Got a ticket yesterday morning on my bike. 64 in a 55 what a bitttch. $80.
Female sherriff cut no breaks. Tried to keep it around 60 but i guess i caught a gust of wind. It was kinda cold a somewhat windy.
Anyway does anyone know the procedure for maybe getting the points dropped ? I will reluctantly pay the fine.
On the citation it has three options:
1. pay the fine.
2. request waifer hearing.
3.request trial date.
I'm guessing #2.
Does Calvert offer Community service in lieu of points and maybe fine?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
:whistle:

Got a ticket yesterday morning on my bike. 64 in a 55 what a bitttch. $80.
Female sherriff cut no breaks. Tried to keep it around 60 but i guess i caught a gust of wind. It was kinda cold a somewhat windy.
Anyway does anyone know the procedure for maybe getting the points dropped ? I will reluctantly pay the fine.
On the citation it has three options:
1. pay the fine.
2. request waifer hearing.
3.request trial date.
I'm guessing #2.
Does Calvert offer Community service in lieu of points and maybe fine?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
:whistle:

Oh please. Suck it up, accept that you screwed up, stop trying to pass blame and make it someone elses' issue, and pay your fine.

Got a ticket yesterday morning on my bike. 64 in a 55 what a bitttch. $80.
Female sherriff cut no breaks.

How fast were you going?

JMHO but If i were you i would request a trial date, there is always the slightest chance the officer might not appear, if the officer does not appear the charges are dismissed. Also if you have a clean drivers record there is a chance the judge may levy the fine and drop the points. I do believe Calvert does offer community service in lieu of points but that would depend on your previous driving record and is up to the judge.

JMHO but If i were you i would request a trial date, there is always the slightest chance the officer might not appear, if the officer does not appear the charges are dismissed. Also if you have a clean drivers record there is a chance the judge may levy the fine and drop the points. I do believe Calvert does offer community service in lieu of points but that would depend on your previous driving record and is up to the judge.

Clean record for 25yrs. CDL class B w/hazmat. Travelling I am 95 sure between 60-65 as I always do, so technically speeding, this is why I will pay the fine, But the points hurt my CDL and chances of employment. And also since I am trying to pass it on someone else, does everyone drive 55?

Clean record for 25yrs. CDL class B w/hazmat. Travelling I am 95 sure between 60-65 as I always do, so technically speeding, this is why I will pay the fine, But the points hurt my CDL and chances of employment. And also since I am trying to pass it on someone else, does everyone drive 55?

Sammy can't.

Oh please. Suck it up, accept that you screwed up, stop trying to pass blame and make it someone elses' issue, and pay your fine.

Thanks for the help GWGay. Always appreciated from mid level management which no one at work likes.

Got a ticket yesterday morning on my bike. 64 in a 55 what a bitttch. $80.
Female sherriff cut no breaks. Tried to keep it around 60 but i guess i caught a gust of wind. It was kinda cold a somewhat windy.
Anyway does anyone know the procedure for maybe getting the points dropped ? I will reluctantly pay the fine.
On the citation it has three options:
1. pay the fine.
2. request waifer hearing.
3.request trial date.
I'm guessing #2.
Does Calvert offer Community service in lieu of points and maybe fine?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
:whistle:

Call Cal states atty and ask, I was hearing them on the scanner yesterday morning and they were busting everyone, I work mid-shift this week and was hoping I could get through without seeing them, never heard where they were

Call Cal states atty and ask, I was hearing them on the scanner yesterday morning and they were busting everyone, I work mid-shift this week and was hoping I could get through without seeing them, never heard where they were

RTE 4 Btween nuclear plant and St. Leonard Rd. on the shoulder

RTE 4 Btween nuclear plant and St. Leonard Rd. on the shoulder

Route 4 is known as the local raceway. Cops know it. Therefore, they monitor it carefully. Judges know the reputation of the area too. Therefore, they have cut hardly any breaks. With that said, good luck.

They are clamping down all over Calvert, a lady i work with just got a ticket for 42 in a 35 by a Md. State Trooper. She said she had not gotten a ticket in the last 20 years.

Route 4 is known as the local raceway. Cops know it. Therefore, they monitor it carefully. Judges know the reputation of the area too. Therefore, they have cut hardly any breaks. With that said, good luck.

They are clamping down all over Calvert, a lady i work with just got a ticket for 42 in a 35 by a Md. State Trooper. She said she had not gotten a ticket in the last 20 years.

This is a good thing... hardly a day goes by that the local news doesn't contain at least one, but more often many headlines of collisions along route 4.

They are clamping down all over Calvert, a lady i work with just got a ticket for 42 in a 35 by a Md. State Trooper. She said she had not gotten a ticket in the last 20 years.

As they should, All over the state. Too many people think they can "travel the speed I deem safe" with no regard to the laws and then ##### and complain about the ones who do obey.

Oh please. Suck it up, accept that you screwed up, stop trying to pass blame and make it someone elses' issue, and pay your fine.

