POLL: How long before your first 911 speeding ticket? - Page 2

Rick V · 12-03-2006, 05:56 AM

Havn't been pulled over in 6-7 years. My last was 90 in a 55. Since then I wised up, I got a V1. I also don't play around in town or populated places. The rural Va roads are fairly safe, I get my fix there.

crashmy911 · 12-03-2006, 06:51 AM

Yeah I'm surprised I haven't been given some big tickets. i race around all the time. Once I passed a trooper sitting in the middle of the highway doing around a 100 accelerating to get thru the light before it turned red. he was facing away and I went by the cop car so fast I'm sure it swayed back and forth. he didn't follow. Also my exhaust (MK) is so noisey, I'm sure I actually scared him as I went by!!!!

SCWDP911 · SCWDP911's Garage

Along with this topic, I am amazed at how just about everyone (mostly the "utes" yer honour) with a car they think is fast has to try to prove it while driving next to me. Most of the time I remain fairly level headed about it. DO not want to set the wrong example for the kids and all. I am especially amazed at the number of guys with Stangs that want to make a run. Geesh!

Eric Hahl · Eric Hahl's Garage

I got pulled over the second day I had the car. Just got a warning though. Lucky me, whew!

drums · 12-03-2006, 07:12 AM

Last ticket was 21 years ago, cop lost the original so I was off the hook!
A radar detector is a huge help.
The California Highway Patrol has a new speed gun that looks like an 8mm camera, is hand held and NOBODIES radar detector will catch it. I ran 50 feet away from that unit and my latest, hottest, detector didn't even blink!
This new CHP unit looks as if it can take your picture with the speed and then they can mail you the ticket!
Be careful out there!
Drums

mjshira · 12-03-2006, 07:18 AM

because of my V-1... ;-) about 3 years. but now that I have a red 911 I think I'll need to be even more careful.

masraum · 12-03-2006, 07:25 AM

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Originally posted by porsche930dude
that suks. I havnt yet got a ticket iv had my car since september. I cant get a ticket. The insurance is under my dads name and its only 300 buks a year. If i get a ticket he will likely drop me and im only 21 so probrobly no one will insure me and if they do it will be outrageous. Anyway my advice is to plead not guilty every time and it will likely get knocked down to a minor traffic offence

Bzzt, wrong answer. Best thing these days that's available most places is either "deferred adjudication" or sometimes called "deferred disposition." Generally they charge you a fee that's comparable to the ticket fee, and then, if you aren't found guilty of any other tickets in the set period of time usually 90-180 days, the ticket goes away. If that doesn't work then defensive driving is a good option.

I think it was about a year or year and a half before I got my first 911 ticket, and I think I got one other besides that.

sammyg2 · 12-03-2006, 07:56 AM

Knock on wood, I've only had one ticket in a Porsche and that one was in 1980. Since then I've looged at least 100,000 Porsche miles ticket free.
There's a time and a place for everything. Knowing that and paying attention to it will help keep the ticket-monster away.

Mike Andrew · 12-03-2006, 08:06 AM

Guys, I must be getting old or I am just lucky. I've had my car for 4 years and have not gotten a ticket yet. I do drive it in a spirited fashion, but must just pick my spots well.
Age has a way of doimg that to us.

jyl · jyl's Garage

No speeding tix in 3+ years so far. I tend to drive the 911 rather conservatively. I know I'm a ticket magnet.

fastpat · 12-03-2006, 08:27 AM

No tickets here, and if you scofflaws wouldn't be engaging in your wild behavior, neither would you.

m21sniper · 12-03-2006, 08:58 AM

Got pulled over and harrassed for absolutely no reason in my 928 yesterday. No tickets, no explanation as to why i was pulled over, not even a have a nice day.

Cops are scumbags.

dan79brooklyn · 12-03-2006, 10:30 AM

Two years: 96mph in a 65mph Interstate. My wife tried to talk the trooper out of giving me a ticket

didn't work

Only one so far i but only had the car 2 1/2 years. I should get a V1 but I have slowed down a lot recently with our first child due in March!
Time to stick on the "Baby on Board" sticker to the Targa...

