My first Speeding Ticket!
During the beginning of this month, my mother, boyfriend, and I made a little trip up to my home state (MA) for my sister’s wedding and to also look for some apartments up there. While on the fun filled drive…I suppose I was “speeding” a little and just HAD to get stopped in the nice old state of New Jersey. Yes folks, my first ever speeding ticket, and not even in the state I live in!
I could have done like most others do when they get pulled over; try and come up with excuses, but I didn’t and was calm through the whole thing. I even laughed a little with my mother and boyfriend, who did warn me that one day I would get a speeding ticket for my “crazy” driving. (Thanks mom and Mike, you guys totally jinxed me) Anyways, the cop had a pretty calm attitude himself and told me he clocked me going 86 in a 65 zone. >_> (so maybe I was speeding a little, but you try driving all the way from FL to MA and not want to hurry up and get there!) I told him I was sorry and didn’t mean to, that I was trying to get to MA for my sister’s wedding. He just nodded his head and went back to his cop car. About 5 minutes later he came back with my pretty little ticket and told me that he had reduced the speed to 79 so I wouldn’t have to pay so much. (remember you are able to go at least 5 miles over the speed limit, so it was recorded as 9 miles over the speed limit)
Not sure if that was something cops usually do, or if he was being nice, since it was my first ticket EVER, but I was thankful and made sure to drive the speed limit while in NJ. So, I did learn my lesson; NEVER speed while in the North…haha, just kidding, but it did get me to be more aware of my speed and also to watch for cops hiding behind bridges…the bums.
On a random note, I just found out that “Rocsi” from 106 & Park’s real name is Raquel Roxanne Diaz. WTH? One, that’s an odd combination of names, and two that’s totally biting off my name (Roxanne Diaz). Well not really, but when I search my name now, all I get is news about her and crap…how lame. Oh well.
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Leila | July 31st, 2008 at 9:52 pm #
Actually, feel free to speed in the north if you are/were a resident of the county you’re speeding in. One time my dad was renting a car with CT plates and was speeding down the NY Thruway, but was able to distract the officer with reminiscence…man, those good old days when the speed limit was 55. Wasn’t that the life.
Ajemi | August 3rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm #
Ha a similar thing happened to me. I was going 80 in a 55 though (I had just gotten off the interstate). The cop wrote it for under so I wouldn’t have to pay the higher fine. Here, you can’t go 5 over. I’ve seen tickets where people were going 2-5 over. Technically you are speeding so they can write you for 1 over if they want to.
Steph | August 3rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm #
Haha I got my first too just a few months back. I was going 73 in a 55 Construction Zone! But ugh it’s always a construction zone there. He reduced it I suppose to be nice and didn’t double it. It was like an $80 ticket but I had to take that dumb 4 hour class online to keep my insurance from going up.
Stupid cops on motorcycles.
Roxanne | August 4th, 2008 at 12:20 am #
@Steph – Ugh, I think mine was in a “construction zone” too, since like not even a mile or two before the speed limit was like 70-75…LOL. Wow, lucky you only had to pay $80, just found out mine is $160…TOTALLY sucks! >_<