With the holiday almost here, I am reminding myself to slowdown! In the I-90 South lanes, as you are approaching Niagara toll booths, in August of 19 there were only two E-ZPass lanes (now all are). It is a long curve posted 55. Darkness is approaching and I'm trying to pass two semis, as I suspect they'll be doing E-Z. A statey is sitting in the medium. He immediately follows! My wife asks how fast were you going-88! He followed me into the booths and then turned on his lights. There is a big pull off right past the booths. He asked me do I know why, "Yes sir, I was speeding!", to which he replied, "Yes, 88!" He returns with my license and owners card and asks when I was in the CAV, to which I responded, "All of 70!" Hands my license and owners card back and states, "Drive safely!"
With only receiveing a warning, your greatesst diff between radared speed and posted limit?
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85 in a 55. It was dumb. Got stuck at night behind a slow truck, on a no pass, 2 lane highway. Took the fork in the road. It went one way and I went the other..the long way home. Tried to make up time. The cherry top came out of no where. But didn't give me a ticket. Been stopped 3 times in my life for speeding. No tickets yet. Well not completely true. No speeding tickets. I have had 2 tickets for California stops in California. One I deserved.
I was living in Pittsburgh when 3 Mile Island looked to be going towards disaster. It usually took me 3.5 hours to take the Turnpike home. I did it in 2.5. I drove thru the tunnels at 100. State Police saw me, but I was not stopped. True, they had other things to worry about, but I think they figured why stop someone driving so fast towards a nuclear disaster?
I always wondered if they could ticket you for speeding if the time stamp between 2 turnpike exits indicated that you had to be. I also assume that the EZ Pass Express lanes can tell how fast you are going and, if you are exceeding the posted limit, you can be ticketed based on it. Does there actually have to be a witness for speeding to be ticketed?
I've never received a warning initially for any of the three tickets I've had for speeding. I didn't even know that warnings existed until I was in a car with somebody else who got one. The first time I was ever stopped was when I was 18 and I was driving on a long straight stretch where I was going past my grandparents dairy farm. A cop pulls out of their driveway and stops me and tells me I was going 63 in a 45. He was lying about both that I wasn't going 63 and the speed limit was actually 55. I protested the ticket and went in front of the magistrate and brought my grandfather who said that he never gave the officer permission to hide behind his building on his property. That got thrown out but we still had to pay court costs. The other two times were 72 in a 65 + 58 in a45.
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yeah...I've been pulled over a half dozen times and never got a warning, not even close. In fact, in Poland Ohio, the cop suggested I just make out a check to him to "make it easy". Regardless, I was on a biz trip with a pretty good looking co-work (female). We met at the airport and she pounded down several beers with dinner. She then drove, and we got stopped for speeding in Leavenworth Kansas. She pulls over, and as the cop walks to the car, she hikes up her skirt and gives it the batting-eye treatment. He immediately tells her to be careful while traveling in KS and to let him know if he can be of any assistance.
I have a long history of getting pulled over and not getting a ticket. Don't really know why, just lucky, I guess. Maybe it's good Karma, which anyone who knew me at PSU would doubt!
I was pulled over in Wilkes-Barres for speeding, no ticket.
Got pulled over doing 85 in a 55 on I-78 about 2:00 AM in Jersey coming home from the kickoff classic (in 1996, I think). State Trooper asked my where I was coming from and then if I had been drinking . I hadn't had anything since before the game. He asked for license and registration. When he came back to the car, he asked who won and what the score was. When I told him, he told me to slow down and sent me on my way.
The best was when I was pulled over once (for doing 55 in the left lane of I-95 in Lumberton). My inspection was out of date and my license and registration were both expired. I was a bit of a jerk to the cop. I asked why I was being pulled over for doing 55, (which was the speed limit in that stretch at that time.) He said that the left lane was for faster traffic and I said that since I was doing the maximum speed limit then I should be the fastest car on the highway! He didn't like that. He took my expired license and registration and came back about 10 minutes later and sent me on my way.
There have been a couple of other times, but those are the ones that stand out.
I was pulled over in Wilkes-Barres for speeding, no ticket.
