Is this common

[So]

Originally posted by: Otaking

Originally posted by: arcenite
Sh!thead deserved it. Especially if it was in a residential area.

Especially if it was a school zone too. :|

Especially if there were kittens in the street! OMG! :|:|:|

 

[HBalzer]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: allisolm
For the love of God, find a dictionary.

It's reckless, not wreckless
known, not know
throw, not through
they're, not their
you're, not your.

Thank you!!! It just bloody hurts to look at it.

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Edited: 02/02/2005 at 10:19 PM by AnandTech Moderator


The only part of your post i believe is the disclaimer

 

[KeyserSoze]

That is the biggest bunch of BS I've ever heard.

If the details are as you say, and with a clean record, that's crap.




KS

 

[HBalzer]

Man been on what 2 hours and have already made enemies with all the English teachers and females. This site doesn?t seem to take too kindly to newbies.

 

[WiseOldDude]

Like the judge said, he should have known better. Perhaps now he does.

 

[gistech1978]

bet he doesnt do that again.
garners no sympathy from me.

 

[ElMonoDelMar]

My sister got caught doing 60 in a 30 (in a residential area), and all she got was 6 hrs of GD traffic school. This city is a cesspool of debauchery.

 

[Viperoni]

Should have known better... but jail time for 75 in a 55 is retarded.

 

[Doboji]

Unbelievable... thats virginia for ya though... trying to crack down on speeding.

Makes me sick to my stomach.

-Max

 

[AmerDoux]

What were the road and traffic conditions at the time he was ticketed? What circumstances prompted your friend to feel they needed an attorney to represent them for a speeding ticket?

 

[Doboji]

Seriously are you people fckin kidding me... you think someone should go to jail for 8 days for doing 75 in a 55?... WTF are you fckin kidding me? Are you insane? You've never gone 20 above in your life? I"m just sitting here in shock at the " yeah thats what he deserves" comments... what idiots you punks are... seriously go die of cancer or something. Jesus...

 

[Koenigsegg]

Am I the only one absolutely shocked beyond belief that a kid is getting JAIL time for a DRIVING offense?

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: KC5AV
20 over on the Interstate? What else was going on that made it any more 'wreckless'?

in Virginia state law is that 20 over is automatically reckless...

 

Yes, that is excessive.

Judges should all be required to spend a year in jail before they take their seat, in order to understand exactly what they are sending people into.

 

[Reckoner]

Hell on the road I take to work each day I see people going 45-50 with a posted limit of 30 MPH. Gotta pay to play though.

 

[HBalzer]

Originally posted by: AmerDoux
What were the road and traffic conditions at the time he was ticketed? What circumstances prompted your friend to feel they needed an attorney to represent them for a speeding ticket?

Sunny and Clear I wasn't with him but saw the ticket. He took some other friends advice and got a Lawyer. Don?t think she helped much.

 

[AmerDoux]

Originally posted by: Koenigsegg
Am I the only one absolutely shocked beyond belief that a kid is getting JAIL time for a DRIVING offense?

That depends on the circumstances. I am waiting to hear from the OP what the road & traffic conditions were. If his buddie brought in an attorney and did some 'look at what a good boy i am' preparation for the judge, then I suspect there is more to this sotry than what is being told.

 

[AmerDoux]

Originally posted by: HBalzer

Originally posted by: AmerDoux
What were the road and traffic conditions at the time he was ticketed? What circumstances prompted your friend to feel they needed an attorney to represent them for a speeding ticket?

Sunny and Clear I wasn't with him but saw the ticket. He took some other friends advice and got a Lawyer. Don?t think she helped much.

Was he weaving in & out of traffic?

Edit: And did he have any other passengers, particularly a minor, in the car with him at that time?

 

[HBalzer]

If you are familiar with I95 near DC you know if you are doing 75 you?re not passing anyone. However, I wasn?t in the car and can?t verify that but from my experience he is a pretty mellow go with the flow driver. He had his girlfriend in the car she is 20.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

thats ridiculus, but VA is really hardasses when it comes to speeding...i hate driving through that damn state

 

[AmerDoux]

Originally posted by: HBalzer
If you are familiar with I95 near DC you know if you are doing 75 you?re not passing anyone. However, I wasn?t in the car and can?t verify that but from my experience he is a pretty mellow go with the flow driver. He had his girlfriend in the car she is 20.

I thought perhaps there was a reason for the judge being such a harda$$ but it doesn't sound like it.

 

[Goosemaster]

1. his lawyer is an idiot unless otherwise explained.
2. There HAS to be more to this story. I was in court for wreckless (2nd offense) and i got speeding + fine. Mind you, I was going with traffic until the last minute when I was chnging lanes on 495 near 267.
3. 20mph over is automatically reckless in VA. True.
4. It is true that traffic is fast as hell around here. on 66 70mph is illegal and yet normal

In D.C., just yesterday, I saw a cop (DC not SS or other) watch a guy go through a stop sign without even slowing down and he didn't budge There was a lot of pedestrain traffic too


Either way, I still find it VERY hard to go the speed limit. Traffic on 66 and 495 is always so close to 80mph that it would be suicide to go slower than traffic They absolutely rape you if you get caught, but what thye don't acknowledge is that it would be dangerous not to go at those speeds...

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
thats ridiculus, but VA is really hardasses when it comes to speeding...i hate driving through that damn state

I have to drive around here everyday

 

[HBalzer]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
1. his lawyer is an idiot unless otherwise explained.
2. There HAS to be more to this story. I was in court for wreckless (2nd offense) and i got speeding + fine. Mind you, I was going with traffic until the last minute when I was chnging lanes on 495 near 267.
3. 20mph over is automatically reckless in VA. True.
4. It is true that traffic is fast as hell around here. on 66 70mph is illegal and yet normal

In D.C., just yesterday, I saw a cop (DC not SS or other) watch a guy go through a stop sign without even slowing down and he didn't budge There was a lot of pedestrain traffic too


Either way, I still find it VERY hard to go the speed limit. Traffic on 66 and 495 is always so close to 80mph that it would be suicide to go slower than traffic They absolutely rape you if you get caught, but what thye don't acknowledge is that it would be dangerous not to go at those speeds...

Well if you ever go to traffic court and get an attractive blonde women run for your life.

 

[sonz70]

He deserved it, go look at fatalities caused by reckless driving ect. I have no sympahy for these people.