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Old 03-18-2009, 12:16 AM
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Damn!! I got nicked by the police laser gun! The ticket just got sent to me today
along with this picture. $100 ticket for going 134km on a 100km freeway.

No other cars for at least 500 meters and driving felt really great! Oh well, I deserve it.

Nice pic they took, by the way...

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$100 for a blurry photo. Now that's highway robbery!
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Originally Posted by theXman' post='820020' date='Mar 18 2009, 08:42 AM
$100 for a blurry photo. Now that's highway robbery!
I agree - it is a poor photo .... are you sure it was you??

Besides, for that price you should have received 6 wallet photos and an 8x10
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Wish are tickets where that cheap.

At least in WI we don't allow camera radar enforcement or red light cameras.
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Originally Posted by luigi524td' post='820023' date='Mar 18 2009, 07:46 AM
I agree - it is a poor photo .... are you sure it was you??

Besides, for that price you should have received 6 wallet photos and an 8x10


+1...lololol... sorry bout the ticket, next time go faster so they see more of a blur!
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hehehe.. well, life goes on. In reality I was going, how should I say it, "a bit" faster
but by the time I saw the police car about 500 m ahead, there wasn't much to do but jam
on the brakes. Slowed down a lot before the photo was allegedly taken but
it could have been alot more! I think he shot me from 350m since by the last
two hundred meters, I was already around 100 (legal)

RE: pic. The pic was very clear - I took a snapshot of it with my W890i...

I must have jammed on the brakes hard since the picture shows my front
wheels compressing more than the rear......
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Originally Posted by BigMike' post='820064' date='Mar 18 2009, 01:48 PM
hehehe.. well, life goes on. In reality I was going, how should I say it, "a bit" faster
but by the time I saw the police car about 500 m ahead, there wasn't much to do but jam
on the brakes. Slowed down a lot before the photo was allegedly taken but
it could have been alot more! I think he shot me from 350m since by the last
two hundred meters, I was already around 100 (legal)

RE: pic. The pic was very clear - I took a snapshot of it with my W890i...

I must have jammed on the brakes hard since the picture shows my front
wheels compressing more than the rear.....
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Oh.. and I thought you had lowered your car for that stance.

cheers
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your car looks nice ! here in SoCal we don't get photo tickets for speeding, only in some places they have cameras at intersections for people who run red lights...i got one about 5 yrs ago and it was $350 - lesson learned . I dunno how much they are now, but i'm sure Arnold bumped up the fees.
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At least your car looks badass in the cam!
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I love the stance of your car in that pic -- hauling on brakes does help I have similar pics from Germany, but they are in black-and-white. I get all excited about how good my car looks... I guess it eases the pain of the fine


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