DodgeViper01
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Just wanted to see if you guys wanted to share your speeding ticket stories in your Viper's. Hopefully we can look back and laugh. 
Speeding Ticket Stories
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<font color="purple">I have no speeding ticket stories because I always drive at the speed limit. </font> 
<font color="blue">At least the part about having no speeding tickets is true. </font>
<font color="blue">At least the part about having no speeding tickets is true. </font>
DodgeViper01
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I do not have any speeding tickets either (knock on wood!!!!). Been driving for almost two years now. Still young. LOL! I just hope that I can continue to keep my record clean.
Vic
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Got my first ticket in the Viper recently. Proud to be in front, determined to be the leader of the pack. Can't touch this! I'm the baddest! That's right, look out, got my can of whoop-*** open, and, then, dead on in front of me, there's the California Highway Patrol. Day-um! Busted! Wrote me up for speeding, but at least he didn't give me greif about it. He looked at the front of my car, and saw that it has no front plate, but he didn't say anything about it. So it could have been worse....
The bail is like $350. Ouch!
ps. Where's the best place to buy a Valentine 1?
The bail is like $350. Ouch!
ps. Where's the best place to buy a Valentine 1?
DodgeViper01
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Or you can buy one of eBay. You will probably get the best deal there.
BobK898
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I've got 8000 miles, and 4 tickets. Got a good lawyer.
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"HOLY ****" BOB
4 tickets!! The thing I worry about , is that I have 2 kids in college, and own a company, and what if I get caught briefly going over a 100 ? In California, do they haul you off to the clink, or do they just verbally abuse you?? I have a valentine 1 , and it has saved my butt more than a dozen times. I have not had a ticket since 1980 !! I drive fast??? I am just always looking around for cops!! When I get on it, it is only up to 3 digits and then brake down fast. I never do it amongst other unwilling drivers. I just want to know from any other silicon valley drivers out there, what will happen the first time I get pulled over doing 100 on a 45 mph expressway???
4 tickets!! The thing I worry about , is that I have 2 kids in college, and own a company, and what if I get caught briefly going over a 100 ? In California, do they haul you off to the clink, or do they just verbally abuse you?? I have a valentine 1 , and it has saved my butt more than a dozen times. I have not had a ticket since 1980 !! I drive fast??? I am just always looking around for cops!! When I get on it, it is only up to 3 digits and then brake down fast. I never do it amongst other unwilling drivers. I just want to know from any other silicon valley drivers out there, what will happen the first time I get pulled over doing 100 on a 45 mph expressway???
BobK898
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I would imagine you would get hauled off as would your car. Mine have been 55 in 40, 60 in 45, 75 in 60, and "We didn't get the gun on you but we know you were speeding". I wouldn't want to get pulled over for a 100+ job. That would be hard to beat without points or going to a driving school.
Birvini
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I posted this April of last year. I'm almost through my probation!! Anyway, here's what I said:
A few weeks ago I received a speeding ticket in my new Vette. First ticket in 7 years!!! I had to pay mucho dinero for the ticket. I also have to attend driving school. The state will teach me how to drive in one week. Thank God!!!
Anyway, I was on my way to work in my 1991 Chrysler LeBaron. (For Sale.) I may have been a tad over the limit, saw the cop, and got pulled over.
He asked for my license and proof of insurance. I went through 3 insurance cards for the Lebaron, and they were all expired. Now I feel really stupid!
I found an up to date insurance card in my wallet and handed it to the officer. He said, "This is for a Viper, but it does cover you for this car. I'm going to have to run your license." I said, "I'm going to be honest with you, I JUST received a speeding ticket and I have not even been to school yet." He laughed and asked me if I had received the speeding ticket in the Viper. I replied that I had received it driving my new Corvette. He got this curious look on his face and said, "If you have a Viper and a Corvette, why are you driving this?" "So I won't get any more speeding tickets!!" I replied.
He laughed and eventually let me off the hook. WHEW!!!
