O.T. Speeding in Illinois
 

just giving all my IOW friends a heads up. Just saw on the news that they are raising tickets by 40 dollars and are going to start watching more closely on interstates. Also the seat belt ticket is going up too. If you try to fight it in court and lose it will be over 200$. All my Indiana friends have a safe trip to gold crown nationals!

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Also watch work zones, they can double the fines there and some weekends are enforcement weekends, that is when they have to give you a ticket if they pull you over for an infraction.

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For those of us who live in Illinois , we are so close to being illegal to live in this state it is unbelievable! Too much protection, if you know what I mean.:15:

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Don't use your phone in work zones either, they're trying to crack down on that. Some work zones have cameras to catch people on their phones even when cops aren't there.

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see what I mean?

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So do something about it and not on a message board either

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On the other hand it is ok for the law to use his computer while driving --- watch sometime & you can see them looking down at it & driving with one hand.
Imagin what he is doing.

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It is very easy to avoid any problems simply obey the laws.

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Living just West of Vincennes, the only Illinois road that I have consistently seen alot of pullovers on is I-57. However, US-41 between Terre Haute and Evansville.......:18:

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How else is Illinois going to make up a $13 billion budget shortfall??? It will sure take a lot of tickets. Just drive safely and you will have nothing to worry about.

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Originally Posted by SHORTBUS:
On the other hand it is ok for the law to use his computer while driving --- watch sometime & you can see them looking down at it & driving with one hand.
Imagin what he is doing.

When most of their runs and queries are sent by computer and not radio anymore they really don't have much of a choice. Plus the areas where radio usage of no good due to reception/transmission problems.

REH

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Originally Posted by illinisprintfan:
However, US-41 between Terre Haute and Evansville.......:18:

Can you say Mustang GT in Black or Red or White............

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Originally Posted by bojo20:
It is very easy to avoid any problems simply obey the laws.

I am sure you go by the speed limit 100% of the time and never go above.

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Originally Posted by terrehautian:
I am sure you go by the speed limit 100% of the time and never go above.

I usually go 5-7 mph over the limit, and have yet to be pulled over. Granted, I'm sure luck has played a bit of a role, as is the fact that I drive a run of the mill economy car.

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I only go 5 over, though a few weeks ago I was in a convoy heading to New Orleans on a mission trip. The truck I was in (pulling a trailer) was trying to get the driver in fronts attention we needed to stop for some reason. Instead of cell phone, flashed the lights. Driver in front thought we wanted to race and floored it. We tried to get in front, we entered a work zone and the truck had gotten up to 83......and wouldn't you know it, the bright blue lights came on. He was nice and didn't enforce a few things and gave the driver a normal ticket. Amazingly, Illinois speeding tickets are cheaper then New Orleans tickets (once again, I wasn't driving, but in another one of the vehicles and they got us right were it went from 70 to 60 and we were being passed by everyone).

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Originally Posted by Rpracing1:
Can you say Mustang GT in Black or Red or White............

I about $#it when I first saw one of those Mustangs two years ago.:18:

Been up 41 to Terre Haute once. I don't want drive it again. It just seems so easy to get a ticket there and it took a while to drive. I've never been pulled over outside of Missouri and want to keep it that way.

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Bill Think they are checking out **** lol :8:

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I never said I have never been over the speed limit tho I try to really watch myself. But I don't cry about the state {police} enforcing the law.

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"Don't use your phone in work zones either, they're trying to crack down on that. Some work zones have cameras to catch people on their phones even when cops aren't there."

Good.
If I about get rear ended by one more person too busy texting, or talking, to drive, I'm gonna get my ball bat out.

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If you really want to get ***** for getting a ticket,come to California where they can add up to 700 percent to the ticket fine.Got a ticket earlier this year that the fine was 120.00 for the infraction,but by the time they added all their b.s to it the final cost was 455.00. All the states need money so they are going to rip off anyone they can!

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:7: My wife's Uncle was driving through Ohio in the middle of a pack of 7 cars all traveling the same speed. The Ohio cop:11; pulled him over for speeding. Not the others or the last car just him, right in the middle.:10: He now goes to Florida through Indianna. Won't spend a penny in Ohio, or buy anything built in Ohio if he can help it. :26:

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That is what got me about the ticket in New Orleans, any slower and we would have been impedng the flow of traffic and I am sure the people passing us was doing 20 plus miles over hte speed limit. Probably would have been easy one to fight in court had we not been from 800 miles away (side note, the parish where he clocked us at doesn't require speeders to appear in court, the parish where we stopped in does....a matter of feet would have made for an expensive trip for a speeding ticket).

