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EverHopeful

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1. Only speeding ticket I ever got was on the freeway in my ancient VW bug

Reply to Hotler (Original post)

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 11:25 AM

Mar 2025

It was actually worth it to hear from family and friends variations on "In that thing?" when I told them.

My favorite was the question "What were you driving?"

That car was a favorite.

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Speeding tickets, tell us about yours. I'll go first. [View all] Hotler Mar 2025 OP

Only speeding ticket I ever got was on the freeway in my ancient VW bug EverHopeful Mar 2025 #1

Yep, same here. HappyH Mar 2025 #11

Not mine, but the best speeding ticket story I know of came from a friend Ocelot II Mar 2025 #2

Summer of 1984 BOSSHOG Mar 2025 #3

My very first one, 30 in a 25. I was 16. CanonRay Mar 2025 #4

A friend and I were out and about mercuryblues Mar 2025 #5

I was 68 when I got stopped Butterflylady Mar 2025 #6

Didn't get the ticket mercuryblues Mar 2025 #7

What kind of discount is that supposed to be? bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #8

Denver cop doing regular speed enforcement along Santa Fe dr.. Hiding under the bridge at Evens Av. Hotler Mar 2025 #12

Mine is an anti-speeding ticket story. CrispyQ Mar 2025 #9

2010, Arkansas Highway 71 cloudbase Mar 2025 #10

Stopped by an Arkansas State Trooper Dorothy V Mar 2025 #13

The cop needed a shoulder on the shoulder of the road. Hotler Mar 2025 #17

Truly, None ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #14

I'm a very safe driver. Rizen Mar 2025 #15

I've gotten my share of speeding tickets. Morbius Mar 2025 #16