Tickets and fines in your lifetime. Take a guess.

My lifetime, have had one running a red-light ticket, although it was
amber all the way through the intersection. Paid the fine, did not go
to court. This was back in 1985. Ticket was $25.

Parking ticket for failing to put my mom's handicap sticker in the window,
where I was parked. Was fined $500, did go to court, reduced to $250.
That was back in 1995.

Meter parking meter tickets in Seattle, WA. total of 5 for running over the allotted
time. Paid the fines. Small fines at that time. That was back in 1991.

Driving too slowly, and impeding traffic (got a verbal warning twice) no tickets.
It was early morning, on a nice quieter country road/highway. I was enjoying
the views. That was in 2020.

That's it for Emeraude :)
 
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I was caught driving without a license at age 18, couldn't officially get a license for
4 years.
Then 10 years later on the interstate here in Missouri I was following my
DH who was hauling my scared horse to our new home and he was jittery, I had to pass
a guy who pulled in front of me and got a ticket for speeding while passing. I had to stay
close in case Dusty lost it so I could calm him. I was in car with my kids.
Another 10 years later I got a speeding ticket for going 30mph in a 25mph zone because
I was rushing to (giggle) get my license renewed during my 30 minute lunch break.
 

In over 50 years of driving, I've gotten one ticket for no proof of insurance. A few days later I went to a police station and showed my insurance card and an officer signed off the ticket. That was back in the 70s.

And I was pulled over for 5mph over the posted limit, but the officer just gave me a warning. That was in the 80s.
 
I got a lot of tickets when young. I always went to court. In those years, if the officer who issued the ticket failed to appear, it was automatically dismissed. It doesn't work that way anymore. Nowadays they reschedule the case for another day and the officer will most likely appear - but that's okay since it's probably been 30 years since I've had any more tickets.
 
I was driving home from having dinner with a friend, and got ticketed for a burned out rear light. I was told that if I had it replaced right away, and took the car to a police station, they wouldn't charge me.

I was very busy, leaving for Australia in a couple of days. Had to bite the bullet and paid the fine.
 
One camera ticket for speeding. Later all tickets were cancelled in that zone. The signage was considered deceptive. Too late for me. $26.

Two parking meter tickets. One I ran in the store, set something down and ran right back. The bylaw officer obviously ran faster than I. Lesson learned - double check if they’re in the vicinity.
 
Coming home from Ft Benning for a short leave before shipping out to Nam, I managed to get a speeding ticket in every state from Georgia to Vermont. excluding only Connecticut. Figured I probably wasn't coming home so... who cared. Came back to haunt me when I did get home. :)
That wasn't the first time, but, I'd need an entire page to list all the bad I have done and got ticketed.
 
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I think one when I wore no helmet on a moped in my 20s. Once I went to Belgium with my brother on a bicycle and a moped and my BIL's tie so one could pull the other. Belgian police stopped us. They were so sweet. We didn't even get a fine, but one said: I think that's dangerous.
 
Whelllll —— I still have trouble “driving 55”. Last year I was picked up twice in two months on the 4-lane driving 70 & 68. The troopers let me go both times.

I don’t fancy paying for driving school, so now I set my cruise control 🤯💩🤯💩
 
I've not gotten fines, tickets or anything like that. I haven't ever been stopped by a cop. I haven't caused any accidents, and only been in one.

I figure I'm lucky in that regard. I love driving fast on curving roads and hairpin curves and on the interstate in the WV mountains. I love driving fast, period. I only do it when it's safe. In WV, only in extra light traffic -- those mountain roads can be steep and curvy.

One time, I was talking to a forest ranger I knew and he told me to drive extra slowly around the hairpin that was on my route in the mountains. I agreed. When I got to the curve, I realized I'd been on it before at pretty high speeds, and lo and behold, it never registered with me that it was a hairpin curve.
 
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