Got pulled over doing 85 in a 55 on I-78 about 2:00 AM in Jersey coming home from the kickoff classic (in 1996, I think). State Trooper asked my where I was coming from and then if I had been drinking . I hadn't had anything since before the game. He asked for license and registration. When he came back to the car, he asked who won and what the score was. When I told him, he told me to slow down and sent me on my way.
The best was when I was pulled over once (for doing 55 in the left lane of I-95 in Lumberton). My inspection was out of date and my license and registration were both expired. I was a bit of a jerk to the cop. I asked why I was being pulled over for doing 55, (which was the speed limit in that stretch at that time.) He said that the left lane was for faster traffic and I said that since I was doing the maximum speed limit then I should be the fastest car on the highway! He didn't like that. He took my expired license and registration and came back about 10 minutes later and sent me on my way.
There have been a couple of other times, but those are the ones that stand out.
I got a ticket for going 71 in a 55 zone (when that was the highest speed allowed on limited access highways). I had my cruise control set on 64 mph and my state of the art Escort radar detector went off and I immediately hit the brakes. I had no idea where the state trooper was at. Found out he was parked in a rest area shooting his radar gun through a stand of trees. He hit me for going more than 15 mph over the speed limit, which back in the 80’s was over $200 for the ticket. I told him I know I wasn’t going that fast because my cruise control was set over 5 mph below what I had been clocked at, plus he had no clear shot or line of site at me through the trees. He said I could contest it in the local court in a couple of weeks, which he knew I couldn’t because I lived over 200 miles away. So much for PA’s finest - it really proved to me how incredibly dishonest some cops are. I likely was the one who made his quota that day. He immediately got off the next exit when he departed, probably because he was now done for the day. Who knows if I was even the one he actually clocked because I was in traffic, not out alone by myself.
We too, seem to make up for all the folks who get warnings. Jerk Ohio cops, 3 to 1 ratio more than PA, love to ticket, arrogant too. Not past "misrepresenting" fact to win a case. Friends daughter works as a lawyer in the public defenders office, she catches the misrepresentations daily, nearly in each case, abysmal.
My ticket for speeding was earned, the only one in our family that was. I was over 80 in a 65 on I-71 northbound, south of Columbus. State cop got me, very poor attitude, I was respectful but he wasn't. Bad taste in our collective mouths for twenty years, as long as we lived here. The only good part is that my wife retires within two years and we will be out of this corrupt state as fast as we can, back to PA, another corrupt state but home.
88 in a 55. Got a warning that I needed more plutonium.
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Something like 150km/h and 100km/h? Was my last week in Germany and the Polizei gave me a break.
And my only other ticket was in Ohio at the I76 - I80 interchange just east of Meander reservoir for supposedly speeding in a construction zone. This was as I was traveling to Penn State for a football game and had all my magnetic Penn State signs on the side of my car. However i knew a construction zone was coming up and dropped my cruise control to the construction zone speed limit a few hundred yards before I got into the construction area. A state cop pulls out and I figured he was driving to the next crossover when his lights went on. I was totally befuddled because I did not know what I had done. I pulled over and the first thing he asks me is why I pulled to the side in a construction zone. I told him because he put his lights on and that’s what I was taught to do. He asks me if I knew why I had been pulled over and I told him I had no clue. He then told me I was speeding in a construction zone. I told him I wasn’t- I had my cruise control set to the special speed limit before I entered the construction area and he told me that’s not how he saw it.
In Ohio if a state patrolman pulls you over the law is an automatic citation, so I was expecting a $400 or more ticket (fines doubled in a construction zone) in the mail. When it arrived, it was $40. The troope knew he made a mistake, but he had to give me a ticket, so he gave me the minimum fine possible. Sometimes the cops are wrong, but in this case he wasn’t permitted to give me a warning.
A PSU buddy of ours had an new early-gen Ninja at school. One day he opened it up heading out of town, and passed a parked cop at top speed. The cop never attempted to pursue. After a short ride this guy rode back into town and got pulled over by the same cop, although at this point he was driving normally. The cop asked how fast he was going the first time he passed him. Our buddy was dumb, but not dumb enough to be honest and said, “I don’t know. How fast?” The cop clearly didn’t have a valid speed read, but issued a citation for driving too fast conditions.
