What's your worst traffic violation?
 

In light of my 19 year old's accident last week and the likelihood they'll hit him for some sort of violation...

what's the worse traffic offense you've been charged with and what was the final outcome (did you plead down, etc)?

i was pulled over on shoulder talking with GF in the car ...

cop got behind me and said i was half in the lane, so i pulled completely into the shoulder.

He proceeded to run my tags and license, and wrote me a ticket .. i said "ahh this is BS .."

he was mad that i talked back, so he gave me 7 more tickets.

I got pissed, crumpled them and threw it at him .... he then gave me a littering ticket, so i said "your a fucking asshole" and he locked me up

last time i ever mouth off to a cop :/

damn shit cops, I hate it when they hate you and have fun in writing

I was charged wih DUI when I was 20..but one of m best friends Dad as Sherriff. so, I got pulled an it was dropped..lol

doing 75 in a 35 was a $400 ticket

Lmao..While I was typing my response.
My batteries on my keybopard are dying and it looked like I was drunk while typing that.

Time for new batteries.

Hows the kiddo doin Peekers?

the next day when the big shot brought me in his office at the jail, he said to me "if we let you go, give us your word that you wont attack your GF again ..."

i went fucking nuts right there, he held me for another day!

turns out this fucked up cop made up a story that i was abusing my GF or some shit, just so they would hold me.

was a stressful weekend for sure, lol

oh i also got a ticket on rt80 west going towards cincinati ... doing 85 in a 50 or some shit ... was expensive as hell :/

anyhow after my few years of being a verbal rebel with the cops, my license suffered BAD ... my insurance was $12k per year for full coverage on my new car!!!!

$12k per year!!

just recently i put the insurance under someone elses name, and payed $900 for year.

sucks that you gotta cheat the system ... but $12k is fucking robbery

I got pulled over going 100 in a 45 zone on streets, but the cop let me go, then I got a ticket going 67 in a 35 zone.

But I've told a cop off, when he told me that I was swerving inbetween lanes recklessly - I told him, I went from the left lane to right lane to make a right hand turn at the corner, with couple second pauses inbetween lane changes, with my blinker on! He's like, well I got the tape to prove it. I'm like "show me the tape", and he's said, "I was just going to give you a warning", he gave me my license and insurance back and walked away from me, the whole time I was saying, I wanna see the video, and he kept telling me to shut up!

So I yelled, FUCK YOU and drove off! :Graucho

jDoG

wrecked the front end of a mercury topaz once - amost wrote off the car. - ran into another car that was parked.

2 demerits - insurance took care of the rest

He's doing okay. I'm a nervous wreck tho. Trying to get it through his head just how lucky he is.. and that since he's not a minor anymore just how bad it could of been if the accident had hurt someone (ie getting sued big time).

I'm figuring it's likely they'll charge him with reckless driving. I'll hire an attorney and get it plead down, but who knows to what. In WA state, reckless without drugs or alcohol involved is a gross misdimeanor with a max of 1 year in jail and up to $5K in fine. That of course is for major offenders. This is his first traffic problem and hopefully a huge lesson learned. His insurance is going to be 40% more than normal for whatever car he ends up with.

as long as he's ok that's the main thing.... hopefully he learned something

When I was 16, I was drunk out of my face, and driving, and some University cops caught me and some friends egging a bus, among other things. Anyway I saw their lights and tried to book it, ran a red light, a couple stop signs, was going 90 in a 60, and also littered a couple egg cartons out the window. The cop said he could have given me all kinds of tickets, but instead he just gave me one. Apparently it's the worst thing to have on your license, "imprudent driving", but the fine was less than any of my 3 illegal left turn tickets so I didn't give a fuck.

my worst traffic violation is 5000:0

Man.. there ought to be a law!

Worst offense I've actually been charged with...was 35 on a 30. I have a clean record and ended up getting deferred disposition (probation) for a year.

Its funny though, every time a cop pulls me over for a serious traffic violation (70 in a 45, 100+ in a 65) they seem to let me off, its always the small ones that seem to get me. Go figure.

