Whoops

[ifcar]

The cameras go off if you're more than 12 over the limit. I'm generally within 10, but slipped over on this downhill stretch.

Pretty reasonable, though. The University of Maryland parking tickets are nearly twice that.

[2o6]

I'm so glad we don't have speed cameras around my area.

[93JC]

$40.00 for 20 km/h over the limit?! Sheeeeeeee-it, that's nothing.

[3.0L V6]

Getting caught by a machine sucks. There's no sport to it. It's just so....bureaucratic.

Ah, well, I've had worse parking tickets and since you're not getting points and insurance prizes, no harm or foul except for the $40 you're out.

[ifcar]

Getting caught by a machine sucks. There's no sport to it. It's just so....bureaucratic.

Ah, well, I've had worse parking tickets and since you're not getting points and insurance prizes, no harm or foul except for the $40 you're out.

Yeah, not a problem at all. And the Mazda folks were used to it -- they have a whole form letter for journalists who speed in their cars.

[the Teuton]

Iffy just lost his speeding ticket virginity. 

[BENZ BOY15]

the most expensive ticket I have have had is $495 for a red light ticket in SF. they fucked up the paperwork so I didn't have to pay for it.

[Laconian]

Yeah, not a problem at all. And the Mazda folks were used to it -- they have a whole form letter for journalists who speed in their cars.

Hahaha... can you make a PDF of it and share it here?

[ifcar]

Hahaha... can you make a PDF of it and share it here?

It's short, but here's the highlight:

"We in Mazda?s PR department have been tasked with holding media responsible for their actions while driving Mazda press fleet vehicles, as our internal cost to cover these infractions doubled (last year vs. the year before)."

[dazzleman]

There's definitely no sport to getting caught by a machine.

I can't believe iffy finally got nailed for something.  You're taking it better than I expected, iffy.

[ifcar]

There's definitely no sport to getting caught by a machine.

I can't believe iffy finally got nailed for something.  You're taking it better than I expected, iffy.

If there were points, I would be much more concerned. That would be thousands of dollars instead of $40.

[the Teuton]

Iffy buys his bitches thousand-dollar bottles of Cristal every weekend. $40 is nothing.

[Northlands]

$40?? LAME!

I did 10 km over and got nailed for 200 clams.

This one doesn't count, Iffy. 

[dazzleman]

Well, you're a badass Northlands.  Iffy's the sort of guy who breaks out into a sweat over a parking ticket...

[ifcar]

Well, you're a badass Northlands.  Iffy's the sort of guy who breaks out into a sweat over a parking ticket...

Nah, they don't worry me -- I usually get those dismissed. Only paid one.

[dazzleman]

Do you think you'll ever get a real speeder, Iffy?

[MX793]

$40?? LAME!

I did 10 km over and got nailed for 200 clams.

This one doesn't count, Iffy. 

Camera fines are typically pretty low for the same reason they don't carry no points:  there's no way to prove exactly who was driving the car at the time.  They can only target the registered owner of the vehicle.

[ifcar]

Do you think you'll ever get a real speeder, Iffy?

Hope not. The insurance would be killer.

[Northlands]

Camera fines are typically pretty low for the same reason they don't carry no points:  there's no way to prove exactly who was driving the car at the time.  They can only target the registered owner of the vehicle.

The last one I mentioned was a camera fine.    NO points off my license, but some big bucks. Now when I get pulled over... ouch.

[TurboDan]

$40?? LAME!

I did 10 km over and got nailed for 200 clams.

This one doesn't count, Iffy. 

For only 10 km over? I love kilometer speed systems, though. When I was in Ireland this summer I was speeding 140 km/h in a 100 km/h. It felt like I was doing way more than like 30 mph over the limit! Ireland has some awesome highways for speeding, by the way! Wide-open and modern, ZERO traffic enforcement (didn't see one radar trap the whole time I was there) and lane discipline is strictly adhered to. When I would come flying up in the right lane behind someone, they'd immediate move left, although most people just kept left anyway. What a pleasure to drive there!

One of the highways I drove on had literally been opened to motorists the day before I drove it. Nobody was on it at all.

[dazzleman]

That drive sounds like heaven, Dan.

[SVT_Power]

$40?? LAME!

I did 10 km over and got nailed for 200 clams.

This one doesn't count, Iffy. 

What the hell? 10km/h over?

I got a ticket for 15 km/h over (clocked higher, but cop wrote the ticket for that) and it was ~$50 + court fees, to a total sum of $62 I think.

[Madman]

The best way of dealing with speed cameras.......

[Mustangfan2003]

No, all you need to take out a speed camera is to put a rocket launcher on your car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tOI5ZZEQfs

[Tave]

Camera fines are typically pretty low for the same reason they don't carry no points:  there's no way to prove exactly who was driving the car at the time.  They can only target the registered owner of the vehicle.

Untrue. Some of the systems are set up to take the driver's picture as well, and when the ticket is mailed to the registered owner, the owner can identify the driver and have the ticket transferred to him or her.