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Old 01-02-2002, 12:23 PM  
Chris R
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Baltimore, MD USA
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Spacedog is 100% correct. Cops appreciate this. You will not appear suspicious, they will understand what you are doing - and why.

I used to speed all the time (I don't any more) - and was pulled over about 10-15 times for speeding and only got a ticket for it once.

The trick is to:

1) Do like spacedog says - pull over - turn on your light if it is night - keep your hands on the wheel - make no sudden movements and tell them what you are doing.

2) In MD at least - do NOT give them your registration. In MD - they must right up a SEPERATE TICKET for each offense. They can easily look up your registration. Apologize for not having it (I am so sorry - I used it to call for insurance rates and totally forgot to put it back).

3) Cops are people too - they deal with assholes all day. You have been nice, respectful, and whatnot - most times they will cut you a break by:

WRITING A TICKET, but only for not having the registration. In MD - this used to be $15 and no points (not sure if it still is).

Worse case - he or she will write a ticket for both. Most of the time they will write you one for the registration only, if you are not a jerk and don't make excuses.

The 10 miles over the speed limit thing - yes they can write you a ticket, but most won't as in MD - most of the time if you go to court - they will reduce it one level (to zero) in this case. Why give a person a ticket for one point - when you can find dozens of people speeding over 10 miles and give them a ticket for 2 points.

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