Damn Another Ticket

[PixilEyes]

You guys have to remember that speed limits are just suggestions for the average driver with the average vehicle.

An old truck driving at 60km/h is still going to take longer to stop and won't be able to maneuver as well in case of an emergency than, say, a new BMW at 80km/h. Even if the BMW is being driven faster it still remains safer, its just a matter of knowing the limits of the car and the conditions of the road; a little safety-conscious speeding won't hurt anyone.

In any case, I wouldn't trust this guy in a Hyundai to drive that much faster than traffic in a safe manner. :p

Keep in mind my car has upgraded suspesnion. It is nothing like a bmw or anything, but its way better than my Old 2002 ford escort and a stock accent.

And these guys fail to see IT WAS THE ON RAMP TO THE HIGHWAY!!!! ITS ONE LANE!

[SoCalledChaos]

I have no IDEA how you got your licence in the first place.. I think that people who get caught for speeding should get their licence suspended for 6 months MINIMUM.. then after that a permanent ban on driving because it IS speed that kills and if you dont slow down eventually YOU will kill someone or yourself... and dont say "uh no, speed doesnt kill, its the slower more attentive drivers who are obeying the law who get killed" yeah, they get killed by stupid people like you who think its cool to drive faster than the law permits........ you know, im really baffeled at how you passed your licence exam

[PixilEyes]

I have no IDEA how you got your licence in the first place.. I think that people who get caught for speeding should get their licence suspended for 6 months MINIMUM.. then after that a permanent ban on driving because it IS speed that kills and if you dont slow down eventually YOU will kill someone or yourself... and dont say "uh no, speed doesnt kill, its the slower more attentive drivers who are obeying the law who get killed" yeah, they get killed by stupid people like you who think its cool to drive faster than the law permits........ you know, im really baffeled at how you passed your licence exam

My driving instructor at the school in high school told me to speed up when I was going the speed limit. Also the DMV driver said I was even going to slow going 50 in a 45.

[VGVL]

I actually have to disagree with that; speed limits are law enforced and as such are not suggestions rather than set rules that are to be followed, no matter what you drive.

My dad and I get tickets constantly because we drive faster than the speed limit on a daily basis, yet we do so consciously and safely. Speed limits are suggestions from a safety point of view, from a law enforcement point of view just be prepared to pay the fines.

[david]

I just got a speeding ticket too...

*89 in a 55 = $260

*No seatbelt = $70

[PixilEyes]

My dad and I get tickets constantly because we drive faster than the speed limit on a daily basis, yet we do so consciously and safely. Speed limits are suggestions from a safety point of view, from a law enforcement point of view just be prepared to pay the fines.

How many tickets do the both of you have?

I just got a speeding ticket too...

*89 in a 55 = $260

*No seatbelt = $70

How much did your insurance go up?

No lawyer?

[Chosen One]

stop ur speeding or get off the dang road,there's no need for racers or speeder w/e u wanna call ur self.You will just end up getting someone killed or even ur self killed.Cards are ment to get u from point A to B, if u want to race find a racetrack ment for racing not your city streets :angry: :angry:

[JiveMasterT]

I feel bad... musta taken you like an hour to get up to 80mph then that trooper had to pull you over and spoil your fun!

Oh and please don't say you were racing your hyundai. What ever happened to the days when street racing was underground and people actually used really fast cars to do it? I can't wait for it to be back that way someday, but by then I'll probably be driving a suburban with my kids. If you really want to race and drive fast, then might I consider autocross or a drag strip? Or maybe leave your house a little earlier when going somewhere?

Your car is not a fast car no matter how you look at it, so don't drive it that way. How do I know? Well, my friend has one and he brought it to the track and I had my sister bring my astrovan so I could strip my car at the track and put the parts in there. For ****s and giggles, I used my last run to race the astro van against my friend's accent in a heads up run... took it by about 2 car lengths in the 1/4 mile. Your car is not built for this stuff though and driving it as such is just going to lead to someone getting hurt, ok? If you really want to release this need for speed that you have then go do it somewhere off public roads. Unless everyone on the road is doing 80, then doing 80 yourself is NOT safe and a cop will not single you out for driving above the speed limit if traffic is moving at the same pace.

[VGVL]

How many tickets do the both of you have?

How much did your insurance go up?

No lawyer?

I don't know, there is no such thing as points on our license and our insurance rates do not go up. As long as the ticket is paid for, everybody is happy.

[PixilEyes]

Here it is. Ohh no here comes the hate.

Give me a secound while you rag my car to :cry:

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[stgeorge]

Folks, I know plenty of people in law enforcement, including state troopers. The only reason speed laws exist is purely to generate profit. Almost every accident is due to exhaustion of some sort (the major cause of exhaustion being alcohol). There is not much difference is being in an accident at 55 MPH or 95 MPH, you will get equally ****ed up or possibly dead. You can be going 25 MPH and if you get hit the wrong way, you'll break your neck and die. Speeding tickets are purely to generate profits, and yes, all cops are told exactly how many speeding tickets they need to write per month, because the budget is calculated with those speeding tickets in mind. My advice is to become friends with a cop, and get a PBA or FOP card. You will never have to worry about a speeding ticket ever again.