A few weeks ago I received a speeding ticket in my new Vette. First ticket in 7 years!!! I had to pay mucho dinero for the ticket. I also have to attend driving school. The state will teach me how to drive in one week. Thank God!!!
Anyway, I was on my way to work in my 1991 Chrysler LeBaron. (For Sale.) I may have been a tad over the limit, saw the cop, and got pulled over.
He asked for my license and proof of insurance. I went through 3 insurance cards for the Lebaron, and they were all expired. Now I feel really stupid!
I found an up to date insurance card in my wallet and handed it to the officer. He said, "This is for a Viper, but it does cover you for this car. I'm going to have to run your license." I said, "I'm going to be honest with you, I JUST received a speeding ticket and I have not even been to school yet." He laughed and asked me if I had received the speeding ticket in the Viper. I replied that I had received it driving my new Corvette. He got this curious look on his face and said, "If you have a Viper and a Corvette, why are you driving this?" "So I won't get any more speeding tickets!!" I replied.
He laughed and eventually let me off the hook. WHEW!!!
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Birvini, were you batting your eyelashes at him, or what?
Just kidding. That was a lucky break.
Try this one- Back around the time of the Rodney King beating, I was in my Vette on Pacific Coast Highway, near Morro Bay, CA.
I was winding my way politely through clumps of cars doing 70, and as soon as I would clear the pack, I would spool it up to about 150, then slow for the next gaggle of road buddies. Wind my way through the pack, then gun it in the clear again. I was doing this for miles and miles and miles, always looking in my mirror for cops. But somehow, this 5.0 CHP just appeared on my tail with his red lite on, (how I hate that lite), so I brought it over to the curb right away. I thought I was going to the pokey for the night, and my car would be trailered. He asked me why I was driving so fast. Before I could answer, he says- "just testing your car?". I meekly replied "yes?". He said I was driving fast, but not stupid. So he wrote me a ticket for 75 MPH, and I didn't even have to get out of the car. For doing 150! God bless you, officer! ha ha.
When I went to traffic school, the instructor was asking people around the class what they were in for. This BMW driver says he was doing 70 in a 50, and everyone thought that was amazing, and it was funny and cool. So when my turn to speak came, I thought I would be a hero to the class, 'cause I was doing 150 in a 55, which is much cooler than 70 in a 50, you know.
When I said I was doing 150, the instructor goes, "Why in h*ll would you be doing 150 on a public road? You shoulda been locked up."
So much for being a hero....
Just kidding. That was a lucky break.
Try this one- Back around the time of the Rodney King beating, I was in my Vette on Pacific Coast Highway, near Morro Bay, CA.
I was winding my way politely through clumps of cars doing 70, and as soon as I would clear the pack, I would spool it up to about 150, then slow for the next gaggle of road buddies. Wind my way through the pack, then gun it in the clear again. I was doing this for miles and miles and miles, always looking in my mirror for cops. But somehow, this 5.0 CHP just appeared on my tail with his red lite on, (how I hate that lite), so I brought it over to the curb right away. I thought I was going to the pokey for the night, and my car would be trailered. He asked me why I was driving so fast. Before I could answer, he says- "just testing your car?". I meekly replied "yes?". He said I was driving fast, but not stupid. So he wrote me a ticket for 75 MPH, and I didn't even have to get out of the car. For doing 150! God bless you, officer! ha ha.
When I went to traffic school, the instructor was asking people around the class what they were in for. This BMW driver says he was doing 70 in a 50, and everyone thought that was amazing, and it was funny and cool. So when my turn to speak came, I thought I would be a hero to the class, 'cause I was doing 150 in a 55, which is much cooler than 70 in a 50, you know.
When I said I was doing 150, the instructor goes, "Why in h*ll would you be doing 150 on a public road? You shoulda been locked up."
So much for being a hero....
JDR
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I knew Saphire vipers were faster in REAL WORLD applications than yeller' ones!
I have four officers (cops) within 100' of my house. One say's "let me grab my badge, and we'll go for a run!" - cool.
