The pedagogy of a ticket

[Peninha]

Anyone ever got a ticket? I bet we all at least got one right? What was the lesson learned, follow the rules and you'll be fine, so tickets are effective indeed.

Any comments on this?

 

[Ricardo187]

I've got two tickets up to this day, all for speeding. One in the city, because I was driving 63kmph on a 50kmph road, and another on country road, for driving 110kmph on a 90kmph road. Most of French roads are so easy to speed at though...

 

[bala]

I have a close shave to being booked many times for excessive speeding,driving without a helmet and when the cop takes away my keys,i take out my other set and drive away.
I have been ticketed twice and one of them was for driving without a license..
and the other was speeding...I was hitting the gas hard and clocked 110kmph where the limit was 80Kmph..
I have learnt a lesson.."How to escape" when you are about to be booked..

 

[ic3squid]

I've had a lot of close encounters when speeding, I was going at like 70 on a 65 motorway and then I saw a speed camera sign up ahead but I didn't really acknowledge it. Luckily my friend told me and I immediately slowed down, they really want to crack down on these speeders on the motorways..

 

[Determined2014]

I have gotten two tickets one was a citation for driving 80m per hour instead of 65miles per hour.The officer was good enough to give me a citation which is cheaper than a ticket, the other one was a sound pollution one because my muffler was loud.

 

[ic3squid]

I have gotten two tickets one was a citation for driving 80m per hour instead of 65miles per hour.The officer was good enough to give me a citation which is cheaper than a ticket, the other one was a sound pollution one because my muffler was loud.

Well, those police officers who always let you go off are actually doing more good, I believe that giving a citation will be more of a "warning" than giving a ticket. It may sound weird but it's true...

 

[Vivat]

I haven't gotten one yet, but I'm painfully aware it's impossible to do good forever. I only hope that when I get pulled over, I'll get let off.

Also, to ic3squid - I think that by sympathizing, you are in fact giving a better and more effective warning that way. It probably creates a subconscious association that makes people feel more guilty if they do break the law later.