Edited February 12, 2006 by stgeorge

[PixilEyes]

Folks, I know plenty of people in law enforcement, including state troopers. The only reason speed laws exist is purely to generate profit. Almost every accident is due to exhaustion of some sort (the major cause of exhaustion being alcohol). There is not much difference is being in an accident at 55 MPH or 95 MPH, you will get equally ****ed up or possibly dead. You can be going 25 MPH and if you get hit the wrong way, you'll break your neck and die. Speeding tickets are purely to generate profits, and yes, all cops are told exactly how many speeding tickets they need to write per month, because the budget is calculated with those speeding tickets in mind. My advice is to become friends with a cop, and get a PBA or FOB card. You will never have to worry about a speeding ticket ever again.

God bless you.

What are these cards you speak of.

[JiveMasterT]

Here it is. Ohh no here comes the hate.

Give me a secound while you rag my car to :cry:

Eiy yi yi. You fail to see my point. You can't go driving your car at speeds like that because it is not built for that. I used my track experience as an example. It's something I'm getting sick of though... people thinking that honda civics and stuff like that are race cars. Well, they aren't. It's people's inability to see that these cars are not designed for racing that often gets them killed. How often do you see someone who crashed their porsche in the newspaper? Now how many times do you see a flipped over honda with a big exhaust sticking off it in the newspaper. I don't want to insult you or rag on your whip... I want you to wake up and realize that if you're going to drive like that in a car that's not designed for it, you're going to end up with more to deal with than a ticket.

[PixilEyes]

Eiy yi yi. You fail to see my point. You can't go driving your car at speeds like that because it is not built for that. I used my track experience as an example. It's something I'm getting sick of though... people thinking that honda civics and stuff like that are race cars. Well, they aren't. It's people's inability to see that these cars are not designed for racing that often gets them killed. How often do you see someone who crashed their porsche in the newspaper? Now how many times do you see a flipped over honda with a big exhaust sticking off it in the newspaper. I don't want to insult you or rag on your whip... I want you to wake up and realize that if you're going to drive like that in a car that's not designed for it, you're going to end up with more to deal with than a ticket.

In our newspaper the usuall cause is usually one of the three

1. cell phone

2. Alochol

3. going the wrong way on the interstate

[stgeorge]

God bless you.

What are these cards you speak of.

PBA - Police Benevolent Association or FOP - Fraternal Order of Police. Basically, police officers are part of one of these two organizations. They can issue cards to friends and family. Basically the card says "A cop vouches for me".

Of course, this won't work for serious violations (running a red light, accidents, etc...) but doing 80 with every other car on the road in a 55 and getting snared by an obvious speed trap? They won't bug you.

[PixilEyes]

PBA - Police Benevolent Association or FOP - Fraternal Order of Police. Basically, police officers are part of one of these two organizations. They can issue cards to friends and family. Basically the card says "A cop vouches for me".

Of course, this won't work for serious violations (running a red light, accidents, etc...) but doing 80 with every other car on the road in a 55 and getting snared by an obvious speed trap? They won't bug you.

Do you have one?

Ok Is this just a rumor. If you mail in your fines for the court, and you write it for 5 dollars over. They issue a check back to you for a refund. I hear if you dont cash this refund you wont be fined. Any truth to this?

[JiveMasterT]

In our newspaper the usuall cause is usually one of the three

1. cell phone

2. Alochol

3. going the wrong way on the interstate

Meh, and guess what... all of those people thought that they were driving at their best and didn't think they were going to get into an accident. Guess what happened!

[Buttus]

I've always remembered that speed limits were lowered to increase gas mileage, people were driving too fast and burning too much fuel, so they lowered them...

i can't remember 100% if that is correct... but it wasn't for safety...

and i agree with the other poster, about speed tickets are just for increase money to the state, if they were serious about making people drive slower, they wouldn't hide... they would make it very obvious where they were, so people would drive slower...

[ShadowPHP]

Thanks guys, but it has been fun on neowin. I've found this community has gathered to many ######.

How do you delete an account?

Thankfully; When you leave, thats one less ######.

[SoCalledChaos]

My driving instructor at the school in high school told me to speed up when I was going the speed limit. Also the DMV driver said I was even going to slow going 50 in a 45.

ok so, what your driving instructor in high school did... was ILLEGAL and should have lost his job.. DMV driver... also illegal... they are not allowed to tell you to do anything illegal or else they could lose their job... so hence they are stupid along with yourself

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

Let's say for the sake of argument that your reaction time is 0.75 seconds, and that your car can brake at a constant rate of 6.5 m/s

You're travelling at 50 mph (22 m/s)

Thinking distance = speed x reaction time, so that's 17m.

