Today, I bought a car off my aunt, then I got 7 speeding tickets. Apparently my aunt forgot to tell me the speedometer is faulty, so while I thought I was doing a safe 28 or 29 mph in the 30 zone on my way to work, I was probably doing closer to 35 or 36. FML
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Today, I got a speeding ticket. My speedometer got busted a few weeks back, rendering it useless. My father, a former mechanic, decided it's not worth the trouble of going in and fixing it. "Just keep with traffic when you're on the highway; you'll be fine." This $150 fee says otherwise. FML
Today, I was on the way to traffic court for a $340 speeding ticket I'd got. My mother called me and I wasn't paying attention which caused me to speed. Right past a cop. When I told the cop where I was going, he started laughing at me. I now have another $300 ticket. FML
Today, I was pulled over and was given a $300 ticket for going 90mph on a 70mph highway. The cop swore he saw my silver car darting in and out of traffic. A couple of minutes earlier that exact car had passed me while I was following the speed limit. FML
Today, I got a ticket. The officer's daughter is my ex. He gave me a ticket for 31 in a 30 mph zone. FML
Today, my mom told me to follow her car closely to my aunt's house. I kept really close to her which caused me to get pulled over for tailgating. I explained everything to the cop so he went over to my mom to see if that was the truth. My mom said she didn't know me. I got a ticket. Thanks mom. FML
Today, I was driving with my grandma and she was going 30 over the speed limit. To slow her down, I said, "Hey look, the police". She slammed on the brakes so hard I hit my head on the dashboard. FML
Today, I got a speeding ticket while driving to my court date for a prior speeding ticket. FML
Today, while driving home, I saw a cop with a speed gun "hidden" by the side of the road. I went to slow down so the fuck-knob wouldn't be able to ticket me. I then had a brain-fart and floored the gas instead of hitting the brakes. Hello speeding ticket. FML
Today, a cop rear-ended me. Then I received a ticket from him for driving too far under the speed limit. We were in a school zone. FML
Today, I got a ticket for doing 38mph in a 45mph zone. Apparently you can be cited for "impeding traffic" even when you're the only car on the road. FML
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manb91uk 22
Presumably the fact that every other car was going slower than you failed to register?
alycion 39
Get the car fixed. Plead guilty with explanation. Show papers. Usually gets you off. I’ve gotten out of a few that way.
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manb91uk 22
Presumably the fact that every other car was going slower than you failed to register?
Lyle Boyer 6
The fact that you weren't able to figure out there was something amiss with the first one, and absolutely positive after the second shows negligence on your part. But seven??? I call bullshit.
PenguinPal3017 19
They were likely from speed cameras and came through the mail all at the same time.
Warmonger_Smurf 29
7 speeding tickets? How many states did you drive through at “29 mph”?
Rhett_15 22
Any cop giving tickets for going 6 over is a complete asshole
rickAUS 22
Tolerances for some fixed cameras (don't know about mobile cameras) in Victoria, Australia, are as low as 2km/hr (1.24 miles/hr). Which is pretty scummy given the following: Australian Design Rule 18 sets out the accuracy standards for vehicle speedos. Until July 2006 this rule specified an accuracy of +/- 10 percent of the vehicle’s true speed when the vehicle was travelling above 40km/h. That is, at a true vehicle speed of 100km/h the speedo could indicate between 90km/h and 110km/h. An odometer accuracy of +/- 4 percent was also a requirement. From July 1 2006 a new standard began its phase in and by 1 July 2007 all new vehicles had to comply. The new standard requires that: The speedo must not indicate a speed less than the vehicle’s true speed or a speed greater than the vehicle’s true speed by an amount more than 10 percent plus 4 km/h. Odometer accuracy is no longer defined. ---------- So Victoria is essentially enforcing the new design standards even on older car for which those standards did not apply when they were made. And it is for this scumbag reason that whenever I buy a new car I compare the speedo to both the speedo GPS apps on my phone read, and what my handheld GPS says. My current car reads 10% above the true speed (so if my speedo reads 110km/hr I am actually doing 100km/hr).
julfunky 29
So you’re one of those assholes who drives BELOW the speed limit?
chosha_fml 27
If you have transfer papers so they can see you just bought the car and the invoice from the mechanic who fixed it, they might let you off the tickets. Worth asking.
alycion 39
Get the car fixed. Plead guilty with explanation. Show papers. Usually gets you off. I’ve gotten out of a few that way.
Aus Kriitika 6
So you’ve never heard of Waze app? Shows you your real speed (all speedometers lie) and the spots of speed cameras/police...
PenguinPal3017 19
Using your phone while driving?
Ella_fml 17
Waze is a GPS app, similar to Google maps (so it's on your dashboard before you're driving, or someone else is holding your phone) and it also tells you if you're going over the speed limit, if there are cameras/police/accident(s) reported in the area. Some other GPS systems also track the speed you're driving at, so it doesn't have to be on your phone.
oldtimer 3
What a bunch of BS! Go to court with that bs and the judge is going to throw the book at you. You didn’t get a ticket for going 2 or 3 mph above limit.
UsernameRequired 2
ABSOLUTELY not a true story. Lame dude. While your attempt at attention *did* work, common sense states that using a more *realistic* story would garner both a larger quantity AND a much more positive response. You ARE the weakest link! Goodbye!