Have yo no decency, sir??? That is NOT the American way.

They should be giving tickets to the people going the speed limit.
Those people hold up traffic and cause people to be late, if you normally drive 5 over and get behind some ass doing exactly the posted limit, you then have to take a risk by passing them when you can, then you have to go at least 10 over for a certain distance to make up the time lost.
The other problem I see is with the police sitting on the shoulder, this could cause a serious accident too, the shoulder was not designed for parking on, it was designed as an IOV lane (Important Occupancy Vehicle) to use as a travel lane when the other lanes are backed up. Somebody more important than the rest of us could come flying up and have to either hit the person waiting in the line of traffic, rear end the officers or ditch their car to avoid the two.

its not the speed that causes the accidents, its the differential of speed. It would be much safer for everyone to drive 100mph in the 55mph zone than for some to drive 55 while others drive 65.

Have yo no decency, sir??? That is NOT the American way.

None at all. I am a terrible middle-management blue collar worker that no one likes.

Or so I've been told.

They should be giving tickets to the people going the speed limit.
Those people hold up traffic and cause people to be late, if you normally drive 5 over and get behind some ass doing exactly the posted limit, you then have to take a risk by passing them when you can, then you have to go at least 10 over for a certain distance to make up the time lost.
The other problem I see is with the police sitting on the shoulder, this could cause a serious accident too, the shoulder was not designed for parking on, it was designed as an IOV lane (Important Occupancy Vehicle) to use as a travel lane when the other lanes are backed up. Somebody more important than the rest of us could come flying up and have to either hit the person waiting in the line of traffic, rear end the officers or ditch their car to avoid the two.

its not the speed that causes the accidents, its the differential of speed. It would be much safer for everyone to drive 100mph in the 55mph zone than for some to drive 55 while others drive 65.


WHAT AN A$$.....You are exactly the problem.. If everyone drove the speed limit there would not be a problem !

None at all. I am a terrible middle-management blue collar worker that no one likes.

Or so I've been told.

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WHAT AN A$$.....You are exactly the problem.. If everyone drove the speed limit there would not be a problem !

Can we get a BIG WHOOSH here?

:whoosh:


:lol:

Can we get a BIG WHOOSH here?

:whoosh:


:lol:

Cut him slack, maybe he has never followed any of those threads enough to get my post.

WHAT AN A$$.....You are exactly the problem.. If everyone drove the speed limit there would not be a problem !

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As they should, All over the state. Too many people think they can "travel the speed I deem safe" with no regard to the laws and then ##### and complain about the ones who do obey.

Rt 4 is kind of like all the colleges getting hammered in the NCAA lately. If everyone is getting in trouble, maybe it's not the players and coaches that are bad, maybe its a result of idiotic rules. Maybe our all-knowing leaders should raise the speed limit to 65, which everyone knows is what the limit on Rt 4 should be.

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Wonder if that video was for real?

I'm going to just assume (there's that word) that it is and say, F-ing awesome.

but, it could have been much better if all the sheep would have maintained the same speed.

Rt 4 is kind of like all the colleges getting hammered in the NCAA lately. If everyone is getting in trouble, maybe it's not the players and coaches that are bad, maybe its a result of idiotic rules. Maybe our all-knowing leaders should raise the speed limit to 65, which everyone knows is what the limit on Rt 4 should be.

so, you are saying that if they raise the limit to 65, nobody will ever speed again?
what if they raise it to 65 then people start driving 75, should they raise it again?

Wonder if that video was for real?

I'm going to just assume (there's that word) that it is and say, F-ing awesome.

but, it could have been much better if all the sheep would have maintained the same speed.

Of course it is for real. And don't pretend you don't know anything about sheep. :lol:

Of course it is for real. And don't pretend you don't know anything about sheep. :lol:

well, I never lit mine up like that, don't really want them to be that noticeable at night if you know what I mean.

so, you are saying that if they raise the limit to 65, nobody will ever speed again?
what if they raise it to 65 then people start driving 75, should they raise it again?

Where did I say anything like that? Please don't put words in my mouth.

I am saying that if the limit was raised to 65, the overall flow of traffic would increase because of the decrease in differential speed, which is what the real problem is (slow and fast people on the same road).

Would every person now stick to 65, of course not. But at least history has shown that the differential speed would be reduced.

well, I never lit mine up like that, don't really want them to be that noticeable at night if you know what I mean.

Point taken.

It seems in New Zealand, one is permitted, in fact encouraged, to publicly, and in groups, play with the sheep at night.

I am trying to imagine women that off putting.

Where did I say anything like that? Please don't put words in my mouth.

I am saying that if the limit was raised to 65, the overall flow of traffic would increase because of the decrease in differential speed, which is what the real problem is (slow and fast people on the same road).

Would every person now stick to 65, of course not. But at least history has shown that the differential speed would be reduced.

