Well Folks,

The laws are ever changing, and evolving to slow us down, which I have to say. Works.

Two years ago I got a speeder in Chicago in my 2010 C63 (back then) doing 118 in a 55 on Lidar at the 90/94 fork towards o'hare airport by a state trooper. I was attempting to get on to the other highway and an SRT car decided to speed up and not let me by so I naturally and egotistically hit the gas to get on the highway leading me home..... Needless to say, I should have just slowed down and taken my lane.

I hired the best attorneys in town, (those who defended Blagojevich (governor of IL) in the beginning before he went broke, and R Kelly's former attorney) Ed Genson as new the laws call 40+ class B misdemeanor and carries up to 365 days in jail time if convicted.

well yesterday was the last court date, and after taking a plea deal, the judge reversed on some of it and handed my *** to me on a silver platter.

I havent gotten any speeding tickets in the two years since that ticket, but that did not matter too much to him.

I have to check in with social services once a month, and I am banned from leaving the country (which I have appealed) if I am to get ANY traffic violation in this time, he says he will put me in the lock up, for a good 364 days.

Additionally, any ticket I have ever gotten that was vacated or so called "taken off my record" was nicely available for him to see, since 1996, and well..... that didn't work out so well either. You cant bring those cases up in Felony cases but in Misdemeanors, you can. Funny how the law works.

And Crazy! Sad how 10 seconds of lead footing cost me thousands in attorney fees, and a hair away from the worst possible scenario. My attorneys were flabbergasted, said first time in 7 years they have seen a judge not agree with a plea deal.

I guess I will be spending lots of time on the track.


-Faraz

 

Well, at least this lesson didn't come at the loss of a life or a limb. We all make poor decisions. Important thing is to learn from them and not repeat.

 

Sorry about the punctuation guys, just in a hurry to get to the office and tell the story.

 

Could be worse. You don' have to worry about picking up soap.

 

Laser jammer $1000.

I got hammered with court appearance ticket when i was younger as well.

If you're going to speed, you should know the laws.

50km/h over the limit is an automatic court appearance, so I keep it under that. Worst case I get a couple hundred fine and some demerits.

You didn't even lose your license? How long are you on probation for?

 

12 months , monthly check in for no violations of any type.

Fine of 300 dollars

Monthly Social Services fee: 50/mo

Requires Court appearance on 9/13/13


I am def getting jammers installed, but I am almost never in Chicago from Sep-May/Jun I head out of town for the winters which is why I am getting an appeal on the appearances.

I am pretty immune in the City of Chicago, just not the highways (Trooper Enforced), one of my biggest clients defends the Chicago Police in civil cases, and I get all sorts of Professional Courtesy within city limits.

-F

 

I am a little worried about insurance implications.....

 

That was a tough deal. Lesson learned.

 

I learn the lesson the hard way too. I got arrested last month for reckless driving by a captain... I was just doing 20 over the limit.. But a young foreign with a nice car didn't look very nice.

 

Sorry to hear the news. In this case "Pay to Play" is an understatement.

Best of luck with the appeal and hit me up ay time you want to hit the track. I live downtown.

You going back to SoCal for the winter?

 

HDaddy:

This year Im just doing South America and South Africa, and a little bit of Asia.

A few weekends in LA, but I'm over LA in a big way.

-F

 

20 mph over the posted limit in most states does constitute reckless driving.

Accusing the officer of profiling is a pretty harsh charge.

 

I am certain almost 95% of people on this forum have reached the MPH's I have.

What would be nice is to someday have a certification or special license to travel at higher speeds and leave the left lanes open to those people. Hopefully, in the future, when I am in diapers I bet. Or I suppose I can just move to germany and get my drive on daily.

No sense in looking for excuses or looking back now. I just wanted people on the board, and esp those in IL to understand its not like it was in 10-12 years ago.

The game has changed.

-F

 

In florida it's 30.

He made up a whole bunch of lie in the arrest report. When he pulled me over, he asked for my ID, when he saw my name, he asked me to step out of the car and put the handcuffs on me and said litterally:

You a$$shole fûcking piece of shït, fücking pu$$y, and then when he searched me he grabbed my ***** like a mother fücker.

So yeah, he profiled me and trust me when I say I wasn't doing anything reckless. I was just accelerating fast trying to listen to the new exhaust note, the day I had my resonator removed. (My arrest is actually the reason why I put it back, was too loud).

I used to drive all the time like a dîck, and many times I would've deserved the ticket for reckless driving, but not this time. I wasn't doing anything really bad. It was an open road, (395 on the way to the beach) and I was doing 70 over 50.... maybe less.

What sucks is that I saw him behind me and thought that he wouldn't care because he was speeding too...

 

wow you guys have to deal with some really strict rules, I'm so glad I life near gemany over there you can speed in a legal and even more importand safely. Last week I traveled about 400 miles in Germany mostly driving 120mph +didn't experience any dangerous situation. germans seem to know how to use their rear mirrors lol ps in Holland it's similair to america if is speed more then 3 times over 20mph I lose my license.

 

I'm jealous. Hope you have a great time!

I was never big into L.A. when I lived out there. Irvine, Laguna * and Newport Beach were just fine for me.

 

Germany has got it right. I am looking for new places in the world to move to in the next 5-10 years, thats one of the places on the list, but Costa Rica came first

-F

 

Wow, that's a tough one to swallow. Anti-speeding laws are just ridiculous nowadays, you get punished more than serious crimes. 20 years ago, I got clocked at 150mph in my 944 Turbo in a 55 zone on the highway all alone. $600 ticket, and a don't do it again was all I got.

 

Dude u were going 118. I wish they never let u drive again

Getting a laser jammer won't make a difference when u zip by them. They can tell what is over the speed limit.

 

That's a bit harsh I think. I am pretty sure at some time or another almost every single person in this forum has gone over 100 on public roads. Its not right or safe but I am sure it happens.

At least no jail time!

 

guilty

 

What are you a cop?

never drive again? Are you serious? You've never gone north of 100+?

If you haven't, you bought that e63 FOR SHOW. I suggest selling it to someone who has *********.

And maybe you should change that quote under where it says "drives" you RIIIITARD.

 

It's funny how 100mph is not safe in North America, but magically, it's safe 1/2 way across the world lol. On top of that, every car made today can easily go 100mph and not restricted in any way. Some of you have bought into the propaganda!

 

personally, I chalk it up to our general society why the speed limit is such. I've already got rear ended twice this year by people who were so distracted that they didnt notice a vehicle in front of them. luckily in both cases the speeds were low and not on a highway. However, if you take the same people and put them in scenarios where they are driving 100mph, the innocent people they hit will probably have a greater chance of not walking out of the accident alive.

 

It's not propaganda, it's a paradigm. Driving is taken much more seriously there and is enforced differently. Not only do I wish that there was an American autobahn, but I wish that all highways were monitored like it is and that all Americans would take it as seriously as we (this small online community) do.