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The worst possible thing you can do is combine all the no-no's in this list by driving a flashy car too fast, late at night when you're the only car on the road while looking like you just robbed a bank. If you do that, expect a ticket. And expect no mercy.

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ETproductions
June 23, 2007, 4:03 p.m.
Rule 1 should simply be, "Don't speed." Follow that one and you are safe.
Now, if you elect to ignore rule 1, rule 2-11 above MIGHT get you through a time or two, but they will also fail you all too often.
As far as rules 2-11 go, the best protection against a speeding ticket is probably rule 3: "Try to stay in the middle of the pack. If you're the lead car, logic says you'll be the first car to run past any radar trap up ahead. And if you're the last car, you'll be the one the police officer rolls up behind. That means the safest place is in the middle -- just like a gazelle fleeing a hungry lion by seeking safety in the middle of the herd."
Problem is it might save you a ticket but cost you your life. Rule 1 of defensive driving is, if possible, stay out of the pack and on an outside lane with a drivable shoulder so if some Kimakaze driver decides he wants to occupy the exact space your car is currently in, you have someplace to go to escape the loonatic.
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BronxBomber
June 23, 2007, 5:17 p.m.
Y'know? That's exactly what I was gonna say.
;o)
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saneman
June 23, 2007, 5:43 p.m.
But if you need to drive over the speed limit for some reason, then get yourself a good radar blocker, not a radar detector because the highway patrol may still get you before you are able to react quick enough to slow down. I bought one several years ago and have not gotten a ticket even though I have met the highway patrol many, many times sitting on the highways with their handheld radars and I had been going 10 mph above the posted speed.
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ejm604
June 23, 2007, 6:50 p.m.
Good advice! It helps too if you are an instate driver and not the one with the out of state plate.
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evelyna
June 23, 2007, 11:04 p.m.
I believe they run down the tags before they pull anyone over.
A lot of times they just pull me over and give me warnings about running red lights,speeding and such. Yet I know people who do not keep their insurance and tags up. They are always getting pulled over for trival manners.
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MyCampingMall
June 23, 2007, 11:42 p.m.
You forgot the most important ways to avoid speeding tickets: DON'T SPEED! We'll call that one number 11 but it really should be number 1.
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Poodledo
June 24, 2007, 12:07 a.m.
I love the part about what kind of cars not to drive to avoid getting tickets, that's not true in my case. I've had Mustang GT's,a Thunderbird Super Coupe, and a Camaro, I was never pulled over in any of those and I drove like a maniac on our city streets with those cars, I do not speed on the X-ways. After those cars I needed something with better gas milage for work and drove a Cavalier and a Tempo and received a speeding ticket with both and did not drive them like I did my other cars. My husband got a ticket with his SUV on X-way near our home, for just a few miles over the limit of 70 MPH. So who knows why some police give tickets to certain people on some days and not others????????
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HMMace
June 24, 2007, 5:33 a.m.
Any one ever bought a cop off?? In Chicago, I did, and I was leading the pack, and he caught me from behind..a long time ago, but, cops are still dirty..is there any other kind??..I think it has something to do with "power corrupts"..
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AntiNeoCon
June 24, 2007, 8:34 a.m.
Why speed, just leave a few minutes earlier and you won't need to speed. I do not like tickets. :)
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GOBUCKEYES
June 24, 2007, 10:02 a.m.
Hey speed your head off, who the hell cares if you get a ticket. Just don't do it in my neighborhood where we actually care about our kids. Oh that's right, one for all and all for me because where I'm going is much more important than saving lives or saving gas. Glad you have a fat wallet..guzzle guzzle goes your gas. Stupid
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chippie
June 24, 2007, 10:50 a.m.
Speeding doesn't cause accidents. People traveling at much different speeds, cutting in and out of lanes, weaving causes accidents. Years ago when a couple of midwestern states decided to raise the speed limit to 65 from 55 (the first to do so) the Dept of Highway Safety predicted dire consequences, a 10-15% increase in accidents and deaths, and did a lot of publicizing this fact. One year after the increase in speed, the results were a 15% DECREASE in accidents on those roads. More cars were going at a similar speed, many less were weaving. If everyone went 80 miles an hour and just followed along, that would be safe. If some go 50, others 55, others 60 etc, you have a much greater chance of an accident with constant braking, passing.