court. I have gotten tickets on my way to everywhere. Work, you name it. On the way home from snowmobiling trips, I have gotten away with being wasted and got pulled over, everything. I have also gotten busted for alot too. not bragging here, just stating the past. I now do not drive retardedly fast. I mostly watch where I am, and how fast I'm going. One thing, GET A RADAR DETECTOR. And most mportantly, LEARN how to use it. I have one. Best on the market IMHO. Passport 8500. www.radartest.com read up on it. This is the best darned thing I have ever had. but, you have to know how to use it too. and don't be going too fast so that if it does go off, and you know it's a cop, (remember, I said to learn how to use it) that you can't slow down in time. ost of all, be smart about it. There are ways out. Especially in NYS. I don't know your area, but yo may need to get a laywer. I have NEVER utilized a laywer in traffic court. but, I know how the system works. And you can take it to trial, instead of trying to plea bargain. if the cop didn't make any notes about the stop, you can get it thrown out. Think of this, were you a dick when he pulled you over? How long was he at the car for? how many people did you have with you? You were endangering the other people in the car too, so he may have made a note of that? When you go to court, you can ask questions about direction of travel, speed he got you for, how long he followed you, where he initially saw you commit the initial violation? Was it radar? Or Vascar? What was the weather? Where EXACTLY on the road were you? Things like that... let me know what you decide to do. And NEVER plea guilty. NEVER. Unless it is to a lesser charge...