Our buddy said he was was maxed out at 159, the advertised top speed of the bike.
Our buddy said he was was maxed out at 159, the advertised top speed of the bike.
my wife just challenged a speeding ticket in a 25 zone which is a notorious trap locally, done by cameras. She got the ticket in the mail.
she spent a few hours studying ohio law. the camera thing has never been directly challenged in Ohio Supreme court. She cited state laws that were tangential. She then stated state laws outside our home state. Finally, she did some research on the community and showed them their revenue intake for this speed trap. She added the process to gain class action lawsuits. Her conclusion was that they had better figure out what they are doing pronto and requested access to their attorney.
We got a letter a week later dropping the ticket. No ticket, no standing, lawsuit threat over.
she spent a few hours studying ohio law. the camera thing has never been directly challenged in Ohio Supreme court. She cited state laws that were tangential. She then stated state laws outside our home state. Finally, she did some research on the community and showed them their revenue intake for this speed trap. She added the process to gain class action lawsuits. Her conclusion was that they had better figure out what they are doing pronto and requested access to their attorney.
We got a letter a week later dropping the ticket. No ticket, no standing, lawsuit threat over.
I’ve only gotten pulled over for speeding once, and the cop never showed for the hearing. I’ve been driving for 38 years. Guess I’m some combination of boring, smart, and lucky.
Ironic timing for this post as I got pulled over for speeding this am doing 75 in a 55 on 22/322 west towards Harrisburg. I didn’t get out with a warning but he was nice enough to write me up for 60 in a 55 so no points.
My sister had a similar experience. She was driving along in a small group on a two lane highway. Someone barrelled through doing at least 90 and almost ran someone into a ditch. Around the corner a state trooper pulled them over. They told the trooper he made a mistake, the car that blew by was of similar make and model but was going at least 30 mph faster than everyone else. By the look of the trooper, he knew he effed up...stammered, then said he didn't care and ticketed them anyway.
New driver, just turned 16 a couple of months prior, heading home to Sharon, PA from Eastwood mall just this side of Youngstown. Driving Rt. 82, friend in car, windows down, radio blasting, pedal to the metal as I was not paying attention.
Ohio State trooper got me. Probably going 80 in a 55 (long time ago). I had to go to court with a parent. Went to court with Dad, received 2 weeks license suspension. I'm sure I got fined but don't remember. Had to go back to court with Dad 2 weeks later to pick up license. Dad never punished me or yelled at me or anything. I was a good kid and I think he knew I knew how bad I screwed up.
Ohio State trooper got me. Probably going 80 in a 55 (long time ago). I had to go to court with a parent. Went to court with Dad, received 2 weeks license suspension. I'm sure I got fined but don't remember. Had to go back to court with Dad 2 weeks later to pick up license. Dad never punished me or yelled at me or anything. I was a good kid and I think he knew I knew how bad I screwed up.
Last speeding ticket I got was 71 in a 65 in Connecticut in 2009.
Last ticket I got was a cell phone ticket also in 2009 in Connecticut. I wasn’t on my phone but my word against the cop. Said if I wanted to argue he could write me a ticket for an illegal tint... (tint would have prevented him from seeing me on my phone even if I had been). With two moving violations in under a year I had to go to traffic school. Gotta love states with no tolls for revenue.
Zero reason to get tickets these days with radar detectors plus Waze.
Last ticket I got was a cell phone ticket also in 2009 in Connecticut. I wasn’t on my phone but my word against the cop. Said if I wanted to argue he could write me a ticket for an illegal tint... (tint would have prevented him from seeing me on my phone even if I had been). With two moving violations in under a year I had to go to traffic school. Gotta love states with no tolls for revenue.
Zero reason to get tickets these days with radar detectors plus Waze.
