Speeding tickets, parking tickets, any traffic violations in your lifetime?

Never got a ticket of any kind. I was however pulled over in my hearse one time by a lawman who said my tail lights weren't bright enough. I explained to him that it being a 1949 Pontiac, it was a 6 volt system and that was as bright as they were ever going to get. He went on his way then.
I almost got a seat belt ticket in Ca. back in the 80's. I was driving my old 76 Chevy pickup and I had cut the shoulder part of the belt off as it was rubbing my neck. I was wearing the lap belt portion, so I argued that if I had been driving my other pickup, (a 1973 Chevy), I'd be fine because it only came from the factory with a seat belt. (no shoulder part).
Now, you have to remember, these two trucks were identical in every other fashion, with the exception of the shoulder belt. I have to say, he was very patient listening to me rant about that, and finally he said, look, I'm trying not to give you a ticket, but I will if you don't stop now.
I stopped, he left, and I hit up a junkyard for another shoulder belt setup. :)
 

I've probably had a dozen speeding tickets over the years.....the last one was about 5 years ago. They never get me when I'm really pushing the limits...usually just 8 or 10 MPH over the limit. I've always liked to drive fast, and even now, if I see a nice stretch of road, with little or no traffic, I am still tempted to give the car a few seconds of "all in". I never goof around in traffic, or during bad weather, but I still like to see the tachometer reach into it's upper digits.
 
I've never had a speeding ticket because I drive like a old man and never had accident that was my fault. Had a car full of people run a stop sign and hit this Ford E-150 van I was driving 15 years ago. When I told the driver of the car I was calling the police she took off with major front end damage. Found out later she had no drivers license and insurance and was a illegal alien from Mexico.
 
1950's (1953?)
My father stored 200 egg crates in field by highway.
He returned in two weeks to load the egg crates
A cop had hidden his radar unit in the egg crates (they were large cumbersome units when first produced)

My father wanted to load all his egg crates;he also wanted to relieve himself.
The cop protested that this was his 'radar site.'
Harsh words and threats were exchanged.

Father ranted for two or more week:
'#@%^*&*# damned communist cops, you can't take a piss without them
wanting to stick their faces in it.'
I remember it due to the peculiar phrasing, Father was not trying to be funny, it was best not to laugh.
 
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Small towns depend on traffic tickets for revenue.
Speed traps and Justice of the Peace Courts in small towns have it down to an art form.
'One dollar fine $65.00 court cost.'
In my tiny town of1000, they would get the Justice of Peace out of bed to 'hold court.'

The only way to avoid speed traps is to stay off of state and county roads. Of course you could drive the speed limit, but who wants to do that.
 
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Very few parking tickets, but a fair number of speeding tickets. You don't have to be a speed demon to get one around here. The last one I got was recorded by a camera; I was going 42 in a 30 mph zone. They allow 11 miles over the speed limit, so in other words, I was going 1 mph too fast!

The last parking ticket I got was for $250 because I was parked in a fire zone. The trouble was, the sign that indicated that was completely in the shade of a tree and was black. I saw that there was a sign, but had no idea what it said. I took a picture of the sign and went to court to fight it. The security guard did show up, just my luck, but the judge laughed when he heard my indignant story and saw my picture, and reduced my fine to $25. Definitely worth the trip to court.
 
Never got a moving violation ticket, HOWEVER,we had the fire hydrant in front of our house in a NYC suburb where parking is tough on the best of days,the 400 bucks and change turned up on a search during a mortgage approval process(refi), I seem to remember the attorney had a good laugh...
 
I got two tickets at once when I was 19 yrs old, one for not having changed my license plate (it was not expired but was from my home state) and one for not having changed my driver's license (ditto). I felt like the cop was very annoying because he said he drove the road past the apartment parking lot and had been watching for a long time to catch me driving the car. Now that I'm older I can understand it from his viewpoint that he was congratulating himself on successfully doing his job, but at the time I felt like he was an evil self-congratulating stalker.
 
Eligible, but it hasn’t happened. Now I doubt I’d even qualify, though driving too slowly can earn you a ticket too. I don’t do that, yet.
 
have had driver's license since 1965. only 3 tickets, all for speeding and all a bit embarrassing.

fist, total BS ticket. road ran from one side of my development to the other. went past a park/playground area. about first and last third of that road was marked 35 mph, and center (right at park) was marked 25 mph. there would very often be a cop car (or 2) just sitting in the little parking lot. when i got close to the 25 sign, would take foot off gas and coast. would still be going about 30 as i rolled thru. a total chicken shit ticket, imnsho!

another time, mistook an MP van on a federal military base as one of the transport vans from work! wasn't going really fast and was totally paying attention. i just (honestly) told the nice Military policeman that i never would have been over the speed limit if i had known who he was.

last one, leaving school at end of day. i SAW h cop on side of the road and thought nothing of it. next thing... flashing lights! cop acted like i was Bonnie Parker. i discovered later that there was NO school zone sign the entire length in one direction. did i know speed was reduced? of course. what pissed me off was the $95 ticket!!
 
Yup, I've had a few... One I was driving my charger across a school zone, little over the speed limit, with 2 vans in front of me, one behind me. They yanked me, cuz I was driving the charger... 200 bucks for the speeding ticket, and $140 for a faded plate... Also got a couple for speeding on the major highway into Ottawa usually on my way to work... Think I've gotten a few back in the day drag racing on the back roads in the country where we lived... Knock on wood... nothing from the truck we are driving today... Besides, these days I don't seem to be always in a hurry like I used to be... I'll get there when I get there... LOL
 
Couple of speeding tickets in the past. One was from a camera in Montreal when there was reduced speed for construction. Did bother arguing it, just paid the fine. Don't remember ever having a parking ticket. Now that I have cruise control, I use that so I don't (accidentally) speed.
 
Too many to count over the years…(I did drive every day one and a half or more hours one way to work everyday and back.) anyway like I said way to many. But the one I didn’t get but deserved was …I was on the way to work and running late, like always. So, I stepped it, now I was in a 1971 Nova and she would go. (could top 120-not like I ever did, wink wink.) I was heading south going about 66 and after clearing a curve I pushed down on the accelerator and was above 80 when I looked up ahead and saw a police car coming towards me. just as I saw them there was a little hill, as we crested the hill, myself going south and him going north. I saw his break light come on. Then because of the hill he went out of sight. I thought to myself I got a ticket coming, might as well stop and get it over with. I hit the breaks and pulled over to the side of the road and began to get my wallet out and insurance papers ready. The police car came sailing over the hill, fast and sped right on by. I watched for a minute, he never slowed down or turned around. I put my papers away and shifted into gear and headier off to work.
 
One ticket in the 1980's for failing to come to a full stop at an isolated intersection where no moving traffic was visible in any direction, and I was in a hurry for an appointment. Unfortunately, an opportunistic cop in an unmarked car was parked along the road, lurking. This netted me a hefty fine, points on my license, and my name published in the paper like a common criminal. He might as well have shot me with his gun... :(
 
No speeding tickets but often thought I should have a ticket for 'dawdling'!!!!;)
Two parking tickets in my 40 years of driving. One in a shopping area that had been free but it was changed to limited parking and I went over the time allowed. Had used the shopping car park for years so did not notice the new parking notice or that it was run by a private company!!!!!. I am more conscious now of changes in signs etc as it is so easy to continue with what you know and not realise 'things' have changed.
 

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