How many tickets have you gotten with your Mazda 3?
#12
05-28-2010 | 09:29 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 298
From: Austin, TX
My theory is that when a person driving a low or downright underpowered vehicle, once they get up to speed they do not want to have to stop or slow for anything.
Notice I didn't say that I was never before pulled over for speeding, just that this was my first ticket. Actually, I was probably pulled over between 10 and 12 times before, just never given a ticket for it.
I too check my mirrors, use my turn signals even when no one else is around to notice, constantly scan the turf, NEVER, EVER talk on the cell phone (if I even have it with me, which itself is rare,) ALWAYS wear my seat belt (if its good enough for the pros.... I wish I could get my wife to feel the same way,) etc.
I have this nightmare that one day we'll be driving along and get into a bad accident. I will survive w/little or no injury while she will be killed. Part of me will feel that it was her own d*mned fault for being so d*mned stubborn, while the other part of me will feel guilty about it for the rest of my life. I feel helpless to stop her from being her own worst enemy.
I've been wearing belts since the early '60's when my mother bought a new '64 Dodge Dart 25th Anniversary Edition that came w/lap belts. (175ci Slant 6, 3-sp on the tree, no reverse lights. They were extra/optional.
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#13
05-29-2010 | 12:24 PM
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 591
From: Farmer City, IL
Well if we want to talk about previous pull over/ tickets.
16- wreck, failure to yeild at stop signed intersection.
16- turned left in no left turn through grade school crosswalk.
16- expired plates
21- speeding
22- speeding
Not to mention the 5 written warnings when I was 16-17
16- wreck, failure to yeild at stop signed intersection.
16- turned left in no left turn through grade school crosswalk.
16- expired plates
21- speeding
22- speeding
Not to mention the 5 written warnings when I was 16-17
#14
05-29-2010 | 12:30 PM
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,183
From: Aberdeen, MD
Here is the sad truth about seatbelts, they can also be responsible for serious injury or even death. Me and my friends (who all wear our belts anyway) have had long discussions on that subject, my one friend had installed a 4-point racing harness into his car, he feel much safer, he was once pulled over for something stupid and the cop noticed that he was wearing a harness, the cop asked him why and he replied with "I dont want to die because of a seatbelt, this harness is much safer". I wish companies were not so cheap and i wish more people knew about physics, if they did they would understand the major enhancement of a "racing" harness and a roll cage, heck even a roll bar would be better.
#15
05-29-2010 | 05:27 PM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 8,666
From: Manor, TX (Outside of Austin)
Well if we want to talk about previous pull over/ tickets.
16- wreck, failure to yield at stop signed intersection.
16- turned left in no left turn through grade school crosswalk.
16- expired plates
21- speeding
22- speeding
Not to mention the 5 written warnings when I was 16-17
16- wreck, failure to yield at stop signed intersection.
16- turned left in no left turn through grade school crosswalk.
16- expired plates
21- speeding
22- speeding
Not to mention the 5 written warnings when I was 16-17
With this post alone, you are starting to worry me.....
Here is the sad truth about seatbelts, they can also be responsible for serious injury or even death. Me and my friends (who all wear our belts anyway) have had long discussions on that subject, my one friend had installed a 4-point racing harness into his car, he feel much safer, he was once pulled over for something stupid and the cop noticed that he was wearing a harness, the cop asked him why and he replied with "I don't want to die because of a seatbelt, this harness is much safer". I wish companies were not so cheap and i wish more people knew about physics, if they did they would understand the major enhancement of a "racing" harness and a roll cage, heck even a roll bar would be better.
A single unsupported, or improperly supported roll bar can be VERY dangerous in an accident, especially a roll over because it can collapse and actually trap a driver or passenger in the car. Worst case scenario is that is could break their neck(s) and actually cause a fatality they are supposed to help avoid.
#16
05-30-2010 | 03:14 AM
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Posts: 3,183
From: Aberdeen, MD
im talking about a properly supported roll bar, i would still go for a cage, i was just saying. And yea i had forgotten how lazy people are, i mean just look at how many people drive an automatic (by choice) and dont even get me started on auto climate control, heated seats or day time running lights and how about the automatic parallel parking....what happened to DRIVING your car???
#20
06-02-2010 | 03:15 PM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 8,666
From: Manor, TX (Outside of Austin)
Sorry to have to disagree with a new member already, but a radar detector may reduce the number of speeding tickets you get, but with multiple bands and instant-on radar now commonplace, it won't catch all of them.