You know, In just the last 4 years I have crossed country 3 times on vacations, and one thing I noticed is that people drive 10 to 15 over the speed limit on most roads.
If the limit is 65 you can bet that some are going to travel at 75 to 80, when the speed goes up to 75 those same people will up their speed accordingly.
Based on observation I can pretty much tell you that if people are doing 65 in a 55 and you raise the limit to 65, then those that did the speed limit before will step up to 65, and those that sped before will step up to 75. the differential wont change, only the amount of damage when the accident occurs will change.

I might agree with raising the limit on some roads to meet what seems to be general speed, but only if fines were seriously increased for those caught speeding after the limit was raised.

Got a ticket yesterday morning on my bike. 64 in a 55 what a bitttch. $80.
Female sherriff cut no breaks. Tried to keep it around 60 but i guess i caught a gust of wind. It was kinda cold a somewhat windy.
Anyway does anyone know the procedure for maybe getting the points dropped ? I will reluctantly pay the fine.
On the citation it has three options:
1. pay the fine.
2. request waifer hearing.
3.request trial date.
I'm guessing #2.
Does Calvert offer Community service in lieu of points and maybe fine?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
:whistle:

64 in a 55? I'd be ashamed to admit that on the forums.

Point taken.

It seems in New Zealand, one is permitted, in fact encouraged, to publicly, and in groups, play with the sheep at night.

I am trying to imagine women that off putting.

I have to use great caution when speaking of sheep.
the last time I engaged in such conversation I ended up losing posting privilege for a few days and this still shows in my user CP

2-14-2008
11:42 AM Expired 5 Knock it off - you're not funny

So as you can see, it could be of great benefit not to go into any greater detail than I already have.. I might have gone too far this time.. we will see.

Where did I say anything like that? Please don't put words in my mouth.

I am saying that if the limit was raised to 65, the overall flow of traffic would increase because of the decrease in differential speed, which is what the real problem is (slow and fast people on the same road).

Would every person now stick to 65, of course not. But at least history has shown that the differential speed would be reduced.

Not so sure about that. There are many who feel 55 is just fine and won't go 65 just because the limit was raised. Now you have an even greater disparity between fast and slow and reduced time to react due to the higher speed of only some.

Most major highways with long straight stretches of clear road are only 65 mph. Rt 4 is a narrow, winding road with lots of blind turns, intersections, lights, and local traffic. 65 is too fast for most portions of that road.

They are clamping down all over Calvert,



well the state is BROKE ....

.... Owe'Mally is trying to make up that budget shortfall


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How fast were you going?

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How fast were you really going?

You know, In just the last 4 years I have crossed country 3 times on vacations, and one thing I noticed is that people drive 10 to 15 over the speed limit on most roads.
If the limit is 65 you can bet that some are going to travel at 75 to 80, when the speed goes up to 75 those same people will up their speed accordingly.
Based on observation I can pretty much tell you that if people are doing 65 in a 55 and you raise the limit to 65, then those that did the speed limit before will step up to 65, and those that sped before will step up to 75. the differential wont change, only the amount of damage when the accident occurs will change.

I might agree with raising the limit on some roads to meet what seems to be general speed, but only if fines were seriously increased for those caught speeding after the limit was raised.



Where you see a speed increase on a roadway after a change in the limit indicates that the limit was set artificially low, generally speaking. Speed limits are supposed to be set, barring other factors like a lot of driveways, to what the 85th percentile drives.

So, if %85 of the drivers on a roadway are doing 65 (and quite honestly, I really thing that's where the Rt 4 average is) and you raise it to 75, you wont see to many going over that. But, folks going 65 on Rt 4 are not going 65 because that's where they feel safe, but only because that's where they feel safe from the police giving them a ticket.

And while there are parts of Rt 4 that need to be 45 or 55, most of that roadway outside congested areas like PF and Dunkirk is fine at higher speeds, given attention to the road and any car that's not a pile of crap. visibility is good, and if folks wouldn't enter the roadway at 25mph and take 3 minutes to get up to speed, it would be a lot safer.

Not so sure about that. There are many who feel 55 is just fine and won't go 65 just because the limit was raised. Now you have an even greater disparity between fast and slow and reduced time to react due to the higher speed of only some.

Most major highways with long straight stretches of clear road are only 65 mph. Rt 4 is a narrow, winding road with lots of blind turns, intersections, lights, and local traffic. 65 is too fast for most portions of that road.

That's because Maryland wont raise them, not for any reason related to safety.

The last ticket that I got, I went to court and the cop did not show up. There were 5 of us that all had tickets from the same cop. Charges were dismissed for all of us, but it did take a couple hours out of my day. So, if you can make it to court, it is worth your time, even if the cop does show up, the judge can impose a lesser fine or no points.

Go to the court and speak with someone at the DA's office.

Asked if they will remove the tickets for some volunteer work.



And if you do go to court and have a good driving record. Ask for PBJ in lieu of the points and take some community service.