Does the TC attract cops or what?
03-11-2005, 03:18 AM
#42
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 14
I just sent in my bail by mail last week for my second ticket. I did not schedule a court appointment , and i knew i couldnt take traffic school twice in less than 18 months.
then i found this site, do you guys think i can use this info and mail the court? do you think they'll send me a refund? or is it too late?
then i found this site, do you guys think i can use this info and mail the court? do you think they'll send me a refund? or is it too late?
03-11-2005, 04:01 AM
#43
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Lake Forest, CA
Posts: 1,787
Originally Posted by tc4joe
OK, so I'm 24 and this is the first "car" i've ever had. My other vehicles have been trucks. I've only had this car for like 4 months, and i just got my second speeding ticket! Never got one in any of the trucks.I know I was speeding but I mean it just feels like this car attracts cops.
Someone told me that if the cop makes a mistake on the ticket that you may be able to fight it. I know i was speeding, but I really can't afford to have my insurance skyrocket. He descibed my car as a "Toyota sedan". Does anyone know if this car could be considered a sedan? I always thought it was a coupe.
Someone told me that if the cop makes a mistake on the ticket that you may be able to fight it. I know i was speeding, but I really can't afford to have my insurance skyrocket. He descibed my car as a "Toyota sedan". Does anyone know if this car could be considered a sedan? I always thought it was a coupe.
I have multiple speeding tickets from when I started driving--I'm not proud of being that stupid, but fact remains.
I've had my tC for four months, and I have yet to be pulled over. My last car... I got pulled over every other week.
03-11-2005, 04:16 AM
#44
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Somewhere, USA
Posts: 684
I don't know of any police departments that have (or at least admit to having) quotas, but just about ALL of them will compare the records of each officer to the other officers: "Hey, officer Smith has 40 violators this week how come you've only got 20 so far Bob?"
In most deparments the most "productive" officers are the ones who will get the raises and promotions. And in quite a few the evaluations are done on a monthly basis, which is why the superstition about cops doing more speed-trapping towards the end of the month seems to always be more or less true.
In most deparments the most "productive" officers are the ones who will get the raises and promotions. And in quite a few the evaluations are done on a monthly basis, which is why the superstition about cops doing more speed-trapping towards the end of the month seems to always be more or less true.
03-11-2005, 04:17 AM
#45
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Malibu, CA
Posts: 1,444
Originally Posted by Somnambulated
I've had my tC for four months, and I have yet to be pulled over. My last car... I got pulled over every other week.
03-12-2005, 02:57 PM
#47
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 194
You can't get out of tickets because of a cop's mistake on a ticket... as long as they have enough info to know who you are and how to get a hold of you.
Where I live, Sugar Land, TX (suburb of Houston), cops have handheld automatic ticket writers. All they do is swipe our driver's license, punch in the license of our car, and check off our violations. We sign the screen on the handheld unit and it prints the ticket on the other side.......
Crazy....
Where I live, Sugar Land, TX (suburb of Houston), cops have handheld automatic ticket writers. All they do is swipe our driver's license, punch in the license of our car, and check off our violations. We sign the screen on the handheld unit and it prints the ticket on the other side.......
Crazy....
03-12-2005, 04:28 PM
#48
Senior Member
SL Member
Team ScioNRG
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 886
hmm.. when i was in an accident, the state trooper gave me a citation for "failing to yield on a left turn" and she wasn't even there to witness it!! the date she wrote on the ticket was wrong, and also in the box that says "collision", she marked no.. when there really was..
03-13-2005, 04:50 AM
#49
Member
SL Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Gahanna, Ohio
Posts: 59
Re: Does the TC attract cops or what?
Originally Posted by tc4joe
OK, so I'm 24 and this is the first "car" i've ever had. My other vehicles have been trucks. I've only had this car for like 4 months, and i just got my second speeding ticket! Never got one in any of the trucks.I know I was speeding but I mean it just feels like this car attracts cops.
