gramsay said:
Well, Im in my 3rd week of ownership of my first M5.
How soon after your purchase of the M5 did you get your first speeding ticket ??
So far no tickets and no plans to get any.
Peace,
GR
Oh well, guess I spoke to soon and jinxed myself.
In my fourth week just got 1st ticket in M5.
Pretty cheesy one too.
Havent had a ticket in about 10 years.
Midday I was cruising south on the Florida turnpike on Saturday leaving West Palm Beach on the way to South Miami. Traffic was light and I was just cruising. I was overtaking cars and driving in the far right lane and didnt think I was speeding. As I approached Boca Raton exit I slowed down to 70mph knowing that troopers love to hang out and bust people there. I was still in the far right lane and a car past me in the far left. Then he hit the brakes, then I saw a trooper in the median. I slowed down to 60 and maintained speed. The trooper did not budge. Then soon after I saw 4 more trooper cars on the right side with at least 2 cars pulled over. I said "whew" Im glad I was going under speed limit (65mph). I passed the 5 troopers and maintained low 60s speed in the far right lane, thinking I was in the clear :cool2: .....................
Well I guess not .......................
Then all of a sudden I see flashing blue lights behind me. Im like what the ???.
So I pull over, sit, wait.
Trooper approaches on the right side and says ....
"Buddy, know how fast you were going ??"
I reply "60mph".
He smirks, then pauses, then says "wrong", "you were doing 88mph".
We had a "bird in the sky, clocking you at 88mph".
I thought to myself .... "bird ????" , then paused and realized he meant .. PLANE.
I thought "****", I must have been doing 88mph earlier when I was passing cars, but that was minutes before I approached Boca.
I had no more reply for the trooper and just sat and waited after giving him my license, registration and insurance. Luckily all the documents were in order and legit, however I did have California plates (still valid until 5/2006) on the M5 from my old car. I thought thats why he pulled me over (the plates) as speeding never crossed my mind.
So the ticket is $205 and he says if I go to traffic school its 18% discount off speeding fine and no points and no ill-effects for insurance.
I guess I have no choice and will have to get a good book/magazines while I attend traffic school.
In the past (as a youngster) I was able to beat speeding tickets by stating that the officers radar gun was out of calibration and therefore the stated speed was wrong. Won three cases, that way, since officer must appear with radar calibration book/records, which most dont.
Well in this case .... PLANE radar .... out of my league.
Im sunk !
Peace,
GR