The Authorized Mechanixfetch Traffic Violation Census

[mechanixfetch]

It's back A 100% bonafide Authorised Mechanixfetch Census. This time we're focusing on Traffic Violations, this is a car fourm and most of us who browse here are somewhat into cars and might sometimes drive a little too fast or otherwise be foolish with our cars. So here are the Census Questions
How many times have you been pulled over?
What for?
Ticketed?
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through?
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?)
How many points are on your liscence?
Ever been suspended?
What was your most expensive ticket?
What was it for?
Have you ever fought a ticket?
Did you win?

And as always only answer the questions you want to answer. We're not here to judge. Well not too harshly :)

[mechanixfetch]

How many times have you been pulled over? 4
What for? Speed, Speed, Speed/Running a Yellow/Driving without due care, Stunting(ticketed for illegally tinted windows
Ticketed? Yes, Yes, No (the cop forgot his ticket book at the station and saw I had a pizza to deliver), Yes
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through? 4
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) No
How many points are on your liscence? 3
Ever been suspended? No
What was your most expensive ticket? $115 CDN
What was it for? Speed against a Highway Sign (91km/h in a 50 zone)
Have you ever fought a ticket? Yes
Did you win? Yes the cop failed to attend

[Niko_Fx]

How many times have you been pulled over? 1
What for? Speeding
Ticketed? Yes
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through?
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) No
How many points are on your liscence? 0
Ever been suspended? No
What was your most expensive ticket? US$ 170
What was it for? Speeding, 57mph on a 35mph.
Have you ever fought a ticket? No
Did you win? ----

[NoOne]

How many times have you been pulled over?LMAO ... too many to count :D .... tho a lot less in the last 12 or 13 yrs (total yrs driving is 19)

What for? Speeding, careless, excessive noise, obstructing a highway (would have been racing if we hadn't seen him in time), emissions (drove back home from the track with open headers :D ) ... mostly speeding tho

Ticketed? Many times ... I own several police cars - or at least I should

Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through?

Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) Nope ... never mixed my vices

How many points are on your liscence? 3 ... I think

Ever been suspended? Yes, 6 months for driving while suspended, originally suspended for unpaid fines

What was your most expensive ticket? $500

What was it for? No insurance (back around 1986)

Have you ever fought a ticket? Yes

Did you win? About 60% of the time

[SPHFerrari]

you know youve been doing this too long when you come up with a percentage of fights you win:D:p

[Quiggs]

How many times have you been pulled over? Twice.
What for? First- Speeding (72/55), failure to yield, something else I don't remember. He could've added failure to present documentation, as I couldn't find my registration/POI. Second- Speeding (83/65)
Ticketed? Only on the 2nd one.
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through? I avoid them like the plague.
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) No
How many points are on your liscence? 4
Ever been suspended? No
What was your most expensive ticket? $158.75
What was it for? That 83/65 ticket.
Have you ever fought a ticket? No.
Did you win? No.

[NoOne]

you know youve been doing this too long when you come up with a percentage of fights you win:D:p
A fairly rough estimate - probably a bit optimistic too :D

[Nigel]

How many times have you been pulled over? more than a dozen in my 2 years of driving
What for? speeding, speeding, speeding, screeching tires, having a flashy car (I was pulled over twice the weekend after I got my car, just so the cop could have a peek at my switches and dials)
Ticketed? a few times
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through? 4 or5[B]
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) [B]No
How many points are on your liscence? 6
Ever been suspended? No
What was your most expensive ticket? $600
What was it for? Speeding, 116 in a 60; failing to display "N", it is a big green letter N that you have to have on the back of your car for your first 2 years of driving prior to taking a third test to get your normal liscence
Have you ever fought a ticket? Yes
Did you win? I have won 4/4 parking tickets, and I have 2 tickets still in dispute, 1 has been almost a year in dispute[/QUOTE]

[TheOne]

How many times have you been pulled over? 2 times
What for? speedin and......speedin(1 warning 50 on 40mph, 1 ticket 45 on 30)
Ticketed? 1
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through? none(but many traffic jams, damn rush hour time)
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?)no
How many points are on your liscence? 0
Ever been suspended? no
What was your most expensive ticket? $130
What was it for? speedin 45/30
Have you ever fought a ticket? no
Did you win? probably would have.(officer didn't show up as far as i remember)

thats in 2-1/2 years of drivin.

