A8 + Road Trip = Ticket! Radar?

jkaudia8 · 07-12-2004, 07:06 PM

Anybody happen to know the levels of fines for a speeding ticket in California or where I can find the info?

We were driving down to Santa Barbara and my wife decides to go 86 in a 65 and gets snagged! This is pretty easy to do in an A8 after driving for 5 hours, but also sucks!!!

I am going to pick up a radar detector for the way home. Any suggestions on which is the best for the price?

thanks.
JK

Jkay · 07-12-2004, 07:29 PM

The car just /wants/ to go 80+ .. it whispers and beckons to you. It just feels right.

airbil · 07-12-2004, 08:12 PM

ex-a8drifter · 07-12-2004, 08:22 PM

I was in New York on the way down to Poughkeepsie for a wedding when I was nailed for 87 in a 65 on Rte 87 by Coxsackie. NYS Trooper in a camaro was hiding on the right side and lasered me at 87. I do not think that this was a correct reading, but I was in a hurry to get to the wedding and I just pled guilty to get out of there. I ended up paying 385 for speeding and other surcharges. Oh... here's the picture of my car with my new wheels. I just found out how to post them on this forum...pretty stupid that I've been pounding my head over this : - )

A8-fan · 07-12-2004, 08:53 PM

For $385 I would expect I could be doing 95 in a combination construction and school zone with handicapped children crossing the road in front of me while workers are busily paving the new handicapped spots (in which I parked by mistake after being pulled over).

Reminds me of tickets for westerners on the transit roads through East Germany going to West Berlin. The cop would look you and your car over and decide how much he could get out of you. Of course being in East Germany it basically was a function of whether or not you wanted to stay as a "guest" of the East German government and how greedy the bastard was.

Asiparks · 07-12-2004, 08:58 PM

fine people according to income ? i seem to remember a story where some multimiliionaire got snagged in his Ferrari doing like 120 and he got fined like $50,000. I'll have to try and dig that nugget up...

ex-a8drifter · 07-12-2004, 09:07 PM

I would have been actually arrested for reckless endangerment if I hadn't pleaded it down to a speeding ticket and paid it. The judge was telling me that he was being lenient! I was 4.5 hrs away from home and the judge basically gave me the lowdown that if I contested the ticket, he would go all the way to trial with the maximum fines. I just wanted to get out of that town before I was carted to central booking until monday.

Dan McBoost · 07-12-2004, 09:59 PM

Egil A64.2s - S6 · 07-12-2004, 11:27 PM

Two weeks pay!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1759791.stm

Sarge · 07-13-2004, 07:04 AM

07-12-2004, 07:06 PM	#1
jkaudia8 New Member Account #: 68761 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 51	A8 + Road Trip = Ticket! Radar? Anybody happen to know the levels of fines for a speeding ticket in California or where I can find the info? We were driving down to Santa Barbara and my wife decides to go 86 in a 65 and gets snagged! This is pretty easy to do in an A8 after driving for 5 hours, but also sucks!!! I am going to pick up a radar detector for the way home. Any suggestions on which is the best for the price? thanks. JK

07-12-2004, 07:29 PM	#2
Jkay Member Account #: 55364 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,300	You said it. The car just /wants/ to go 80+ .. it whispers and beckons to you. It just feels right. __________________ ------------------------------------- 18" 2006 Soft 5-Spokes - Goodyear F1s - Milltek Exhaust - Clear Sides & Corners

07-12-2004, 08:12 PM	#3
airbil Junior Member Account #: 38883 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,023	V1 is $399, same price as a speeding ticket. __________________ Bill M ~ 95 1/2 S6 Avant 00 A8 95 Q Sport 75 Carrera 97 M3/4/5

07-12-2004, 08:22 PM	#4
ex-a8drifter Member Account #: 77296 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,435	Re: That sucks... I got nailed too on Friday I was in New York on the way down to Poughkeepsie for a wedding when I was nailed for 87 in a 65 on Rte 87 by Coxsackie. NYS Trooper in a camaro was hiding on the right side and lasered me at 87. I do not think that this was a correct reading, but I was in a hurry to get to the wedding and I just pled guilty to get out of there. I ended up paying 385 for speeding and other surcharges. Oh... here's the picture of my car with my new wheels. I just found out how to post them on this forum...pretty stupid that I've been pounding my head over this : - ) __________________ Gone: Now: <a href="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/77296/100_0270t.jpg"> My custom paddle shifter</a> <a href="http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/128171.phtml"> * Washer Fluid Sensor Fix</a> <a href="http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/104786.phtml"> Memory Seat Set Procedure</a> Current Rides: 2005 BMW 525i - 18" Polished Breyton Flame Wheels Past Rides: 02 S2000 New Formula Red/Blk 97 A8Q Pearl/Blk ..201K miles! 98 S70 Teal/Tan here was a rough transition : -) 92 300zx Black/Tan 92 240sx Juniper Grn/Tan 89 Probe GT (first car) White/Red (yuck!)