"no standing" ticket on broadway in manhattan -> $105
"no/missing document" i gave a NJ Trooper wrong reg. card -> $173
EZ Pass violations -> $56

Well with his next car, he may consider getting an umbrella policy along with his regular car insurance :)

A few years ago, I was driving home from a local bar. Less than a mile from my place, I was stuck sitting at a red light and there was no one around. I continued to sit there for a while and then said fuck it and made a left turn on a red light. There was only one other car in sight, approaching the intersection. Unfortunately, it was a cop.

I saw clearly that it was a police car, as I was making the turn. He was just pulling up to the light. I figured I was so close to home, that I could be home sleeping before the cop even got turned around.

I stepped on the gas and pulled into the neighborhood that I was living at at the time and killed my headlights, as I sped around a series of quick turns.

I pulled up in front of my place and got out of my Camaro, just as the cop came flying up on me. He jumped out of his car and ran over to me. Asking me why I was running from him. I replied simply, 'I saw you as I ran the red light back there'.

The cop was shining his flashlight in my face and he asked where I lived. I pointed to the house we were standing in front of and said, 'Right there'.

He looked at me and said, 'Consider tonight the luckiest night of your life'. I tried shaking his hand, but he just got in his car and sped off.

I was charged with no proof of insurance when I was pulled over for driving with bright lights on in my friend's sister's car.

She asked me to drive to McDonald's to pick up a Happy Meal for her son because her husband was late from work and there was no food in the house at all. She told me I had to drive with the lights on bright because they didn't work at all on dim. (Yes, they were low-income.)

I showed him my license, then the registration. He asked whose car it was and I told him it was my friend's sister's car. He asked her name and I told him and it matched the registration info. Then he asked for insurance. I gave him the card and he said it was expired! I was SO mad. She didn't tell me her insurance was lapsed or I'd have WALKED the 6 miles to McD's.

Anyway, he gave me a ticket (luckily he was nice and he didn't impound the car!), and I had to get my aunt to drive me to court (over an hour away because I didn't live in the city where the owner of the car lived) and I spent 3 hours waiting for my case to come up for the judge to tell me to get the hell out of his courtroom because I wasn't responsible for making sure someone ELSE had car insurance. *whew!*

So my case was dismissed. I felt pretty lucky because he probably could have said that I should have checked the insurance before I left, but I was only 18 at the time and I guess he thought I didn't know any better. I certainly make sure there is insurance on a vehicle before I drive it now. I learned my lesson even though I didn't have to pay a fine or anything.

That was the only time I've ever been pulled over. Never had an accident when I was driving. Been lucky so far.

You were drunk and only got a ticket? You probably should have had your ass kicked a few dozen times.

I hope you learned not to do that crazy shit anymore.

damn dude...cops can be a real pain in the ass for sure!

My worst violation:
Driving without a license :angel

Punishment:
Nothing... sealed record, didn't even have to appear in court. My dad's best friend was the DA, who I happened to call uncle Danny all my life :1orglaugh

Under normal circumstances, wouldn't have been able to get my license until I was 21 :uhoh

wouldn't belive me if i told you

Blind Linking.

This was my first and hopefully last!!!

140 in a 50 but I had no idea it was a 50 cause it was like a highway and it was dark. Had nothing but trees and was late at night. Speeding ticket was $8XX can't remember it was over a year ago. Was my first ticket ever.

I filed to dispute it and the traffic cop didn't show up. I pleaded not guilty and ended up not paying a :2 cents:

I learned my lesson though, cause the next day there was news a 19 year old girl died from loosing control while speeding and smashed into a pole. She was only going 90.

I knew what I did was stupid plus the whole court thing was scary. I learned my lesson, I never speed anymore. Thank GOD everything was ok and the cop stopped me before I kept going and might have killed someone.

