My dad commutes about 40-45 minutes each day to work, one way. He's been doing it for about 25 years and has only been stopped about a handful of times. However, today was one of those days.

Got grabbed doing 85 in a 65 = $200 Speeding Ticket. The cop let him off for not having a front liscense plate, no sticker on his plate, and for having the expired inspection in the car instead of the new one that came in the mail last week.

He claims that the car got away from him and he didn't even realize that he was going that fast because the TL does a nice job at blinding you to that fact.

Anyone else feel that when driving the TL, you feel like you are not going as fast as you really are?

Oh well. Hopefully he can get it fixed and avoid the insurance surcharges.

 

I constantly have to watch my speed. I've caught myself going 95 in a 75 zone several times. I've only gotten stopped once. I was on a two lane road in the middle of nowhere. Only one other car in sight, far ahead, coming at me in the opposite lane. It was a cop, who made a U-turn and stopped me. I was doing about 75 in a 60 mph zone. After checking my license and registration the conversation went like this.
"What's your hurry?"
"There isn't any."
"Why were you speeding?"
"I have a new car and it's a beautiful day."
He stared at me, smiled a tiny bit, warned me to slow down and let me off.

 

Its fairly easy to speed in the TL. I came from an integra with horrible gearing for speed...at 80mph i was at 4600rpm (or something crazy like that, its been so long...) one of the most comfortable cars ive been in is the 2003q45. not a huge fan of the car overall but at 100mph you cant hear or feel anything. its impressive.

edit: the first day i had my TL i took it out. cop pulled up behind me, probably saw the dealer plates and just told me over the megaphone that the speed limit was 55, which was very nice of him

 

Is it just me? I've never heard of being pulled over as being "grabbed"

 

^-same here

 

Yeah, I was used to how my Accord "felt" doing 65, but when I looked down at the speed in my TL, the same feel was 85.

 

Yeah, I just got hit yesterday here in Oxford doing 58 in a 35. he wrote me for a 3111 which is failure to yield (no points) instead of a 3362 which is maximum speed limits violation which would be like 4 points. Phew!

 

I was on the meadowbrook going back to school and i looked at my speed and I was going 94 in a 65 and i was like DAMMMMM and dropped down to 70 lol.

I know it was 94 because I have a garmin navi and it records speed.

 

you couldn't just look at the speedometer?

 

the TL certainly draws lower attention to those civics/integras/WRX

i have cop frd who said to me "who the fuck would stop a TL???"

 

$$

 

NY State's finest - when ur doing 85 in a 55 driving a tinted out 04 Silver TL. Am living proof. I need not go into more details.

 

i seriously read the title and thought he got mugged or car-jacked... what a letdown.

 

 

Never heard it called "Grabbed" before.... learned something new

 

I was thinking of something totally different when I saw the title and was wondering how it hadn't gotten locked yet for being NWS.

 

Luck was not on my side last week ... I was on my way to fight a ticket that I received on the Mass Pike which was for $350 .... I get pulled over again on my way to court, this time on 95 (Watertown), for another $200.

I ended up getting the Mass Pike ticket reduced to $100 + another $200 ticket for a total now of $300 ... woohoo .... I saved a freakin' $50. Thank god I don't have a Mass license!!

 

Do you NOT drive a TL? It is soooo easy to speed without even realizing it, especially if there's no/little traffic around...

"Grabbed" must be a wacky Canadian term...

Bad news for your dad, but at least he won't scold you too much if you ever get a ticket in his TL.

I've had my TL for a year, and I've NEVER been pulled over so far. Quite a change from driving an Eclipse.

 

werd

he's from mass...not canada

and i have my TL for 4.5 yrs and only got stopped once coz they thought it's not my car

 

Oops. Confused him with someone else from Canadia. My bad.

 

"Grabbed" is common in law enforcement.

 

Got pulled over with the car full of us 30+ year olds. "License and registration, please." He came back and asked me to step out of the car and meet him behind my car. That surprised me. I assume he was looking to see if I was drunk. He warned me to be careful, gave me my license and told me I could go.
"Why did you pull me over to begin with?"
Cop: "You were doing 54 in a 35."
Me: "really?"
Cop: "That is a nice ride. You probably had no clue how fast you were going. Watch yourself, we patrol this road in particular."

Almost made the stop worth it. Thank goodness we have enough punks driving around that the cops don't hassle us law abiders (with the exception of excessive but not dangerous speed)

 

Got caught doing 90 MPH in a 65 about 2 weeks ago. Had a pretty good track record for spotting speed traps and photo radar, but this guy was behind a huge snow bank. Pulls me over, gives me the ticket for $175, and tells me "I know you have a very nice car sir, but please, keep your speed down." Glad to see that at least he has a good eye for cars. However, he never said how many points were taken off my license, and there wasn't information on the ticket to tell me either.

 

Puh-lease. You're 18, how good/long of a track record could you have?

Don't be cocky. Cops usually let kids under 18 off with warnings. I got off with everything until I hit 19.

 

It must be a Boston term. People say it in this area.

 

Hmm, well considering I have driven everyday since I was 14, and I spend about an hour and a half everyday in my car, I have a fairly decent record (Maybe not as good as your obviously since your a whole 3 years older). Just because im 18 has nothing to do with it. 90 is still 90 no matter who you are, and obivously, I wasnt let off with a warning.

 

i got pull over yesterday when i was doing 109 in a 55 driving. The cop gave a ticket around US$327. Terrible Day....

 

"Grabbed", I was thinking it was going to be some sort of ransom note, calling for help for all acurazine members to unite an come to the rescue.


"WonderTwin powers ACTIVATE, form of .... "

 

Damn lucky he didn't haul you off for reckless. I would consider that a good day, considering.

 

wow your pretty lucky, my friend got pulled over for 73 in a 55 (meadowbrook) .. i would never try to even get past 75 on the meadowbrook .. state toopers are lined up waiting for us lol

 

km/h or mph?

 

I beg to differ, I didn't get let of with a freakin warning , when I was 17 going 90 in a 55. $270, and 5 points... but, went to court and got it reduced to 65mph in a 55, $100 fine and 2 points.

 

If this is MPH you should've been arrested not ticketed. In the fine state of CT you were sure to be concerned over a reckless charge.

 

Good point, I ASSuMEd mph, but likely kph. Of course, double the limit no matter which side of the border is still trouble.

 

I got nailed for doing 52 in a 35 zone a few months back - before I got my TL. Turns out the cop was a patrol officer who was stuck on traffic duty for the day. Wrote me up for 4 over = $20 and no points . Cool guy - he warned me to slow down because "the regular traffic guys are a bunch of dicks and won't cut ya a break on anything." I thanked him - it tool all I had not to laugh when he hit me with that warning.