How many speeding tickets have your received in your lifetime?

[Kris Kringle]

.........be honest.

[BigRedChief]

.........be honest.
Arn't you suppose to be busy this time of the year? Finding the lost Rudolf or something?

[Arrowhead Pride]

You don't have zero on there...

[Kris Kringle]

I forgot to add the "0" option! I don't think I can edit it now. Sorry.

[Rooster]

I would assume that Kris Kringle already knows the answer. He is just trying to trick us into being naughty and not nice thus allowing him to skip our house this Christmas. Nice try Santa, nice try.

[siberian khatru]

1, plus 1 warning. I've been lucky.

[Bwana]

Hmmm? I haven't had one that has gone on my record for 15 years. Here in Montana on the highway, they spot you 10 MPH. In other words, you can do 85 in a 75 and if they pull you over, you get a $20 ticket, BUT it doesn't go on your record. 11 MPH or more, and they ding you. I am in North Dakota for the week and from what I am told, they are a little harsher about tickets.

[DaKCMan AP]

None.

I've been pulled over once. It was July 4th, 2006. I was driving back up to Tampa from South Florida and got clocked at 88mph when the speed limit was 70. The cop wanted to talk and know who I was, where I was going, what I was doing in Tampa, etc. So I told him. I guess he was impressed, and since I never had a ticket before combined with it being 4th of July and all he let me go on a warning.

[BigRedChief]

I would assume that Kris Kringle already knows the answer. He is just trying to trick us into being naughty and not nice thus allowing him to skip our house this Christmas. Nice try Santa, nice try.
nice try Santa!
http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1119/images/16-dr%20evil.jpg

[stumppy]

Just speeding or should I include all the other moving violations ?

[Radar Chief]

I’m guessing 6, not all in the US either and there might be one or two I’m forgetting.
Though, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been pulled over on my scoot because it “sounded like” I was “getting on it.” :rolleyes:

[Bwana]

You don't have zero on there...
Hmmm? :hmmm: I don't see the choice of Gaz on there either. Bad Santa BAD!

[BigRedChief]

None.

I've been pulled over once. It was July 4th, 2006. I was driving back up to Tampa from South Florida and got clocked at 88mph when the speed limit was 70. The cop wanted to talk and know who I was, where I was going, what I was doing in Tampa, etc. So I told him. I guess he was impressed, and since I never had a ticket before combined with it being 4th of July and all he let me go on a warning.
3 in the previous 20+ years.

I got my 2005 Mustang and since then I've got 4 tickets and 2 warnings.

[Eleazar]

3, unless I am forgetting one.

[Jenson71]

None. I've been pulled over twice, and had to do a drunk-driving test once. But no tickets.

[The Franchise]

Yeah...is it JUST speeding tickets?

[ChiefsCountry]

None, but I should have had at least 1. Got pulled over doing 90 in a 60 but the cop had me down at 70.

[Simplex3]

Uh, honestly can't remember. I got one a year for a long time, but it's been probably 8 years since I got the last one.

Somewhere around 8 or 10?

[Frazod]

12, IIRC. I've never gotten gigged for a really bad one (knock on wood); most were for 70 in a 55. There was a time when I averaged one a year.

I was truly amazed that I never got one during the two years I had my red Mustang. I certainly didn't slow down.

[pr_capone]

6 but have not had one in thepast 2 years. :D

[Kris Kringle]

Do you believe the person who marked 25 tickets?

[Radar Chief]

Yeah...is it JUST speeding tickets?

Yea, that would kind of bump my total up a bit.
I know I have at least one for “failure to stop”, one for “careless driving” (I “drifted” the rear of my dad's truck around a corner and a cop didn’t care for it) and at least one, more likely two, for “exhibition of speed” (peeling out, popping a wheelie, whatever).

[thehead]

None zero zilch :)

[kc rush]

Four. 2 when I was 17 (used a lawer to get out of 1), 1 when I was 18 and 1 when I was 19.

Knock wood, I haven't had a ticket since Thanksgiving of my sophomore year of college. I was on my way back to school after the break when I saw my room mate pulled over. I pointed and laughed. I got mine about a half-hour later on the same highway. My buddy made sure to point and laugh at me too.

[Micjones]

Seeing these numbers I'm almost ashamed to say 10-15.

[siberian khatru]

Seeing these numbers I'm almost ashamed to say 10-15.

Yeah, but I assume at least half of those were just Driving While Black. :)

[Mr. Laz]

25+

All from when i was under 25 .... none since then

[crazycoffey]

15 plus sooooo many warnings, I couldn't even count them all, but not all the warnings came when I was a cop. In fact, three of the tickets were while I was working.

[Bob Dole]

Does over 120mph count for more than one?

[Chief Henry]

I'm guessing about 9-12 all togeather.

I've received about a 1/2 dozen warnings at least.

YUP, i've got a heavy foot problem.

All the alcohol I use to drink went right to my right
foot.

[crazycoffey]

Does over 120mph count for more than one?


depends, what was the posted limit?

15= yes

75 = nah.

