I havn't even had my car yet for a week and I have already gotten a speeding ticket. The cops here are crazy, they hide behind bushes and hills and try as hard as they can to get you. I was only going 75 in a 65 I figured he might give me a break, but he was already pretty mad that I didn't have my insurance card on me.

Bad luck, djsaad1. Your cops sound no different than the mobile units they send out here. Although they're not meant to, they'll "inadvertently" place themselves where you can only see them at the last moment. Bastids. What happens with your speeding ticket - do you get points on your license or a fine? How does it work in the US? 

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You should set the speed limit alarm in the dash info system, just to remind you as you pass the limit!
We now have a section of motorway near here (the M77 Glasgow to Ayr road) where your licence plate is read by a camera as you join the road, checks you are insured, have paid annual road tax and your car has a passed the annual government inspection (only for cars over 3 years old) but worst of all is that it notes the time you pass every SPECS camera along the road and works out your average speed at every section and along the entire length of the road you have travelled and sends you a ticket if you speed.
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I have my speed warning set to 80, I guess I should probably lower it since the max speed here is 65.

I can either take defensive driving or pay it off. I dont lose any points or anything, but if i pay it off it stays on my record while if I do the 1 day course it will be off my record. Basicly if I have a few tickets on my record my insurance price will go up, I dont think they suspend your licence here in Texas for tickets unless you get a certain amount in a day I beleive. But every state in the U.S has different laws for speeding tickets.

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I havn't even had my car yet for a week and I have already gotten a speeding ticket. The cops here are crazy, they hide behind bushes and hills and try as hard as they can to get you. I was only going 75 in a 65 I figured he might give me a break, but he was already pretty mad that I didn't have my insurance card on me.

Where in Texas are you Djsaad1? I lived in Houston for a while & found the cops really couldn't give a damn about speeding or drink driving. The approach to drink driving amazed me. It almost seemed to be condoned as the stretch of road I frequented actually banned U turns, between midnite & 3am on Friday & Saturday nites because of the risk.  HSE TD6 (Java Black/Ivory)
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Rob_J wrote:

djsaad1 wrote:

I havn't even had my car yet for a week and I have already gotten a speeding ticket. The cops here are crazy, they hide behind bushes and hills and try as hard as they can to get you. I was only going 75 in a 65 I figured he might give me a break, but he was already pretty mad that I didn't have my insurance card on me.

Where in Texas are you Djsaad1? I lived in Houston for a while & found the cops really couldn't give a damn about speeding or drink driving. The approach to drink driving amazed me. It almost seemed to be condoned as the stretch of road I frequented actually banned U turns, between midnite & 3am on Friday & Saturday nites because of the risk.

LOL....how long ago was this? I live in Austin and the cops are now strict about everything. Especially in certain neighborhoods. But yeah I was told about the days where cops in Texas really didn't care about much as long as you were a certain type of person.

djsaad1 wrote:

Rob_J wrote:

djsaad1 wrote:

I havn't even had my car yet for a week and I have already gotten a speeding ticket. The cops here are crazy, they hide behind bushes and hills and try as hard as they can to get you. I was only going 75 in a 65 I figured he might give me a break, but he was already pretty mad that I didn't have my insurance card on me.

Where in Texas are you Djsaad1? I lived in Houston for a while & found the cops really couldn't give a damn about speeding or drink driving. The approach to drink driving amazed me. It almost seemed to be condoned as the stretch of road I frequented actually banned U turns, between midnite & 3am on Friday & Saturday nites because of the risk.

LOL....how long ago was this? I live in Austin and the cops are now strict about everything. Especially in certain neighborhoods. But yeah I was told about the days where cops in Texas really didn't care about much as long as you were a certain type of person.