A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
I was about to say, "don't drop the soap" but then I remembered how many points are on my license
Glad to hear it worked out well, I am surprised we have not gotten popped more at the Dragon, I have only been pulled over once, knock on wood. Next time, do it on a fast bike, then you don't have to stop LOL
Glad to hear it worked out well, I am surprised we have not gotten popped more at the Dragon, I have only been pulled over once, knock on wood. Next time, do it on a fast bike, then you don't have to stop LOL
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
I was about to say, "don't drop the soap" but then I remembered how many points are on my license
Glad to hear it worked out well, I am surprised we have not gotten popped more at the Dragon, I have only been pulled over once, knock on wood. Next time, do it on a fast bike, then you don't have to stop LOL
Glad to hear it worked out well, I am surprised we have not gotten popped more at the Dragon, I have only been pulled over once, knock on wood. Next time, do it on a fast bike, then you don't have to stop LOL
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
Got pulled for going over 50KPH here in Ontario Canada on a back road where the limit goes from 80 to 50 quickly but I was lucky the officer dropped it down, but he told me they could take my car and way more. Sure enough heres the law around here:
If you are charged for speeding at 50 km/h over the speed limit, police will suspend your licence and impound your vehicle at the roadside.
Penalties for street racing, stunt driving and driving 50 km/h or over the speed limit
Pre-conviction – Immediate 7-day licence suspension and 7-day vehicle impoundment
Upon conviction - $2,000 to $10,000 fine, 6 demerit points, up to 6 months jail, up to 2 years licence suspension for a first conviction
Second offence – Driver licence suspension up to 10 years within 10 years of first conviction
The following demerit point pen alties are assigned to a driver convicted of a speed-related offence. Remember, if you collect enough demerit points, you can lose your driver's licence.
3 points for exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
4 points for exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
6 points for exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more
Consider yourself luckymy friend!
If you are charged for speeding at 50 km/h over the speed limit, police will suspend your licence and impound your vehicle at the roadside.
Penalties for street racing, stunt driving and driving 50 km/h or over the speed limit
Pre-conviction – Immediate 7-day licence suspension and 7-day vehicle impoundment
Upon conviction - $2,000 to $10,000 fine, 6 demerit points, up to 6 months jail, up to 2 years licence suspension for a first conviction
Second offence – Driver licence suspension up to 10 years within 10 years of first conviction
The following demerit point pen alties are assigned to a driver convicted of a speed-related offence. Remember, if you collect enough demerit points, you can lose your driver's licence.
3 points for exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
4 points for exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
6 points for exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more
Consider yourself luckymy friend!
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
Got pulled for going over 50KPH here in Ontario Canada on a back road where the limit goes from 80 to 50 quickly but I was lucky the officer dropped it down, but he told me they could take my car and way more. Sure enough heres the law around here:
If you are charged for speeding at 50 km/h over the speed limit, police will suspend your licence and impound your vehicle at the roadside.
Penalties for street racing, stunt driving and driving 50 km/h or over the speed limit
Pre-conviction – Immediate 7-day licence suspension and 7-day vehicle impoundment
Upon conviction - $2,000 to $10,000 fine, 6 demerit points, up to 6 months jail, up to 2 years licence suspension for a first conviction
Second offence – Driver licence suspension up to 10 years within 10 years of first conviction
The following demerit point pen alties are assigned to a driver convicted of a speed-related offence. Remember, if you collect enough demerit points, you can lose your driver's licence.
3 points for exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
4 points for exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
6 points for exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more
Consider yourself luckymy friend!
If you are charged for speeding at 50 km/h over the speed limit, police will suspend your licence and impound your vehicle at the roadside.
Penalties for street racing, stunt driving and driving 50 km/h or over the speed limit
Pre-conviction – Immediate 7-day licence suspension and 7-day vehicle impoundment
Upon conviction - $2,000 to $10,000 fine, 6 demerit points, up to 6 months jail, up to 2 years licence suspension for a first conviction
Second offence – Driver licence suspension up to 10 years within 10 years of first conviction
The following demerit point pen alties are assigned to a driver convicted of a speed-related offence. Remember, if you collect enough demerit points, you can lose your driver's licence.
3 points for exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
4 points for exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
6 points for exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more
Consider yourself luckymy friend!
