I'm done speeding...forever...

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 02-12-2008, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by 67CamaroRSSS

Ok, let me tell you this straight up: NO, you're not done speeding. It's in your blood and you own a high HP car and it'll never go away.

Ask anybody here who's old enough to be your dad: It never goes away! It can only be controlled to a certain degree.

I said the very same thing when I got my 1st speeding ticket at 17. It hasn't gone away yet for me (the need for speed) and it never will. I still have a hard time repressing the need to nail the loud pedal and I'm OLD!

yep he is right.............42 here and still addicted

**Blue_98_ws6** · 02-12-2008, 09:31 PM

i have a secretary of state review of my liscense on thursday and they will suspend it for sure i am the third leadfoot in a row in my family its bad i dont even mean to sometimes i just look down and im already 10 over its bad

**jimmybling31** · 02-12-2008, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by MagicMan

radar detector does not get everything & is not a free pass to speed.

yeah i know. i don't treat it that way either. i just make sure im not speeding when it goes off.

**jimmybling31** · 02-12-2008, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by SpeedAddict38

yep he is right.............42 here and still addicted

a dude i work with has a 2004 cobra and he pulls out of the place sideways every day. he is more addicted to speed than anyone i know. and he's 54

**LETHALxLS1** · 02-13-2008, 12:37 AM

^ thats funny!

**third_shift|studios** · 02-13-2008, 06:16 AM

This is a story of uneducated decision making. Stomp on the breaks next time someone trys to run their little wind-up-toy on your ass-make it their problem for being an asshole. You lucked out with only being pulled over by a "Mounty"

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 02-13-2008, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by third_shift|studios

This is a story of uneducated decision making. Stomp on the breaks next time someone trys to run their little wind-up-toy on your ass-make it their problem for being an asshole. You lucked out with only being pulled over by a "Mounty"

stomp on the breaks might result in death........now that would be a bigger uneducated decision

**LETHALxLS1** · 02-13-2008, 07:40 PM

^

**jad628** · 02-14-2008, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by ls1camino

I know...shocking, right? But you better believe it...you guys have no idea how close I was to being in some deep shit this afternoon.

Turns out he was just a Park Police Officer, so he didn't have a Radar Gun, no computer to run my plates and license, and not even a ticket book.

So, long story short, he gave me a long talking to about how stupid I was to even think about going that fast and pretty much let me off cause he didn't have a ticket book to even write me a ticket.

I say "pretty much" cause he took down my cell phone number and said he would be by my house later to write me a ticket. Thing is, I'm never home cause of my busy schedule with school and work, and I'm not even sure if he can do that.

So yeah...I'm done speeding for the rest of my life...fuck it, it's not fucking worth it.

Sounds like you made the best of the situation. Good for you to re-think about what you were doing, and what you'll do in the future.

I read a lot of the responses and let me tell you a fact: Yes an LEO can write you a ticket after the fact, or just go get a warrant. Those telling you to basically buck up at him and then fight it are talking BS. You did the right thing by taking his sermon and moving on. Probably a little risky asking him why he didn't go after the Evo, but that seemed to work out okay.
Any cop stopping someone who was doing 120+ is doing what they are supposed to do. Those claiming he was on a power trip are glazing over that. Maybe he was on a little power trip, but by the facts you mentioned he had a violator nailed, plain and simple. Anybody who wants to argue about that is arguing with the comments of the person who was actually stopped.

BTW- a real power trip would have ended with you charged with street racing. Basically, you did have a spontaneous race. Iffy, but I have no doubt a magistrate would find probable cause for that.

Look, I'm not trying to preach to ya, but I don't want people making bad choices because nobody discussed it from the LEO standpoint. Yeah, you might "fight" these kind of charges and win (hell, OJ got off didn't he) but why find out? I will tell you that lots of people talk a good fight on the internet, but in real life, it is a different story.

Glad it worked out for ya man.