Got my first ticket, what's your experience.

[MooMooM2]

Originally Posted by jkoral

I never drive anywhere without Waze running, lost count how many times it's allowed me to slow down before seeing police. I don't even bother with a radar detector anymore.

IIRC, a couple radar detectors have crowd sourced apps as well, but no experience with them (Escort Live?)

Waze is incredible on the highway and busy cities but outside of those is pretty much useless. Here in the countryside of ny no one uses waze. There is also no laser and cops use KA and some K so a good radar detector is all you need

[Westside Guy]

Originally Posted by M4Comp/x7

With all the "Instant On" radars these days, I was told that all the radar detectors really do is tell you when to start pulling out your wallet... Sigh.

IMHO, the best detector is still the Valentine One.

[MooMooM2]

Originally Posted by Westside Guy

IMHO, the best detector is still the Valentine One.

it really depends. the v1g2 is a good detector if all you dealing with is Ka band, on K it leaves a lot of be desired and a uniden will be a better detector, I have an uniden R7 and has been really good, the R8 has even more range which is inside because the range on the R7 is already really really good. I about bought a valentine, I ordered it and was going to wait till they re-stocked but then saw k band performance and around here cops use a lot of K band so I switched my order and very happy with it

[Mason Hatcher]

Originally Posted by SpecialEdition_F87

Owned the car for a week and when I was merging onto the freeway there was a camaro and a straight piped e60 M5 going at it and I thought I'd play a little. It was night time so I couldn't see much, anyway they started slowing down so I was like they didn't even see me let me rip by them. And boom I see a cop slam on my brakes and I get lit up. Told me he could take me to jail for reckless driving but instead gave me a ticket for 90 in a 65. I think I was going 110?

I have a lawyer I'm going to use for an easy win. Wrong year and color of car on top of no radar detector. Easy win.

What's some of yalls ticket incident experiences in your M2 and when was your first one in the car? Haha

What does no radar detector have to do with anything?

Saw your update, I guess you meant no radar.

[Mason Hatcher]

Originally Posted by M4Comp/x7

With all the "Instant On" radars these days, I was told that all the radar detectors really do is tell you when to start pulling out your wallet... Sigh.

That is not correct. Radio waves travel miles and bounce off objects.

[Flying05]

Not sure how it works in other states, but I have gotten a few tickets here and there in the past 10 or so years in GA. Worst thing you can do is just pay the ticket. Always go to the court date and talk with the solicitor. If you record is clean, they usually reduce the fine and will not put points on your license. Which can kill your insurance. Has worked for me every time. Now 25+ Over the limit or drag racing, not sure that method would work.

Now in rural GA in the small towns like with maybe one traffic light, they will find shady ways to pull you over especially where the speed limit goes from 55 to 35mph then 25mph 500 feet later. Many shady trap methods, but they nail you with a high ticket cost, but flat out let you know that it will not go on license or insurance. They "don't report". Probably because they know their methods are shady as hell and don't want record of it.

[Westside Guy]

Virginia Beach, VA is known for their speed traps!

[Tacoma]

Originally Posted by Flying05

Not sure how it works in other states, but I have gotten a few tickets here and there in the past 10 or so years in GA. Worst thing you can do is just pay the ticket. Always go to the court date and talk with the solicitor. If you record is clean, they usually reduce the fine and will not put points on your license. Which can kill your insurance. Has worked for me every time. Now 25+ Over the limit or drag racing, not sure that method would work.

I don't know what happens in GA but here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in determining your premiums, insurance companies don't look at demerit points but rather it's your driving conviction(s) that truly count. Demerit points only matter to the government to determine whether they should take your licence away after you've accumulated to much of them.

So for example if you plead guilty to pay reduced fine and no points, your guilty plea will still result in a conviction on your record which will then impact your insurance premiums. The only way to avoid this is you have to plead not guilty and win your case in court. If you win, the ticket citation will be withdrawn hence your driving record remain clean and no insurance impact.

[CivVbmw]

Really lucky

[M8Bimmer]

Ontario Canada
I try to let it go on roads unlikely to see cop radar or even cops themselves....hopefully. I try to pick spots cops are not in. Industrial streets. Helps when you know your local area of course. Then you'll know spot you can let it rip safely. Not fool proof but somewhat safer than main streets or highways.
Short blasts up to speed etc. No acceleration laws here anyway. Get up to speed as fast as you like basically. I like on ramps as in my 47 years of driving I've never seen a cop on a ramp. Other than for R.I.D.E. (booze stop check setups).
But then they are usually very visible as you get on the ramp.
Speeding on the highways here is a big gamble. Cops everywhere usually. We have some superb highway here that are excellent for high speed. Just the cops don't feel the same way.
As we speak, they are upping the driving penalties for going over 40kmh above the limit. They want 6 months in jail now for that. They call it racing basically or stunt driving.
More culling of the population is all.