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

I've had my 911 for 4 and 1/2 years and have not been pulled over (yet). Of course, I didn't get to drive the car this past summer due to mechanical difficulties...

Rick V · 12-03-2006, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fastpat
No tickets here, and if you scofflaws wouldn't be engaging in your wild behavior, neither would you.

You have just been lucky, I have ridden behind you............remember.

fastpat · 12-03-2006, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rick V
You have just been lucky, I have ridden behind you............remember.

I distinctly disremember, all files have been purged.

sus911 · sus911's Garage

We really need to keep our stuff on the track guys.
It only takes an impulsive 7 or 8 secs. and one gear change from the lights and you're doing 70. There'd be no mercy if caught in a 40 zone here.
I refuse to race the ricies at stop lights pulling 1st gear only. Whats the point? I've learnt that it means nothing.
What I have learnt though is that at the track, my 20 y/o little "out of the box" baby will run flat out all day (in sessions of no more than 8 laps at a a time) while the hissing Jap fours that have been fiddled with may pull away down the straight, but many don't last the day. I usually end up passing them on a truck or trailer on the way home after they've been bleeding green or brown stuff all over the place by lunch time.
The V8 guys will run all day too but they usually run out of rubber before the afternoon.
Keep it safe guys..

Jims5543 · 12-03-2006, 11:15 AM

I bought the 911 in Sept. '05 and got my first ticket in June '06.

I was heading back to my house from a Dragon run and got popped by Barney Fife. He was sitting on an overpass at the bottom of a very long 6% grade hill. I was driving with everyone on the road and we were all hitting 90 MPH on the downhill.

He had instand on Ka band radar, my V1 went nuts and shut off, I knew I was had.

I pondered for a split second staying in it. The roads were curvy and I could easily keep going 100 MPH and shake this guy but I slowed and moved over and waited, and waited and finally he caught up and pulled me over. We drove about 1/2 a mile and pulled over on the side of the exit ramp where it was safer.

He thanks me for slowing down, he was afraid I was going to run and he was sure he would not be able to catch me. (Dammit!!) then he thanked me for pulling over on the exit ramp and making it safer.

Then he wrote me a ticket for 92 in a 60 requiring me to appear in court.

I could not make the court date and was able to plea down the charge to a 74 in a 60 with the county prosecutor on the phone.

Be careful with those V-1's if its intstant on or Laser your screwed. Never lear always follow. Thats my new rule.

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

Yes, I got a ticket on Thanksgiving day in Texas....in my old toyota 4-Runner. Apparently instant-on radar...there was no warning. I though I was in pretty good shape since my cruise control was set at 74 and the limit was 70. Forgot about the "after dark" law in TX. It had just turned dark and apparently the speed limit drops to 65 on all freeways after dark. Got a ticket for 75 in a 65 zone. Unfortunately it is too far to go back to contest it.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

for all the mischief i've been doing running WOT test runs with the LM1... i must say i never got a ticket with the 911 while i owned it..

the 944 on the other hand, got me a ticket within 3 days for some stupid 4 miles over the limit with the distance gate measurement

this is Holland, with a fascist policy to traffic control :
reduce max speed on highways to a measely 80km/h
on 3 lane highways that are jammed up during the day, and empty at night... they have a gate system , gate A , gate B
your average speed is calculated by the difference in time, the distance is known...

the net result is that everybody is so concentrating on the speedometer, that accidents happen... i kid you not
if you loose concentration for 20 secons, you are screwed with a ticket...

then again , i can't complain, these "adminstrative" busts to me are nothing compared to what i "could" be busted for

my 924 als got me 1 speeding ticket while i owned it... 15kmh over the limit, while i had the 911's engine in the trunk... i should have asked for the picture of that one...the 924's backend was verty low, to the point where the suspension nearly collapsed... a shortblock 911 motor fit's the trunk, but it doesn't mean the 924 was designed for it ..