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This happened to me once back in 1980. I was driving down Hwy 5 in CA and got pulled over near a reststop for speeding. I was so shaken up (I was young and it was my first ticket) that I let my friend take over the driving duties. We were still in sight of the reststop when another cop pulled us over and said I had been reported for speeding by a helecopter. We tried to explain that I HAD JUST BEEN TICKETED and showed him the ticket, but he said we must have been speeding again, even though we hadn't even picked up speed since starting out again. Oh well. Coalinga CA, it was a well known speed trap back then.
As probably the person on this website with the record for speeding tickets (70+), let me weigh in. I do know a LITTLE bit about the subject.
First of all, multiple tickets at one sitting is nothing new. It even has a name: "Stacking." Freightshaker is right when he says truck drivers have been dealing with this problem for years. It's not at all uncommon for a trucker to get a speeding ticket, plus a log book ticket, plus a "safety violation" ticket for something as trivial as a mud flap not clearing the pavement by the required number of inches. (Yes, there is a legal standard for that.)
But, this is something entirely different. This is two tickets for the same offense at the same time, right?
No, it's not. She was detected by two different cops, at two different locations, at two different times. Yes, the tickets may have the same time on them, but her violations were separated by both time and distance. As the story is written, I assume the first cop got after her and, while he was in pursuit, she passed another cop who also caught her speeding. Technically, she committed two distinct violations and, therefore, is eligible for two separate tickets. Usually, of course, two cops chasing the same speeder would probably just agree to give her one ticket, but something happened here which caused them to BOTH write her up.
I don't know because the story doesn't address that, but I'll bet dollars to your doughnuts that it was her mouth.
As probably the person on this website with the record for speeding tickets (70+), let me weigh in. I do know a LITTLE bit about the subject.
First of all, multiple tickets at one sitting is nothing new. It even has a name: "Stacking." Freightshaker is right when he says truck drivers have been dealing with this problem for years. It's not at all uncommon for a trucker to get a speeding ticket, plus a log book ticket, plus a "safety violation" ticket for something as trivial as a mud flap not clearing the pavement by the required number of inches. (Yes, there is a legal standard for that.)
But, this is something entirely different. This is two tickets for the same offense at the same time, right?
No, it's not. She was detected by two different cops, at two different locations, at two different times. Yes, the tickets may have the same time on them, but her violations were separated by both time and distance. As the story is written, I assume the first cop got after her and, while he was in pursuit, she passed another cop who also caught her speeding. Technically, she committed two distinct violations and, therefore, is eligible for two separate tickets. Usually, of course, two cops chasing the same speeder would probably just agree to give her one ticket, but something happened here which caused them to BOTH write her up.
I don't know because the story doesn't address that, but I'll bet dollars to your doughnuts that it was her mouth.
70+ speeding tickets??
Do you still have a license??
Where do you live and what do you drive so I know to get off the roads??
Where do you live and what do you drive so I know to get off the roads??
Yes, I still have one (that's a long story!), but don't worry...that was just in the 25 year period between the mid-sixties and early 90's. I haven't had one now in about 20 years. (Oops. Shouldn't have said that! Now, I've gone and broke my Karma will probably get one before the sun goes down today!)
Yes, I still have one (that's a long story!), but don't worry...that was just in the 25 year period between the mid-sixties and early 90's. I haven't had one now in about 20 years. (Oops. Shouldn't have said that! Now, I've gone and broke my Karma will probably get one before the sun goes down today!)
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