:xomunch

Do parking tickets count? :Graucho

I get a few of them every week....

my worst violation would be never having been pulled over while driving.

hmm... speeding - 83 in a 55 zone, but that was out near anacortes on an indian reservation, so it was talked down from $250 to $120, and it didn't got on my insurance :Graucho

140 in a 40 zone
Illegal Nitros tank in the trunk
No registration
No Insurance
No License
No Inspection
Bald Tires
Reckless Endangerment

all on one ticket.

had to go to court twice ... struck a deal with the DA to show proof the car was destroyed. (fought my lawyer on this big time wasn't till years later that I realized it was best)

That was when I was young and dumb and thought it was cool to put a 454 in a chevy vega. The DA didn't think it was all that cool and told me I was facing 2 years in jail for it.

Was the first time I cried in public watching the local junk man crush that car.

believe it or not "Drag racing"
1973 - Sunday morning about 9:30 am .. 2 lanes at a stop light
guy next to me with his wife and kids all dressed up on their way to church in their station wagon. I was in a 65 Plymouth Belvedere (that car was HOT) - jacked up in the back - on my way to work (as a waitress) - i looked over at him and he grinned and kinda raced his engine. So I raced mine. The light turned green and we both took off. I may have squealed my tires a little, I was a show-off back then. The next light, 1 block away, was red and we stopped. We both got pulled over 1/2 block away in the grocery store parking lot. This was all on the main street in our little town. There were only 3 stop lights at that time.
He never made it to court - I guess charges were dropped on him.
I went to court and pleaded out to a speeding ticket.
Back then the maximum fine for drag racing was pretty bad.
My "ONLY" ticket was a speeding ticket in all my years driving.
So Far.

I went through plenty of grief with one of my sons' driving though.
Even to the point of him having to take a polygraph on one incident. Luckily - I had a very good rapport with the State's Attorney - (before porn) - and we managed to keep things out of the court system - and this son learned his lesson and is now a stellar member of our community.

It's worth the price you pay if it scares the shit out of them and makes them more responsible (since no one was hurt)

parking tickets :thumbsup

I once was doing 180 km/h under the 40 sign... well I saw the sign, but was doing 230 and could slower only to 180 when was hooked on a police radar... but that was in one of those "retarded countries" so I paid a $2 fine (yes, TWO USA DOLLARS FINE) and wasted 15 minutes, talking with policemen about the car... I actually wanted to test how fast can it be after the total engine restoration and this bastard ruined it all :BangBang:

but that's not the way to drive in the city... I prefer slow motion with heavy bass and dignity look :thumbsup

130 mph in a 30 mph zone. The car couldn't go any faster.

Worst traffic violation... parking at an expired meter. Yea, I know, I live a dull life :)
ZoiNk

I might have ran a red light at some point at my life :uhoh

getting a blowjob and being pulled over by the cops. While first shouting through that megafoon that i had to concentrate on the road. Wasnt te worst but the most embarrasing. Happend on the highway near San Jose.

worst? hmm... late night, driving sisters car back to her house after work. Made a stop by my home to pick up some beer's I had left over from a few nights ago (only 19 at the time). On my way back to my sisters house in HER car, I thought i saw someone i knew pass by me, looked back to see if they stopped, turned around and just turned...right in front of a blazer. Put my sisters Toyota tercel on top of a street sign and left the blazer on its side in the middle of the street. The pisser was... all the beer that I had on the passenger side door had been bottles, and shattered when the blazer struck the passenger side door. I was trapped in the car and had to break out the driver side window with my sisters marble-ended pool stick. Everyone was ok...minor injuries. Insurance coverd vehicles (both totaled) but sister didnt have some insurance for injured motorists or something. Cops looked all around in the car.. im not sure how they didnt see the beer all over. I went back to the car and was trying to throw glass and dirt into it but it still stank. Guess i got off lucky this time around.

Verdict: Licence suspension (6 months)
Ticket: Careless Driving
1200$ to reinstate licence
A hard lesson learned

110 in a 55 zone.

I got yelled at by the cop for 15 minutes then got a $600 fine.