[Mr. Laz]

Does over 120mph count for more than one?
i hope not ...... i'll have to recalculate.

[Kris Kringle]

I've averaged 1 per year for the last 25 years. More when I was younger and less now, but it still averages out.

[dtebbe]

I'm 38 and by some miracle have only had 2.

One was for a 91 in a 55. The officers exact words when I rolled down the window: " 91 in a 55.... not good. License and registration please". :cuss:

DT

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I'm 30. I got one the weekend I got my license for doing 92 in a 55. That was almost 15 years ago and the ticket was almost $300. I just got my 2nd one in April in Montana for doing 95 in a 75. $40. If you're gonna get pulled over for speeding, do it in Montana. They don't want all of your money. Just some.

[siberian khatru]

I'm 38 and by some miracle have only had 2.

One was for a 91 in a 55. The officers exact words when I rolled down the window: " 99 in a 55.... not good. License and registration please". :cuss:

DT

And you said: "Excuse me, officer, I was only going 91."

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I've averaged 1 per year for the last 25 years. More when I was younger and less now, but it still averages out.



You need to put the reign back in reindeer Mr. Claus.

[Frosty]

One and it was total bullshit. I was driving the normal speed limit of 45 but it turned out there was load restrictions going on. In our county, load restrictions only apply to big rigs but I had just crossed over the county line and it turns out that that county applies it to everyone, so I get a $103 ticket for going 45 in a 25. :cuss: Totally a fund-raising endeavor for Spokane County.

[Hammock Parties]

Two.

[Bump]

when I first started driving I got a few tickets, twice in 1 week once (boy the rents weren't too happy about that!) but the last one I got was around 1999 or 2000...knock on wood!!

[BigMeatballDave]

7. 4 in Ohio, and 3 in Missouri.

[Mr. Arrowhead]

4 with a DUI

[Bearcat]

I had one in Ohio while on a roadtrip... 15 plus construction zone, but by the time it got back to Kansas City it was like 10 over without the construction zone.

I've been warned a few times, and I'm surprised it's not more... just 10 mph over cuts off 30 minutes from Omaha to Kansas City.

I've averaged 1 per year for the last 25 years. More when I was younger and less now, but it still averages out.

Holy crap, get a radar detector (I wouldn't say slow down to anyone, because I'd never do that either).

[HemiEd]

13 is awful close, most of them were in my first few years of driving. It has been 10 years since my last one.

[BigMeatballDave]

I am shocked I don't get more. Interstates in Ohio are all 65 mph. I usually run 80-85. I haven't had a ticket in 5 years.

[BIG_DADDY]

I had to appear on 13 tickets at one time when I was a kid. I had a new KZ-650. :)

More than your highest for sure.

[DaFace]

A more meaningful comparison would be number of tickets divided by years you've had a license, but perhaps that's too complicated.

[Silock]

More than 25. Never had an accident, though.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

3. 63 in a 55, 73 in a 55, and 68 in a 55

[banyon]

I'm 38 and by some miracle have only had 2.

One was for a 91 in a 55. The officers exact words when I rolled down the window: " 91 in a 55.... not good. License and registration please". :cuss:

DT

LOL. I got one for 90 in a 45 when I was 16. Officer said "We got some kind of Mario Andretti here..." Wound up escourting me in the back of the car to show off to mom and dad.

[allen_kcCard]

A great uncle of mine got 3 in one day. All different cops.

[Skip Towne]

Three. I bought an Escort radar detector in '74 when the 55 MPH speed limit went into effect. That stopped the tickets.

[banyon]

BTW the worst traffic screwjob I heard of was here in Douglas County.

It wasn't my ticket, but a friend of mine was in the local DA's office.

There was a lady who was traveling north on US-24 out of town. The speed limit goes up to 50 I think and there are signs. And then you are out of the city limits. But a little later I guess, the city limits cut back in. There's no sign, but the city ordinance says that in an unposted zone that the speed limit is 20.

So they mercilessless busted her for the 50/20.

[Buck]

0........

[rtmike]

One, back in '85 I think it was. I drove OTR for several years averaging 150k a year and the only awards I got were log book not being current. It's bad luck talking about it. I ran a Whistler radar detector and a police scanner.
In my early years, a couple unnecessary wheel spinning and one illegal pocession of alcohol. Officer noticed a bottle of Wild Turkey that came out from under the seat while writing one of the unnecessary tickets.

[JohninGpt]

4 with a DUI
Me too. I wish I could have traded the DUI in on four more speeding tickets.

[onescrewleftuntwisted]

not a single ticket, lots of warnings, lots of you better get your ass home.... but no tickets

[Rain Man]

1 speeding ticket and 1 warning while in high school.
1 illegal left turn in my 20s.
1 completely bogus lying money-grubbing middle-of-nowhere-in-Wyoming failure to yield to an emergency vehicle a few years ago.

[Rain Man]

A more meaningful comparison would be number of tickets divided by years you've had a license, but perhaps that's too complicated.

I think you should divide by average annual vehicle-miles traveled myself.

[1ChiefsDan]

There's no >25 option?

