got a ticket

[johnj92131]

JeepcoMJ:

 

I feel your pain!.

 

I picked up a ticket in October, 2005 - was doing 92 mph in a 70 zone. The CHP officer wrote me up for 88 mph and I went to traffic school to keep the ticket from the insurance company.

 

In April and May of 2006, I picked up two tickets in Wyoming, one at 88 and another at 91 mph. The 88 mph ticket was at the bottom of a long grade, so a bit chicken. Could not talk my way out of that one.

 

Net result a fine of $100 and a fine of $150. California DMV writes me a nasty letter saying I may be judged a bad driver and have my license suspended if I get much more in tickets.

 

April, 2007 - I get a ticket in a small Utah town for diong 50 in a 35 zone. No cars on the road - midnight. Just a small town speed trap. Interesting that I was going exactly 50 mph, not 49, not 51 or some other number. Cost me $107 fine.

 

None of the fines really matters. My inusrance went from $700 a year after two tickets to $1200 a year. And next year will likely go up another 50%.

 

Please know I have been a California driver since 1964 and this is the worst run of luck I have ever had. For what it is worth, all four of these tickets were on good, clear highways and detected by radar.

 

I got my first ticket when I was 17 - that was 42 years ago. Convinced the cop to write me up for 55 in a 45 zone. He said he was doing over 85 to catch me. (Yes, I got off the gas at 80 MPH when I saw him commig up behind me. Doesn't seem that long ago. Cost me a $10 fine. Those were the good old days.

 

Bottom line, we all need to pay close attention to our speed simply because it can cost us lots of money we could put into our cars.! And we know that cities like to nail us for money!. We need to stop making it easy for the cities to nail us.

 

And, by the way, I don't expect your parents to kill you, kick you out of the house or anything that extreme. You may, however have to listen to an ungodly number of "I told you so" comments. Know my kid did when he wrecked two of is mother's cars (I would not let him drive mine) and damaged a third of his mother's cars. According to him - none of the incidents were his fault.

 

The best one was when he ran the car into a parking bumper and bent a wheel. His mom noticed a vibration in the car. Kid claimed mom was nuts, took car to shop and found the problem. Kid told the mechanic that he never felt anything. Mechanic broke out into complete laughter at kids claim.

 

Bottom line is that you need to be more careful. Not what you want to hear, but both of us need to be more careful.

 

Regards,

 

Johnj92131

[Eagle]

yeah, but this is a "show" truck...it won't see any off-road use

That didn't matter when I talked to the collector insurance companies. My plan for the '87 is a full restoration and display in AMC Owner Group shows. I not only have newer daily drivers, I also have other 4x4s for use on the occasional off-road excursion. The insurance people would not talk to me. Period. Didn't even matter if it had antique tags on it.

[pingpong]

Back to Eagle comments,

 

 

I have been trying to get theft insurance for Pong, just cause of the amount of money I have tied up in parts, and my insurance agent is still (15 months) after asking trying to find a policy that covers me, thats still allows me to use Pong for what he is being built for.

[mudrunt]

I have liability on my jeep and the insurance comapany knows what I use it for. Some road driving but mostly offroad. They won't cover anything that happens on the trail but if it gets broke into or someone hits me while I'm driving it is all covered.

[87manche]

apparently I just have a cool insurance agent then.

the Mj is insured with state farm, for more than it's worth blue book (lockers/new axles/lift and such are covered)

and she told me that state farm would cover it, as long as I wasn't competing in anything.

so me taking it to a park and bashing out the windshield on a tree branch=me paying the $50 comp deductible and getting a new windshield.