I was driving down the I664 to Hampton in Virginia when I got pulled over by a state trooper and given a reckless driving ticket for doing 80mph in a 55mph zone. It was 1:25 am in the morning. I gotta be at work at 7 am so I was just in a bit of a hurry to get home and get some sleep. Well I didn't get any sleep after this happened because I couldn't quit freaking out.
The main reason being that this is my 3rd ticket in 6 months. The previous two were for speeding. The other cars were doing like 70 mph. I just happened to be in the far left lane and passed the state trooper's car, which was parked against the median. I didn't realize I was going 80 until I saw the lights in my rear view mirror. Why? because all the other cars were travelling just a couple miles per hour below mine!! The possible penalties for this misdemeanor are mind boggling! I can't quit thinking about it! I'm stressed out, paranoid, and unable to focus at work! Any advice on how to lessen this charge would help!!
2006-11-17 16:34:15 · 19 answers · asked by slimdiesel 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Pay it when it's time or flee the country.
2006-11-17 16:35:52 · answer #1 · answered by natalie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My mother was killed, and my father severely injured by a reckless driver. I hope you lose your liscence AND serve some jail time. 3 tickets in 6 months?You must be one of those "the rules don't apply to me" people.Time to turn in the keys. I would invest in some comfortable shoes for walking, and a heavy coat for waiting at the bus stop. LOL I'll bet you will learn your lesson now. Seriously, STFU.
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I doubt you will be getting much sympathy on this site.
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2006-11-17 16:48:27 · answer #2 · answered by MeRmAiD 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To summarize, this is your 3rd ticket in 6 months and all involve speed. Your main concern is how you get yourself out of this mess. Sorry, you didn't learn after number 2? Maybe no one has ever explained to you that a drivers license is a privilege, not a right. If you have no respect for the rules of the road then why come looking for loop holes. Hope to see you on the bus real soon. People like you are a menace on the road.
2006-11-17 18:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by patti duke 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are not responsible for the behaviour of other drivers on the road; you are responsible for you. If other drivers are driving speeding, that does not make it any more legal.
Perhaps the third ticket will finally sink in. You need to take a serious look at your driving habits and realize this is a privilege, not a right, and should be treated as something you value. Take pride in your presence on the road and manage your time more effectively so you will not be so rushed.
Good luck to you, and drive safe.
2006-11-17 16:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have got to be kidding me. You want us to feel sorry for you because you have gotten your 3rd ticket in 6 months! I have an idea.....slow down....quit trying to kill everyone on the roads....want to make your nights even more sleepless? Then go to the morgue or go by a trooper post and ask to see pictures of the mangled bodies of people who were hit by someone who was just tired and trying to get home in a hurry. Better yet, go tell some kids mother that her lovely, bubbly, beautiful baby is now dead because some idiot couldn't leave a little bit earlier or wasn't responsible enough to know that he/she had to get up to go to work in the morning but rather stayed out late. That ought to do it for you. In other words, slow you butt down, pay the ticket and hope the Judge doesn't suspend your license.
2006-11-17 16:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by Leigh P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to court early and speak to the trooper. Tell him you are sorry about driving like an idiot and you will forever and always do the speed limit. Ask him, beg him, very nicely and very sincerely to please help you out with the points and money. Chances are he will rewrite the ticket to one of a lesser charge. Just remember, he wrote you that ticket to slow you down and to save your life or the lives of others out there on the road with you. If you had wrecked doing that speed, the trooper would be out there picking up pieces parts of you off the highway. Make sure the trooper knows you recognize this. Good luck.
2006-11-17 16:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no way you can beat this kind of ticket. They probably used radar at least on one of your 3 tickets. Prepare for the worst, losing your license. I am sure your auto insurance is already sky high, but with 3 tickets in 6 months I am sure you will be canceled and have to get high risk insurance which will be extremely costly.
Perhaps sign up for some kind of safe driving course before you go to court for this one. Ask the judge for leniency since you are trying to learn to drive slower and see what happens. AND SLOW DOWN, please. When a person drives that fast they not only put themselves at risk, but others on the road at risk as well.
2006-11-17 16:48:28 · answer #7 · answered by Cat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my state we've 2 motor motorcar expenditures that would want to maintain on with to this concern. One is careless driving and the different is reckless driving. 'Careless driving' is written even as a motive force motives an twist of destiny or may nicely be used fairly of a rushing fee ticket (disobeys printed % reduce signal) or the different careless movements. We purely write 'Reckless driving' even as a motive force willingly, knowingly and with reckless abandon operates his motorcar in a way which will likely reason damage or lack of existence to a special. We also use it even as a motive force of a motorcar motives a pursuit. Hydroplaning and entering into an twist of destiny does not in good structure reckless driving in my jurisdiction. as far as summonses flow on twist of destiny scenes, we dont ought to witness the twist of destiny, our study tells us what befell and who must be summonsed, if anybody. I dont recognize what VA guidelines are. they could not have diverse ranges (Carelss and reckless) like we've the following.
2016-11-29 06:00:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't know you were doing 80 - you got no business driving!
I did 5 days in jail for drag racing once because when the officer asked me if I had any idea how fast I was going I said yes. About 122 mph.
2006-11-17 16:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by Say What? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to pay attention to the traffic laws. The other cars that were driving fast didn't get caught. You did. If you were driving 55 miles per hour, Somebody else would have got caught instead of you. Somebody could get hurt. You or somebody else. You're gonna have to pay the ticket regardless and in the future, obey the traffic laws.
2006-11-17 16:40:54 · answer #10 · answered by youngpoet_33 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't worry about it and be glad it wasn't worse. There are for more serious charges out there than reckless driving. At least you weren't reckless driving and then caused a major accident. Think of the upside of things. You do the crime you do the time or fine or whatever the punishment may be.
2006-11-17 16:47:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