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Got a speeding ticket yesterday. 69 in the 55. 4 Lane road so I wasn't exactly being hell on wheels. Things is this, closest vehicle to me was at least a 100 feet ahead. Cars to the right of me, cars right on my bumper. I get chosen as the villian and stopped. I didn't even try to use the " I was just keeping with the traffics movement argument as he probably would have  written me for 70 instead of 69 which is quite a bit cheaper than 20 mph over. Still knicks me for 149 but at least its been a long time since Ive got any citations. Do you feel the big vehicle sticks out as an easy target?

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Probably because you were at the head of the pack. He may have felt stopping you had the most impact to the other drivers. The person ahead of you would have seen the emergency lights, likely slowed down too, but not always.  What color is your vehicle?  Bright colors stand out.  Mine's black, easier to fade away.  And you weren't a villain, he was doing his job.

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I was coming down a hill and the speed limit dropped from 45 to 35.  I hit the 35 at about 40 and a Jeep pulled out behind me, and the cop pulled him over.  So I can't say it is the size.  Hell, I have been pulled over on my motorcycle in traffic. 

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2 hours ago, RonaldA said:

Got a speeding ticket yesterday. 69 in the 55. 4 Lane road so I wasn't exactly being hell on wheels. Things is this, closest vehicle to me was at least a 100 feet ahead. Cars to the right of me, cars right on my bumper. I get chosen as the villian and stopped. I didn't even try to use the " I was just keeping with the traffics movement argument as he probably would have  written me for 70 instead of 69 which is quite a bit cheaper than 20 mph over. Still knicks me for 149 but at least its been a long time since Ive got any citations. Do you feel the big vehicle sticks out as an easy target?

Laser, they hit your license plate, so basically you are the only car he focused on. Maybe you looked like the one who could afford the ticket the most.

 

You could have been driving a Mini Cooper with the same result.

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