[Distress]

How many times have you been pulled over? 3 times
What for? Speeding (50 in a 30mph zone), passenger was throwing fire-works out the window, cutting off a sheriffe van..oops
Ticketed? Yes, once.
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through?I think three.
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) No.
How many points are on your liscence? Oddly, I don't know. Not worried about it, I'm a respective drive (well, I do go over the speed limite when there is no traffic)
Ever been suspended? No.
What was your most expensive ticket? $80.
What was it for? Speeding.
Have you ever fought a ticket? No.
Did you win? There are so many people that win here just because the police officer doesn't show up.

[henk4]

How many times have you been pulled over? 3 times
What for? Taking an illegal escape route to get out of a traffic jam, red light violation (honestly thought it was still yellow :) ), after signalling and trying to convince a motorcycle cop that he was speeding and driving dangerously.
Ticketed? Yes, speeding 5 times (at least), red light 2 times, parking 1.
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through?10 approx.
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) Yes, three times, always sober.
How many points are on your liscence? We don't have such a system
Ever been suspended? No.
What was your most expensive ticket? 138 Euro,
What was it for? Speeding in Belgium going to Spa-Francorchamps (for UCP)
Have you ever fought a ticket? No.
Did you win?

comment: taking into account that my license dates from the 10th of May 1967, this seems not to be such a bad record. :)

[danno]

How many times have you been pulled over? - 0
What for? - N/A
Ticketed? - 0
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through? - 0
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) - no
How many points are on your liscence? - 0
Ever been suspended? - 0
What was your most expensive ticket? - N/A
What was it for? - N/A
Have you ever fought a ticket? - N/A
Did you win? - N/A

i think i win the prize :) i got my learners about half a year ago but i've been way too busy with HSC to drive. but seeing as its over in 3 days, i will be driving heaps after that.

[Egg Nog]

How many times have you been pulled over? 0 times
What for? N/A
Ticketed? N/A
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through? 2
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) Nope
How many points are on your liscence? Full - I don't know how many that is though...
Ever been suspended? Nope
What was your most expensive ticket? N/A
What was it for? N/A
Have you ever fought a ticket? N/A
Did you win? Yes! ;)

[Niko_Fx]

How many points are on your liscence? [b]Full - I don't know how many that is

It's the opposite way, it should be 0 and with more than 12 it gets revoked (At least in Florida)

I got 4 points for my ticket, but did a stupid 4 hour traffic course and got rid of them.

[taz_rocks_miami]

How many times have you been pulled over? 2
What for? 1st Speeding, 2nd for not comming to a complete stop at a stop sign. Which was a total lie BTW.
Ticketed? 1st Yes, 2nd Yes.
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through? Can't remember, maybe 3 or 4.
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) No
How many points are on your liscence? Mexico doesn't have the point system.
Ever been suspended? No
What was your most expensive ticket? $500.00 Canadian Dollars
What was it for? For the speeding ticket, I was doing 130 kph in a 60 kph zone near Shannonville in a friends Audi Quattro Coupé. He was in the car with me.
Have you ever fought a ticket? Yes, the 2nd one.
Did you win? I lost.

[Egg Nog]

It's the opposite way, it should be 0 and with more than 12 it gets revoked (At least in Florida)

I got 4 points for my ticket, but did a stupid 4 hour traffic course and got rid of them.

Nope... in BC, you have a set number of points, and lose them as violations occur :) I think it's 3 points that you start with...

[mechanixfetch]

I disagree I believe it adds up to 12.

[crisis]

How many times have you been pulled over between 10 and 25 (Im 41 so I forget)
What for speeding
Ticketed always, only females get away with it
Roughly how many road blocks have you ever been through none
Have you ever been Breathalyzed?(sp?) rbt yep , never over
How many points are on your liscence 12
Ever been suspended no
What was your most expensive ticket $150
What was it for 135kmh in 100 zone
Have you ever fought a ticket no, it would be more succesful to fight a crocodile
Did you win?