Have You Ever Had a Speeding Ticket? (Germany, lane, highway)

[TheDragonslayer]

In my 31 years of driving, I have had only one ticket and that was when I was 17 and it was for making a California stop ( I only slowed down instead of stopping ). I set my cruise at no more than 2 miles over the speed limit and always, ALWAYS Stop at stop signs. Like wise, I have never had an accident aka vehicle collision.

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by TheDragonslayer

In my 31 years of driving, I have had only one ticket and that was when I was 17 and it was for making a California stop ( I only slowed down instead of stopping ). I set my cruise at no more than 2 miles over the speed limit and always, ALWAYS Stop at stop signs. Like wise, I have never had an accident aka vehicle collision.

Congratulations on your (nearly) perfect driving record, but in the case of your last sentence always remember that you must drive defensively. I'm a very safe driver myself, but that couldn't have prepared me for being rear-ended at a red light in mid-2006. There's always a nut job (or ten) on the roads, so be vigilant!

[sanspeur]

I'm not telling how many...I can't remember, but the last one was in 1984 for doing 96 on I-5 returning from a holiday in southern California....My wife was asleep on the back of my Honda Interstate when we got nabbed.

[Machinist]

I have had a few back when i was younger, but not in the last 15 years. I have slowed it down quite a bit.

[lilypad]

I was in my 40s before I got a ticket. Felt it was unfair, so wrote the judge and got it rescinded. Have been stopped several times since, just with warnings.

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by SWB

I was just curious to see what percentage of my fellow forum members were naughty little leadfoots over the years and managed to score at least one speeding ticket. At age 21 I've racked up two speeding tickets thus far. I was doing 57 in a 45 for the one and 77 in a 55 in another. Please don't tell me I'm alone in being a hardened criminal!

had my license suspended for 3 tkts in 90 days.....90 days after I got my first drivers license.....[I LOVE FAST]

but for the last 17 years have been good [and not gotten caught] someday I"ll learn to drive slow [only drivin 50 years ]

[JustPassinThru]

I was leaving late to take my driving instructor's tests because I had spilled coffee on my shirt and tie and had to change clothes. Almost made it to the freeway when I was pulled over for doing 50 in a 35 zone. Did pass the tests, though.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Artful-Thang

What can I do?

1. Grin and bear it for the next 3 years or so at which time your rates should go back down.

2. Don't speed in Orange County any more.

[RDSLOTS]

Fortunately, I had two tickets for speeding as a young driver. One, I was actually guilty of going fast, and knowing I was going fast, while the other was for absentmindedly going down the highway too fast. After that, I started using the cruise control feature consistently.

I actually got a ticket, in my youth, for going too slow -- 25 in a 35, I seem to recall. The judge threw it out of court. I never quite understood what exactly the cop was trying to prove, if anything? Going too slow is as dangerous as going too fast, I think he argued. Again, my mind had just wandered on the way to work one a.m.

Scary to think how many of us, at any given time, are driving absentmindedly.

[Drover]

As the trooper told me the last time I got pulled over: "At 20 over, I start writin'."