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On a bike, last speeding ticket was 1990, for 46 in a 30 limit (UK), which was a fair cop, and I got a fixed penalty ticket. I was young, dumb, and full of it.
In a cage, I got two in one week during a business trip to Tennessee in early 2007, a complete BS one as I was arriving at my destination (for would you believe 47 in a 40mph limit, even though when I asked if I knew the limit for this road I responded as I believed "yes, it's 45" , not knowing it had just dropped by 5). I'm sure I only got it because the big tough guy was trying to impress the the young hot Probie who was riding with him, and saw out-of-state plates as easy pickings.
Then four days later on the way home, I earned the second one! There, I knew what I was doing, I'd just come off a long interstate run, still in high speed mode, and was in a rush to get home. It was a rural road, with no communities around, and no chance of kids running out, so when Everybody was going really slow ahead of me, I just dropped down a gear, and blasted down the inside lane. I'm sure the real speed was closer to 90mph, but the ticket read 73 in a 50mph zone. The LEO was being kind, as 24+ over the limit ups the ante with points & fines in Georgia, so he wrote it up for the 3-point max. I just didn't see the cruiser tucked in the trees until it was too late, and learned the hard way why the people in front wer soooo slow.
The bogus one cost me $90, and no points ever appeared, and the the one I put the effort into cast me $340. I've calmed down a lot since then, and now I rarely go more than 5mph over the posted limit (unless traffic flow makes it dangerous to be going that slow).
In a cage, I got two in one week during a business trip to Tennessee in early 2007, a complete BS one as I was arriving at my destination (for would you believe 47 in a 40mph limit, even though when I asked if I knew the limit for this road I responded as I believed "yes, it's 45" , not knowing it had just dropped by 5). I'm sure I only got it because the big tough guy was trying to impress the the young hot Probie who was riding with him, and saw out-of-state plates as easy pickings.
Then four days later on the way home, I earned the second one! There, I knew what I was doing, I'd just come off a long interstate run, still in high speed mode, and was in a rush to get home. It was a rural road, with no communities around, and no chance of kids running out, so when Everybody was going really slow ahead of me, I just dropped down a gear, and blasted down the inside lane. I'm sure the real speed was closer to 90mph, but the ticket read 73 in a 50mph zone. The LEO was being kind, as 24+ over the limit ups the ante with points & fines in Georgia, so he wrote it up for the 3-point max. I just didn't see the cruiser tucked in the trees until it was too late, and learned the hard way why the people in front wer soooo slow.
The bogus one cost me $90, and no points ever appeared, and the the one I put the effort into cast me $340. I've calmed down a lot since then, and now I rarely go more than 5mph over the posted limit (unless traffic flow makes it dangerous to be going that slow).