POLL: How long before your first 911 speeding ticket?

[SCWDP911]

Dang, Had the car a month and a half and made the mistake of getting distracted by a cell phone call - honestly, I normally never speed........

Anyhoo, the nice TN state trooper, starts asking me a lot of questions about the car telling me how much he really liked it. Next he asks me how long I have had it, told him not long and still getting used to what 55 feels like (I was clocked at 74 )
and I was pretty tired from a couple of all night emergencies this week. He says very nicely, "OK, let me just run your DL and I won't keep you but a minute..."

I am thinking, nice guy, I need to remember to wish him a Merry Christmas"...

5 minutes later, he comes back and says, very apologetically, "I am really sorry, I forgot they fixed my video and audio last night, I have to give you a ticket." DOH~!

Dang...

[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

[SCWDP911]

My first speeding ticket in 15 years...

[lars63]

Three years before the first ticket hopefully I won't get anymore my insurance didn't have much of a sense of humor about it either they only had one word for me after I got that ticket "DON'T"

[jtfreels]

Welcome to Tennessee

[mthomas58]

I've had my 911 since July. Got stopped the first week on the way to work. Cop pulled me over b/c he could not see my temp tag on the rear deck. Was going through a dicey part of town...he noticed the Porsche and no tag ....said if it was stolen I would have bolted.....he saw the tag in the rear deck when as he walked up and apologized for pulling me over. My heart was racing nonetheless. Complimented me on the car and asked how I liked it. It's all good!

[SCWDP911]

Originally posted by mthomas58
I've had my 911 since July. Got stopped the first week on the way to work. Cop pulled me over b/c he could not see my temp tag on the rear deck. Was going through a dicey part of town...he noticed the Porsche and no tag ....said if it was stolen I would have bolted.....he saw the tag in the rear deck when as he walked up and apologized for pulling me over. My heart was racing nonetheless. Complimented me on the car and asked how I liked it. It's all good!

Had that same thing happen once. Wish that had been the case this time. Poor pitiful me. Ahh, over it now. I told my wife it was all her fault! She was t he distracting cell phone caller. You know, she almost believed me

[Joe Bob]

Valentine 1 is your best friend....saved my azzmany times....

[porsche930dude]

i should probrobly get one of those

[Wickd89]

Bought a Valentine1 right after getting the car. It has helped me out tons of times.......Knock on wood........

[84porsche]

Still ticket free in the 911. I have been pulled over once and a fellow Pelican unfortunately got the ticket and I got the reprieve. Approaching 4 years of ownership in January.

[randywebb]

at least he apologized - sounds like he was being recorded and would have been disciplined if he didn't

I have never gotten a ticket in a 911 (!) - that's owning two different ones over at least a 10 year period. Both are blue and I've been stopped 4 or 5 times.

I have been ticketed in the Boxster I used to lease, and in a blue Pontiac GTO, a red turbo RX-7 and many many other cars...

[rdrr]

Two weeks into ownership of my first 911 - just couldn't get enough of that wonderful noise! But haven't had one since... taking the car to the track has slowed me down on the road.

[Demetri]

The CHP came to the passenger side and asked me for my license, registration, and proof of insurance. I told him I have a license, but no registration or proof of insurance. He then dipped his head down to look at me through the window. That's when I told him I bought the car less than an hour ago

This was his reply, "If I just bought this car, I would be going a lot faster than 80!" After running my license, he told me not to speed and have a nice day.

[sus911]

Never in 20 years!
But I do seem to remember giving the slip in tight suburban streets when I was younger and stupid around 15 years ago.
I'm knocking on wood......

[aeroman]

Had some close calls, but I am one that really pays attention to what is around me. I can tell a troopers head and running light pattern on a foggy night before he gets within a 100 yds of me. I always look back over my shoulder when entering the freeway (saved me tonight cause a Washington State trooper was right there in the fast lane as I entered the freeway. I was already doing 10 over when he saw me and he did accelerate. I glanced at the mirror and could see the lights and pushbars. Eased up on the gas. He sat there long enough to run the plate and then passed me). Also, Washington gives you one free ticket every 7 years. Show up in court, judge puts you on year probation period. After that year it is dismissed.

[Ken911]

nothing yet got my carrera november of 04, and the turbo isnt running yet. All of my really big ones were driving my pickup

[livi]

Never in 23 years. I must be driving like a puuussy (at least according to my brother).

[DaddyGlenn]

Pulled over once in two years of ownership. I drive way too fast all the time.

Its not so much how often you speed but how smart you are when doing it. A good set of defensive countermeasures help. I use an Escort and my Mark-1 eyeballs to keep me out of trouble. The escort is for those I can't see and I eyeball every car on the road. Not just look at it, but make a determination as to threat level.

The one that pulled me over was an undercover ford explorer. He clocked me (on his speedo) at 90+ (in a 70 zone). Fortunately, his words of wisdom were "Try to keep it under 80." (no ticket)

Yes, I am blessed.

[Oh Haha]

I went 6 years without even being pulled over. Then last year I was nailed for 91 in a 45.(I was guilty, officer didn't show to court so it was dismissed.)
This past summer, I recieved two in 3 months. One for 91 in a 55 and one for 91 in a 70. Both were reduced to 15 over by the officer at the writing time. All three times were by a Michigan State Trooper.
The last two times were my fault but there circumstances that lead me to speed. I wasn't rippin' up the highway like a maniac.(Strange that all three times I was "clocked" at 91MPH.) Both troopers commented after giving me the ticket about the car and that they had to write me up based on the infraction. They were both very nice and professional and even understanding of the events. I will not buy a radar detector, though. I'm afraid I would be more inclined to speed. I drive sometimes 1000 miles a week for work and have never been pulled over.