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Butterflylady

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6. I was 68 when I got stopped

Reply to Hotler (Original post)

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 11:39 AM

Mar 19

For going 50 in a 35 mph zone..I couldn't believe I broke my record. I was so proud of that record. I went for 50 years without 1 driving ticket, I felt like crying 😢 but I didn't.

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Speeding tickets, tell us about yours. I'll go first. [View all] Hotler Mar 19 OP

Only speeding ticket I ever got was on the freeway in my ancient VW bug EverHopeful Mar 19 #1

Yep, same here. HappyH Mar 19 #11

Not mine, but the best speeding ticket story I know of came from a friend Ocelot II Mar 19 #2

Summer of 1984 BOSSHOG Mar 19 #3

My very first one, 30 in a 25. I was 16. CanonRay Mar 19 #4

A friend and I were out and about mercuryblues Mar 19 #5

I was 68 when I got stopped Butterflylady Mar 19 #6

Didn't get the ticket mercuryblues Mar 19 #7

What kind of discount is that supposed to be? bucolic_frolic Mar 19 #8

Denver cop doing regular speed enforcement along Santa Fe dr.. Hiding under the bridge at Evens Av. Hotler Mar 19 #12

Mine is an anti-speeding ticket story. CrispyQ Mar 19 #9

2010, Arkansas Highway 71 cloudbase Mar 19 #10

Stopped by an Arkansas State Trooper Dorothy V Mar 19 #13

The cop needed a shoulder on the shoulder of the road. Hotler Mar 19 #17

Truly, None ProfessorGAC Mar 19 #14

I'm a very safe driver. Rizen Mar 19 #15

I've gotten my share of speeding tickets. Morbius Mar 19 #16