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Originally Posted by Bad Dad 54:
:7: My wife's Uncle was driving through Ohio in the middle of a pack of 7 cars all traveling the same speed. The Ohio cop:11; pulled him over for speeding. Not the others or the last car just him, right in the middle.:10: He now goes to Florida through Indianna. Won't spend a penny in Ohio, or buy anything built in Ohio if he can help it. :26:

Years back, I knew a cop as an aquaintance.Something he told me stuck with me all this time. "When I'm told to write tickets, if I don't like your face,you're getting one". And,along the same lines,has anyone ever tried to fight a ticket in court,especially when you knew you were right? :15:

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In New England AFAIK, the speed limit is never over 65mph. (Andrew may know of higher spots in Maine. :-)) I generally cruise between 75 and 79, and I get passed by many cars. I have gone through radar traps at 79 many times. The fastest traffic that I have encountered anywhere in the country is between Manchester NH and Boston on I93. Of course, I generally only drive East of Illinois and in California.

OTOH, here in Mass., we have many built-in speed traps on lower roads. Mass. does not use those signs that say "Speed limit reduced ahead.", so you'll be cruising in a 55 zone and suddenly there's a sign for 40. I got bagged just beyond one of thse signs in the Western end of the state. Being semi-retired, I took a day off to go fight it and won. However, had I lost, I was told that it would cost me approsimately $500 in addition to the fine! Not having been bagged for many years, I get a good driver discount of about $100 on my insurance. I would have lost that for five years.

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Watched the Terre Haute news this morning and they were telling about how the fines were going to be raised to helped the state out.

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Originally Posted by PAW:
Watched the Terre Haute news this morning and they were telling about how the fines were going to be raised to helped the state out.

With the economy in the tank, they have to generate revenue somehow.:(

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Any state or municipality on targeted weekends (Over the limit, Under Arrest, CLick it or ticket is a cluster F*** . 71-75 thru ohio has a cop at almost every turn around and I've seen accidents and almost accidents due to cops whipping out into traffic. People slamming brakes cause their five over ect. The last one I got like that the guy in front of me slammed the brakes and I was ticketed not for speeding but following too closely. I said the only reason I got close is cause he slammed the brakes. TOUGH SH**!

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I do not defend scofflaws by no means but it's all about the money. Period. I get a kick out of some of these guys that deny that over and over again.

I would advocate mandatory jail time (3 days, no exceptions) and a modest fine for anyone going more than 5 over in a work zone where workers are present. Not for the 3rd offense, not for the 2nd offense, but the the 1st. I've had people say "you can't do that, there isn't enough jail space". My answer to them is, "that wouldn't be a problem because there wouldn't be anyone speeding if they knew they had 3 days in the cooler comin' if they did".

I am an Illini, born, raised and will probably die in Illinois but this is absolutely the most screwed up state in the Union in no small part thanks to us being blessed with Chitcago being within our borders.

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Originally Posted by Bad Dad 54:
:7: My wife's Uncle was driving through Ohio in the middle of a pack of 7 cars all traveling the same speed. The Ohio cop:11; pulled him over for speeding. Not the others or the last car just him, right in the middle.:10: He now goes to Florida through Indianna. Won't spend a penny in Ohio, or buy anything built in Ohio if he can help it. :26:

Now we know why Ohio is in a financial bind. Here all the time we thought it was because of politicians abusing the state budget.:3:

REH

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Any state or municipality on targeted weekends (Over the limit, Under Arrest, CLick it or ticket is a cluster F*** . 71-75 thru ohio has a cop at almost every turn around and I've seen accidents and almost accidents due to cops whipping out into traffic. People slamming brakes cause their five over ect. The last one I got like that the guy in front of me slammed the brakes and I was ticketed not for speeding but following too closely. I said the only reason I got close is cause he slammed the brakes. TOUGH SH**!

Hey Chuck didn't your Dad tell you how to handle those type of situations?

REH