Comments on: Monday Roundup – Speeding Ticket Edition

By: nickel

nickel — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:26:37 +0000

You can only plead nolo once every five years because otherwise nobody would ever get points on their license. The idea is to give the infrequent offender a bit of a break. You still have to pay the fine, but it won’t affect your insurance rates (hopefully).

By: used vans girl

used vans girl — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:21:52 +0000

nolo contendre that’s an interesting idea not heard of anything like that in the UK. Why can you only plead it once every 5 years?

By: Yuppie Sherpa

Yuppie Sherpa — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:52:19 +0000

The money I donated to my local PBA yielded 2 PBA cards for less than a speeding ticket and less than most radar detectors cost. I’m a very safe driver anyway, but never underestimate the value of charity!

By: taupecat

taupecat — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:06:25 +0000

In my county, they’ve started setting up speed cameras (guess the cops are too lazy to catch people themselves, so they have machines do it). I got nabbed by one, and although the fine was a more reasonable $40, there is no question in my mind that this is meant to raise revenue rather than make our roads safer. They seem to be located mostly on 4-lane thoroughfares with speed limits set to 35MPH, and always (oddly enough) at the bottom of hills.

Once people know that they’re there (and they’re pretty obvious in daylight), what happens is traffic slows down to well BELOW the posted speed limit, causing traffic to bunch up at a point where gravity is naturally causing cars to go faster. Thus everyone is riding their brakes and are practically on top of one another. Only a matter of time before one of these traps causes a major pile up.

By: My Dollar Plan

My Dollar Plan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:29:35 +0000

No points! Wish we had that here, way to go on that one!

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:29:50 +0000

You should have been going faster then, to make it count.

By: nickel

nickel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:48:43 +0000

David: Yes, but only once every five years, so you need to make it count.

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:43:59 +0000

You can get out of points by pleading no contest? Damn, I gotta move there…:-)

By: paidtwice

paidtwice — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:04:38 +0000

Sorry about the speeding ticket!

Thanks for including my snowflaking article