busted by austin cops

Limited Slip · 08-28-2002, 01:08 AM

got laser'ed doing 90 in 65 on i35

since its 25mph.... can i still take defensive driving?

what would you recommend as the best course of action? my first priotity is clearing it off my records

zbillster · 08-28-2002, 03:05 AM

I think more than 20 over the limit makes you ineligible.

If you are eligible, DON'T take the online def. driving (tried it once ... got my money back after an hour of feeling like a monkey wired in a space capsule) or the take-home video one ... they take much longer and you actually have to pay ATTENTION. Take one with a free dinner at Grandy's or such and sleep or doodle in the back of the class.

I got nailed near El Paso for 10 over (really 20), paid it no contest thinking not much would happen and my insurance went up 200 a year!

Mike sr20de · 08-28-2002, 10:07 AM

Hey Tony,
are we going to see you on "Cops"?!!:p

TX180SX · 08-28-2002, 10:42 AM

You should be able to take it. If not ask to speak with a judge and ask him. Tell him some bs story and let him know that you will never do it again. Then proceed to do a tire shredding burnout right in the parkinglot.

pdr · 08-28-2002, 12:46 PM

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Originally posted by zbillster

If you are eligible, DON'T take the online def. driving (tried it once ... got my money back after an hour of feeling like a monkey wired in a space capsule) or the take-home video one ... they take much longer and you actually have to pay ATTENTION. Take one with a free dinner at Grandy's or such and sleep or doodle in the back of the class.

What are you talking about? I took www.defensivedriver.com and it was easier than any other class I've been to (done the class twice). You can take the course over a period of time at your leisure, and if you fail the test at the end you just keep taking it until you pass it.

You have a certain amount of time per section..say 20 minutes. I would just scroll through the entire section to the very end and it would tell me to go back and review. So I'd just go browsing the net or do work and make sure to click on the site every now and then so it wouldn't log you out for being idle. I did the entire program while at work over the course of 3 or 4 days. The thing is such a joke.

PlanoSER · 08-28-2002, 07:14 PM

i had a ticket for 65 in a 40 here in Plano and they wouldnt let me take defensive driving because its 25 over. Anything UNDER 25mph and they let u take it. So I had to do the deferred adjudication instead which is the easiest way out of a ticket as long as u dont get any tickets within ur deferred period (90 days).

Limited Slip · 09-06-2002, 12:35 AM

ugh the rule here is 25 OR MORE.... so i was just barely off the cut-off mark >:O

so i signed up for a court date to plea with the guy at pretrial for defensive driving