Wednesday, November 15, 2006

My first Ticket

The way I drive, this was expected. I had got this speeding ticket somewhere in september and yesterday was the trial/arrangement (thats what the judge likes to call it) day. I had decided that I am going to plea for "No Lo", found out from the options listed on the Alpharetta site. Based upon earlier experiences of some of my friends i was expecting some kind of racisim especially during the entrance but I was glad that alpharetta court security judge didn't come up with any thing stupid/racialist like "you need to remove your turban", etc the way it happened for Tarun Singh
The court proceedings was pretty much a cake walk, spoke to the solicitor, she approved me for a NO LO, spoke to the judge, paid the fine and walked out.
I know I can't be careful, I can only hope that I atleast follow some basic rules of how to prevent from being noticed whenever you speed ;) Here's something which I got it from a website

" As a serving police officer, I can tell you when you are most likely to get stopped. There are a few rules you need to know in order not to get stopped.

Firstly motorway driving:
The rules on speeding are that no-one will take any notice of you if you are within 10% over the speed limit. ie 70mph + 7 = 77mph.
If you are in a group of cars that are, say, doing 85mph again we wouldnt take any notice.
But if you were on the motorway and doing 85-90mph on your own then we would be interested.
Anything over 85-90mph and you are deffinately going to get stopped.
Also a real old car doing 85mph+ will get stopped.
If you look really young and in a BMW for example, you will get stopped.
Weaving from one lane to another or staying in the outside lane all on your own, you will be stopped.
Having defective lights, indicators or a smoking exhaust, we will also have a chat with you.

City driving:
Same as the above as speed limit + 10% any over and your going to be pulled over.
Really slow driving, no lights etc.. youll be surprised what some people do.
Any swerving around indicates you just left the pub.
Any lads hanging out of the back window will also attract our attention.
Hope this helps and safe driving! "

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