Saturday night my wife and I were going to our favorite Karaoke lounge in Brigantine. There is a high bridge and a long causeway with usually a strong tail wind so it's not difficult to not realize your speed and they mark it down to 45 MPH just at the bottom of the bridge from 55MPH.
Since my car is newer and all these conditions were in effect I wasn't paying attention to my speed, until I saw the unmarked black no lights on cop car in the center median and that's when the trouble started.
It was so dark I couldn't even see him u-turn to follow me, I got up to the corner where I turn and his lights came on so I just pulled over, my wife of course was gently verbal and called me every term in the book relating the the physical anatomy and self satisfying manipulations you can call a person, some I never heard of before (I'll have to try them).
Well to make a long story longer. The Cop of coarse introduced himself and described my offense of being "clocked at 68 MPH in a 45 MPH zone" and ordered me to present my credentials, I keep my drivers license in my trunk since my car had been broken into last year, so he told me to get it, I was in a tight leopard print mini dress which didn't leave anything to the imagination, I was missing my Registration which I paid for but was never sent to me by the dealership (just my luck). He said if you find it wave it out the door and went back to his car.
We looked for a few minuets and I found a temporary Registration which I waved out the door, he came and got it and then spent another 10 minuets writing out the summons, I figured I was TOTALLY screwed for being 23 MPH over, I'll post the punishment for over 30 MPH in NJ.
When he came back he said I issued you 2 summonses, one for no registration but if you find it you may be able to have it dismissed, the other for visual obstruction, I have a handicap Tag for my wife hanging on the mirror. All I could say was Thank you so much for being kind to me, I know I was totally at your mercy, you were kind.
New Jersey Speeding & Motor Vehicle Points
A speeding ticket of 1 to 14 miles over the limit is a 2 point offense. A speeding ticket of 15 to 29 is a 4-point offense. Finally, a speeding ticket of 30 or more over the limit is a 5-point offense.Violations of speeding tickets will result to the awarding of the following fines under the following factors:
Outside the safe corridor or construction zone:
- Exceeding speed limit by 1-9 miles per hour, $85
- Exceeding speed limit by 10-14 miles per hour, $95
- Exceeding speed limit by 15-19 miles per hour, $105
- Exceeding speed limit by 20-24 miles per hour, $200
- Exceeding speed limit by 25-29 miles per hour, $220
- Exceeding speed limit by 30-34 miles per hour, $240
- Exceeding speed limit by 35-39 miles per hour, $260
- Exceeding speed limit by 1-9 miles per hour, $140
- Exceeding speed limit by 10-14 miles per hour, $160
- Exceeding speed limit by 15-19 miles per hour, $180
- Exceeding speed limit by 1-14 miles per hour, two points
- Exceeding speed limit by 15-29 miles per hour, four points
- Exceeding speed limit by 30 miles per hour or more, five points
WHEW
1 comment:
You were lucky to get by with those two minor tickets.
In the 15+ years we have had the place down the shore I have only been there alone 3-4 nights. When I have I have tried to have some clothes with me to go out.
One night I dressed and drove to Georgies in Asbury. I had a few drinks and was on my way home along Memorial when I was pulled over by an Asbury cop who was likely younger than my own kids.
I did not think I was driving that fast but he clocked me for doing 41 in a 30 MPH zone. I was wearing a short coral lace dress with 3.5" pumps and my red wig. I was irate that I was being written up for doing only 11 mph over the limit and I was starting to think about giving the cop a piece of my mind but just sat there and took the ticket. To me 41 MPH is simply NOT speeding.
Since the fine was just over $100 I sent in my check and figured that would be the end of it and my wife, who gets more prickly about my driving than my dressing, would not learn that I was out late at night speeding home from a bar.
A week later we got a letter from a law firm in Asbury that obviously searches the police blotter and was soliciting work to fight my ticket. I dodged that exposure since the envelope was from a law firm and she did not open the mail.
Several months later we received an envelope from Asbury that clearly had a check inside so when the mail came she opened the envelope to see that it was a $5 refund check since I paid too much by getting confused over the surcharges based on when you pay or some other silliness.
I had to come semi clean and tell her I got the ticket doing 41 in a 30. I did not mention how I was dressed at the time or where I was coming from or the time of night that I was stopped.
Like you said "Whew".
Pat
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