Reader’s Digest, or as I like to call them, Reader’s Undigested, published an article on tricks to avoid speeding tickets. It was interesting to note, not one of the tips was ‘don’t speed.’
First on the list was to understand that your car can get you stopped. If you have a red car with a spoiler and anti-police bumper stickers, you really need to leave it parked in the garage.
Another tip is to wave at the hidden police cruiser. This supposedly is make the officer think he may know you or that you are acknowledging you realize you’ve exceeded the speed limit. I disagree with this, because most cops might think you are making an obscene gesture and that won’t win you any points.
Never admit you were speeding and plead not guilty in court if you get a ticket. The trick is to get as many continuances on the charge as you can. Hope that the officer gets a transfer or doesn’t show up in court. And, if you delay the process long enough, surely the officer will not remember you. Unless of course you drive a red car with a spoiler and anti-police bumper stickers.
I have gotten a speeding ticket. It happened years ago at about 5:00 am when I was trying to get to work. The policeman told me I was going 95 miles per hour. I replied, "That means that my speedometer is correct after all."
I probably shouldn’t have said that.
PMO
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