[SpeedyATL]

YMMV....

There is no "safe" place to let these cars or (in my case) bikes rip. So while it's hard to do, focus on having fun in the corners, not the straights.

In the straights you can reach serious speed and serious tickets quickly. But in the curves on rural roads, it's pretty hard to get a "go directly to jail" ticket as the speed limit for a given street is not set by the yellow "advisory" curvy road signs, but only by the white speed limit signs.

So on a street that has a 45mph limit, there might be curves that 25mph is recommended. 55 mph through those curves would be plenty fun, while I suspect few police would pull you for 10 over. And if they do, it would likely have little to no impact on your license or insurance rates.

Obviously I'm NOT referring to residential areas, etc. If you go 10 over in the curves there, you SHOULD go directly to jail.

[M8Bimmer]

Originally Posted by SpeedyATL

YMMV....

There is no "safe" place to let these cars or (in my case) bikes rip. So while it's hard to do, focus on having fun in the corners, not the straights.

In the straights you can reach serious speed and serious tickets quickly. But in the curves on rural roads, it's pretty hard to get a "go directly to jail" ticket as the speed limit for a given street is not set by the yellow "advisory" curvy road signs, but only by the white speed limit signs.

So on a street that has a 45mph limit, there might be curves that 25mph is recommended. 55 mph through those curves would be plenty fun, while I suspect few police would pull you for 10 over. And if they do, it would likely have little to no impact on your license or insurance rates.

Obviously I'm NOT referring to residential areas, etc. If you go 10 over in the curves there, you SHOULD go directly to jail.

Yup here in Canada the on and off ramps are yellow signed. So it's a suggested speed limit on the ramp itself. Therefore I suggest I blast there. Love a good ramp. Trouble is slowing down when you enter regular traffic after the ramp. I've come off the ramp and hit the highway considerably faster than the traffic already on it lots of times. Most of the time actually. Brake time then.
SO much easier to speed in your own well know area I feel. Outta town I don't know where the fuck they might be. Too many rocks at the side of the road.....lol

[snareman]

You should put scrubs on. I've never gotten a ticket wearing scrubs. Well, except for the camera ticket I got a few years ago, but I wasn't wearing scrubs that day so the record holds.

[O5E46M3]

Originally Posted by Mason Hatcher

That is not correct. Radio waves travel miles and bounce off objects.

I know nothing about USA but here in Australia it's all Laser now, there's no warning for it so pretty much instant. (Even police radio is now digital an encrypted, used to be fun listening in)

My first M3 actually came with laser jammers, front and rear and luckily for me my state had a loophole making them "legal" for a few years.

All a distant memory now however, sure had my fun though.

[Mason Hatcher]

Originally Posted by O5E46M3

I know nothing about USA but here in Australia it's all Laser now, there's no warning for it so pretty much instant. (Even police radio is now digital an encrypted, used to be fun listening in)

My first M3 actually came with laser jammers, front and rear and luckily for me my state had a loophole making them "legal" for a few years.

All a distant memory now however, sure had my fun though.

M4Comp/x7 specifically referenced RADAR.

[Westside Guy]

Originally Posted by O5E46M3

I know nothing about USA but here in Australia it's all Laser now, there's no warning for it so pretty much instant. (Even police radio is now digital an encrypted, used to be fun listening in)

My first M3 actually came with laser jammers, front and rear and luckily for me my state had a loophole making them "legal" for a few years.

All a distant memory now however, sure had my fun though.

Were the laser jammers really effective? If yes, what brands/ models are good?

[SteveinArizona]

In Arizona cops will normally give you nine miles over the speed limit before ticketing you. If one drives more than 20 miles over the speed limit, it becomes a criminal rather than civil offenses: most cops use that as a maneuver to get you to agree to a civil ticket.

Here one can do the driving school without having to attend court and the ticket will be tossed. BUT...you can only do it once every two years.

[jaxon2]

In 2018 I was driving a 2009 911 Coupe. It was a straight, empty stretch of highway and I saw what looked to be an M2 a quarter mile ahead. I wanted to see it and I accelerated. After a mile I saw the lights in my rear view mirror and pulled over. The officer walked up and asked if I knew how fast I was going. I said I wasn’t sure, 70? He replied, I clocked you at 90 and I was having a tough time catching up, you were accelerating. Where were you going in such a hurry ? I replied, Well I was trying to get a look at the M2 up ahead. I’m thinking of getting one. He walked away with my license and registration and came back shortly.

He said I’m going to give you a warning, since you are looking at an M2. Then he said, I’m considering a new M5. We chatted a while. He finished with ‘don’t get yourself killed out here and be careful. Most of the officers aren’t like me.’

I bought a 2018 M2 and am now driving a 2020 M2C.

[1WickedE90]

Originally Posted by Westside Guy

Were the laser jammers really effective? If yes, what brands/ models are good?

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