When was the last time you got a driving ticket?

pchrise

pchrise

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I can count on one hand just a couple when I was very young. None since then and no accidents ever, very hard with all the people doing things like tail gating cutting me off and so on. Hate getting on the roads especially during commute time.
 

Never for me too, but I did get a parking ticket about 16 years ago, it cost me a fifteen dollar fine.
I have been driving for for nearly fifty years.
 
Last one was about 4 years ago. 72 in a 55. It was also my first ticket. That in itself is a miracle as I do have a lead foot. And have put over 100,000 miles on 9 different cars since 1979-over 200,000 miles on my current one.
 
Maybe I should add miles driven and locations in addition to length of driving. Just having a DL and only driving once a year and no one on the road does not count. A parked car in the garage never get a ticket. One of my cars has two hundred miles on it and driven in an area of crazy drivers .
 
I must say I got out of one because of my perfect record. Was doing 90 in a 70 zone I think, it was the day Elvis died and I was young.
 
About 6 months ago from a robot camera. A speed trap. From one speed (higher) to a lower speed limit on a curve of a road, no time to slow down to the new limit.
 
50 years ago (or so) . 98 in a 70 mph zone, trying to get past a long line of semi trucks.
Luckily my wife (a deputy clerk in the Santa Monica court house) knew the JP in Yermo. He cut the fine in half.

Haven't been stopped since. Just been lucky.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
Last one was about 4 years ago. 72 in a 55. It was also my first ticket. That in itself is a miracle as I do have a lead foot. And have put over 100,000 miles on 9 different cars since 1979-over 200,000 miles on my current one.
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"72 in a 55", I think the CHP tells everyone the same! I contested it in a written submission to the court....$287 fine.
 
pchrise said:
Maybe I should add miles driven and locations in addition to length of driving. Just having a DL and only driving once a year and no one on the road does not count. A parked car in the garage never get a ticket. One of my cars has two hundred miles on it and driven in an area of crazy drivers .
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OK well currently I drive about 10,000 miles per year going to and from work..before that I lived on the continent and worked as a taxi driver for 5 years..prior to that, I worked and lived in Italy and Germany and drove every day sometimes up to a hundred KM.. on a daily basis

My car never sits idle for more than a day at a time..unless I'm ill, and believe me I'm not a slow driver in any way shape or form , but I'm a very good driver even if I say so myself , and just obey the laws as much as possible
 
Hollydolly, good then I follow the rules also even then came close to others rear ending me. Tired of others that blow trough stop sighs and red lights, have to wait and look before moving. Even on weekends what is everyones hurry. I get honk at for stopping at red lights or someone crossing the road. Whould never drive in Mexico or Brasil those places are the wild wild world.
 
pchrise said:
Same here Falcon Bay area has become the commute from ..... hardly a day goes by without a sigalert
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Sure don`t miss that Bay Area traffic whatsoever. Hubby and I still watch the Bay Area new daily and cringe at the backups they show. We live on a long,private dirt road with lots of potholes,but decided a few weeks ago that four minutes of driving 5mph on the road is still better than sitting in bumper to bumper traffic!
 
I've never had a ticket since I started driving when I was young. I've driven many miles over the years, we've driven throughout the US and Canada. I always drove a good amount of highway miles daily to get to and from work. I still drive everyday, but not as much since retired. If I notice I'm going over the limit, I slow down, too many speed traps on the highway and streets.
 
Only one, about 40 years ago, at a well known speed trap, but I deserved it. A friend and I were driving from Charlotte to Raleigh, NC, and discovered his driver's license had expired, so I took over. Bad timing for me, probably good for him, though. Mail in $70 and you were good to go.:)
 
I recieved a spreading ticket for traveling 63 In a 60 zone in 1990, not had one since ,the police were at the bottom of a hill,at the time I thought at the time was more of an revenue raising system rather than a safety warning. I was over the limit so I paid what was then a minor fine of approx $40, Fines in Australia are now on a tier system depending on the speed you are traveling, I believe they start at about $450 then there is all sorts of levies added to the fine.

We often travel to Adelaide to do shopping and attend dances ,and most of the time we arrive home about 1.30 Am Almost every time we go to we get picked up and breathalysed and licence check in our small town, at 1.30 am .The police always say oh how many drinks have you had ??? We don't have anything stronger than black coffee at the dance, so they more than likely think we have come from a hotel in the area at that time of night./ morning
 
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