DonTom
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One nice thing about NV is that insurance companies don't get to know about tickets below 10 MPH, when from the freeways. Just pay the fine and it's over with.
-Don- Reno, NV
What's the acceptable speed over the limit ?
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-Don- Reno, NV
Ah, nice.
NorCalBusa
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Is that 10 over the first ten we all get on the freeway anyway= 20 over total? :wow
DonTom
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It's something that is not in writing anywhere (AFAIK), but it is something that many have noticed over the years.
NV uses a point system for traffic violations.
But I think it has to be one point max, which is 1-10 MPH over the posted speed limit. 11 MPH over probably gets reported. It could be all the one pointers don't get reported, but I am not certain. And of course, that can change at any time. But the 1 to 10 over the speed limit could be the only one point ticket.
-Don- Reno, NV
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DonTom
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During the 55MPH national speed limit, I saw many people get busted at once on HWY 395 who were all going the same speed on a single lane in each direction. And I mean like 30 cars busted at once. A speed trap.
So the only way then to avoid the ticket was to be an asshole to all the cars behind, which was really saving them all from such a ticket.
I was lucky as the cops were so busy giving tickets, they missed the next group of cars "speeding" that I was in. A few times.
BTW, that was all in CA on 395 around 100 miles south of here. Here, 395 is in NV, but south or north of here, Hwy 395 is in CA.
I have also seen speed traps here in NV, the cops hide on Hwy 80 just a few miles east of the CA border where there is an area for trucks to park. They bust many at a time. Not there often, but I know to always slow down in that area.
Going into Truckee, CA from either side is another common hot spot for traffic cops on Hwy I-80.
-Don- Reno, NV
DonTom
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When I was a young kid (around 50 years ago!) Sacramento was one of the hottest places for tickets. Countless cops all over Sacramento back then on I-80.
I am not sure why, but that has changed. I no longer see many cops on I-80 in Sacramento.
BTW, I am old enough to remember when there was no freeway in Sacramento. And no A/C in the cars. The red lights were awful during the summer.
-Don- Reno, NV
I highly suggest everyone get the book, "Fight Your Ticket & Win California Edition" published by Nolo Press.
I have beaten a lot of tickets using tips in this book, including once having a traffic commissioner tell a cop to be better prepared the next time he comes to his court room.
It shows you a lot of rights, facts and laws that most cops either are aware of themselves or just plain don't expect you to know your rights. Somethings I've used to get tickets dismissed are:
Willful non-response to an "informal discover request" where you can subpoena officers notes, traffic engineering surveys. If not responded in a timely matter described by the Penal or Vehicle codes can render it as inadmissible evidence.
Refusal to waive time. Courts are so backed up that they often try to push a trial out months from arraignment, however you have a civil right to a speedy trial and once you give up that right they can string you out as long as they want. (note: I've had this work in my favor both ways, once I refused to "waive time" and when the scheduled court date fell on the officers vacation they couldn't reschedule me in time leading to dismissal, where others that showed up for hearings on that day with that same officer simply got their case rescheduled. I have also waived time long enough for them to misplace video for a red light camera violation, also leading to dismissal.
Again there are numerous ways shown in this book to beat a ticket and although it hasn't beaten every one of my tickets it has worked on about 80% of them.
It's all about know your rights and exercise them. Very similar to what these "police the police" videos on youtube that show LEO's being put in their place when trying to violate someone when they are doing something protected under their first amendment rights.
I have beaten a lot of tickets using tips in this book, including once having a traffic commissioner tell a cop to be better prepared the next time he comes to his court room.
It shows you a lot of rights, facts and laws that most cops either are aware of themselves or just plain don't expect you to know your rights. Somethings I've used to get tickets dismissed are:
Willful non-response to an "informal discover request" where you can subpoena officers notes, traffic engineering surveys. If not responded in a timely matter described by the Penal or Vehicle codes can render it as inadmissible evidence.
Refusal to waive time. Courts are so backed up that they often try to push a trial out months from arraignment, however you have a civil right to a speedy trial and once you give up that right they can string you out as long as they want. (note: I've had this work in my favor both ways, once I refused to "waive time" and when the scheduled court date fell on the officers vacation they couldn't reschedule me in time leading to dismissal, where others that showed up for hearings on that day with that same officer simply got their case rescheduled. I have also waived time long enough for them to misplace video for a red light camera violation, also leading to dismissal.
Again there are numerous ways shown in this book to beat a ticket and although it hasn't beaten every one of my tickets it has worked on about 80% of them.
It's all about know your rights and exercise them. Very similar to what these "police the police" videos on youtube that show LEO's being put in their place when trying to violate someone when they are doing something protected under their first amendment rights.
byke
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If I can bury in traffic, I'll do whatever everyone else is doing. If traffic is thin, I stick to 72-73 and I'd be fine passing a CHP at that speed, but I won't flaunt ten over in a 65 past them in thin traffic, because I think that's a little too in-your-face. I figure at least sticking to 72-73 regardless of who is around in light traffic is at least "honest", as opposed to going 85 and then laying on the brakes when you see them like a dildo, which I don't think they like.