But only 2 in the past 15 years.

[JohninGpt]

I think you should divide by average annual vehicle-miles traveled myself.
That would be skewed against those that drive predominatly in city traffic. So I think we should go with a total hours:total miles ration divided by days spent as a licensed driver.

[Rain Man]

That would be skewed against those that drive predominatly in city traffic. So I think we should go with a total hours:total miles ration divided by days spent as a licensed driver.

Probably should normalize it against traffic enforcement rates in our local cities, too. I don't want to look bad just because the police prioritize traffic enforcement in my community.

[JohninGpt]

Probably should normalize it against traffic enforcement rates in our local cities, too. I don't want to look bad just because the police prioritize traffic enforcement in my community.
And we probably shouldn't forget about average price per gallon, I know that affects my driving habits.

[Simply Red]

wow, over the yrs. I really don't know. I'd ballpark it at sevenish though.

Don't remember my last one though. All when I was younger.

[dtebbe]

Three. I bought an Escort radar detector in '74 when the 55 MPH speed limit went into effect. That stopped the tickets.

Cool, was that the big black one with the analog meter and big yellow light on it?

DT

[Spott]

I haven't had a speeding ticket since '89. I've had a couple of seat belt tickets and even a "warning of radar" ticket for flashing my lights at oncoming drivers to warn them of a speed trap in Lee's Summit, but that's it.

[Bugeater]

Only two, and they were both more than 20 yrs ago.

[Buehler445]

3, but I'm only 24. And I've gotten a shitton of warnings.

[chefsos]

Three...I think. The last one was probably 17-18 years ago.

[RustShack]

2... in one month.

[Frazod]

12, IIRC. I've never gotten gigged for a really bad one (knock on wood); most were for 70 in a 55. There was a time when I averaged one a year.

I was truly amazed that I never got one during the two years I had my red Mustang. I certainly didn't slow down.

Well, the longest period I ever went without getting a ticket came to a grinding f#cking halt this evening. 55 in a 40 about a mile from the house, and I wasn't even in a hurry.

F#cking cops. 4321

[Bugeater]

Well, the longest period I ever went without getting a ticket came to a grinding f#cking halt this evening. 55 in a 40 about a mile from the house, and I wasn't even in a hurry.

F#cking cops. 4321
Damn, that's a hell of a way to start the holidays. :shake:

[Frazod]

Damn, that's a hell of a way to start the holidays. :shake:

That's after dropping $160 on dinner for SOMEBODY ELSE'S anniversary. It was a great meal, but damn. Wife's best friend and husband invite us out to dinner to celebrate their anniversary. We accept. Then we find out dinner's at Ruth's Chris Steak House. I'm not sure whether they're inviting us with the intent of paying or not, but it's rude to ask. When the check comes, I find out we're splitting. $160 was just our half - of course, that includes the bar tab - they were drinking, and we weren't, but again, I get to wear the great big dickhead hat if I say anything, so I keep quiet. We hemorrhaged cash over their goddamned wedding last December (who gets married three days before Christmas, anyway?), and here we are needlessly dumping cash over them again this year.

Then my wife's friend, who has something of a princess complex to begin with, gets all bitchy later. Over what, I don't know. Don't really care much at this point, either. We cut out and head home, and BOOM $75 ticket, which will probably turn into $105 if I want supervision to keep it off my driving record.

Ho ho ho

:cuss:

[Mr. Flopnuts]

That's after dropping $160 on dinner for SOMEBODY ELSE'S anniversary. It was a great meal, but damn. Wife's best friend and husband invite us out to dinner to celebrate their anniversary. We accept. Then we find out dinner's at Ruth's Chris Steak House. I'm not sure whether they're inviting us with the intent of paying or not, but it's rude to ask. When the check comes, I find out we're splitting. $160 was just our half - of course, that includes the bar tab - they were drinking, and we weren't, but again, I get to wear the great big dickhead hat if I say anything, so I keep quiet. We hemorrhaged cash over their goddamned wedding last December (who gets married three days before Christmas, anyway?), and here we are needlessly dumping cash over them again this year.

Then my wife's friend, who has something of a princess complex to begin with, gets all bitchy later. Over what, I don't know. Don't really care much at this point, either. We cut out and head home, and BOOM $75 ticket, which will probably turn into $105 if I want supervision to keep it off my driving record.

Ho ho ho




:cuss:


No offense dude, but your friends sound like turds.

[Frazod]

No offense dude, but your friends sound like turds.

My thoughts exactly. :grr:

Dinner + ticket + gas + drinks at the bar later = around $300 gone with the f#cking wind. On a night I'd have happily stayed home and not spent a goddamn dime.

[Bugeater]

No offense dude, but your friends sound like turds.
It was his wife's friends. I'm guessing there is going to be a fair amount of awkward silence in the Frazod household tomorrow...

[smittysbar]

I drink, therefore if we are out with people that don't I make SURE that I get that taken care of.

Next time just take that Bud Light bottle and place it over that shit balls head.

Some people are so tight you couldn't jack hammer a pin up their ass, F'ing piss's me off!