Rushman

Yeah right Like you would actually say that.

It's more like..."Goodmorning Wing Commander" from British cops...I do miss that sarcasm though, the cops here are like robots.

Rushman

Sure. **** off you ******* ****

Rushman

I seem to be having abit of trouble with the speed limits here. In all my years in the UK and Europe never once got a speeding ticket, in 18 months in Nazi New York I have had 8 points on my licence and about $1,000 in fines. I got stopped ambushed the other night doing 86 in a 55 but had the best State Trooper in the world....he gave me a ticket for having clear plastic covers over my licence plates instead of doing me for the speeding which would've resulted in a ban and about $500 worth of fines and penalties. I always have the "Yes Sir yes Sir three bags full Sir" approach and it has always paid off until I came stateside. If you get pulled you ARE going to get a ticket in Upstate NY.

I have since parked up the car for the winter.....bloody thing is a "Licence loser".

tonrob

Was waiting for that!

BritGuyTN

I know. I was in a huge rush to get to a meeting 150 miles away so I wasn't really paying attention to waiting troopers...

He really was a tit. I got stopped/no cititaion be a trooper in nevada who told me nicely - 'have a better day'

I don't appreciate being shouted at in the manner of a drill sargeant..

BritGuyTN

same here. its quite funny when i go back to the Uk and drive.

Last time I was over I was driving up the A1 to aylesbury (nice stretch of clear road) and this chap in a 7 series came bombing up behind me, i was like 'crikey, better get out of his way.... what a nutter'

then I looked at my own speedo, realised I was doing 78 and the other guy maybe 95 and then realised that living in the USA had turned me into a speeding tart...

Oh well, I'll just wait for next years autocross season...

Dogbyte

Whilst awaiting the wife's GC etc I have been doing a part time driving job, chauffer type jobs around the country but even I have had enough,speed cameras,mobile cameras everywhere.For stupid speeds I agree with them but theres no tolerence with them.They are changing speed limits every week that have been in force for years suddenly one week it was 50 now its 30 with a camera.Too many close shaves even for me.A friend who lives in Jupiter FL told me he got a ticket couple of months ago trying out his CTS, 85 in a 40 limit,He didnt see any S.T but it turn out to be a chopper with camera.He got off with 8 hrs in a classroom and a smallish fine.Good, being an ex Brit traffic cop aswell, hehe

Dogbyte

I know that, its a technical term,I sure I didnt know what he meant, but it was said with some feeling !!

Dogbyte

On this theme does the speeding ticket and points effect your insurance in any way in the USA when you renew each 6 months

AdobePinon

Yes. Sometimes it takes a while to reach the DMV from the court, and maybe even longer before the insurance company does its routine check. But it will catch up to you. You are usually best off contesting speeding tickets in court - for example I got my six points replaced with traffic school and the ticket dismissed by paying a 'calming fee'.

Rushman

Yeah, the send me a jar of Vaseline along with the reminder in the post.

BritGuyTN

Unfortunately for me the general sessions court for the county I was caught in is 30 miles away, and with my hearing on a wednesday morning with a broken ankle I was unable to attend, so no chance of traffic school.

Jerseygirl

Oh please....do you ever read any of the posts on this forum? I'm not the first to use the term 'Nazi' and I won't be the last. FYI it's been used since you posted this comment.

Mun

Good job! I bought a car here in FL a couple of months ago, and found that car salesmen here are a lot more forceful than those in the UK. Despite telling the dude we had a $12k budget, this idiot tried to sell us a car for $14.5k, and even then, he kept trying to get our details to do a credit check first!

Even after yelling at him and driving off, he still had the audacity to keep calling every couple of days and leaving voicemails asking us to go back and view their updated inventory. At least he eventually got the hint, though it took him two whole weeks...

M.

tonrob

When I was at school kids would use that term when referring to Germans, and it didn't make a lot of sense then. Just wouldn't have expected this from adults. It's not just offensive, it's a bit silly really. Anyway, I'm not going to bang on about it, I wasn't that upset - just a teensy weensy little bit. It's probably the first time I've actually spoken out about something on this forum!