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
Had a similiar experience a few years back. At the time I had a '99 Eclipse GST that I had built the crap out of. Nearly 500hp in a 4-cyl is not to bad. Some friends of mine and I had been to the local Street Fights at Bristol Dragway and were back in town talking about our runs. It was about 4 0'clock in the morning, so I headed home, all hyped up from talking about racing. Shot through town and passed a cop running 150mph in a 45 zone. Immediatly when I passed, I had that "Oh sh*t" and just pulled to the side of the road. The cop pulled up, never turned his lights on and walked up and started checking out my car. He motioned for me out of the car and started asking me questions about it. The first thing he did ask though was, "Why did you pull over? I never would have caught you." My only response was "That thought had crossed my mind." Must have liked that because he just told me to watch myself because you never know when someone will pull out in front of you and told me to drive the speed limit going home. I followed that order, but mostly because he followed me the 6 miles home to see if I was going to speed.
How I didn't go to jail that night, I will never know.
How I didn't go to jail that night, I will never know.
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
Had a similiar experience a few years back. At the time I had a '99 Eclipse GST that I had built the crap out of. Nearly 500hp in a 4-cyl is not to bad. Some friends of mine and I had been to the local Street Fights at Bristol Dragway and were back in town talking about our runs. It was about 4 0'clock in the morning, so I headed home, all hyped up from talking about racing. Shot through town and passed a cop running 150mph in a 45 zone. Immediatly when I passed, I had that "Oh sh*t" and just pulled to the side of the road. The cop pulled up, never turned his lights on and walked up and started checking out my car. He motioned for me out of the car and started asking me questions about it. The first thing he did ask though was, "Why did you pull over? I never would have caught you." My only response was "That thought had crossed my mind." Must have liked that because he just told me to watch myself because you never know when someone will pull out in front of you and told me to drive the speed limit going home. I followed that order, but mostly because he followed me the 6 miles home to see if I was going to speed.
How I didn't go to jail that night, I will never know.
How I didn't go to jail that night, I will never know.
Last edited by oledoc2u; 08-31-2012 at 04:47 PM.
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
In Alberta it's 110, so 120 is doable. Thats Kilometers. Montana still have "no speed limit" roads?..thought it was Montana. Silver Blue 6spd Coupe. Annnnd....Loving it! Might love it more in Montana?
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
that use to be true, not sure it is today, since the feds wants speed laws attached to funding....maybe our Montana bros can shed some light on that....
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
The legal max around here is 100kph but you can get away with 120kph or you will be left behind and be causing a backup in the flow. Just do not be obvious by erratic driving, using your cell phone etc.
There is talk about raising the max limit, but the cops want to nanny everyone as if we were all idiots, many are but that's another story.
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
Had a similiar experience a few years back. At the time I had a '99 Eclipse GST that I had built the crap out of. Nearly 500hp in a 4-cyl is not to bad. Some friends of mine and I had been to the local Street Fights at Bristol Dragway and were back in town talking about our runs. It was about 4 0'clock in the morning, so I headed home, all hyped up from talking about racing. Shot through town and passed a cop running 150mph in a 45 zone. Immediatly when I passed, I had that "Oh sh*t" and just pulled to the side of the road. The cop pulled up, never turned his lights on and walked up and started checking out my car. He motioned for me out of the car and started asking me questions about it. The first thing he did ask though was, "Why did you pull over? I never would have caught you." My only response was "That thought had crossed my mind." Must have liked that because he just told me to watch myself because you never know when someone will pull out in front of you and told me to drive the speed limit going home. I followed that order, but mostly because he followed me the 6 miles home to see if I was going to speed.
How I didn't go to jail that night, I will never know.
How I didn't go to jail that night, I will never know.
I'll share other rules I observe at the Dragon - and maybe play the Go-Pro video of me getting caught doing 74 in a 55 - and talking my way out of it in 1 minute and 40 seconds.
Re: A tale of Speed, reckless driving, and no mention of bubba's
I find the act of pulling over NOW, RIGHT NOW, to be very effective. It's one of my "rules on how to get out of a ticket in 5 minutes or less..."
I'll share other rules I observe at the Dragon - and maybe play the Go-Pro video of me getting caught doing 74 in a 55 - and talking my way out of it in 1 minute and 40 seconds.
I'll share other rules I observe at the Dragon - and maybe play the Go-Pro video of me getting caught doing 74 in a 55 - and talking my way out of it in 1 minute and 40 seconds.