Have you ever gotten a ticket of any kind?

**lizbud** · 09-22-2006, 06:43 PM

Yes, I have, both speeding and parking.Last ticket was going 35mph in
a school zone.I was hurrying back to work after a DR appt & honesly didn't
see the school zone sign.Forgot there was a high school in that area.

Although I too wasn't going any faster than anyone else, I was the one
who was pulled over. I just paid the darn thing.

**Jessika** · 09-22-2006, 06:44 PM

Nope, never. I was pulled over once for speeding in a construction zone (I was passing in the passing lane and going the normal speedlimit, wasn't even aware it was a construction zone) and he let me go with a verbal warning because I was polite. See, it pays to be polite to police officers.

**jenluckenbach** · 09-22-2006, 06:47 PM

Nope, and I will hold you personally responsible if this answer jinxes me.

(LOL)

**Lady's Human** · 09-22-2006, 07:03 PM

I plead the fifth!

Sirrahsim, I know your pain with the MP's. Thankfully, I now outrank most of the MP's who patrol.

**KYS** · 09-22-2006, 09:34 PM

I have had three in my life time.
(one was a bogus one for a Calif. Stop when I was 18 years old.)

I have gone to traffic school on all of them so I would not have
any points against my driving record.
(I have not had a ticket in 10 years so I am not sure if that has
changed.)

Good luck in court and let us know what happens.

**Logan** · 09-22-2006, 10:11 PM

I don't know about you guys, but in SC, regardless of whether the DMV drops the points, the insurance company still knows they are there and it costs a lot!

I'm knocking on wood as I say this, but I haven't had but one speeding ticket in my life. I always make sure to be no more than 5 mph over the speed limit, all because I got nailed many years ago in Charleston, SC, in a red car, going 50 in a 35. There was no way that the policeman was going to let me out, either, no matter how much I batted my eyes at him! LOL!!

Pam, I'm so sorry you had this happen.

Logan

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 09-23-2006, 04:07 AM

I voted on "parking ticket", but I also got 2 speeding tickets.... .
That parking ticket: my parking time was exeeded by 2 minutes

Speeding: hadn't seen the "works-sign"

**Cataholic** · 09-23-2006, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by Logan

I don't know about you guys, but in SC, regardless of whether the DMV drops the points, the insurance company still knows they are there and it costs a lot!
Logan

Sadly, that is the case. If you could get them to drop it to a non-moving violation, you would get no points, and no insurance surcharge. Just ask for the maximum on fines.

If I were you, I would call the officer ahead of time, tell him what you are requesting, and see if he would go along with it.