Not a speeding stop but 4 of us, while in high school, stopped at a traffic light. The car behind us were classmates/friends. so we get out of the car and do what is know as a Chinese fire drill. Well, the Hermitage police stopped us and told us we had better go tell the kids parents whose car it was what we did. We had actually rolled over the hood of the car and he thought we might have scratched the paint . Well, the kids parent was our teacher at school. A pretty cool teacher and she just laughed when we told her.
I grew up near the Eastwood mall. Just down the road near the intersection of SR46 and Old 82 (Howland Corners). Old 82 is also known as Warren-Sharon road, which was our way to the Youngstown airport.
I remember when my friend’s sister got a speeding ticket on 82 - speeding wasn’t her only problem as she had skipped school, “borrowed” the family’s 1966 Mustang and she was only 15 years old in the days when the minimum driving age was 16. That was the last time my friends parents went out of town for a couple of days leaving their kids home alone until they were in college.
I know exactly the location.
We used to always go to Valley View as a kid and of course when we got older the "milk" barns and bars just over the line.
It may pay (no pun intended) to go to your hearing, for whatever you are there for! Decades ago, while one of the four youguns was at PSU, I'm walking out of a gas well road carrying a big spring long beard untagged. It was on this country road that, other than hunting season, never has 10 autos on it in an hour, game protector is driving by, slams on the brakes and backs up. I explained my son and I have the same vest and I did not even realize I had the wrong one and did not want to tag it. Hell, he'd have pinched me for that too! I explained I was the foreman at the hatchery (next county) and good friends with E T, who was the GP in that county and he'd confirm I'd never intentionally do something like that! No luck! Explained at my hearing and the magistrate stated, "PGC" not in business just to make $ and found me not guilty!
It's technically possible but I don't think there's any political will to do it. They could use GPS to synchronize all the clocks to within a millisecond and they already know the distances but I think the cops don't want it as it will minimize or virtually eliminate all their "contacts" and pretextual stops.
FWIW Too fast for conditions requires an actual admissible determination of speed in Pennsylvania, if you take it to court and assert such. Don't do it in District Court, tho - that's kangaroo court in PA. If the cop won't deal there, just leave and take the automatic appeal to Common Pleas court. Do NOT present your case in District Court or even hint at it. No use in giving the Commonwealth two bites at the apple when they get the first one free.
Mifflin County? There's a local who's MO is the stinky-pinch then he writes it up for five over so no points and no challenge. He tried to tell me I was doing 82 when my GPS logs showed 72 but since it's no points it isn't worth fighting. I probably puckered his butt when I asked if if the State Police had authorized his department to be out there after he handed me the ticket. (Local police may only patrol limited access highways in PA under an agreement with the State Police)
A few years back I had gone to the the Sands (now Windcreek) casino in Bethlehem. I wasn’t drinking as I had an early tee time the next morning but caught a heater on the blackjack table so stayed much later than I was expecting. Coming home on 78 at 2:30 the road was pretty empty and I was going well over 100 at certain stretches. All of a sudden flashing lights behind me. I would love to know how fast he was going to catch up to me.
Cop basically assumed I was drunk, made me do the sobriety tests and when I passed every test made me take a breathalyzer. When I blew 0.0 he told me he was looking for drunk drivers but to slow down and get home.
Cop basically assumed I was drunk, made me do the sobriety tests and when I passed every test made me take a breathalyzer. When I blew 0.0 he told me he was looking for drunk drivers but to slow down and get home.
Glad it worked out. We NEVER had any issues with the police in PA barring one incident where a state cop left my wife and infant son alone in an inoperative car in January without calling for help, he said he was late for a meeting and left. Should have been fired for that. But Ohio cops are worse. I did receive one warning, early on, by a state cop, respectful man. Since then it's been disrespect and looking to try to ticket or hassle use over and over. Like we are wearing a target on our cars. Nothing like it ever occured in PA. Those traveling in Ohio, beware.
The only time that I have ever been given a warning vs a ticket was when I lived in RI.
My gym was maybe 5 miles from my house. I would take my pre-work out supplement and then drive to the gym to lift.
One day I took my pre-work out and proceeded to speed through a neighborhood to the gym (only 10 mph over). A young, fit cop pulls me over and tells me that I was speeding. I tell the officer that I had taken my pre-work out and was trying to get to the gym before it hit. He then asks me if my scalp was feeling tingly yet. I told him that it was starting to, and he told me that I need to get to the gym.
