OT:Speeding ticket in another state= "points"??, Wife got busted in TX.... Options

[Mueller]

So we made the 2250 miles from California to Louisiana with no problems last weekend (40 hours worth of driving)......I drove most of the way, but would let the wife drive when I needed a nap...a few times I'd mention to her that she better slow down (posted nighttime limit is 65 in TX)(80mph is her favorite number it seems)....she often complains that I only go a few MPH over the limit...well, we are driving a bright red car with CA plates (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

We handle our business in Louisiana and head on back to California....finally at about 11pm on Sat, near Fort Stockton, I am woken up from my nap with my wife mumbling "damn, i think I'm getting a ticket"....

Cop asks "what's the hurry", wife just says she's kinda daydreaming (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

So, the ticket will be about $140 or so I think (forget the excact amount right now)

Needless to say, my wife did slow down and mostly obey the speedlimit...I'm kinda glad she got pulled over, she hardley ever listens to me when it comes to things like this...luckly, it was just a ticket and that we didn't hit any of the deer we see eating on the side of the road....they have the speed limit for reason and on that section of highway, it's much more safer to travel at the posted 65 due to all the deer....

[tat2dphreak]

QUOTE (anthony @ Jul 24 2005, 07:02 PM)

Maybe this jurisdiction will allow online traffic school. I did this for my last ticket and it only took a few hours of my time. A friend just got a ticket in Oregon and they reported it to CA. Do whatever you can do to keep points off your record. You may not get surcharged for the first point on your record but if you get another ticket or have an accident then you have 2 or 3 points on your record and will be screwed with higher premiums for 3 years. Better not to let the first point get on your record in the first place.

TX does allow online traffic school also... a good option, generally a little cheaper too, insurance won't find out


the deferred judication is just paying the ticket, +"probation" where as long as you don't get antoher ticket in 6 months it will never show up on a record... ask me how I know... insurance won't find out


70/65(night) is standard all across TX, I wouldn't call it a speed trap.... to me a speed trap is where it's 70mph and as you top a blind hill it drops to 55... that happens all over TX but that doesn't sound like what happened here..

believe it or not, a lot of west TX cops are VERY lenient... I was cruising back to Lubbock and met a cop, he flashed his lights, but didn't pull me over, so I slowed down... I didn't realize I was doing 95 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) I slowed down and set the cruise control...

I also got several warnings for speeding... YMMV