07-12-2004, 08:53 PM	#5
A8-fan New Member Account #: 61482 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 198	$385 for a ticket? Holy crap!!! For $385 I would expect I could be doing 95 in a combination construction and school zone with handicapped children crossing the road in front of me while workers are busily paving the new handicapped spots (in which I parked by mistake after being pulled over). Reminds me of tickets for westerners on the transit roads through East Germany going to West Berlin. The cop would look you and your car over and decide how much he could get out of you. Of course being in East Germany it basically was a function of whether or not you wanted to stay as a "guest" of the East German government and how greedy the bastard was. __________________ ---------------------------------- 2001 A8L - Sweetest ride ever ... now my wife is driving it :( 1988 M6 - Classic Sharknose, chipped and lowered 2003 Chevy Suburban Assault Cruiser - Just the thing for the Socal beach cities ... 1992 525it - Sold - now my brother's trashing it ---------------------------------- MONKEYPOKER ----------------------------------

07-12-2004, 08:58 PM	#6
Asiparks AudiWorld Member Account #: 75069 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 309	Doesn't sweden fine people according to income ? i seem to remember a story where some multimiliionaire got snagged in his Ferrari doing like 120 and he got fined like $50,000. I'll have to try and dig that nugget up... __________________ 2000 A8 Silver/Black with all the options, many of them working. 2005 A8 Black/Platinum with the cooling massaging seat things Either be a great example or a horrible warning....

07-12-2004, 09:07 PM	#7
ex-a8drifter Member Account #: 77296 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,435	Re: Yeah I know I would have been actually arrested for reckless endangerment if I hadn't pleaded it down to a speeding ticket and paid it. The judge was telling me that he was being lenient! I was 4.5 hrs away from home and the judge basically gave me the lowdown that if I contested the ticket, he would go all the way to trial with the maximum fines. I just wanted to get out of that town before I was carted to central booking until monday. __________________ Gone: Now: <a href="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/77296/100_0270t.jpg"> My custom paddle shifter</a> <a href="http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/128171.phtml"> * Washer Fluid Sensor Fix</a> <a href="http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/104786.phtml"> Memory Seat Set Procedure</a> Current Rides: 2005 BMW 525i - 18" Polished Breyton Flame Wheels Past Rides: 02 S2000 New Formula Red/Blk 97 A8Q Pearl/Blk ..201K miles! 98 S70 Teal/Tan here was a rough transition : -) 92 300zx Black/Tan 92 240sx Juniper Grn/Tan 89 Probe GT (first car) White/Red (yuck!)

07-12-2004, 09:59 PM	#8
Dan McBoost AudiWorld Super User Account #: 60145 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,765	Where are you from, if driving down to poughkeepsie, and passed coxsackie? __________________ ______________________________ Our Photos from Waterfest 15! Sfest 08 Gallery! Our Photos from Waterfest 14 Our Photos from Waterfest 13 ______________________________ Dan Mac AIM: DanMcBoost PS3: OMGHI2UWTFBBQ

07-12-2004, 11:27 PM	#9
Egil A64.2s - S6 AudiWorld Super User Account #: 10170 Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 6,324	Finland - and it was the owner of Nokia ;-) Two weeks pay! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1759791.stm __________________ If it wasn't for computers my life would be so simple

07-13-2004, 07:04 AM	#10
Sarge Senior Member Account #: 5500 Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,805	Popped by a cop in a camaro from Coxsack? LOL! __________________ Current: <a href="http://forums.audiworld.com/allroad/msgs/251057.phtml"> '03 allroad 3.0T, 6M - Autospeed Lemon</a> Past: '00 A6 4.2, '99.5 A6 avant, '91 200q 20v, '90 90q 20v, '86 5ktq

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