Speeding ticket... AVOIDED

[yesthattom]

I got pulled over for speeding this morning. There is a little section of road with a low speed limit to catch morning commuters. Every day I'm very careful to slow down there but today I think the sun and the good music made me forget. I was doing 19 above the limit. Luckily, I used all the knowledge I got from a book I read about talking your way out of speeding tickets. When he came back to the car he told me that I was very lucky and there would be no ticket.

Woo hoo!!!

Comments

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Curious people want to know

[cpj.livejournal.com]

And the name of this book is.....?

Re: Curious people want to know

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

"How to not get speeding tickets" or something similar. It was published around 1992 or 1993 IIRC. I can't find it on Amazon so it must be out of print.

It caused quite a stir at the time, since it had a whole chapter for black people explaining how they are treated differently and how they need to use different techniques. I remember talking with the head of the ACLU-NJ about it at the time and he not only had heard about it, but said it was the talk of the town (so to speak).

It was written by an ex-cop.

I remember a newspaper article about it with a chief of police being quoted as saying [paraphrased], "The book should be one sentence long: Don't speed." How enlightened.

If you search Amazon right now for speeding tickets, there seem to be a number of other books on the topic.

[catling.livejournal.com]

Please to be sharing your secrets with the rest of us?

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Lemme see if I can remember the highlights:

• Don't claim you didn't do it or that you weren't speeding. They hate that.
• Don't admit to it, but don't deny it. Be ambiguous but try to sound like you are owning up to it.
• Be respectful. Call him "Sir". Begin every sentence with it. They have big egos and love that.
• Before he goes back to the car, try to bargain: "Sir, I've been so good these last couple years. Yeah, when I was younger I racked up a lot of points but then I really cleaned up my act and my record's been spotless."
• If they offer any kind of deal, take it. Don't push it any further.
• They hate to be lackies for the insurance companiees, so they'd rather give you a ticket that has the same fine but no points. If you have something like, say, a "Baby on board" thing blocking your back view (illegal in NJ) they'll give you a fine for that and no points.
• If you are female, smile, show some flesh, and be polite. It works.
• If you are black, don't move your hands without announcing what you are about to do.

That's all I can remember. There was a lot more in the book.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

You go.

For future reference, when you may not be so lucky, Valentine One is your friend. I use mine in the car and on the bike. Has saved my butt more than once. Pricey, but if it saves you the fine + insurance hike from even one speeding ticket, it's paid for itself.

I refuse to drive in NJ without one.

[awfief.livejournal.com]

and this time, you didn't even need to give the cop a blowjob! (hey, your reputation has to have some fun!)

[jss]

But it was a nice "Thank You" to the nice officer afterwards.

Good to see

[mrfantasy.livejournal.com]

You didn't just burst into tears. You're ticket-avoidance technique has improved.

Really, would Rick Springfield on the stereo had been worth a speeding ticket?