Got a Reckless Driving - Racing (Virginia) ticket in my Corvette Stingray today. AMA

[NateDieselF4i]

Heading down to skyline with my buddy in his Stingray A8 we were having some spirited driving.

State trooper pulled us both over and gave us reckless driving - racing tickets.

My hope is that he didn't get us with his radar. He mentioned no exact speeds and kept asking me what my excuse was for racing. I told him I wasn't racing and had no excuses.

Cop was coming down other side of highway. Weren't actually racing at this point. Friend was accelerating past me to merge. Could have been way worse. Keeping this to the track from now on - Summit and VIR only hah.

Ticket doesn't have a posted speed. Seems unusual based off my limited research.

Gonna get a lawyer and head down to west bumfuk VA in a month and a half. Wish me luck brahs. Reckless in VA carries 6 months suspended license and up to 2 years with the racing. Luckily have a flawless driving record so hopefully that'll help.

EDIT: should add I have(had) a spotless driving record and +5 positive points which is most possible at least in VA.

Cliffs -
Pulled over for racing. Facing 6mo-2yr suspended license
No speed on ticket just reckless - racing
Getting lawyer
Angus is not peppered

[MizzouCocoa]

GJDM.

Shoulda kept the f4i so you coulda just sped into the distance.

[BorrachoDamor]

As a car brah myself, Repped srs

good luck man

Edit: on r/c

[NateDieselF4i]

GJDM.

Shoulda kept the f4i so you coulda just sped into the distance.

Haha crossed my mind for a split second.

As a car brah myself, Repped srs

good luck man

Edit: on r/c

Thanks Brah. Reps

[Johnb45]

Damn man. Can't imagine how bad that sucks but it seems like he just probably saw to nice cars and wanted to pull you over. Fuarkin goals right there though (cars not the ticket).

[6-SPEED]

Unfortunately the police don't need to have your speed recorded to issue a reckless driving ticket.

[ViagraOverdose]

Damn son, that breaks balls. Stingray reps hnnnnngggg.

Did you for a split second think about running?

If the cop was coming down other side of highway, how could he get you for anything? No speed recorded/ he was not trailing you for a while to watch your moves or get dashcam footage, then what can he base his claims on?

It would be different if he was behind you for a few miles and saw your breaking lanes or something, but it seems he just passed two performance cars and assumed the worst (which was correct lol) but he can't actually prove it.

I think you could beat this in court, the officer was probably counting on you to incriminate yourself by admitting to speeding and then just pay the fine.

Unfortunately the police don't need to have your speed recorded to issue a reckless driving ticket.

My point is they can issue it, but it doesn't mean the charge will stand up it court.

[Nebor]

Isn't Virginia absolutely notorious for traffic laws? I remember reading a story about an automotive journalist having to do time in jail for going 20mph over the limit. You might be fuarked bro.

[MirinMyTraps]

VA is notorious for its traffic laws ^ My brother (trooper) goes into VA and they still try to ticket him lmao. Good luck brah, would love to get into a c7.

[NateDieselF4i]

Damn man. Can't imagine how bad that sucks but it seems like he just probably saw to nice cars and wanted to pull you over. Fuarkin goals right there though (cars not the ticket).

Thanks man. Yeah trooper was not the friendliest fellow.

Unfortunately the police don't need to have your speed recorded to issue a reckless driving ticket.

Damn son, that breaks balls. Stingray reps hnnnnngggg.

Did you for a split second think about running?

If the cop was coming down other side of highway, how could he get you for anything? No speed recorded/ he was not trailing you for a while to watch your moves or get dashcam footage, then what can he base his claims on?

It would be different if he was behind you for a few miles and saw your breaking lanes or something, but it seems he just passed two performance cars and assumed the worst (which was correct lol) but he can't actually prove it.

I think you could beat this in court, the officer was probably counting on you to incriminate yourself by admitting to speeding and then just pay the fine.



My point is they can issue it, but it doesn't mean the charge will stand up it court.

Thought about it a split second. But those days are behind me. And limited to 2 wheels I think haha. Don't know the roads out there well enough anyways.

But this is my thinking as well. I've gotten off in tickets before for not enough evidence - burden of proof is on the state. Hopefully a lawyer can at least knock this down to speeding for me. We shall see.

VA is notorious for its traffic laws ^ My brother (trooper) goes into VA and they still try to ticket him lmao. Good luck brah, would love to get into a c7.

Yeah VA is rough. They screw their own residents worse than anyone too. All reckless carry suspended license and are misdemeanors as of a couple years ago and fines and penalties all raised etc etc.

I usually keep it pretty tame relatively but this Z51 is just too much fun - can't wait for spring for the tracks to open back up.

[lefizzet]

Would never ever live in VA for this reason. You can't even drive 5 over.

[habibtizz]

Time to invest in a radar/laser jammer and a good radar detector. GL with the fight, opie! Rep

[need2grow10]

Way to go Paul.

