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roscopeeco78 · Feb 26, 2017

I got clocked doing 90 in a 50.

It was on a back road in Southern Illinois at about 11pm. The officer came to the window and said "first things first, this is a badass truck. Is this the new Raptor that just came out?" I said, "yes sir, it is the 2017." He said, "I can't blame you for going fast, but now it is time to get down to business."

5 minutes later he gives me the ticket for 15 over. I am sure it could have been much worse.

MostSecretAgentMan · Feb 26, 2017

roscopeeco78 said:
I got clocked doing 90 in a 50.

It was on a back road in Southern Illinois at about 11pm. The officer came to the window and said "first things first, this is a badass truck. Is this the new Raptor that just came out?" I said, "yes sir, it is the 2017." He said, "I can't blame you for going fast, but now it is time to get down to business."

5 minutes later he gives me the ticket for 15 over. I am sure it could have been much worse.

In a lot of states, regardless of speed limit, going over 85 is a felony and requires a court appearance.

So yeah could be much worse. Glad you got out of it.

ThugHunter · Feb 26, 2017

MostSecretAgentMan said:
In a lot of states, regardless of speed limit, going over 85 is a felony and requires a court appearance.

So yeah could be much worse. Glad you got out of it.

Not in Texas, hell 85 is the speed limit on some parts of the new 130 tollway in the Austin area.

ovrlnd · Feb 26, 2017

Illinois isn't known for it's leniency. Used to be that every time we drove to Chicago for a weekend, we'd factor a speeding ticket into the budget.

SZDZMTR · Feb 26, 2017

You got really lucky…You could have lost your license.
My couple neighbors are cops and I have their PBA cards that i used may be twice in the last 8 years, not for speeding, though. Just stupid stuff…. But again i do not enjoy super high speeds, things can happen very quickly and its a lot of truck to stop, for sure. But again my wife calls me "grandpa". lol

Do not judge me. lol

BurnOut · Feb 26, 2017

ovrlnd said:
Illinois isn't known for it's leniency. Used to be that every time we drove to Chicago for a weekend, we'd factor a speeding ticket into the budget.

Hence the reason that I am avoiding Illinois on my trip from Detroit to Dallas here in a few weeks.

Well, that, and Texas CHL reciprocity. Additionally, I don't want to spend any money in Illinois if I can help it (for the previously mentioned reasons).

CROOKS · Feb 26, 2017

Your lucky. I've been told straight from a IL state trooper he no longer writes tickets for less then what the gun says. Someone took him to court and got a ticket thrown out because he put a lower number then what was on the gun. All it takes is one *******.

ThugHunter · Feb 26, 2017

CROOKS said:
Your lucky. I've been told straight from a IL state trooper he no longer writes tickets for less then what the gun says. Someone took him to court and got a ticket thrown out because he put a lower number then what was on the gun. All it takes is one *******.

Interesting, it's actually our policy to round down. Example: If radar says 42, we write for 40. 47 would be written for 45, etc. Unless it's a school zone, then we write for what the radar says. We also don't write unless it's 10+ over. We can stop for 49 in 40 or whatever, but we don't cite for that. Or you're not suppose to anyway. There's always that POP option.

JetDriver480 · Feb 27, 2017

20 over in AZ is Criminal and get's you a court date. Most cop's don't want to write it but some driver's earn it based on their behavior (arrogance) during the stop. No you didn't pay my salary... I was reserve and didn't make shit.

DrippinRaptor · Feb 27, 2017

If this is a true story and not some BS, you got lucky, this time.

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