question for everyone?

No, but I got a ticket when driving my car on I-80 through Wyoming. I was in some little podunk town. Officer was in front of me and I came up behind him doing 82MPH in a 75MPH zone. He said I was doing 85. Anyway, he gave me a ticket. Seemed like a revenue generator to me. I would get a lawyer to defend the ticket though. I'm sure there are some in Buffalo. Otherwise it will show up on your driving record--yes even tickets from Wyoming show up on it.

 

How fast were you going & what was the weather conditions like. You didn't give us any thing to go by.

 

You got a ticket for going 7 to 10 miles over & you think he was out to get you. I'm sure he didn't wake up that morning & say to himself, lets see what mischief i can do to endzone today.

 

um lessseee....

Speedometers aren't totally accurate on a car. Did you check the speedometer for accuracy? Sometimes rimz like i have on my car can mess it up. Hell, on my motorcycle it'll say you're doing 100 but you're really doing 90!

Radar isn't totally accurate either. Hmm...

 

82 in a 75 he should of let me go. My speedometer is accurate. The odometer is just a little slow though. He added 3MPH to make it seem worse than it was. He said, "you realize you were going 85MPH!!!?" Well, 82 really, and even if I had been doing 85, that is only 10MPH over. I the Dallas/Ft. Worth area people go 7MPH over the speed limit and don't get tickets. When they go 12MPH over, they get tickets. I always try to drive 5MPH over the speed limit on the interstates--no more. So, I violated my own rule by going 7 over in I-80.

 

If I had to take 1 speedo over the other, I would trust the police's speedo, they are certified and verified by AAA on a regular basis (at least most departments). A standard passenger car speedo at 82 is off by as much as 5 to 7 mph (according to AAA). Unless you have access to a full size dyno you can't be sure of its accuracy.

7 to 10 over you are volunteering.

 

More like 3-5. Some are going the zero tolerance route as city and state tax collections drop during this economic recovery.

Mine was 6. I won't go into any detail, other than to say it was completely bogus.

I paid it anyway.

 

WY isn't located within the DFW boundaries...face it you were speeding...just seems everyone has zero concept of rules and regulations anymore...just pay the ticket and stop the sniveling!

 

Why complain? Speeding is speeding PERIOD. I know for a fact that at 35 my speedometer is right on but I have to do 59 on the speedometer to be actually traveling at 55. There is NOTHING that justifies speeding except being chased by a tornado.