Only time I have ever gotten a warning... Well, except when I was 16 and was driving a convertible on the back roads... I hit 100 on a straight away and just so happened to pass a cop going the other way. The cop wipes around and pulls me over at the stop sign.
The officer walks up to my car and says "You were going a little fast back there " my 16 year-old response was "maybe". He didn't like that too much, but had no way to prove my speed, so I just got a warning with the stipulation that my parents would call him, since I was driving wrecklessly in their car.
My gym was maybe 5 miles from my house. I would take my pre-work out supplement and then drive to the gym to lift.
One day I took my pre-work out and proceeded to speed through a neighborhood to the gym (only 10 mph over). A young, fit cop pulls me over and tells me that I was speeding. I tell the officer that I had taken my pre-work out and was trying to get to the gym before it hit. He then asks me if my scalp was feeling tingly yet. I told him that it was starting to, and he told me that I need to get to the gym.
Only time I have ever gotten a warning... Well, except when I was 16 and was driving a convertible on the back roads... I hit 100 on a straight away and just so happened to pass a cop going the other way. The cop wipes around and pulls me over at the stop sign.
The officer walks up to my car and says "You were going a little fast back there " my 16 year-old response was "maybe". He didn't like that too much, but had no way to prove my speed, so I just got a warning with the stipulation that my parents would call him, since I was driving wrecklessly in their car.
Got pulled over on the way home from a batchler party. Two lane road about 3 am in the middle of nowhere Ohio. It was a hilly road, and I popped over 55 for a second when I hit the crest of the hill. Got a warning (I think he was looking for drunks, which I could understand, nothing good happens at 3 am)--shook the rest of the way home and drove 45. Got one for not coming ot a complete stop at a light (I felt myself get thrown back by the stop, though I may have been too fast). Got lectured for "speeding" by a cop half my age (I was almost 60 at the time). Court has a diversion program where you pay the court costs and take an on-line driving class so no points. What I did not like (aside from the lecture) is that I was pulled over in the snow in a somewhat unsafe area on an on-ramp. That was my first real ticket, unless you count the one I got for jaywalking in East Berlin in 1978. Payable on the spot in West German marks.
Been pulled over numerous times when traveling - I always keep my luggage in the back seat so they know I am traveling and tell the officer I am from out of town and not familiar with the road i was speeding on - they will usually run the license and let you go since they know you wont pay the fine anyway. Per kgilbert I did get stopped for jaywalking on Minneapolis once - no ticket but the cop siad you will live longer crossing at the intersection - living in the East Coast I know that is not true at all.
Here in New Orleans when the traffic light turns red - I count to three before crossing the street at the intersection.
90+ in a 60 zone. Back roads of northwest Nebraska at 10:30 pm. What the heck was he doing out at that time of night. Told him I was going to turkey hunt with a friend.... who he knew. Let me go. Also told him a I a concealed weapon under the seat. Nice guy.
I've never been stopped for speeding, since I don't drive much above the speed limit. But I do have a funny story about it.
I was coming home, eastbound on I- 80, from a basketball game one night. I just passed the Lamar exit, when a guy passed me in an old Datsun pickup truck. He was out of sight in seconds, really moving. I drove for a while and came around a curve and saw a SP cruiser tucked in on the side of the road. I was going about 72, so no problem.
Of course, I checked my mirror to see if he pulled out, he didn't. I drove a little further and I saw headlights coming up really fast. It was the guy in the pickup truck. He goes by me at highspeed, with the cruiser right behind him. As soon as they both passed me the cop lit him up. I thought, buddy you're about to have a bad night.
Anyway, I figured the guy must have stopped at the rest area and didn't see the cop when he went by.
I was coming home, eastbound on I- 80, from a basketball game one night. I just passed the Lamar exit, when a guy passed me in an old Datsun pickup truck. He was out of sight in seconds, really moving. I drove for a while and came around a curve and saw a SP cruiser tucked in on the side of the road. I was going about 72, so no problem.
