So...am I screwed? Got pulled over twice today...

[BigOso 10+ year member]

Your best bet is to consult an attorney.

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

well like stated above, you may have a chance with the first one. the second one you're screwed. what type of insurance do you have? if anything, you can drop it to liability.

 

[AltarCrystal 10+ year member]

How much does an attourny cost?

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

Traffic school maybe

x2:graduate:

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

well last time i got in trouble about 2k, depends on what he has to go to court for, as well as the mva

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

go to court for the 1st ticket for sure and watch your driving next time

 

[AltarCrystal 10+ year member]

I thought I was supposed to go to court for the one that would result in more points, in effort to get them dropped and get off with traffic school or something

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I wish my car insurance was only $575 a month...I'm paying like $800 a month....but that is on 7 vehicles....

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

I wish my car insurance was only $575 a month...I'm paying like $800 a month....but that is on 7 vehicles....

jesus dude, how old are you? I had like 4 cars at a time once a put all but 1 as recreational vehicles. Cost me about $600 a year

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

you got lucky...

For 17-year-old Justin Lewis, that day came after police repeatedly stopped him for traffic violations and let him go without ticketing him. He outlined three such incidents in an Oct. 20 journal entry and marveled: "My luck has been shot through the roof."
Eighteen days later, Lewis was killed in a high-speed crash.

On Nov. 7, Lewis had arrived early for classes at Lakota West High School and was upset over girl troubles.

Using his cell phone, Lewis text-messaged friends, saying he was leaving school to blow off steam. isnt this what you did?

At 8:17 a.m., his friends got another text message: "I just topped out my Corolla. I'm on my way back."

By 8:20, Lewis had wrecked the Corolla after racing with a pickup truck on Union Centre Boulevard. A witness said he thought both vehicles exceeded 100 mph.

After Lewis died, his mom discovered the journal entry. She said she wished police had ticketed her son. If so, Claudia Mann said she would have forbidden him from driving, as she did after his first and only speeding citation in May 2003.

But Mann knows her son's choices in his final three minutes killed him.

for street racing.....

Beginning immediately, drivers face a $1,500 fine, a one-year drivers' license suspension, two points against their driving record and a 60-day impoundment of their vehicle. Originally, the proposal had called for a 30-day impoundment, but that was extended to 60 days in compliance with the city's current laws against street racing.

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

I wish my car insurance was only $575 a month...I'm paying like $800 a month....but that is on 7 vehicles....

i wish i had 1 car atm...

 

[JustStoppingBy 10+ year member]

stop insuring your car. buy a bike. insure that cheaply... dont die.

in 1 year reapply for insurance...

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

Well i'd say sell your mustang and buy a "economy car" that'll help lower insurance. Take defensive driving. And hire a really good attorney.

 

[pyoung9 10+ year member]

$575 a month is just dead wrong. Go to court on the first one and here is what you say:

There was a long line of cars trailing behind a car that was lagging behind another one, increasing my speed to 70 MPH was the only way I could properly merge into the freeway.

It is a basic principle of driving, Gap, Gauge, Go. You find a gap, gauge the speed you need to get to to make it, and go. We even had a state trooper come in during drivers ed telling us that the only time he found it permissable to speed was on an entrance ramp, seeing as you can cause a huge accident by merging improperly.

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

you got lucky...

for street racing.....

my girlfriend knew that kid, and i've seen his grave..not something you wanna see about an 17 year old really

dude, your my cousin, i dont want to see an article like that about you. pay the fines, hope your mom doesnt kick your ass and move on.