DH got a speeding ticket now what?

The system is all about money, not making you learn a lesson. Pay an attorney 300 bucks and it'll disappear.

 

That's what DH said. Thanks you all for the advice. It sounds like an attorney might be the best bet, although I think it has been more than 3 years since he has gotten any other violations I am not sure. He justs doesn't want to have to pay any extra insurance or lose his license or get points on it if possible.

Meredith

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you feel about your husband wanting to pay money so that he can continue to break the law and be a hazard on the road to himself and others?

 

I've got a great big dog house I'll sell ya if you don't have one already!

 

You get more than one PJC in a lifetime, it has the same term as the clean record, 3 years with this in mind:

For automobile insurance purposes, one can have up to one PJC per household every three years that will not cause insurance premium increases. For driver’s license purposes, with some exceptions, a driver can have up to two PJC's within a five year period which will not result in driver’s license points nor have any effect on the driving record of the person receiving the PJC (except that one of the two PJC's per five years is thereby used and will appear on one’s DMV record).

 

LMAO thats cute and funny!

 

Hey Clif, you got room in that saddle? I'm gonna ride with you.

Personally, I would use the Prayer For Judgement as a FIRST resort and use that as an incentive to S.L.O.W. down.... BTDT myself, you can believe everytime I got in the car, and was impatient or late - I thought of that Prayer For Judgement coming back to haunt me. Kept me in check, it did.

What's wrong with Personal Accountablity???

Or he could just pay for the lawyer, get off, continue to speed, wind up killing himself, and it won't make a difference. 15 MPH over the speed limit on a bike in the driving conditions around here is just stupid, IMO.

 

Clif,
I am not a fan of his speeding but he is not a hazard to anyone but himself. He is a big boy and it is his decision how he wants to handle things.

 

Wow,
I was just asking for information and now I feel like I am being ganged up on. He was out for a Sunday drive on his motorcycle yes he sped but that is his thing to deal with. Do I remind him not to speed,yes. but again he is a big boy and can decide his own fate.

 

OMG. Will you BOTH please go turn in your licenses and automobiles. He's not a danger to me when he weaves by going 15 MPH over the speed limit? How about when he rolls that bike and I have to swerve to avoid hitting his body?

 

Sorry, when people make stupid statements they tend to get "ganged up on".

 

Welcome to the board, this is kind of an initiation, if you can handle this you might be around for a while.

Thick skin is needed.

By the way I don't condone speeding either, which is rarely only a danger to the speeder.

 

Speeding is a hazard to everyone on the road. That's why they have speed limits.

You can pretend it's not, and turn a blind eye, but then you only make yourself an accessory to the murder of anyone he kills with his reckless driving.

It's quite obvious that, while he may be a "big boy", he is not mature enough to drive as he seems to have a problem obeying the law (if your statements are to be believed). Not only that, but he has you enabling him by coming on here and make apologies for him and try to find some way for him to skirt the consequences of his actions. If he really were the "big boy" you think him to be, he would own up to his mistake, pay the consequences, and work toward not violating the law again. After all, that's what adults do.

 

Clif, that statement was ridiculous! Like she has any control over another human being and their actions.

 

You know what I guess I must not have very thick skin. I am not by nature a mean spirited person but my goodness. I try not to speed although I have noticed it appears everyone in this state does. I mind my own business and stay to the right but get passed all the time. Yes, he does speed at times ...however he has never been in an accident ,he has almost been killed by motorists when on his bike. Here I was thinking this seems like a nice board to get some info etc. , but geez. Thanks again to those that did give me info and to those of you who were otherwise I can't really say much except not everyone is perfect.

Meredith

 

No one was talking about your driving habits. We were discussing those of your husband. If you accept it, though, you are just as guilty.

The fact that he has not been in an accident makes him lucky, not safe. And I presume you blame the other guys who almost kill him?

It is, if you want to know where the city hall is, or what's being built out in the badlands. But if you come here and tell us you want info on how your dear hubby can get out of paying for his mistakes, some of us draw the line.

I think it's quite obvious that you have never lost someone to a driver who was late for work and was "just speeding a little". But if your hubby decides to drive 15mph over the speed limit in front of my house while my grandkids are playing in the yard, his record of never getting into an accident will end when my baseball bat hits his spokes..

 

If he was stopped on hwy 70 then I can understand his mistake. If you travel from hwy 50 to i-40 during rush hours you can not drive 45 without getting run over. 55-60mph seems to be the norm-but late evening or Sunday afternoon that would get you a ticket similar to what she described.

 

Clif :chillpill:

Sounds like she was asking advice as to what to do? If he hires a lawyer, then he is taking care of his responsibility. It's costing him out of his pocket.

And you are always devil advocate on here, and say something about people taking the law into their own hands, but then make this remark....

Is is that time of the month? Like you've never made mistakes?

 

Sure. Made mistakes and paid for them and, more importantly, learned from them.

 

:iagree: Clif, it must be tough being perfect all the time. 8) And no, I am not advocating speeding or any other law breakage, I am just saying, everybody makes mistakes, you don't have to beat people over the head all the time.