Of course, I checked my mirror to see if he pulled out, he didn't. I drove a little further and I saw headlights coming up really fast. It was the guy in the pickup truck. He goes by me at highspeed, with the cruiser right behind him. As soon as they both passed me the cop lit him up. I thought, buddy you're about to have a bad night.
Anyway, I figured the guy must have stopped at the rest area and didn't see the cop when he went by.
I forgot to mention one other point about this experience. I asked my my wife, "Did you notice how easily, 'When were you in the CAV?' flowed?" I've always suspected he had a father/uncle who was in it, as the division was long decommissioned and the window decal only states, 1st Cavalry Div Vet. He was also late 30s early 40s like my four children! The PA Purple Heart plate helps in these affairs too!
I will chime in with my Ohio Highway Patrol story. Years ago, I was estimating a project in Southern Michigan on a Friday morning. Finished around 9:30 and had nothing pressing so I decided to take the slow scenic route back to Pittsburgh.
Heading eastbound on US250 beside Tappan Lake, cruising at 45 in a 45 zone, windows down and enjoying the last hour and a half of the drive when I pass a state trooper going the other direction. He turns on the lights and spins the car around like Buford T. Justice and comes up behind me.
I pull over and this guy tells me I was doing 68 mph. I was shocked at that number and asked how .. he said on radar and if I wanted to see the machine reading that he would be happy to satisfy my curiosity. I declined.
Forget what it cost me. Fortunately OH (and WV) don't report to PA so no points involved.
I had a several year stretch where I got 4 speeding tickets (not in PA), all while driving for work. Now my kids criticize my "lack of speed" on the highways. I just call it economic good sense.
Heading eastbound on US250 beside Tappan Lake, cruising at 45 in a 45 zone, windows down and enjoying the last hour and a half of the drive when I pass a state trooper going the other direction. He turns on the lights and spins the car around like Buford T. Justice and comes up behind me.
I pull over and this guy tells me I was doing 68 mph. I was shocked at that number and asked how .. he said on radar and if I wanted to see the machine reading that he would be happy to satisfy my curiosity. I declined.
Forget what it cost me. Fortunately OH (and WV) don't report to PA so no points involved.
I had a several year stretch where I got 4 speeding tickets (not in PA), all while driving for work. Now my kids criticize my "lack of speed" on the highways. I just call it economic good sense.
Never got stopped for speeding, twice for improper license plate display. Once, summer out of HS with a pick up and old bumper with the plate wired through the top two holes of the previous yr as it was rusted on, Woman cop followed me through town like 5 turns and finally pulled me over at a busy intersection tying up traffic. I got a warning for a faded registration. I asked if maybe they shouldn't use recycled paper as it clearly stated it was back in mimeograph days. Second was was a dealer loaner when getting mine fixed . Pulled over dealer plate in back window on way to get a pizza and took half an hr , Get to pizza place and the car dealer is there and pissed the plate is on the magnet they used to use instead of back window. two cops out looking to be pricks but just warnings
That exact scenario happened to me a few years ago. It was just before the exit for 11/15. I was polite and respectful, got the 75mph written as a 60, no points. Maybe it was the same cop?!
I have a friend who is a local township officer. He told me the best thing you can do when you get pulled over is to just be honest. He said everybody lies to them all the time. The last two times I’ve been stopped I actually pulled over before the police officer even got to me. I found a good safe place I knew he was coming so I just pulled over got my license and registration out and had it ready before we even got to the car. Both times they ask me why I was speeding and basically I just said I wasn’t really paying attention and didn’t realize how fast I was going. Both times they let me off with a warning.
83 mph in a 35 on “atherton”. Past the Home Depot so it was really a highway, before they put the on ramp to i99 there.
In 2001 was at nittany apartments and lavar had a new benz. He was going back and forth in front of pollock library trying to go 100mph in a 15 zone. They said he got it, and it was super fast, so maybe. Serena Williams was with him.
In 2001 was at nittany apartments and lavar had a new benz. He was going back and forth in front of pollock library trying to go 100mph in a 15 zone. They said he got it, and it was super fast, so maybe. Serena Williams was with him.