Breaking distance = (22^2)/(2*6.5) = 37m.

Total = 54m.

80 mph (36 m/s)

Thinking distance = 27m

Breaking distance = 100m.

Total = 127m.

Can you see why speed limits are introduced now? The distance increases by the square of the speed you're increasing by.

[Deron Dantzler]

Slow down. And while you're at it stop wasting money in making the Hyundai Accent something it's not. It's not a sports car. It's a frickin budget vehicle. I'm so tired of seeing 10s of thousands of enhancements put on peice of junk cars. Why don't people just buy good cars from the factory to begin with. Around here we have 80s Cutlass's that are falling apart probably worth 800 bucks that have a crazy paint job on it and 26 inch rims that are worth thousands of dollars and light kits and all of this nonsense. Not to mention the stereo system can be heard from 4 blocks away and is probably another couple grand. It's a frickin Cutlass for christ sakes.

[D.V]

theres really no point to this topic. i suppose he wanted to share his experience, which he is allowed to do, but frankly the rest of us could care less.

dustin, people are just giving u advice. no one can make you stop your actions except yourself.

so do what you want to yourself, you are correct in saying that its your life, but be sure to take other people into consideration.

btw, your car sux.

if you are interested in further increasing performance, i recommend upping to a high performance air filter if u dont have one yet.

[PixilEyes]

theres really no point to this topic. i suppose he wanted to share his experience, which he is allowed to do, but frankly the rest of us could care less.

dustin, people are just giving u advice. no one can make you stop your actions except yourself.

so do what you want to yourself, you are correct in saying that its your life, but be sure to take other people into consideration.

btw, your car sux.

if you are interested in further increasing performance, i recommend upping to a high performance air filter if u dont have one yet.

I'll upload pictures of my custom intake on here problley sometime in the next week. I installed a new one today, and I'm getting a little thumping noise that I can feel in the clutch. I think my filter is a bit too tall for the hood. I'll need to extend then nose down the intake a bit more.

Let's say for the sake of argument that your reaction time is 0.75 seconds, and that your car can brake at a constant rate of 6.5 m/s

You're travelling at 50 mph (22 m/s)

Thinking distance = speed x reaction time, so that's 17m.

Breaking distance = (22^2)/(2*6.5) = 37m.

Total = 54m.

80 mph (36 m/s)

Thinking distance = 27m

Breaking distance = 100m.

Total = 127m.

Can you see why speed limits are introduced now? The distance increases by the square of the speed you're increasing by.

If someone cuts you off, your going to hit them if your going 25 or 55.

1. Has anyone broken a law.

2. Has that law IN any way in-dangared someone. (Yes buying drugs can put someone in danger)

3. For any law you have broken there is someone else out there like 1/3 of you that thinks your extremly wrong for doing it, without you caring.

theres really no point to this topic. i suppose he wanted to share his experience, which he is allowed to do, but frankly the rest of us could care less.

dustin, people are just giving u advice. no one can make you stop your actions except yourself.

so do what you want to yourself, you are correct in saying that its your life, but be sure to take other people into consideration.

btw, your car sux.

if you are interested in further increasing performance, i recommend upping to a high performance air filter if u dont have one yet.

You have a point. I'm not telling every single person in here to go speed.

I've always remembered that speed limits were lowered to increase gas mileage, people were driving too fast and burning too much fuel, so they lowered them...

i can't remember 100% if that is correct... but it wasn't for safety...

and i agree with the other poster, about speed tickets are just for increase money to the state, if they were serious about making people drive slower, they wouldn't hide... they would make it very obvious where they were, so people would drive slower...

Most of the cops, like the rush of hiding then pulling someone over. Its a money thing.

Slow down. And while you're at it stop wasting money in making the Hyundai Accent something it's not. It's not a sports car. It's a frickin budget vehicle. I'm so tired of seeing 10s of thousands of enhancements put on peice of junk cars. Why don't people just buy good cars from the factory to begin with. Around here we have 80s Cutlass's that are falling apart probably worth 800 bucks that have a crazy paint job on it and 26 inch rims that are worth thousands of dollars and light kits and all of this nonsense. Not to mention the stereo system can be heard from 4 blocks away and is probably another couple grand. It's a frickin Cutlass for christ sakes.

Its only personal enjoyment, do what makes you happy.

[shockz]

Why are you racing in an accent? Pretty dumb.

110 HP? Wow... and no... thats not really impressive for 2200lbs... plus what a waste of money on performance mods. Why buy a budget car and put tons of money into it?

How about you drive like every normal person and obey the law. There is no reason to go 80+ in a 55. If you want to show off... go on a track... because most of the people your speeding by on the highway are probably rolling their eyes at you.

i can't remember 100% if that is correct... but it wasn't for safety...

Maybe not... but countless studies indicate speed ends up causing problems due to inexperince and reckless driving.

Edited February 13, 2006 by shockz