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Originally posted by Shaun 84 Targa
I was pulled over earlier this year for doing 100 in a 55 and racing another 911. Reality was I wasn't. A 996 did pass me very fast, and I did make a lame attempt to catch up with him, but there was too much traffic, I hit 75 or so before slowing down to traffic speed. $375 fine. When the officer pulled me over, with the other 911 who had gotten caught up in heavy traffic some 10 miles down the road, I was doing 55 at most. He said someone called in that 2 red Porsche's were racing. He asking me how fast my car could go. He gave me the ticket for doing 100.
Went to court, must have been 200 people there and I was sure I would be called last. First person was called. No show. Next person was called, I went up to the bench, an officer who looked exactly like the one who pulled me over was conferring with the judge. the judge asked if I was racing another Porsche. I said no. He said "dismissed" and told me to slow down.
I went home.
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Why do people feel the need to drop a dime on a couple of guys speeding? This happened to me and a friend one night.
We were in our RX-7's heading back home from somewhere, I cannot remember now. We decided to open them up about 4 miles from our exit. We hit about 130-140 not sure but we were moving. It was about 11 at night, we were on a 3 lane interstate pin straight, a few cars on the road mostly in the right lane. We let off, which with the RX-7's results in 5 foot flames out the exaust for about 10 seconds.
We get off our exit and have this moron in a Camaro trying to run us off the road. He pulls up next to me and acts like he is flashing his badge while talking on his cell phone.
I took off.... fast, and ducked into a subdivision and lost him. My friend, who's father is a cop, calle dthe police and reported the moron in the Camaro as a road rager trying to run us off the road.
We went home incident free.
I have also heard truckers will report you to the cops for speeding.
Ticket Clinics,
I used one for an airplane ticket. I was pulled over in my MINI on a desolate road for doing 64 in a 50. I had a hambrger in one hand a drink in the other and fries between my legs. We picked up lunch in the last town we passed through. I was driving with my knee and was not speeding.
The Trooper asked me how fast I was going FOUR TIMES. Then finally gave me the 64 ticket. I hired the Ticket Clinic and they went to court and pleaded NO CONTEST!! I was outraged! I demanded to speak to the counsel and was blown off.
I will fight my own tickets from now on.