Another (privately) askes me how fast I've driven the viper... my response - never over 100 in YOUR city. His response... if you're going to, do it in my city, at least I won't lock you up (the first time).
I'm hiding from the other two...
As for tickets - 1984 was my last speeding ticket, I was doing about 55 in a 55 (I had a CB, an was told about 10+ miles back there was a speed trap ahead).
So when I come up on the trap... they pull me over and write me up for 72 in a 55! I say, "excuse me, but I was on the CB, and have been watching my speed while LOOKING for this trap..." His response... in "that" car, we know you've sped through here before, think of it as a ticket for then. The car: 1977 Smokey 'n Bandit TransAm (modified to about 390hp, and converted to a 4sp.) ...and yes he was right, I'd driven that road over 130 more than once... but NOT TODAY!
I have four officers (cops) within 100' of my house. One say's "let me grab my badge, and we'll go for a run!" - cool.
Another (privately) askes me how fast I've driven the viper... my response - never over 100 in YOUR city. His response... if you're going to, do it in my city, at least I won't lock you up (the first time).
I'm hiding from the other two...
As for tickets - 1984 was my last speeding ticket, I was doing about 55 in a 55 (I had a CB, an was told about 10+ miles back there was a speed trap ahead).
So when I come up on the trap... they pull me over and write me up for 72 in a 55! I say, "excuse me, but I was on the CB, and have been watching my speed while LOOKING for this trap..." His response... in "that" car, we know you've sped through here before, think of it as a ticket for then. The car: 1977 Smokey 'n Bandit TransAm (modified to about 390hp, and converted to a 4sp.) ...and yes he was right, I'd driven that road over 130 more than once... but NOT TODAY!
Chuck 98 RT/10
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Speeding tickets??? I'm on their mailing list.
Oh thats funny...
Haven't been caught in the snake yet (knock on wood,) but if it gives you any indication of my future, my last ticket was for 80 in a 50 during a gas fill-up. The one before was for 65 (my actual speed) on the D.C. Beltway, and the one before that was 26 (my actual speed) in a 25. Any wonder why I loathe cops?
2viperchuck, next time your in the big house stop by my room, its the one marked "reserved."
Chuck 98 RT/10
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Hell froze over twice. We agree 100% on the cops.
Good luck on that rebuild.
Motor City Mad Man
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No funny stories or anything, but in my first 10 years of having a drivers license I only got 1 ticket (89 in a 65 and the speedometer only went up to 85). Officer how could I be going 89 if the speedometer only went to 85? Well I didn't say that, but I was only 21 in college and didn't have much money on me. Good thing I had a AAA bailbonds card on me or I would have been thrown in jail. The insurance company found out about it and dropped me immediately then referred me to their high-risk insurance affiliate. Insurance doubled immediately and it was a POS car. The basturds!!! Never had an accident or claim ever and they drop me for a speeding ticket. Still have not had an accident that was my fault in my 17 years of having a license. This was in the state of Wisconsin.
I moved to Michigan about 7 years ago, and have received about 8 speeding tickets over here. But luckily my insurance never went up as a result because they must not take tix into account. Some I have gone to court for and got the points taken off or reduced.
Only got 2 tickets in the Viper, and I don't know how I have been that lucky. The first one was like 70 in a 50, cop wrote me up for only 5 over and no points, whew. Sad thing was this pickup truck was speeding right beside me and going about 10 mph more than me, but I got pulled over. Saw the cop on the median and my radar went off at the same time (instant on radar). Didn't have time to hide the radar after he pulled me over, the cop sees it and says did that thing go off? I said no and he said you see those things don't work you should just get rid of it. Yeah right!!
Last one in the Viper was 90 in a 60, my radar went off but it was instant on radar and I was screwed. The officer gave me only 5 over and 2 points, then I went to court and got it reduced to zero points. The cop was real nice about it. But the judge was not. When the officer told her how fast I was going she about flipped. If only she knew that I drive much faster than that on a regular basis. I told her my speedometer was not accurate due to my aftermarket rear gears and I didn't know I was doing 90. She said if you can't tell the difference between 90 mph and 60 mph you shouldn't even have a drivers license. Ohhh boy.