[NateDieselF4i]

Time to invest in a radar/laser jammer and a good radar detector. GL with the fight, opie! Rep

TFW illegal in VA. More trouble than it's worth here.

[DESERPENTOR]

Heading down to skyline with my buddy in his Stingray A8 we were having some spirited driving.

State trooper pulled us both over and gave us reckless driving - racing tickets.

My hope is that he didn't get us with his radar. He mentioned no exact speeds and kept asking me what my excuse was for racing. I told him I wasn't racing and had no excuses.

Cop was coming down other side of highway. Weren't actually racing at this point. Friend was accelerating past me to merge. Could have been way worse. Keeping this to the track from now on - Summit and VIR only hah.

Ticket doesn't have a posted speed. Seems unusual based off my limited research.

Gonna get a lawyer and head down to west bumfuk VA in a month and a half. Wish me luck brahs. Reckless in VA carries 6 months suspended license and up to 2 years with the racing. Luckily have a flawless driving record so hopefully that'll help.

Cliffs -
Pulled over for racing. Facing 6mo-2yr suspended license
No speed on ticket just reckless - racing
Getting lawyer
Angus is not peppered

Find yourself a Law Firm that's guarantees a complete drop, no points, or reduction.

[higginsworks4me]

I think a bushel of pepper needs to be listed as an option on the build sheet for sports cars.

[ScottTil]

good. youd be a **** if you owned that car and never got a ticket for it
edit: ok I missed the suspended licence part, that would suck

[jmonty]

i'll be in virginia later this month and would be more than happy to look after your car for you.

[Nebor]

i'll be in virginia later this month and would be more than happy to look after your car for you.

inb4 jmonty gets put in the same cell as NateDiesel.

[AndYUKnowThis]

Damn mane. Damn. Speed limits are retarded srs.

[anonymous]

Hope you can catch a break brah! We're a persecuted group ha.

[NateDieselF4i]

i'll be in virginia later this month and would be more than happy to look after your car for you.

inb4 jmonty gets put in the same cell as NateDiesel.

I call big spoon Jmonty.

Hope you can catch a break brah! We're a persecuted group ha.

Thanks brah. Damn hell raisers in their Corvettes !

[Ascendent]

One of the reasons I hated being stationed in VA. No thanks as a whole at the traffic laws there. Good luck man, get a good lawyer. VIR is a great track, CMP is pretty good as well. Hopefully this will keep you honest for a bit.

[spc9669]

Fellow Stingray brah here, I actually have the same exact car, although my calipers are yellow.

Good luck!

[spc9669]

Hope you can catch a break brah! We're a persecuted group ha.

you got a vette too brah???

[Zerafian]

From northern VA...your angus is definitely gonna need some major peppering, I know all to well how tight the driving laws are. They really have no give.

GL OP, cant say Im for or against ya, the racing and all.

[anonymous]

you got a vette too brah???

C5 that OP brah helped me get lol.

[Judgment]

Sorry to hear you got pulled over by a ******* cop. Don't blame you for owning a car like that and opening the fukker up.

[BK303]

VA is notorious for its traffic laws ^ My brother (trooper) goes into VA and they still try to ticket him lmao. Good luck brah, would love to get into a c7.

Off topic but Aus is fuking nuts with speed limits too. My brother in-law got a ticket for going 1km/h over. 1km/h!!! It got dropped in court but srsly now cmon. I made an 8 hour roady up the coast and must have passed 150 speed cameras, cops with radar, etc...

Good luck with the battle OP.

[NateDieselF4i]

Fellow Stingray brah here, I actually have the same exact car, although my calipers are yellow.

Good luck!

Das it mane.

GL OP, cant say Im for or against ya, the racing and all.

Ok mr high n mighty. I wasn't racing. Driving next to another sports car at the time. I assume you've never gotten on a car a bit at any point too.

C5 that OP brah helped me get lol.

Maybe I can tell the judge I'm friends with Sentinel and can bribe him with greens.

what town/county were you in when you got pulled over?

Culpeper Virginia. Pulled over by state trooper. Not recipe for success.

Sorry to hear you got pulled over by a ******* cop. Don't blame you for owning a car like that and opening the fukker up.

Gotta stretch those legs sometimes. Worst part was we weren't actually doing anything at this point haha.

I haven't been a saint in this car but kinda chaps my ass how it all went down. Could have been way worse though.

Off topic but Aus is fuking nuts with speed limits too. My brother in-law got a ticket for going 1km/h over. 1km/h!!! It got dropped in court but srsly now cmon. I made an 8 hour roady up the coast and must have passed 150 speed cameras, cops with radar, etc...

Good luck with the battle OP.

Thanks brah. That's pretty ridiculous. Just a waste of time and money at that point.




Got a lawyer. Friends of family - 500 bucks. Have an action plan in place.