First Speeding ticket!!

[archangel_7]

Hello boys and girls!

I am proud to say that I got my first speeding ticket over the weekend and it was in the POLO!.... "Overtake from the left lane in very short and unsafe distance" 2 demerit points and $185... I wasn’t speeding just took off very fast 0-80 in 4 secs loll this little pug is going to get my license suspended very soon I recon. Just thought I would share that with you

[gareth_oau]

i havent had a ticket in over 7 years now (oops speaking too soon???).

Best piece of equipment you can use for avoiding tickets (after common sense) is yr eyes!!

always look long and you can see cars in front of you braking - a great sign that theres a multinova or a speed trap theyve just been through

[Mischa]

Hello boys and girls!

I am proud to say that I got my first speeding ticket over the weekend and it was in the POLO!.... "Overtake from the left lane in very short and unsafe distance" 2 demerit points and $185... I wasn’t speeding just took off very fast 0-80 in 4 secs loll this little pug is going to get my license suspended very soon I recon. Just thought I would share that with you

haha i almost got one of those on saturday night... cop followed me for 10 mins but got bored. good to see you're exercising your polo

[Adam]

haha i almost got one of those on saturday night... cop followed me for 10 mins but got bored. good to see you're exercising your polo

Well, it'll be wierd to say, but congradulation?

becareful now. I had my first speeding ticket last year, and had my second one 2 days later....

[balkanac]

my last fine was on 02/01/07, what a start of the year! It was for doing 51km/h over the limit, $1000 and 3 months suspension. I had my old car then, and since i got the R i had an occasional breath test but i haven't been pulled over yet (touch wood). I guess that everyone thinks that my car is just a Golf with big rims and that it can't really do much, but i left a few commonwhore drivers amazed
So be careful, make that your first and last ticket. Its not fun looking at your car parked in the garage for 3 months!

[DubSteve]

Hello boys and girls!

I am proud to say that I got my first speeding ticket over the weekend and it was in the POLO!.... "Overtake from the left lane in very short and unsafe distance" 2 demerit points and $185... I wasn’t speeding just took off very fast 0-80 in 4 secs loll this little pug is going to get my license suspended very soon I recon. Just thought I would share that with you

Well I don't think that is anything to be proud of.....

[Timbo]

"Overtake from the left lane in very short and unsafe distance" 2 demerit points and $185

There's an old saying about the right lane being for overtakers, and the left lane for undertakers ....not something I'd be proud to post about n:

[Flaps]

I echo both comments above. Why are you happy to get a speeding fine?

[gareth_oau]

I echo both comments above. Why are you happy to get a speeding fine?

is it something like a notch on a gun handle (or bedpost)?

[REDMKVGTI]

Yeh right, congrats, what's next DUI?

[archangel_7]

honestly, I'm not happy to get a speeding fine! sorry if i gave off the wrong impression. I was just trying to bring a'bit of humour to this forum....

[Mischa]

honestly, I'm not happy to get a speeding fine! sorry if i gave off the wrong impression. I was just trying to bring a'bit of humour to this forum....

more like arch devil gosh we dont want any humor

[leck]

Sigh, speeding tickets.

Every year i get one, and without fail it is a couple of k's over wherever i am. eg 52 in a 50 zone, 63 in a 60. Every year without fail.

I do a lot of time on the road so its not too surprising but a very unsatisfying way to spend a hundred odd dollars and lose a demerit.

At least doing 50 over the limit or something you are actually well and truly in the wrong, for my tickets its like getting in trouble because your shirt is not tucked in.

sigh, speeding tickets.

[PeterHBne]

Hmmm - I couldn't tell you how many tickets I've had over the years - particularly in my late teens, 20's and early/mid thirties (alright - most of my driving life).

Had my first one in over 4 years last month.

In some ways they are harder to avoid these days compared to the 80's and early 90's as there are so many more opportunities to get caught.

However the upside is that many of these are fixed (and therefore known) or (as in Qld) the white 4WD on the side of the road which are easy to pick.

And with the vastly increased number of cars on the road you are generally no longer a sitting target on your own. You are one fish in a much bigger school of fish so your chances of being picked on by the lone unmarked car or roadside handheld radar are much less.

[NickZ]

Sigh, speeding tickets.

Every year i get one, and without fail it is a couple of k's over wherever i am. eg 52 in a 50 zone, 63 in a 60. Every year without fail.

I do a lot of time on the road so its not too surprising but a very unsatisfying way to spend a hundred odd dollars and lose a demerit.

At least doing 50 over the limit or something you are actually well and truly in the wrong, for my tickets its like getting in trouble because your shirt is not tucked in.

sigh, speeding tickets.

Lucky you don't live in NSW, its 3 demerit points even if your only 2ks over the limit.