The hard part about having a Viper or other fast car is that you can be going from the speed limit to 30 over in the blink of an eye. The mph ticks are so close together they just zoom by. Where as in a normal car the speedometer only goes to 100 mph usually and it takes forever to go from say 60mph to 90 mph. Its almost impossible for me to keep it uner the speed limit. I'm gonna have Sammy Hagar write me a song that says I can't drive 105.
I moved to Michigan about 7 years ago, and have received about 8 speeding tickets over here. But luckily my insurance never went up as a result because they must not take tix into account. Some I have gone to court for and got the points taken off or reduced.
Only got 2 tickets in the Viper, and I don't know how I have been that lucky. The first one was like 70 in a 50, cop wrote me up for only 5 over and no points, whew. Sad thing was this pickup truck was speeding right beside me and going about 10 mph more than me, but I got pulled over. Saw the cop on the median and my radar went off at the same time (instant on radar). Didn't have time to hide the radar after he pulled me over, the cop sees it and says did that thing go off? I said no and he said you see those things don't work you should just get rid of it. Yeah right!!
Last one in the Viper was 90 in a 60, my radar went off but it was instant on radar and I was screwed. The officer gave me only 5 over and 2 points, then I went to court and got it reduced to zero points. The cop was real nice about it. But the judge was not. When the officer told her how fast I was going she about flipped. If only she knew that I drive much faster than that on a regular basis. I told her my speedometer was not accurate due to my aftermarket rear gears and I didn't know I was doing 90. She said if you can't tell the difference between 90 mph and 60 mph you shouldn't even have a drivers license. Ohhh boy.
The hard part about having a Viper or other fast car is that you can be going from the speed limit to 30 over in the blink of an eye. The mph ticks are so close together they just zoom by. Where as in a normal car the speedometer only goes to 100 mph usually and it takes forever to go from say 60mph to 90 mph. Its almost impossible for me to keep it uner the speed limit. I'm gonna have Sammy Hagar write me a song that says I can't drive 105.
RoadKing
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Saturday I was following the boss in his '01 RT/10 up to Austin to drop it off with SW to take it on up to 700 HP. Anyway, the interstate cleared and he took off. I started after him, but a BMW jumped in between us. I then saw tail lights and a cop jumping on to the interstate. Luckily the boss got on his breaks quick enough and slowed from 140 to 90. The BMW and I kept going, with big smiles on our faces.
For you Northerners it was a chilly 78 here today.......
For you Northerners it was a chilly 78 here today.......
Chuck98 R/T 10
, on top of that the Supra he was racing was ahead of him and they BOTH got a ticket. I think the Supra got a ticket for speeding and Chuck got a ticket for losing to a Supra...... I think if I remember right you did get another ticket with the Supra but it was a ticket from the time shack declaring you the winner!
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Chuck98 R/T 10 is the only one I know that get a speeding ticket within 1 mile of going TO the 1/4 mile drag strip
, on top of that the Supra he was racing was ahead of him and they BOTH got a ticket. I think the Supra got a ticket for speeding and Chuck got a ticket for losing to a Supra...... I think if I remember right you did get another ticket with the Supra but it was a ticket from the time shack declaring you the winner! Cudaman
dancojax
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Hey Chuck: Got you beat!! In my younger days I got a SEASON speeding ticket from my home town police. When they caught me they just 'punched' my ticket. Saved the trouble of going to the Justice of the Peace all the time!!!
Tom86ZT
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my old license was rittled with staple holes (all you IL drivers will know that means lots of tickets.) my new license has a couple already, has been suspended, is being fixed though. In highschool, the main judge in lake county knew me by name, and always chuckled whenever I walked into the courtroom. But back then I was always able to get out of the ticket. Nowadays, I try to let everyone else get the tickets for me.
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