10 Ways to Avoid Speeding Tickets

Mr. Christopher from DriveItOffTheLot.com with another helpful report. AOL Autos released an article that gave some useful advice as to how to avoid a speeding ticket. Here are their tips.

1) Drive within 5-10 miles of surrounding traffic.
In other words, blend in. If there are 8 cars all going faster than the speed limit, the officer is going to pull over the one that is going noticeably faster than everybody else. It’s not a race. Stay blended.

2) Monkey in the Middle
If you’re out in front, you’re the one the officer can tag for speeding. If you’re in the back, you can get snagged from behind. Stay sandwiched in the middle and you’ve greatly reduced your risk of being pulled over.

3) Follow the Leader (about 100 yards back)
Most drivers that you see driving like they have a pregnant woman about to give birth in the backseat have radar detectors (or a pregnant woman in the backseat). If you see a pack of cars or a driver that’s going the speed you’d like to go, get behind them and follow discreetly about 50 to 100 yards back. If he brakes suddenly, either a radar has tripped his detector or there’s something obstructing the road. Assume that the detector was tripped and proceed to blend.

4) Don’t Act Sporadic
Driving aggressively, switching lanes frequently, and tailgating is a one way ticket to a… um, ticket. Not only do you increase your visibility, but your risk of being in an accident. You may be in a rush, but multiple studies have shown that in over 90% of the cases, the arrival time of 2 drivers (one driving fast and erratically during traffic and one obeying the rules of the road) usually have an arrival time of less than 3 minutes difference. And if you’re in an accident or getting a ticket, those 3 minutes are miniscule.

5) Life in the Slow Lane
Avoid the fast lane and only use it to pass a slower vehicle. An officer coming the opposite way can still clock your speed and either turn around to nab you or call back to a waiting officer. Officers will typically focus on the fast lane since this is the prime location that most speeders go in excess of 15-20 miles over the limit.

6) Keep under 5 miles an hour over the limit
If you simply can’t drive 55, keep it under 5 miles over the speed limit. Anything above 5 miles over the limit is next to impossible to beat in traffic court. If you must speed, keep it around 4 or 5 over MAX. The sweet spot is 3 to 4 over and most cops won’t even waste their time. They’re looking for someone who really stands out. Also consider that anything faster is also wasting gas in a major way.

7) Don’t be a Lonely Speeder
If you’re the only car on the road late at night, stay within that 5 mph over the limit window. If they are out and about clocking speeders, that is one quick way to get a ticket because they have no one to look at but you. Late at night is even worse because cops are most likely out to catch drunk drivers and will pull over even the minimalist speeder in order to see if you’ve been drinking. And be sure to stick to the speed limit as best as possible in small towns, because small towns are synonymous with speed traps.

8) Radar Love
If you just can’t help yourself, a good radar will run about $250-$300, but it’s way less than the cost of higher insurance premiums and the cost of the ticket itself, so if you’re just incurable of the lead foot disease, get one.

9) Keep a Low Profile
If the cop has got a choice at pulling over the guy in the green Toyota minivan and the guy in the cherry red Ford Mustang with neon light foot runners, who do you think is going to have the honors of talking with the officer?

10) You Lookin’ at Me?
Nothing says “I am aching for a ticket” than doing more than one of the above looking like and then being rude or belligerent. Don’t look like you just crawled out from under a bridge and certainly don’t be short with the officer if you do get pulled over. Nothing will get his hand writing that ticket quicker than being ugly to him if and when you get pulled over.

Follow these rules, and you’ll have a great chance at not getting pulled over and ticketed for speeding. If you need a new ride, head over to Drive It Off The Lot to see the absolute best deals on cars and trucks being auctioned right now! We scoured the country for awesome deals on cheap cars and cheap trucks posted them online for you to see. Enjoy.

Know Someone Who Needs to See This Article? Bookmark it!
BlinkList, del.icio.us, Digg, Furl, Google, ma.gnolia, Netscape, Newsvine, reddit, Simpy, Spurl, Squidoo