Someone told me that if the cop makes a mistake on the ticket that you may be able to fight it. I know i was speeding, but I really can't afford to have my insurance skyrocket. He descibed my car as a "Toyota sedan". Does anyone know if this car could be considered a sedan? I always thought it was a coupe.
Someone told me that if the cop makes a mistake on the ticket that you may be able to fight it. I know i was speeding, but I really can't afford to have my insurance skyrocket. He descibed my car as a "Toyota sedan". Does anyone know if this car could be considered a sedan? I always thought it was a coupe.
03-13-2005, 05:26 AM
#50
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Weslaco, TX
Posts: 384
Re: Does the TC attract cops or what?
Originally Posted by buckeye23
Originally Posted by tc4joe
OK, so I'm 24 and this is the first "car" i've ever had. My other vehicles have been trucks. I've only had this car for like 4 months, and i just got my second speeding ticket! Never got one in any of the trucks.I know I was speeding but I mean it just feels like this car attracts cops.
Someone told me that if the cop makes a mistake on the ticket that you may be able to fight it. I know i was speeding, but I really can't afford to have my insurance skyrocket. He descibed my car as a "Toyota sedan". Does anyone know if this car could be considered a sedan? I always thought it was a coupe.
Someone told me that if the cop makes a mistake on the ticket that you may be able to fight it. I know i was speeding, but I really can't afford to have my insurance skyrocket. He descibed my car as a "Toyota sedan". Does anyone know if this car could be considered a sedan? I always thought it was a coupe.
05-14-2008, 03:48 AM
#57
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 601
dont do stupid things and your fine i dont see what all this is about. lolz. ive been driving for 3 years and have never gotten a ticket before. if you want to feel the potential of your car take it to the tracks.
05-14-2008, 01:52 PM
#58
Member
SL Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Conroe, TX
Posts: 68
Originally Posted by mfbenson
I don't know of any police departments that have (or at least admit to having) quotas, but just about ALL of them will compare the records of each officer to the other officers: "Hey, officer Smith has 40 violators this week how come you've only got 20 so far Bob?"
In most deparments the most "productive" officers are the ones who will get the raises and promotions. And in quite a few the evaluations are done on a monthly basis, which is why the superstition about cops doing more speed-trapping towards the end of the month seems to always be more or less true.
In most deparments the most "productive" officers are the ones who will get the raises and promotions. And in quite a few the evaluations are done on a monthly basis, which is why the superstition about cops doing more speed-trapping towards the end of the month seems to always be more or less true.
Just tell 'ol chief you don't generally hunt for nitpick stuff like emitting smoke for 10 seconds, or having headlights at an improper distance from the ground, you prefer to hunt for violations that threaten public safety, or other more severe crimes.
I'm sure its been said before, but some people just don't get it... Police dont hunt for sporty bright colored cars. Think of the old saying, "The nail that sticks up, gets hammered."
Me personally? I was pulled over MANY more times in my old 02 Sierra with loud dual Flo's (it drew attention). I drive no different in my TC.
Tickets? Heh. More often than not its easier just to go talk option to the court clerk ie. defensive driving or defered adjudication. Everyone screws up eventually, even police. If you think your being nitpicked or harassed pick up a book of traffic law, and read up on all the crap you could get cited for.
05-14-2008, 03:11 PM
#59
Senior Member
Trader
SL Member
iTrader: (16)
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: LOWLOW Chicago
Posts: 13,746
well this is a 3 year old thread but ill say it anyways.
you cant get out of a ticket because of a cops mistake.
i had 2 seperate tickets written for the same incident.
1 was correct, the other had the wrong date on it.
i talked to my attorney t o see if it would stand in court because it had the wrong date on it, he said yes, itll still stand.
so theres really nothing you can do about incorrect tickets.
you cant get out of a ticket because of a cops mistake.
i had 2 seperate tickets written for the same incident.
1 was correct, the other had the wrong date on it.
i talked to my attorney t o see if it would stand in court because it had the wrong date on it, he said yes, itll still stand.
so theres really nothing you can do about incorrect tickets.
